Trip Report On Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort & Spa Nassau 

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Our patio angled east toward the ocean.  We missed the sunsets, but got the sunrises instead.  Rooms on the east side and west side of the 7 story Pink Manor Block Building are angled toward the ocean. There were 2 sinks and the bathroom was nicely appointed with marble and tile, and plumbing worked fine.  You only get 2 full sized bath towels per day so use them wisely.  What a joke, is this really a four star hotel? I expected more towels than that. Their hair dryer is a joke, so bring your own.  The fan on the back of my PC is stronger. They have a bar in the room, but don't ask for the key to open it, or I'm sure you'll find a charge on your bill for something.  Drinks are free at the bars, but if you want any finer wines with dinner, you have to pay for it.  I suggest packing bottles of your favorite wine or champagne before the trip to keep in your room.

Around the property, the pink villas were very nice looking.  They have lots of plush appointed landscaping.  People we know who stayed in them said they were nice.  A couple of semi private pools service these pink villas.  The large main pink Manor Block building had a fitness center on the 7th floor, accessed from stairs on the 6th floor.  It was better than I expected, with Cybex, my favorite equipment.  It was like I never left my gym, I used it a few times.  Even if you don't care to use the fitness center, you should get a look from the observation deck, with a good birds eye view of the resort.  The fitness center faces the ocean so while you are riding the bikes you stare out across the beautiful blue green water to Sandal's Cay 1/2 mile off shore.  With water in the Bahamas, the higher up you view it from, the better it looks.
 

A nice view of one of the "Honeymoon Villa Suites" with a life sized chess set.  The gardens and walkways in between the villas are beautifully landscaped.  There's no ocean views at all from any of the villas, it's strictly "Garden View".  There's a couple of small pools that serve the honeymoon villas.

A view of the pink Manor Block building viewed from the pier where the boat to Sandals Cay docks.  This is the building our room was in, on the back side.  The "Grande Luxe Ocean Front" Suites can be seen on the left side directly facing the ocean.  I'm sure they have a great view, but what a joke- no patios!  So they want you to pay $430 per person, per night, and no patio? The fitness center can be seen on the top floor on the left side of the building.

As a reference for comparison, this was the pool at Sandals St. Lucia when we stayed there in 1996.

If you end up in the Manor Block, you want a "Honeymoon Ocean View Concierge" room with a POOL VIEW, as shown middle of the pink building in the picture above.  The patios are angled toward the ocean, an ideal view for rooms of the Manor Block, as they overlook the pool, the pier, the 7 story mural, and the ocean.  The lack of patios on the ocean front rooms makes them not worth the extra price.  You want to relax on your patio and see the sunset.

Pooling The Resources
The pools at Sandals are impressive.  They have 2 main pools, 3 mini pools, a few whirlpools, and a unique misting pool.  People did not start to trickle down until after 9 AM, when the sun clears the top of the Manor Block to shine on the pool.  The best chairs have thick padding and there are only a few so try for those first.  Throw your towel on a chair and go eat breakfast.  Laying out at the pool in front of the pink Manor Block building is incredible when you look up and see the awesome giant mural painted on the side of the building that looks like a scene from the Garden Of Eden. You can get SCUBA certified in a pool next to the dive shop.  You'll love the swim up bars INSIDE THE POOL with underwater stools.  All the daiquiris and coladas come from a 7-11 slurpie type machine and they add a shot of Bacardi Rum, the local product of Nassau.  If you want non-alcoholic cocktails, they just leave out the liquor.  The coladas are nothing to write home about.  The only place you'll ever get a real pina colada is in Jamaica.
 

The Windsor Block building is newer and looks nicer than the Manor Block.  The lobby is nicer and the elevator area on each floor has big windows that offer you nice views of the pool and beach.  You MUST go check out the view from the roof where they have an observation deck.  Other guests told us the rooms were nice in this building.  One advantage of the Windsor Block is the patios are bigger than the patios in the pink Manor Block building.  Also, the Royal Windsor Ocean Front suites on the Windsor Block have huge wraparound patios.  That's the kind I'm talking about, they are huge suites and at the time in 2000, they were $600 per night.  That's what you want to get if you have the money to spend.
 

