Sandals Grande St. Lucian

We absolutely loved our stay at Sandals Grande St. Lucian! The resort was clean, easy to get around, and had a beautiful beach with plenty of chairs and water hammocks. The included water sports were a huge bonus for us… being able to sail, snorkel, paddleboard, and get on the water without extra charges is hard to beat. We visited during hurricane season, so the resort was quieter and a few pools and restaurants were closed, but we still had delicious food, good drinks, plenty to do, and made some lifelong friends. The staff more than made up for anything that was unavailable and were incredibly accommodating throughout our stay. Kadijah and the front desk team deserve a special shoutout for going above and beyond, from arranging taxis to giving us a late checkout so we could shower before our helicopter ride to the airport. Plus always greeted us with tons of energy. We did the couples massage and hands down have never felt better. Left feeling the most relaxed and pain free I have in months. Overall, a fantastic first Sandals experience. Great location, great people, great food and drinks, and plenty of opportunities to get out on the water. We’ll definitely be back!

Let me set the tone and say that this was a nice resort. My issues were with the quality for the price. I’m an avid traveler. I take 2-3 vacations a year, and have been to over 25 all inclusive resorts. We’ve been to Sandals Ocho about 15 years ago and were blown away. So we planed Sandals Grande St Lucia for our 20th wedding anniversary. The room was very nice, best bed I’ve ever had at a resort. The swim up was nice with a little longer that added a nice touch. If the ice machine didn’t keep us up every night, it would have been great. Sandals how do you renovate an entire building and keep the 1980s vintage Ice machine with the bad compressor that screams and that bangs every time it drops ice? After 3 days they unplugged it for us. Then woke us at 6:15 am with landscapers using backpack blowers right outside the back window. The workers are great. Very friendly and go out of their way to make you happy. In this refused Sandals does things right. But the food was average. What I typically expect at an all inclusive at half this price. The entertainment was ok, but way too loud in the space they had them. They did a candle light music night at rock concert sound level. The stay was ok. And I’d be writing a very different review at half this price. But it’s not worth what they charge. Disappointed.

We had the most amazing SCUBA diving trip at Sandals Grande St Lucia!!! Every member of the Scuba staff was exceptional! The ladies at Scuba Hut check in were warm friendly and made sure all our Scuba and snorkel experiences booked properly! We dove two tank dives in morning and paid $50 US for extra third tank dive 5 times during our trip. (15 dives total) (We also night snorkeled two times at night right at the resort beach, bungalows and restaurants that were over the water, and saw so many cool ocean creatures) All members of the boat crew have your personal safety as their top priority. They make experience fun but are 100% professional. The dive instructors are experienced knowledgeable and love to dive themselves. It truly felt like a warm caring family experience. The reefs and ship wrecks are spectacular. The staff at the resort are extremely personable and hard working. Literally every worker at resort treats you with warm caring St Lucia hospitality. Of course food entertainment fitness gym beaches pools etc.. are of the high quality Sandals standards we all expect and are provided with every vacation at sandals. Our Scuba Diving vacation at Sandals St Lucia Grande was everything we hoped for and more!!! Can’t wait go back

My husband and I visited Sandals St. Lucia in late June for our babymoon. Our only comparison was Sandals Grenada. Getting to the resort took longer than I’d like. We did the helicopter transfer which also involved a car ride. We had a few issues with the room when we first checked in, but we were quickly moved to a different room. We had several staff members check on us afterwards to ensure we were satisfied. We had a great time laying on the beach and going on excursions. We did the private best-of-St. Lucia sulphur spring and waterfall experience as well as the Piton sunset snorkel cruise through Island Routes. We also utilized the spa for a couples massage and facials. The food was pretty good though the food service could have been better. One morning we waited 1 hour and 15 minutes to get our breakfast food at Toscanini’s. After that, we only visited the breakfast buffet. Our favorite restaurant was Barefoot. We also enjoyed Bombay’s and I loved the ambiance of Gorden’s. The evening entertainment was great, from the fire show to live music to dancing to silent discos. We had a great time. What made this trip the most memorable was the managerial staff who were always present and checking on guests to ensure they had everything they needed. I especially appreciated the manager Della John who was able to get me a pregnancy pillow to use during my stay, as well as manager Winfried Weinbeer who arranged for me to have fresh coconut water. It was obvious that guest experience was their number one priority. We look forward to our next Sandals vacation.

