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Located on a beautiful stretch of secluded beach, Grand Pineapple Beach Resort overlooks the spectacular waters of Long Bay on the northeastern Antiguan coast. 135 air-conditioned rooms are in one or two-story buildings, each with its own patio.
This All-Inclusive beachfront resort offers four restaurants, four bars, nightly live entertainment, a casino with slot machines and video poker, an oceanfront freshwater pool, tennis on four courts, a fitness center and non-motorized watersports.
Beach: Grand Pineapple Beach Resort is nestled along a beautiful stretch of secluded white sand beach, for sun-worshippers and watersports enthusiasts, alike. Enjoy complimentary windsurfing, sunfish sailing, kayaks, snorkeling, and reef fishing.
“Wonderful family holiday!”
My husband, my 2 and ½ year old son and I, just returned from our first visit to Antigua! We stayed at the Grand Pineapple Beach Resort for the week of August 4, 2008 to August 12, 2008. We booked with Sandals directly and used Unique Vacations. We flew with US Airways and LIAT from Buffalo, NY. Being Canadian this was our first experience with connecting flights and everything went fairly smoothly. We left Buffalo at 8:30 a.m. We stopped in Charlotte, NC and St. Maarten. We finally arrived in Antigua at around 6:40 p.m. The flights were uneventful. We didn’t have to wait a very long time in the customs lines and by the time we got our luggage and cleared customs it was close to 7:30 p.m. The ride to the Grand Pineapple was about 30 minutes. (Please note that if you book directly with Sandals you will be sent a voucher for transportation to and from the airport. The Sandals rep at the airport will not honor this. Talk to the reception people at the Grand Pineapple; they will reimburse you taxi fare and pay for the taxi to the airport).
CHECK-IN: This was fairly quick. They gave us our room keys and towel cards and told us that there would be an orientation with the concierge the following morning at 8:30 a.m., which we attended. They also required a $200 deposit by cash or credit card for any incidentals. [8 out of 10]
ROOMS: We were in room 127on the first floor. This was a beachside room, which surprised us since we had paid for a garden view room. The room was nice. Yes, they are older and need to be freshened up but as I always say, I don’t pay to stay in my room on holidays. It is used to sleep, shower and store my things. It was fine for that purpose. It consisted of a king-size bed. The room had a dresser with a television set (a few dozen-satellite channels), a sitting area with two chairs, and a luggage table. The closet was large with a safe for your use (this was included with the room). There was also a mini fridge, which was empty. The bathroom had a toilet, sink, bathtub/shower and hair dryer. The room served our purposes just nicely. [7out of 10]
FOOD/DRINKS: The food was awesome. The resort has three restaurants, and you had to reserve for dinner every night. This was done by calling or coming to see the concierge in the lobby. The restaurants were the Pineapple Grill (Tex-Mex), Chef Pietro (Italian) and the Topaz (buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner on 2 out of 7 nights. The two nights were Italian buffet and Caribbean buffet. The other 5 nights were a la carte). They also had a snack bar that served hamburgers, chicken fingers, hot dogs, pizza, etc. The food was delicious. I loved the different stews and curries. No one has anything to complain about here where food is concerned. [9.5 out of 10]
Drinks were very good. There’s no such thing as a watered down drink at the Grand Pineapple Beach. The pina coladas were excellent. They serve Crystal beer on tap at the bars. They also served champagne in the piano bar. [10 out of 10]
BEACH / POOL: The beach was beautiful. There are plenty of beach loungers on the beach. The water was that beautiful shade of turquoise. There were two pools on the resort. An adult pool and a large family pool. The adult pool was closed for the duration of our stay as they were doing construction. We really didn’t use the family pool, as the beach was spectacular. [10 out of 10]
ENTERTAINMENT: There is nightly entertainment available. They had a few musicians play throughout the week and the steel drum bands. We can’t really say much as we missed out on this most nights because of our son. [8 out of 10]
EXCURSIONS: We did the half-day shopping trip to St. John’s. It cost $15.00 per person. We were driven to St. John’s and left near the quay and picked up about 3 hours later. We also arranged a private taxi through the resort for a four-hour tour of the island. This cost $30.00 per hour. We had Mr. Alex Brown, Jr. show us around and we had a wonderful time. The tour desk at the resort was great at arranging whatever you want. [9 out of 10]
STAFF: We had heard that the staff was very unfriendly. This is not the truth. We found everyone very friendly and helpful. We have nothing bad to say. The staff at Grand Pineapple are wonderful people. [9 out of 10]
OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: We loved the Grand Pineapple Resort. We would recommend this resort to anyone who loves a beautiful beach and good food. It is important to note that this is not one of the MEGARESORTS that you find in Cuba, Dominican Republic or Mexico. It is small but very comfortable. Yes, the rooms need to be freshened up but it’s all part of the Caribbean charm.
