hoosiercane
SBH Member
Hello,
First off, thanks so much for all your recommendations. We had an absolute blast. I have seen some really great recaps, and I am not as great with the pictures and all but I will give it a shot.
We flew in from Miami to St Marteen, and then took Winair to St. Barts. We did the VIP service, and it was great and seemless. They were able to put us on an earlier winair flight and that was nice.
We stayed at Hotel Christopher. It is a beautiful hotel, with a great view and pool. Our room was one of the ones that makes it seem like you are on the water, but still had a view of the bay. The hotel was perfect, with the only exception being the pool service. I wasn't sure if it was the culture or not, but you literally had to hunt people down to place an order.
Review the food, which was amazing.
La Isola- Great place. It was empty when we went but we thought it was just great. The seabass was as good as I have had, and the proscuitto was delicious as well.
Tamarin- We really enjoyed this as well. The service was great and the garden was beautiful. The food was delicious as well.
La Isoletta- We went for lunch and the pizza was great. We got the truffle pizza, and the Italian sausage and both were just terrific.
Black Ginger- Amazing service, the food was solid, but was not on the same level as the other place.
Orega- This was our favorite. Greg is awesome, and his food is special. Such a cool environment, and the sushi and waygu dumplings are to die for.
We did Jicky Marine half day catamaran, and that was such a blast. The snorkeling was average, but the views are perfect. They do such a great job making us comfortable and preparing a nice lunch on the boat.
The day we were going to leave there was really bad weather so Win air cancelled all their flights, so we had to stay another night. Normally we wouldn't ever think that could be a negative, but we were ready to get back to our 1 year old as this was our first time away. But we made it count one last night.
Overall, we absolutely loved the island. The beautiful beaches, the mountains, the people. I can see why everyone keeps coming back. My wife and I were talking about how we weren't sure what we would do next time in terms of a Villa, or at a hotel. We love the idea of having amenities and service, but we think a villa could be very cool as well. I posted a few pictures, and hope this review was worthy of the amazing visit and the amazing advice and help you all gave us before. We look forward to continuing to post and watch for more trips to paradise!
First off, thanks so much for all your recommendations. We had an absolute blast. I have seen some really great recaps, and I am not as great with the pictures and all but I will give it a shot.
We flew in from Miami to St Marteen, and then took Winair to St. Barts. We did the VIP service, and it was great and seemless. They were able to put us on an earlier winair flight and that was nice.
We stayed at Hotel Christopher. It is a beautiful hotel, with a great view and pool. Our room was one of the ones that makes it seem like you are on the water, but still had a view of the bay. The hotel was perfect, with the only exception being the pool service. I wasn't sure if it was the culture or not, but you literally had to hunt people down to place an order.
Review the food, which was amazing.
La Isola- Great place. It was empty when we went but we thought it was just great. The seabass was as good as I have had, and the proscuitto was delicious as well.
Tamarin- We really enjoyed this as well. The service was great and the garden was beautiful. The food was delicious as well.
La Isoletta- We went for lunch and the pizza was great. We got the truffle pizza, and the Italian sausage and both were just terrific.
Black Ginger- Amazing service, the food was solid, but was not on the same level as the other place.
Orega- This was our favorite. Greg is awesome, and his food is special. Such a cool environment, and the sushi and waygu dumplings are to die for.
We did Jicky Marine half day catamaran, and that was such a blast. The snorkeling was average, but the views are perfect. They do such a great job making us comfortable and preparing a nice lunch on the boat.
The day we were going to leave there was really bad weather so Win air cancelled all their flights, so we had to stay another night. Normally we wouldn't ever think that could be a negative, but we were ready to get back to our 1 year old as this was our first time away. But we made it count one last night.
Overall, we absolutely loved the island. The beautiful beaches, the mountains, the people. I can see why everyone keeps coming back. My wife and I were talking about how we weren't sure what we would do next time in terms of a Villa, or at a hotel. We love the idea of having amenities and service, but we think a villa could be very cool as well. I posted a few pictures, and hope this review was worthy of the amazing visit and the amazing advice and help you all gave us before. We look forward to continuing to post and watch for more trips to paradise!