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St Maarten
Considering this was Sint Maartens, I considered my experience average. What stood out was the variety, freshness and presentation of the food. While I gladly checked off the bucket list seeing planes land and take off practically on our beach, I will not be repeating the experience. [Details]
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The food in both buffet and restos. The grilled hotdogs and hamburgers served by the pool in the afternoon were so goos, they should be a lunch option.
The weak points
Services provided by both housekeeping and resto serving staff was uneven.
Choice of cultural and historic attractions was poor.
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2 nauseating, disgusting experiences in 2 wks in 2 separate resort public restrooms.
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Sonesta Maho Beach Resort Casino And Spa
The Walking Man, Casselman, ON
2025-01-29
We arrived at the resort and from the first minute to our last minutes leaving the resort was fantastic. People write all kinds of negative reviews but I can tell you the resort was fun, food was good, employees very polite, pool was fantastic even the bar pool service. Yes there is a man made beach on the resort but was the best place to watch the planes arrive and leave. The beach is a 2 min walk next to resort next to the airport runway to watch planes or there is a beach that was walking distances of 6 min max and that beach was beautiful you can rent umbrella and chairs for the day at a cost of $30.00 US worth every penny. Overall a great week at the Sonesta Maho [Details]
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Food ,Rooms, Staff, cleanliness of resort
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Access to the beach and Entertainment at night.
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Our stay at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort
Elio Martinho, Concord, ON
2025-01-20
We stayed for a week. The hotel is large, nice, and well cared for. The room was ready for us and very clean. Plenty of choices for where to eat, and plenty of variety to choose from especially the buffet. We were disappointed that there was no direct access to the beach. [Details]
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Very well maintained and clean.
The weak points
The bar in the pool should connect to the larger pool so you don't have to get out to join people in the other pool. We were very disappointed that there was no direct access to the beach.
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Horrible service for 3rd repeat guest
Rosa Gargano, Concord, ON
2024-03-08
My third time staying here in tbe span of 14 months. Booked and paid for pool view and requested high floor end unit. Neither was accommodated. I was given 4th floor and view of a huge palm tree. Attempted to speak with Jiovani who was a completely condescending and rude individual whose reputation on social media speak for itself. Spoke with Carmen who is above him but she could not accommodate either. Will NOT be returning or recommending. Sadly I recommend to my aunt and uncle who booked this and I hope their requests will be accommodated. Lost a repeat guest Sonesta Maho [Details]
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Jiovani needs to find another job not in customer service
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Patricia Noseworthy, Appin, ON
2024-01-20
New management No beach left. Poor service in restaraunts Unhappy servers [Details]
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The strong points
Planes are amazing to watch
Weather basically good but windy
Safe place to go outside of resort
Casino across the street
The weak points
Poor beach
Poor food quality
Rooms dated
Too many people
Very crowded
Sewerage smell outside resort
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First Family Trip
Tupac Miller, Toronto, ON
2023-10-14
Experience overall was great, aside from their main pool being closed for renovations there was a good amount of things to do on the resort such as going to the kids pool and the adult pool. The food was never a problem it was delicious every time. The staff were over the top nice and professional. The rooms were so upgraded. Due to it being slow season there wasn't much to do on the resort so we had to leave and explore a couple places, yet still those areas were also pretty slow or closed down for the season. [Details]
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The strong points
Food
Modern landscape areas, room, and lobby
Sunwing rep was very nice and helpful
Friendly staff, guests, and taxi drivers
Great beaches
Delicious drinks
Cost of things is great
The weak points
Everything closed during slow season
Very minimal entertainment during slow season
Main pool was closed down, but was. It mentioned to guest prior to coming
Sanitary measures
The rooms were always cleaned nicely. The lobby always smelt fresh and clean.
There's sanitizer stations all over the hotel and the restaurants were very clean
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Sonesta Maho
Geraldine Ruse, Regina, SK
2023-04-25
Jovanni smith was on April 6th at 12:30 or so I went to straighten out the mixup made by Sonesta about our reservation He was very rude dismissive and insulting I was very upset. Kevin Allen asst manager did it but no real compensation finally got a late checkout but it was not easy to get I had pneumonia and needed more. As a 26 time repeat guest something more would have been done. I'm so very disappointed. I will be sending a letter to head office regarding this experience and names and dates. I don't expect a large company to care about two seniors but at least I will have done something. [Details]
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Managemey
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Sonesta Maho Review
Karen Doroshenko, Kitchener, HA
2023-01-28
We just returned from our stay at the Sonesta Maho and had a great vacation. We went for a girls week away to celebrate our bdays. No complaints at all housekeeping staff was thorough. Our waitress Nicole was the best always happy and very helpful. Pool bartenders knew exactly what we wanted and were amazing.
