We went here for our anniversary and had an absolutely wonderful stay. We received an email a week before our reservations stating the cafe had closed for the season. We were concerned, but found preparing our own meals and nearby restaurants worked for our week long stay. Hikes from the room were great and so was the beach and snorkeling. Our last night the July low rates filled the rooms around us. Unfortunately, this included the people next to us bringing in a TV and hooking it up.There were about 6 or so people sitting on the porch blaring the thing and sitting with their backs to the natural beauty of the island, fixated. Ruined our last night-- no one on duty after 7:30 PM to contact about this interruption of solitude. Otherwise, we will come back and stay in the ecotents! Thanks for having such a eco-conscience resort.

My partner and I just returned from our stay at Concordia. We stayed in studio apartment A-17- FABULOUS! We had stayed in a lovely Harmony studio apartment at Maho Bay for several nights, which was also wonderful. We couldn't stay in the room we had reserved there (Room "HA6" -- GREAT Room/ Fabulous View) for more than 3 nights, so we decided to venture over to Concordia. The photos do NOT do this place justice, as it is a more arid, Mediterranean-like environment. I was immediately taken by the breathtaking views, quiet, peaceful and "Italian hill-town-like" quality I experienced there. The rooms and tents are new (mostly) and very clean, as well as the office/ open pavilion area and restaurant. The panoramic views of "Rams Head," the point where you can hike to (highly recommend), at the confluence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Carribean Sea can't be beat. Salt Pond is also included in this view.
Overall the experience here is somewhat more low-key and sophisticated than Maho Bay. The restaurant food was fantastic. We had a seafood scampi that had more shrimp, lobster, scallops and mussels than I've ever seen in one meal. And - they served locally harvested mixed-greens, perfectly/ lightly dressed! I would highly recommend this restaurant to guests and anyone visiting the island, or living there. Best of all, we were surrounded by locals and enjoyed our conversations with people who have both lived on St. John their entire life, or "sold it all" and decided to make St. John their new home.
We loved staying in the Studio apartment and also would like to try the tent cabins A-10 - A16 in the future, with spectacular ocean views and breeze.
So taken were we, that we're planning our next visit to get married there and have our friends and family stay with us for the week. Combine spectacular, unique spot for taking our vows (Ram's Head) with great restaurant and venue, with friendly, outstanding service from the staff and it adds up to exactly what we want -- great outdoors with simple, elegant accomodations. And let me not leave out that the rocky island reefs just off of the Salt Pond beach have some of the best snorkeling we did on the island - we liked even better than Watermelon Cay.
This is a long review, but I wanted to share our experience with others and hope they will enjoy as much as we did.

We were booked to stay at this property for our honeymoon. We made a reservation and had to cancel 24 hours later, due to unforeseen circumstances with our flight, causing us to cancel the entire trip. After being placed on hold and shuffled from one moron to another, the woman I spoke to on the phone was rude, incompetent and completely unapologetic - totally unwilling to refund the money they had taken from my credit card when I made the reservation. Given that we had to cancel our honeymoon and we had only held the reservation for under 24 hours, I would have expected some flexibility and generosity. I was told, however, that they would hold the amount billed as 'credit' against a future trip... as if anyone in their right mind would return to a place after being treated so poorly. I suppose there are enough suckers out there that they aren't worried about word of mouth. I feel badly for anyone who has the misfortune of visiting this property. The only consolation I can find is that I'm just now noticing reviews mentioning RATS and COCKROACHES in the rooms... so I'll take this as a blessing in disguise and cut my losses.

We stayed three nights with some specific destinations in mind and we did not have a car. We had been to St. John in 1980 and 2000 and visited and snorkeled Salt Pond each time. This trip we wanted to stay a while at Concordia, snorkel at Salt Pond and the Blue pebble beach on the to Ram Head, and visit VIERS (Virgin Island Research Station) and Lameshur Beach. Needless to say the hiking can be strenuous because of the hills and the heat but it is not impossible if you are in descent shape. The hike to Lameshur from Concordia was the hardest but we saw the local homesteads up close.
We rented a deluxe studio and in fact the bed was very comfortable as advertised. Our older unit was clean, well laid out and the ceiling fan was very much needed - outside temp dropped only 80 on our last night.
We ate what we brought or purchased from the store for breakfast and lunch and enjoyed the restaurant each evening - we found the food there excellent and the staff very pleasant and helpful.
The last evening we called a cab to pick us up at 10:30 the next morning. The driver showed up on time and treated us to an unusually slower easy drive back to Cruz Bay.
We met the hermit crab recyclers and were fascinated watching them consume leftovers, especially the coffee grounds filter and all.
Next time we may take one of those premium eco tents....