Just finished our longest Sandals trip (8 nights) at Grande St. Lucian, so here's my correspondingly long review. We absolutely loved it, from the moment Jacqueline welcomed us at the front desk like we were family. GSL probably has the best pool/beach combo of any we've been to (La Toc, Curaçao, Negril, Barbados, Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent). We spent the majority of our time soaking in the water and drinking a few too many delicious cocktails. Staff were all super friendly. Shout-out to Neville, the life of the party every time we saw him! Major renovations closed the west side buildings (Bonne Terre, Cap Estate, Pigeon island) and the pools in front of them, but that section was screened off so thoroughly that we hardly noticed. The main pool was in full swing, and our building, Massade, looked sharp with notable upgrades to the rooms and the hallways making them look new again. Low-season scheduling and half the rooms closed meant most restaurants were open only 3-4 nights a week for dinner, so that required some planning, but we managed to eat every place we wanted to. They also had several outdoor lunch and dinner popups in gazebos etc. throughout the week. We were grateful especially to Tiffany at Toscanini's, who minutes from closing hustled back to the kitchen to check the ingredients in my wife's dessert to avoid an allergic reaction. I also ate at Buccan one night at La Toc; it and Bombay are my favorites. (The worst was the Tuesday loyalty dinner, baked salmon or chicken, a mistake we won't repeat on future visits.) The local mustard-based hot sauce, Baron, is my favorite in the Caribbean and welcome at The Jerk Shack and really everywhere, especially on fries. I've dived at each Sandals I've visited, and the scuba team here was excellent, particularly Ken, a super friendly guy who taught us to spear lionfish and then how to clean it after we returned to the dock. He then had the chefs deep fry the filets with a dipping sauce -- they were fantastic and could easily have been mistaken for Chick-Fil-A tenders. The crew was very attentive about safety checks even with experienced divers. Every dive was great, but Superman's Flight at the base of Petite Piton was magical. And our boat at GSL consistently had only 4-8 divers on board. We rented a car a few nights so we could drive to Castries harbor for the La Toc/Halcyon boat for the two mornings they went to the Pitons to maximize our time diving in the best spots. That boat was much more crowded -- 20 or more divers both days -- but our divemaster, Martin, was one of the best ever, leading 8 of us including a novice he held onto for much of our time underwater. He pointed out so much, including the eye of an octopus staring at us from its hidey-hole, and even let us hold shrimp, a sea cucumber, a conch, and a cute bony trunkfish he caught with his hands. Caution to would-be drivers: St. Lucia suffers for its beauty, with the worst roads we've experienced in the Caribbean. The main two-lane road is jammed to a standstill at morning rush hour, and the few spots where it widens to four lanes is white-knuckle time, driving on the left with narrow lanes and a concrete median, roundabouts etc. We took the helicopter to and from the airport to avoid the mountain road, which we had experienced when we last visited St. Lucia. It was a worthwhile splurge. Speaking of worthwhile splurges, the spa was under renovation, so we got massages in a beachside cabana. Perfect, with tranquil surf sounds even more relaxing than the usual New Age soundtrack. Dwayne gave me a deep tissue 60-minute massage, and Bertha gave my wife a lavender light-touch 60 minute treatment; both were expert professionals and friendly too, and left us feeling fully rejuvenated. We never made it to the Pigeon Island hike next door -- just too hot for the climb, and too perfect at the resort. The island actually blocks sunset views from the beach, but if you walk out to the overwater chapel, you can see it from there. An unforgettable trip. Highly recommend it as one of our favorite Sandals resorts!