Manor Block pool looking toward the ocean.  That's the Sundowner swim-up pool bar in the back.  It has stools under water that you sit on while you drink at the bar, which just out into the pool.

Manor Block pool looking toward the Piano Bar.  Note the cool statues sitting in carved enclaves along the wall of the pool.  Very classy.  The columns that run out into the pool look like they are floating, a great optical effect.

A nice view from the observation roof deck of the Windsor Block Building.  You can see people at the swim up bar pool, the water was beautiful on this day.  That's Sandal's Cay 1/2 mile off shore, where Cafe Goombay and the private beach and pool are.

What sets this Sandals apart from the others is the blend of architectural styles. Every part of the resort that you walk through has a different style.  There's giant statues everywhere, and the pool next to the Windsor Block has lots of oversized planters scattered around the perimeter.  This provides many great spots to take photos at Sunset.
 

An excellent close up shot of the mural on the Manor Block Building.

Nice Romanesque architecture in the breezeway between the theater and the Cricketers Club.  There's some really nice statues and paintings on the wall.

The "4 Ladies" located in front of the Windsor Block building by the pool.  Lots of couples made great use of this Kodak Moment spot.

The Spa at Sandals
They claim their spa was voted top Caribbean spa.  The design of the spa is very impressive.  As you head down the stairs to the spa you see 3 small pools, each at a different level, a design that looks really nice.  The spa has a beautifully designed marble and hardwood interior.  They have every known service you can think of.  I got the Swedish massage and reflexology sampler for $97 including the 15% automatic gratuity, probably much higher priced by now.  A regular Swedish massage was $80 with the 15% gratuity.  Both 55 minute massages were great, and they'll dig as hard or soft as you tell them to.  To be honest, the Spa was just as good as some of the better cruise ship spas that we have been in.  I highly recommend the reflexology if you work on a computer a lot, the hand and foot manipulations feel really good.  Be sure to drink lots of water immediately after any massage.

Sandal's Cay Semi-private Island
If the pools get crowded try for a little peace.  Take the 5 minute boat ride over to Sandal's Cay 1/2 mile away.  You need to get a towel from the towel hut before you go.  The boat leaves every hour so don't miss it or you'll have to wait.  You'll want to take the 10:00 AM or 11:00 AM boat over to the island before beach chairs fill up.  If you want to get a good spot at the lagoon, walk up the hill behind the restaurant and down the other side to the lagoon and choose a chair.  Then you can go get food or drinks.  There's also a pool with a swim up bar.  Cafe Goombay serves McDonald's quality food like hamburgers and hot dogs, nothing fancy.  The swim up bar serves the usual daiquiris and coladas out of the slurpie machine. Don't forget to put SPF 15 sun block on before you go to Sandals Cay. Apply it in your hotel room, as it takes a half hour to absorb into your skin and start protecting you. Be aware of boat boarding times, if you miss the time you wanted, you'll wait another hour for the next boat.
 

The lagoon on the beach at Sandal's Cay, 1/2 mile offshore.  When the boat docks, walk over the hill past the restaurant and to the beach.  The water is beautiful and clear.

A view from Sandals Cay looking toward Sandal's complex 1/2 mile away.  This is a wedding gazebo where brides & grooms can perform their ceremony.  Many brides and grooms do their weddingmoons at Sandals, we saw 3 or more ceremonies daily.

You can also do your wedding ceremony in this carriage located next to the tennis courts and honeymoon villas.

The Restaurants
The restaurants there are pretty good.  If you don't want to wait to be seated, get there between 6:30 and 7:00, no later. Let me warn you of one thing that Sandals does not adequately warn you about in the brochures.  The restaurants require men to wear good pants and nice shirts for dinner or they will refuse you. 

I got booted from Baccarat the first night because I wore jeans and did not know better.  Make sure you have dress slacks for every night you are there.  Kimonos allows jeans but the others do not.  At 7 PM there is a 1 1/2 hour wait a Baccarat so get there by 6:30 if you want to eat there.  At 7:45, it's a 3 hour wait!  No thanks. We never made it in there, but I heard from more than one person that the food was not so great, especially for the wait.  I did eat breakfast in there a few times and loved it.  Ask for a table at the rounded windows overlooking the pool.

