We stayed here the night before embarking on our Moorings sailboar cruise.
This, unfortunatley, was one of the hotels that the Moorings had recommended.
Suffice to say, that Marigot Bay is something out of a postcard. However, JJ's is not on the water, nor is the Bay visible. Also, to get to the water, you have to walk through a delapidated, unattended part of the resort; cross a boardwalk through a smelly, trash-laden mangrove swamp through, what they call their restaurant (more about that later).
Only then do you see the ugly end of the Bay. To get anywhere you have to pay the Bay ferrymen $5 US a person to take you anywhere....and that's not round trip! The ride is only a few hundred yards, essentially.
The rooms at JJ's were not bad. The three teenagers that we took had their own room but the air conditioning nor the fan worked. When they called the front desk about the problem, someone did show up to pull the string on the fan, which did not work, of course, and meerly uttered "sheet....it doesn't work" and left and was not seen again.
They had a miserable evening. JJ's did agree to subtract 30% for their room that night.
Now, for the supposed restaurant.......I did find out that this establishment is not owned by JJ's but apparently is leased to someone, who, I take it, is French. I arrived at the "restaurant" the next morning at 7:30 a.m. There were two persons setting tables who did not greet me. After sitting at the bar for 15 minutes and not being addressed, I asked if I could have a cup of coffee. The waitress was not at all friendly and informed me that they did not open until 8:00 a.m. I told her that my family would like to eat breakfast there, and, since I had noticed several pots of coffee were already brewed, could I have a cup? No response, I finally helped myself and my family finally arrived.
There were several tables that had been "dressed up" with table clothes, but the others were in severe disrepair. When the rest of my family arrived we were told we could not sit at the "dressed" tables because they were reserved. We were placed at a table with not silverware or placemats. The table had about a 15 degree grade to it and the kids quickly noticed that there were ants crawing on the table. The group that had reserved the nice tables were obviously French, as was the man running the place. We finally obtained some breakfast and basically ate with our plates off of the table. We had to ask for napkins, salt, and pepper. We were charged $50 US for this experience. Needless to say, no tip was given.
I find it incredulous that the people who live on these islands do not know who is behind their paychecks. I found this to generally be the case throughout our entire stay. People can say alot of things about the US, but upon re-entering this fine country, the serive improved !00%. We entered an atypically cold Atlanta, had a pleasant customs experience, and were taken to our hotel in our shorts by someone who went out of their way for us! Nuf said. Don't go to JJ's.

This hotel occupies a lovely position with the bar/restaurant overlooking the beautiful bay and the rooms further back behind the mangrove. Such a pity that there is little interest in running it. Everything is run down - sparsely furnished rooms, hot water infrequently available, lighting missing in rooms and pathways etc. Noisey pumps start early in the morning. Service available next to nil. Food inexpensive but very basic. We got the impression that the owner who made no contact with the guests, was just waiting to find a buyer for the plot. Avoid it and try the Marigot Beach Club Hotel.

JJs is an OK place to stay, but to be honest, I thought Marigot Bay was pretty overrated. The room was $90 and was pretty decent, but it would have been MUCH better to take the Windjammer (located about 20 min north) for the special rate of $135 they offered. The main problem is that JJ's is separated from the beach and all the other properties/restaurants in Marigot Bay by mangrove trees. So the only way to get to other places in the Bay (to eat, rent a kayak, etc) was to take a water taxi for EC$10 round trip. And the taxi drivers are a pain in the rear, always trying to pressure you into expensive excursions, etc.

We drove the wrong road down the hill, and it was a challenge, but we bumped into JJ, who directed us and had his manager meet us at the parking lot. The studio apartment was halfway up the mountain and did not have water views, but our balcony overlooked rooftops and gardens, and a big orchid tree had branches overhanging our balcony. I wore two orchids in my hair to dinner! The room was spacious and clean, with a huge shower that had no hot water. Unfortunately the management made no effort to get it repaired, saying that they'd fix it the next day. That didn't do us any good in getting sand and salt water washed off before going out for dinner! We had a plunge pool to share with a adjoining room, but did not use it. The gardens were lovely, and provided much to look at along lots of walking paths. Breakfast was a bit disorganized. We were told the restaurant opened at 7:30, arrived at 7:40 to be told it opened at 8:00, but coffee was almost ready. They were uncertain about our order for two eggs each, thinking we wanted two orders of two eggs (4 eggs), and when we wanted to charge it to our room, could not do so because we were checking out before they'd have a chance to update the bill. There was supposed to have been a water taxi from the property to Rainforest Cafe, but neither the hotel nor Rainforest Cafe could contact the guy, so we ended up driving back to the Yacht Club pier to catch a taxi across the bay. If I were to go back to Marigot Bay, I think I'd check out the room before checking in, and perhaps spend significantly more money to go more upscale. You get what you pay for.