Anguilla Great House Beach Resort

The Anguilla Great House captures the essence of Anguilla yrs ago. You get the feel of the island. It's a good down home vibe. There r roosters to wake u n the morning. You would want that, so u can grab your beach chair @ the beach, early before they run out. You don't want to miss the breakfast with complimentary coffee. It feels great to have a front and back porch to hang your towels, bathing suits, and leave your flip flops without anyone bothering them. A good reasonable price. You can request a microwave, which we did for 15.00 a day because there is no stove. Who needs to cook anyway, I'm on vacation. They will call a taxi for u to venture to Sandy Ground. Visit the Elvis Bar, it's culture style happy. Meet Charmaine who is a super bartender. Meet Will @ the Great House. He's willing to help u, if u ask him. He's a very busy man, but he will see that the job gets done. I would stay here again. I would invite another couple and I would probably bring my doggie. No dressing up needed. Lay back. Lay all the way back. Enjoy. Enjoy Anguilla. 🍷

The Anguilla Great House has GREAT setting — right on the water with the mountains of St. Martin in the background! The beach is right outside your door. The beach bar (Coconuts) run by Diane is a fun and the center of the action. The staff is friendly too. The rooms are basic - but the price difference between here and the more “luxury” hotels make that tolerable. A few improvements, like a coffee maker in the room, two luggage racks instead of one blinds that completely close the bathroom window, would be nice additions. Keera, who is the breakfast waitress is always sweet and the coffee is only $3.00, so maybe that makes up for the lack of a coffee maker. All told, this is a value hotel that provides a lot of value. It worked very well for us!

The best part of the Anguilla Great House is its setting. The property is right in the beach and you open your door, a walk about 100 feet and you are on the beach. Hard to beat, but the rest of the property needs serious TLC. The rooms are clean, but to keep them clean, be sure to tell the front desk that you want it made-up by a specific time (1:00pm, 2:30pm, etc) or it may be much later than you expected. The rooms come with a small refrigerator and a microwave is available on request. It seems like an inexpensive improvement to just have one in each room and save the hassle. An in-room safe would have been nice too. Diane and the crew at the beach bar (Coconuts) are fabulous, but the on-site restaurant (Old Careb) has a very limited menu and very slow service. Overall, the price was right and the stay was OK. But a few minor touches would have influenced me to give it a higher rating.

If you saw Anguilla before your visit here it's probably because its amazing beaches... or perhaps because of one of those idyllic and unrealistic places like Four Seasons, Zemi/Hilton, Aurora and the like... which are nothing like the true Caribbean and in particular do not represent Anguilla at all, other than the very nice people working there, from what we have witnessed and experienced in 8 days here! The last time I have seen such a misrepresentation of a place was when we visited Bora Bora... and its hotels on the remote motus vs. mainland - but similarly to our Bora experience we found this misrepresentation to our liking; humble, friendly, down to earth and welcoming - and that's what we found exactly at Anguilla Great House - don't expect luxury here, it does need some TLC here and there but it is nevertheless a gem... one of the very last ones in this region of the world! Location: Rendezvous Bay! We hesitated on splitting the stay originally on 3x Shoal Bay and 4x Nights Rendezvous Bay but were super happy ultimately we stayed all 7 here as despite the latter being super nice it's just the "unspoiled" aspect of the Rendezvous Bay and its palm trees that give its charm like no other beach on this island. The drive from the airport is pretty easy (if you rent with Avis you need to take a taxi ~$15 USD to get to their rental FYI... on the way back they will drop you off for free) and it's about 15m super easy main road drive - on the way here you will pass some grocery stores - if you go a bit further west pass the turn to the hotel you will end up at the Best Buy West - probably the biggest of them all and well equipped for water, beer etc. Also, at your disposal on the spot you have the hotel's restaurants Old Caribe & Coconuts, and next door walking distance Sunshine Shack and The Place - all 4 reviewed here separately if you want details. Hotel has a bar with excellent rum punch and beer is cold - what I am trying to say you don't need a car if you want to be just lazy and chill on one of the 2 best if not the best beaches on Anguilla! There is not that much going on on the island other than checking out beaches and restaurants so car is not a must, I say even though we had it for 8 days Room: we had on the standard rooms with "garden view" vs "ocean view" - truth be said is that all have some kind of ocean view and although I was told they are all the same standard during the phone call prior to arrival, and our visit as we were offered 2 different rooms to chose from upon arrival, and the pictures here I can say that some rooms look better than the others - also, the doors to ours were a regular key vs. the building next to us looked like newer doors with the cards vs. keys so I bet there are some variances in the "standard" inside even though the views are the only "options" when booking - nevertheless, our room had a queen bed and an extra bed, huge bathroom with a shower, TV with cable, good WiFi, modern and silent A/C, and