Kimonos is excellent, and the chef cooks on a stir fry table right in front of you Teppanyaki-style.  The food was plentiful there, and the services was incredible.  I had no room for desert so we split one between us.

The Crystal Room was pretty nice too, with elegant international dining.  The food was good and they have a nice dessert buffet in the middle of the room.  It's fun to watch the ladies scoping it out.

Casanova is a great northern Italian restaurant, and most guests agreed it was the best.

We never made it to Cafe Goombay as we were warned about the pterodactyl sized mosquitoes on Sandal's Cay at night.  They warn you to bring insect repellent, so that alone tells me it's not a place I want to eat dinner.  Our friends ate there and they were swatting mosquitoes the entire annoying dinner.  Sandals does not setup repellent candles, torches, zappers, screens, or anything, it's like being dropped off in Jurassic Park.  Our friends coined a good name for it:  Cafe GoomBug, or how about CaFly GoomBug.

One night we got an invitation to a dinner for repeat guests. There were 30 of us that attended at the ballroom in the Windsor building, with hors d'oeuvres served first then we moved into the ballroom and each table had a Sandal's manager.  At this dinner we had an excellent lobster appetizer, the only lobster we would see at Sandals.  That's one thing I can't understand about Sandal's is why they don't serve lobster when you are paying them thousands to stay there.  I keep hearing they can't get lobster in the Caribbean.  Guess they never heard of Florida lobster.  If they can fly Maine lobster to Miami, then they can fly it to Nassau too. At the dinner we learned their chefs are very well trained in the U.S.  Our head chef had come from Sandal's Antigua. That was the best meal we had there all week.

At night after dinner is when most of the couples stroll around the pools, checking out the sunset, some go to the piano bar, which has a grand piano in the middle of the room.  There's a wooden bar in the shape of the piano that goes around the piano, so you can sit right there with your drinks while the pianist plays.  There's also a billiards room
and the Royal Theater where they do talent shows and there's also the Night Club at the theater as well.
 

When you go to dinner, be sure to bring your camera to capture the awesome sunsets at Sandals.  The pool at the Windsor Block building faces the sunset perfectly.

The most photographed view at Sandals.  Right at Sunset you'll see more couples trading cameras to photograph each other than anywhere else.

What to do in Nassau
We got you covered here because we've done many of the best excursions in Nassau.  The prices we show here are the prices they charged us in June, 2000.

Swim With The Dolphins ($149 Per person) and Dolphin Encounters ($75 per person)
This is the most incredible experience.  When else can you get the chance to swim with a dolphin or pet one in a pool?  The Swim sells out fast, they were sold out weeks beyond our visit, so we settled with the Dolphin Encounters instead. If you want "The Swim", call and book it 2 months before your trip.  No kidding. Forget about waiting for last minute cancellations, no one cancels.

The 20 minute ferry ride sails from the pier at Paradise Island next to Atlantis, and heads to Blue Lagoon Island (Salt Cay).  This island has a big beautiful teal lagoon.  There's also a beach and recreation area for another excursion that just takes you to the beach.  The "Dolphin Encounters" pools are where you stand up to your waist and get your picture taken with a dolphin, who kisses you for the photo.  Next they line you up in the pool to dance with the dolphin, feed him, pet him, he rolls over, you pet his belly, and he'll stand on his tail and hugs you.  The look on a little kid's face when the dolphin hugs them is priceless. Bring a waterproof camera if you plan to sit along the pool, as the dolphins splash everyone along the edge.  Do your filming from the deck 5 feet above the pool.  If you are able to book "The Swim with the Dolphins" package, you get a 30 minute swim with the Dolphins.  So Dolphin Encounters is almost as good, as you do get to touch the dolphins and play with them.  It was the best $75 per person we ever spent. Ask an employee to point out "Gilligan's Island", 2 miles away. That's where they filmed the exterior island shots for the popular 1960s TV show.
 

Dolphin Encounters, one of the best excursions in Nassau.  You get to play in a 15' x 15' pool with a dolphin.  First they have you pose for pictures, and right as they take the picture the dolphin kisses you.

