Let me start by explaining that we travel a great deal and stay in places that are from -2 star up to 5+ star rooms. We are not complainers and go with the flow. We stayed for 3 nights in January on a tour of the island. Got there late in the evening and had to rush off to supper because the cook went home soon. The salad in our meal was 2 pieces of tomatoe and lettuce. The rest of the meal was spare and left a lot to be desired. When we got to our room which was big and clean with a huge bathroom but very hot and humid, there was no remote for the A/C. After 3 old remotes were tried it was decided that the A/C was pooched. Moved us to another room, not as nice but still large and clean and hot and humid. The A/C in this room was also not working. Instead of moving again we stayed. Over the next two days the A/C was not fixed. Suppers were interesting with a different cook each night. Soups were good and the fish and shrimp were nicely done. There were never any desserts. The cook staff was friendly and did try to please us but the front desk staff couldn't have cared less. The last night there was a huge storm and a brief power failure. We found we had no hot water again so we went down and asked why. They supposedly threw the breaker to start the heater again. Still no hot water the next morning. There was hot water in the foyer bathroom but not upstairs. Seems no one knew how to start it up again. When I checked out to pay for our drinks the manager didn't have any change. He wouldn't accept one dollar less but did accept two extra dollars without a thank you. It is an interesting place with nice clean rooms with huge bathrooms but the service was terrible. Good beach, but no shade and it didn't appear that they had any beach chairs. Watch out for the sand flies even in the screened in areas in the evening. It looks from other old reviews that it has gone downhill recently. Our tour operator choose this place and he was very embarassed by what happened.
- Idlers Rest Beach Hotel
