Bequia Beach Hotel

Friendship has a great beach, the hotel is well situated on the beach with a great view. Easy to get to, nice staff. Nice rooms and balcony. Happy with my waffle weave robe. Nice to see the branded swim suits and shirts advertised in room. Well organized events, nice spa and staff. The lobster and local food was good, made to order breakfast omelettes were good, but could have used a few familiar extras on the menu.

Lovely 57 room hotel on quiet Friendship Bay Bequia. Awesome food. Super friendly genuine staff who are very attentive without hovering. Same staff from a year ago, many of whom we are on a first name basis. Well maintained, very comfortable hotel. Sister properties on St Vincent, and a bar “Jack’s” on Princess Margaret Beach. Reasonably priced. We will be back.

The service at Bequia Beach Hotel is exceptional. We were greeted as soon as we stepped off the ferry by Cordelia and our preferred drinks order was taken before we set off on our 10 minute fun taxi transfer to the hotel. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed by several members of staff and a lovely rum punch as requested. Check-in was smooth and relaxed in the lounge and we were then taken to our room which was a beachfront junior suite. The room (53) was large and had stunning views out to sea. There was a living area which was a step down from the bedroom section with the most comfortable chairs. The desk area contains lots of information about the hotel and events that week including two showings a week of the cinema under the stars on Tuesday and Thursday (we saw Oceans 11 when we were there and even had popcorn bought out to us which was a lovely touch). The room had dressing gowns and slippers, an ice bucket (ice refreshed daily), a small fridge with milk and water replace daily, a safe, lovely Elemis toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, body wash and body lotion), a decent hairdryer, UK plug sockets, a magnifying mirror, various mosquito sprays for the room and body together with a mosquito plug in and mosquito net and a lovely patio area. Please note that there are no TVs in the room which is something I almost forgot to mention as you really don't need one here and we don't really use one when we're on holiday anyway. We found that the Wi-Fi was pretty good around the resort. We enjoyed two sessions of yoga with Patricia (they were on Monday and Wednesday) when we were there and we have to say this is the best yoga we've probably ever experienced. Just make sure that you put your name down in advance and get there early because they get busy! We hired bikes (slightly dated) on the first day we arrived and cycled down to Lower Bay for lunch at De Reef which was nice. However, please be aware that this is not for the faint hearted as there are quite a few steep hills! We also walked out to a couple of restaurants including Fernando's Hideaway at Lower Bay (brilliant for freshly caught snapper) and Fig Tree by the port (good for live music on Sunday). The hotel has various themed nights including lobster fest (Saturday), barbecue (Wednesday) and Caribbean night (Monday). We were only there for 4 nights and missed lobster fest but we did enjoy the barbecue evening followed by a jump up with Clear Eyes which was great fun especially as the dance floor is sand. As it's a quiet resort the party stopped just before 10 pm which was fine by us as we found here we had more early nights and early starts. We enjoyed our breakfasts at Bagatelle and had the best pancakes ever and so make sure you order these! The French toast was lovely as it wasn't swimming in butter and was flavoured with cinnamon..... delicious! There was plenty of choice with cereals, fruits, bread, cakes and pastries, egg station and smoothies. We also ate here for lunch and had delicious meal. The hotel does offer a shuttle service to Princess Margaret beach and Jacks every day at 10:30 am returning at 4 pm but if you miss this it's $10 back or a walk of about 40 minutes (every journey seems to be $10). The beach at the hotel can be described as more of a natural beach and has slightly more buoyant water compared to the still waters at Princess Margaret beach. The lounges at Princess Margaret beach are included and are immediately positioned outside Jack's bar. We really enjoyed our day and lunch here with some magnificent views. After lunch we took a stroll into town along the Belmont walkway. It takes around 20 minutes to get to the port area from here. We also did part of a garden tour which starts at 10 am on Wednesday with Matthew the gardener who was lovely and showed us lots of plants and trees that were growing on the property including papaya, the whatsapple tree and starfruit. We also hired a kayak (which is included in the cost of staying here) to take a closer look at some of the coastal areas near to the hotel. There is a gym here which we would normally have used but we were so busy we didn't get round to it but it looked fine and it's right next to the spa. The hotel is super clean and the pool area is beautifully finished and very peaceful. Every day the pool attendants put towels on the sunbeds can you can collect towels by the pool. There are various points around the resort to wash the sand off your feet and even a cute little brush for 'sandy toes'. The staff here are all incredible but special mention goes to Kareem and Rima on reception, Shay at the pool, Emily and Grafton at Bagatelle, Annelle at breakfast and of course, Ezra and his dancing! We had a magical 4 nights here and it is definitely somewhere we would return to and recommend to our family and friends. Thank you to everyone at Bequia Beach Hotel for helping to create very special memories.