Friendly staff, good food. Clean rooms. I would suggest booking 5th floor and up looking towards pool. If you have lower floor, you will have no view at all since palm trees covers the views. The street views are very noisy because they have a bar across the street that remains open till 2am. [Details]
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The strong points
Great area to watch planes go by. Great view, downtown Mayo
The weak points
Big lobby with huge sofas and 2 tables, room beside lobby which has a huge bar, slot machines and again lack of seat for people to meet prior to have evening meal. Lack of entertainment.
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Great resort – we will go back again!
Rick, Kirkland, QC
2022-10-01
Just stayed a week and we found the experience a very good one. The resort compares very favorably to many of the all-inclusive resorts we have stayed at in the Caribbean. It has a great location right on Maho beach where you can watch all the planes landing or taking off. Its just a short walk to the end of the runway. We spent most of our time at the beach where we had no trouble finding the perfect loungers.
The room was spacious and kept very clean at all times. Our room was classified as an island view, but we had a great view of the ocean as we were high (8th floor). I would not recommend the pool view as it would be very noisy.
The food was good, but we felt the menus and variety could have been larger. Shout out to Jane at the buffet who gave us great service as well as Anthony (the manager of the restaurants) who made sure all our dining needs were met. Drinks at the bars were always well made and consistent from one bar to another. Bar service at the beach was very much appreciated.
We found the evening entertainment to be lacking a bit (that may have been due to it being low season).
All in all, a very good value. We enjoyed our stay a lot and we would definitely return in the future. [Details]
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Great location, well kept and clean, great value
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Entertainment could have been better; restaurant menus could be larger to accommodate repeat visits
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NOT a 4* Hotel
Virg, Laval, QC
2022-08-11
As this was our 2nd time back at this hotel, we were disappointed in the decline of customer service and satisfaction. Unfortunately, some of the front desk employees were not interested in helping guests resolve issues such as sewage/dumpster smell in room and air conditioning not working. I would not recommend this hotel unless upper management fixes their problematic rooms and offers more customer service training to some staff members. [Details]
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The food at the Italian restaurant was very good and the manager Anthony was amazing.He knows how to make guests feel welcomed and provides an excellent service. The smoothie station was great at the breakfast buffet.The beach is beautiful but very small.
The weak points
Front desk customer service is lacking, options at the buffet can be repetitive (ie: fruit selection is limited to cantaloup, honeydew, watermelon, apples, sometimes pineapple), little to no entertainment, limited restaurant options,pool water isn't clear
Sanitary measures
Staff served guests at the buffet, hand sanitizer stations around
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Decent hotel, friendly staff, excellent island
Marko Japundzic, Toronto, ON
2022-08-04
Overall decent hotel, but lots of improvements needed. [Details]
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Location, staff, decent and clean hotel room
The weak points
Noise, too many people, very low quality beach towels, small beach area, not enough beach sunbeds. Strange bathroom design with glass wall insert and sliding door (no privacy).
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Weak Covid-19 measures especially with a lot of people in the hotel
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Enjoyed my holiday
Mary Ellen Hands, London, ON
2022-04-03
Clean, friendly and Enjoyable. After two years of not traveling it was a great place to travel to and felt very safe. Met some great people staff and travellers. Recommend [Details]
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Easy to get around clean, safe & friendly.
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Food was good would be nice to have some seafood & fish choices
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Great Food, Relaxing Environment
Glenn Dunklin, Prescott, ON
2022-03-19
A great experience. A perfect resort for seniors, older couples, honeymooners. [Details]
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Food was fantastic. Friendly staff. Very clean resort. Great pool. Water slides for kids a bonus. Great alcoholic drink selection.
The weak points
Not overly Teen friendly. Teen Zone was closed. Kids weren't allowed to go up and get their own drinks. We always had to for them. A lot of entertainment was for adults only.
Beds were very small and uncomfortable (surprising for the price).
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Very clean resort. Staff served food at the buffet. Never worried for a second.
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Awesome Time
Darlene Butchart, London, ON
2021-10-10
We traveled with 12 people and the service and food were excellent. Eddie the bartender was fantastic. Overall we had a great vacation. [Details]
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Food was great
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1 the shows could be bette.
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2 star resort at best!
Nickf, Etobicoke, ON
2020-02-28
This resort was a major disappointment! There is no beach to speak of. You have to walk 10 mins. to Mullet Beach and yes pay 20.00 US. for 2 loungechairs and an umbrella. They said there was a norovirus going around ,when we and almost all we talked to had gastrointestinal problems . Sunwing and Sonesta knew of a problem for a long time! After witnessing some food preparation habits ,I think it was food related, and not something ' we northerners brought down' as they keep saying! We ve travelled to many resorts over the years mainly in February and never gotten sick! [Details]
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The strong points
Shamin Benjamin in the lobby Cafe. Tiffany , Marie , Nicole in the restaurants and Delroy at the egg station.
The weak points
Not even close to what we paid for! It s 2 star at most . Shame on Sunwing and Sonesta!
