The Verandah Antigua - All Inclusive - Adults Only

We spent nine days here and had a wonderful time!! Beautiful grounds and an even better staff. The drivers, the waiter/waitresses at the Seabreeze, the cleaning staff for our room and the bartenders in particular were the best of the best!! Our room was among the nicest, if not the nicest that we have stayed at (this was our 24th resort trip). It was clean and the walk in shower was immaculate. One thing that was only mentioned maybe in the most recent review was that guests of the Verandah can access the restaurants at the Pineapple Resort. We tried Chef Pietro's at the Pineapple on our last night and it was great. At the Verandah, we enjoyed Portofinos and Sails and Tales for three of our dinners. Nicole's however, was not worth the upcharge. We did a dinner of light snacks at the Wavy Wicket one night. Shout out the man in charge there who was working the bar and was very accommodating with our food order!! We honestly never had an issue with the reservation system for the restaurants. It just took a few minutes before or after breakfast to stop into guest services on two days and we were fine with dinners. For lunch, it was Sails and Tales, the Rasta Bar or Papa Ricos which being native metro New Yorkers, compares favorably with NY Pizza!! We actually enjoyed sitting outside on the warm nights after dinner and taking in the poolside musical performances. We had a most relaxing time and would highly recommend!!

Gated with security to get in or out. Buffet average at best. Other restaurants were decent if you could get a reservation. Good booze selection. Employees were half friendly and half not. Sots on 35 acres so be prepared to walk some. Beach is slimy at waist deep. Beach at Pineapple was fine. Quiet resort and nice rooms.

Small by nice beaches. Good food options but food was hit and miss. Nice pool. Wasn’t easy to book restaurants. Only 1 guest service person so had to wait in line. If you got there later dinner options were limited and some booked. Sports bar food and drinks and bartenders very good. They didn’t always have pool and beach towels available. Pizza and papa Rico’s was very good, and Gerald did a great job handling the orders a cooking the pizza by his self. No beverages supplied in mini fridges was disappointing, for all inclusive. Having carts and drivers to take you around the property was nice.

Positives: Great property and facilities, decent beaches, awesome staff, decent food, great drinks and service. Not so Positives: The management has this crazy and inefficient system for making reservations at the nicer higher end eating establishments whereas you can only make in-person reservations on within 24 hours of your desired dining time. So you have people having to get up early to stand in this long slow line to try and make a reservation at the restaurants. All of the reservations for that time period were always gone when I tried, so I never got to eat at the nice restaurant. Probably the worst reservation system to have. Why can't people just just use a phone or online system to make a reservation two or three days out?!?!

Rooms very nice. People are unfriendly, with a few exceptions! Unorganized and figure out as you go approach. Understaffed since they laid everyone off for the remodel process, so everyone is new. Restaurants are decent but can only book 3 days in advanced and fill quickly. Drinks are truly alcohol and are not watered down which was a huge plus! loved the cottage layout!

Very friendly staff that makes you feel comfortable at all times.The resort is very large and spread out therefore it never feels like it's crowded. I would not hesitate to return. We loved our stay at the Verandah.

This property is clean and kept extremely well. Staff is amazing, kind and helpful. Duty manager Ron went above and beyond to address one of our concerns. Everyone at front desk, bar area and restaurants are great and friendly. I would have liked to see a better food options and access to food. The wait time at restaurants were sometimes too long. Otherwise, this is a great place for families.

How do I rate a resort that closed down 3 weeks before my arrival and was never notified and ended up at a sister’s hotel that didn’t meet my expectations and wasn’t my choice

The Verandah is a beautiful large property. Resort was clean, the staff was helpful and friendly