Located on 8 well-manicured hectares, a three-minute walk from a small northwestern beach, this hotel is more unexciting country club than beach resort. Rather than heading for the sand, guests here flock to the two tennis courts, settle in around the pool, and tee off at the championship golf course adjoining the property, where they pay discounted greens fees.
The sprawling complex encompasses accommodation wings surrounding an L-shaped main building. The terrazzo-floored lobby is finished in fine local woods.
The open pavilion Sugar Mill
Restaurant takes its name from the painted 1765 coral mill tower at its center and serves all meals from an a la carte menu with both local and international choices. More formal dining is in the elegant Jacaranda restaurant, where guests need to dress a bit snappier. The indoor-outdoor bar and swim-up bar (both unstaffed at inspection) refresh guests, and entertainment is staged nightly in season.
The tennis courts are lighted, and a sauna is on-site. A fitness center and spa were in the planning stages at inspection, and they could breathe a bit more life into this place. The conference room holds 200 people, and airport service here fetches about the same price 
as taxis do. Wireless Internet access comes at a charge but is available throughout.
Accommodations have custom rattan and traditional appointments atop tile floors. The plain decor is disappointing for an island resort, and the views from many balconies don't help the situation. Beds come as kings, queens or two doubles. Standards have golf-course or parking-lot views, and quieter superiors enjoy pool, bay or garden exposures. They also come with Queen Anne furniture, two-poster beds, strong air-conditioning, TVs, phones, large closets, massive safes, and combination baths with hair dryers and toiletries. Best choices are rooms 32-46 and 48-58 for their sea and sunset vistas. The large garden cottages far from the main building are appointed with rattan pieces, second combination baths, sisal matting on tile floors, small refrigerators, twin beds and patios—some open, some enclosed. Cottages 1-19 afford the best sea views.
European groups and golfers are the main clientele, though families and sophisticated older travelers also stay here. Staffers can be helpful when available. An empty shopping arcade adds to the somewhat depressing atmosphere. Guests should expect little from this lackluster property.