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Clifford Ball Jr, Toronto, ON
2020-02-04
stomach virus was bad over 40 people got the virus and it has been going on for a long time no beach but 1 next door The hotel should have a good activities director it is a large enough resort [Details]
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buffet food good top shelf booze Mrs Benjamin at coffee sop was great RESORT IS NEW
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activities director very bad no sports only bingo and trivia worst I have seen in 16 different all inclusives. nightly entertainment was a couple of bands and music from a couple of weddings . They tried to keep clean but over 40 people got the virus
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Frank Niro, Pierrefonds, QC
2020-01-25
Hotel staff, location and premises were excellent. Food was good, but after a few days, same old same old was wearing thin. Recommend Jax Steakhouse for a change of pace. A bit pricey, but change is always good. Room with a view of pool & ocean is recommended. Always nice to sit on the balcony with a coffee after a day at the pool or beach before preparing for dinner. Pool can be noisy at the pool bar area with music blaring and patrons drinking way too much - lol! Other area of pool is quieter and servers are always there to get you a drink if need arises. Pic shows large beach area that no longer exists. Beach area is quite small and rocky bottom when in the water. [Details]
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The strong points
Very friendly and helpful staff, always with a smile for you and any help you may need. Pool is well kept and easily accessible. Grounds are very nice.
The weak points
Beach area is very small and with limited amount of chairs. If not there really early, your out of luck for chairs/umbrella. Pool is somewhat better for chairs but still need to get there early. Excursions very pricey and not worth it for the most part.
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Great hotel reasonable price
Arthur Boduryan, Mississauga, ON
2020-01-25
Loved it again. Beautifully done after hurricane. Close to marigot and Phillipsburg. We will b back next year [Details]
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Great staff esp Cheryl at point. Food good even ascot ribs delicious
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Sick at Sonesta
Amanda Hoyte, Toronto, ON
2020-01-19
All 4 of my family members were extremely sick, along with others at this resort. The last couple of days they put up hand sanitizer in front of the buffet but this was after over half of the guest has become sick. [Details]
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Thomas Marra, Toronto, ON
2020-01-18
Great location, great hotel, rooms updated since the storm, pillows need some help [Details]
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The strong points
Very good staff, helpful, friendly,
The weak points
Food needs to be better, also housekeeping needs to change the way the clean the floors, damp mopping left grit on our floor every day.
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Room was nice, food was not great.
Meagan Landry, Bracebridge , ON
2020-01-16
Would not return To this resort . The buffet was not exciting. The restaurants were not easy to get into, only got two reservations. The Point was ok. The service by housekeeping, front desk and bell man was great. Service in the buffet left much to be desired.
Beach was nice but not long enough to walk. [Details]
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Never got tired of watching the planes come in to land.
The weak points
The food.
There was no speciality coffees liked iced coffee and mocha chinos. No ice cream for the kids.
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Review Jan 30 to Feb 13
Sonesta Maho Beach Resort Casino And Spa
Our stay at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort
Horrible service for 3rd repeat guest
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First Family Trip
Sonesta Maho
Sonesta Maho Review
We will be back for sure.
Karen and Barb [Details]
Sonesta Maho
I would suggest booking 5th floor and up looking towards pool. If you have lower floor, you will have no view at all since palm trees covers the views. The street views are very noisy because they have a bar across the street that remains open till 2am. [Details]
Great resort – we will go back again!
The room was spacious and kept very clean at all times. Our room was classified as an island view, but we had a great view of the ocean as we were high (8th floor). I would not recommend the pool view as it would be very noisy.
The food was good, but we felt the menus and variety could have been larger. Shout out to Jane at the buffet who gave us great service as well as Anthony (the manager of the restaurants) who made sure all our dining needs were met. Drinks at the bars were always well made and consistent from one bar to another. Bar service at the beach was very much appreciated.
We found the evening entertainment to be lacking a bit (that may have been due to it being low season).
All in all, a very good value. We enjoyed our stay a lot and we would definitely return in the future. [Details]
NOT a 4* Hotel
the front desk employees were not interested in helping guests resolve issues such as sewage/dumpster smell in room and air conditioning not working. I would not recommend this hotel unless upper management fixes their problematic rooms
and offers more customer service training to some staff members. [Details]
Decent hotel, friendly staff, excellent island
Enjoyed my holiday
Great Food, Relaxing Environment
Awesome Time
2 star resort at best!
Sick
Hotel & Area
Great hotel reasonable price
Close to marigot and Phillipsburg.
We will b back next year [Details]
Sick at Sonesta
Soonest 2020
Room was nice, food was not great.
The buffet was not exciting. The restaurants were not easy to get into, only got two reservations. The Point was ok.
The service by housekeeping, front desk and bell man was great. Service in the buffet left much to be desired.
Beach was nice but not long enough to walk. [Details]