A lighthouse  on a small island between Paradise Island and Blue Lagoon Island.  You pass it on the way to Dolphin Encounters, during your 20 minute ferry ride from the Paradise Island eastern bridge.  Be ready with your camera as you pass.

Shopping In Nassau
Everyone takes cruises to the Bahamas expecting to get their booze, perfume, watches, and precious gems at huge discounts.  I have heard from too many people that got burnt royally, because there are no laws protecting the American consumer in the islands.  Cruise ships that dock at port and take you to specific shops like to tout that they are the best shops that you are going to.  But remember that the shops paid for these arrangements, and the ads in the flyers in your stateroom.  You buy a bargain emerald in the Bahamas, bring it home for appraisal, and discover it belongs at K mart in the costume jewelry section.  Unless you go with a certified gemologist who knows what they are doing, and knows the cost, I would not consider buying gems in the islands. Not in a million years.  What kind of discount do you think you are going to get if you go to the more honorable stores like Cartier? This trip we didn't bother, it's just too insulting, and a waste of time.  For perfume, the average savings is $5-10 per bottle, about what you would save at factory outlet malls near your house.  You're certainly not going to Disney World on the savings.  Some business owners present you with outrageous offers, then drop way, way off that price.  Some liquor is cheaper, some is more.  It's a big tourist trap.  You might get some good clothing prices once you talk them down off their overblown prices.  My $75 Dolphin Encounters ticket provided much more entertainment than putting up with car dealer sales tactics.  My suggestion is not to waste time shopping there for big bargains that don't materialize, and do the excursions instead.  Every product in the Bahamas is shipped there, unless it's local art, so how could California wines be cheaper?

Robinson Crusoe ($45 per person)
They call it "Best snorkeling trip", but it was the worst snorkeling I've ever done.  The trip itself was fun, you leave the pier at Paradise Island on a triple decker boat.  Secure a nice beach chair on the top deck as soon as you get on the boat.  You cruise by George Myers's mansion (Myers's Rum), a sheik with an 18 car garage, and at the end of Paradise Island, a new community where Oprah, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Sharon Stone, and Sean Connery had houses built.  It's a breezy 50 minute cash bar boat ride to Rose Island where they have a nice beach and they feed you a buffet lunch.  There's hammocks in the woods to rest on and snorkel gear with life vests but no flippers.  What kind of tour takes you snorkeling but does not provide flippers?  Their beach there was beautiful and clear.  Where's the reef?  We saw not one single fish.   We did see some giant lizards on the island.  From the beach you can see "Gilligan's Island". After lunch came volleyball games. The crew were excellent players, and we had a great time.  I found out later from the tour operator that they were supposed to take us to the other side of the island where there was a reef to snorkel.  I don't know why that never happened.  It was a fun trip, but if you're looking to snorkel, don't do it on a booze cruise.  You need a real snorkel trip.  This was a fun beach picnic trip, not a snorkel trip.
 

The awesome beach on Rose Island, where you go for the "Robinson Crusoe".  If you look real closely at the photo, there's an island 2 miles off shore that was used for the exterior shots of the popular 60's TV show "Gilligan's Island".

Stuart Cove's Snorkeling Trips ($27 per person) & SCUBA Diving ($70 per person)
Now this is a snorkeling trip, the best I've ever done.  They pile 10-15 of you in a boat on the southeast shore of Nassau, and take you out not far from Lyford Cay to a beautiful offshore reef with thousands of fish where they have a permanent buoy to attach to.  You'll see the most beautiful parrot fish and other Caribbean fish that you just don't see in the lake behind your house.   They give you snorkeling lessons if you need it, they have masks, fins, and life jackets. See, now that's what I'm looking for. The crew was knowledgeable and friendly, and was concerned about us having the best time.  Remember I mentioned how crystal clear the water is in the Bahamas?  This makes snorkeling and SCUBA diving even more awesome.  If you're in 20 feet of water and the sun shines into it, it's like you're standing in front of an aquarium.  All your shots will come out because it's lit better. The area they took us to was used by lots of Hollywood movies for filming.  On the way back ask them to float real close to to the $60 million unique home of Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard on Lyford Cay, they'll know what you're talking about.  See the photos below.  It's official title is Bahamas Luxury Nygard Cay, a 4.2 acre mega mansion at the end of Lyford Cay. It's relatively cheap to rent, at only $30,000 per day! It has 10 bedrooms, 5 pools, a tennis court, 2 volleyball courts, a basketball court, 7 boats, staff of 20, food and liquor included, 2 hummers, a 52' yacht, a 24 seat movie theatre, and exotic birds. Then they took us further out to sea where they let us feed the Caribbean sharks.  You can't do that on a booze cruise.  We are not divers but other divers told us it was awesome.  They take you to dive on shipwrecks, and you can see the James Bond plane that they sunk after filming.
 

