Hotels near Fairview Great House & Botanical Gardens, Saint Kitts

When we arrived we were put into the wrong room. We reserved a room with 2 beds but got a room with 1. Although the room was bigger, the ac did not reach the living room, where I slept, so it was about 85 degrees in there with 80% humidity. Needless to say I didn’t sleep at all. Add on the fact that there was extremely loud noise on both the shared patio as well as the hallway until 3:30 am. We got a knock on the door at 9 am telling us we had to switch rooms at 11 am so we start packing up our things. There’s a knock at 10 saying we had to move then, so we do. Much to our surprise, THIS room still only has one bed. We tell the manager that we will be switching hotels that afternoon and will be back at about 3 pm to retrieve our things because we already had plans for the day. We get back at 3:30 to our door being open and housekeeping standing outside. We ask why the door is open and she says because she needs to clean the room and we said we’d be back at 3 pm. Mind you, we were paid up for 3 more days. We gather our things and exit the room. She is still waiting outside the room for us. I sent an email to the manager requesting a partial refund, explaining the entire experience to him. Not only did I not receive a partial refund but he never even responded. This is horrible customer service and not a good way to represent the island.

The hotel seems to be under construction, however the staff members are equipped to handle all and any issue that may arise The staff members that went above and beyond to assist as needed are Front desk Stephanie and Bella - professional, reliable and industrious . Both are kind and willing to assist with effective results noted at all times. Restaurant department Rachel and Cherise - friendly and competent with great interaction skills Landscaping Ricardo was always eager and willing to get customers fresh coconuts on site. No request was too difficult for him, he demonstrated his willingness to keep customers happy. He is very kind and very humble . Security Kevin is professional, precise and focus on keeping staff and customers safe as evident by his frequent rounding of the building and ensuring safety with his high sense of awareness. Ikesh is professional and thinks outside the box to resolve any concerns or issue that guess my encounter. He is both proficient and skillful.

Having spent 3 weeks here to really experience a ‘holiday’ rather than staying at our beautiful family home from home on the island- this review should’ve been better but unfortunately it’s down to individuals who clearly do not understand the importance of hospitality and customer service OR it’s probable that they are selective with which guests they treat appropriately. This hotel really needs to revisit staff training to educate staff etiquette to ALL customers from ALL parts of the globe… Mumbling comments between themselves in native tongue thinking guests do not understand what is being said is PURE ignorance and demonstrates slack attitudes. You would expect staff to remain professional at ALL times and represent the brand you work for in a positive light. Perhaps feeling just a little too comfortable in job security and relaxed here to care that much. Some of the attitudes do not match the beauty of the island. We do recommend you don’t believe the hype and try a different hotel on the island as the praises sung about the Marriott do not in anyway match the service. We were told when asked which hotel is the best on the island that it was this one. However we had family members stay in the other hotel up the road and they were very happy. Clearly St Kitts is proud of this hotel standing out in all its splendour but sadly some staff are letting it down. The hotel itself - PROS are that you have no problem getting Sun loungers by the pool. The hotel room we had was spacious & sufficient. Albeit showing signs of tiredness and in need of much TLC for what you’d expect from the brand. Rooms quite clean. Hareem thank you for being so accommodating and one other male staff member in the snack bar- quite young, dark with a lisp, braided locs- maybe you could teach the others a thing or two about personality. Some of the pool staff were nice and a guy who dealt with the cabana for us. Emerald Spa staff were nice. Sorry didn’t catch names. Gym was decent and it’s Lovely that locals can use the hotel facilities and beach. CONS some staff demonstrate questionable mannerisms as if they aren’t used to hearing different accents. Very inconsistent room service, more often than not you don’t get what you ask for on the menu. Then to rectify it you are charged again the room service charge (I did finally speak to deputy manager about this and was dealt with courteously - thank you). Nothing really here at the hotel to do for children- think you’re missing a trick there. No real greetings during our stay in the lobby, some staff look miserable and unapproachable. Again selective attention only to those I presume they think they’ll get a ‘tip’ from. A few bottles of complimentary waters handed out on check-in…meh. On arrival to the hotel, I left my card on the room for charges and noticed numerous online debits all within the space of 10-15 minutes of each other for numerous amounts ranging from £30 to £400. Luckily they had all declined as I hadn’t

There is not a formal reception except way down the hill which requires a drive. No lobby. No sundry store or gift shop etc. so there is no running downstairs to grab medicine a bandaid a quick soda or snacks. Come prepared . We were told several time the staff has left for the day. You basically have to dial zero from your room to ask any questions. But if you are not in your room it’s hard to find staff to get answers to things. The rooms are built on heavy hills so walking back and forth to your room is for the physically fit. Same getting to the restaurant walking up 30 stairs. There were blackout ish curtains but the rooms are not insulated. It’s basically shutters with screens so the AC is not really cold. So hence sleeping with no covers. They provide down comforters which are too hot and no single sheet. Super cool rainforest experience close to trail head for hiking nice experience being in a whole house room with a cold plunge pool. The coffee was absolutely horrible Nescafé instant was best option in room and at restaurant. They did have couple tray champaign which was amazing. The bathroom is attached to most of the houses which means it’s outside and only curtains for privacy which blow in the wind and make you feel like your being watched bring clothes pins to put them together if you are modest. We would return but be better prepared for this type of property. Given the price we expected more.