On the way back from snorkeling, make sure they take you by Peter Nygard's Bahamas Luxury Nygard Cay, a 4.2 acre mega mansion and estate at the end of Lyford Cay, the most unbelievable house you'll ever see.  He invented spandex (God bless this man)!  They say he worked on this house for 6 years at a cost of $60 million!  He just keeps adding more and more to it.  It looks like the Flintstones meets Gilligan's Island.  It's right on the western tip of Lyford Cay.

Here's the back side of the house, where on the right side you can see he's building a giant Mayan temple in the backyard! Note the giant lookout tower on the left side of the picture.  Truly an unforgettable house.  One way or another you simply must get out to see this house.

SUB (Scenic Underwater Bubble) Bahamas ($89 per person)
This one looked absolutely incredible and we are doing it next time we go!  They fit you into a scooter that goes underwater and your head goes into the bubble where it's sealed and an oxygen tank feeds you air.  You're in water 15 deep and propelling yourself around.  There's no SCUBA or snorkeling experience necessary, the scooter does everything, and it looks awesome.  It's a must for people who want that close up view of the fish and coral.
 

Take A 1/2 Day Trip To Atlantis Resort!
We did that and have lots of pictures and stories to tell of this absolutely unbelievable experience.  There was too much for one paragraph here so we created a seperate trip report with excellent photos. Click Here To Read Our Trip Report On Atlantis Resort.
 

The Extended City And Country Tour ($28 per person)
We did this when we took a cruise to Nassau.  It's not an action packed excursion, just a simple tour for those who want to discover the major points of interest in Nassau like the forts, the famous Queen's Staircase, Government House, Gregory's Arch, and the water tower.  This extended  package also includes Ardastra Gardens & Zoo, which everyone should do at least once in their lives.  That's because you see the world famous marching flamingos. It's a cool show, amazing how well trained and synchronized the flamingos are.  You get to mingle amongst these 4-5 ft tall birds before the show, and hundreds of animals and acres of lush tropical gardens too.

Hartley's Undersea Walk ($55 per person)
This one is really cool.  We did not have time, but we'll do it next time.  They take you out on a boat to water 12 feet deep, and put these helmets on you that seal around your shoulders and feed you air through hoses that go up to the surface.  Then you step down a ladder to the bottom and walk around. I've seen it on cable TV shows, it looks really cool. You can sit on the ocean floor and the guide shows you where to walk on the bottom to feed the coral animals.  You don't even have to know how to swim, because you are walking on the bottom with your helmet on!

Sea World Explorer ($39 per person)
We did not get to do this one, but it's on our list for our next trip to Nassau.  You cruise in a boat that has windows all along the hull.  The boat slowly cruises by the reefs of Nassau Harbor so you can get a close up view of the gorgeous Bahamian marine life.

Important Tips During Your Stay At Sandals Royal Bahamian:
Get a pair of the best sunglasses you can afford with the most UV A & B protection you can get.  The Caribbean sun is very powerful because it's closer to the equator.  It's much more powerful than it is near your house, I can guarantee you that, and you must have eye protection.  Remember, UV damage is cumulative.

Always use sunscreen!!! The sun is very hot and brutal, at 90 F.  Use a sunscreen with AT LEAST SPF=15.  Anything less is not good enough.  Put it on before you leave your room in the morning and at least one other time during the day.  There's no room for macho attitudes here, human skin is made out of the same substance for all of us, men or women and it does burn.  You won't feel it until 3 hours later, but you'll feel it.  Don't say that you'll just lay out for 30 minutes first and then put on lotion, because 30 minutes is too long, and you'll fall asleep and forget. 

Get to the pool by 9:00 AM to claim lounge chairs. Leave a towel or something indicating the chair is reserved. On a fair weather day, the good lounges are gone by 9:00 AM, and if you haven't claimed a spot by 9:30 AM, forget about getting ANY spot at all at the pool. Most people are eating breakfast by 8:30 AM.
 

Things we loved about Sandals Royal Bahamian:
Food and drinks abound!! Go to any bar in Sandals and order any drink you want without having to pay for it, or tip the bartender.

The service of the employees was really good.  They all greet you, and even if they step in front of you by mistake, they all apologize.  In Kimonos the service was incredible.  I just saw a blur of hands that made sure our drinks were always full and the courses and plates changed like a well oiled machine.

Casanova and The Crystal Room had great food and service was impeccable.  No Lobster though.

The no tipping rule. It's great leaving your room with no cash, not worrying about change for tips.

The swim up bars bars that extend out into the pools with  under water stools. And don't forget the gazebos, hammocks, 10 foot chessboard, and water falls in the pool.

Super friendly staff. The maids were very thorough.

Lots of events to keep you busy: Pool Volleyball, nighttime events, beer drinking contests (it's more fun to watch), dancing at night. All the other couples are really friendly.
 

Things we did not like about Sandals

  You heard me moan about it before, I won't dwell on it, but we specified a room with a pool view and felt let down when they refused to do anything about it.  Room assignments at Sandals are too much of a crap shoot. They are inflexible about room assignments.

  Can't make reservations in the restaurants.  What's up with that?  At Sandals St. Lucia, most of the restaurants were done by reservation, why not at Royal Bahamian?  Without it, your schedule of fun gets derailed.

The free public shuttle to the Crystal Palace casino only runs every hour.  That makes balancing dinner and gaming a difficult task.  Half the cab drivers try to rip you off on the 1 mile ride up the street to the casino.  One charged $18 to drive 1 mile. They need to run this shuttle every half hour at least.  People were queued up for taxis.

The one hour wait in between boat rides to Sandal's Cay.  One time the boat was 20 minutes late so we waited 1 hr and 20 minutes instead.  You don't want to be waiting on your vacation.  They need to have that boat going every 30 minutes at least, or get 2 boats crossing each other back and forth like they do at Disney World resorts.

None of the restaurants accepted reservations.  Cafe GoomBay on the Sandal's Cay took reservations, but who wants to fight off mosquitoes as you eat?

Not enough towels in your hotel room bathroom.  Only 2 full sized towels, plus hand towels.  Should be 4 towels at the very least for the amount they charge.
 

You'll never get a lobster dinner at Sandals.  Sometimes they have some shrimp that they call "mini shrimp", but it's really micro shrimp.  For the amount of money you pay, they need to ante up.

Time to go back home
When you check out of Sandals, check your bill carefully. When we stayed at St. Lucia years before they added a $30 charge to our room for a long distance call to New York city, which we did not make. We had to make a big scene for them to drop the charge. I read another online trip report where the author reported the same thing, so stay sharp.  Don't do express check out unless you can view your bill, the regular checkout only takes a couple of minutes and you get to view the itemized bill with no surprises. Once you are gone, there's nothing you can do about it.

Make sure you call the bell hops at least one hour before your shuttle time so they can get your bags from your room.  We called them 1/2 hour before, and they kept our shuttle waiting 20 minutes!  Come on, it takes 5 minutes to wheel a cart up and get the luggage, and they did not look busy because there were 3 of them standing around.  I could have just brought them down myself much faster. Take the shuttle or Rolls Royce back to the airport, and make sure your customs form is already filled out before you get to the counter.  Don't forget there's a fee per person to leave Nassau, so hopefully you have plenty of cash left over!  All flights close 45 minutes before their departure time, so for God's sake, waste no time getting in line when you get there, or you'll be shut out.  As you fly out, you'll once again enjoy the most beautiful teal green blue oceans and islands on earth with striking white cream like "oolies" swirling in between the islands, and when you get back home, you'll have a story to tell your friends.

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