Well we made it home Friday March 31/23. It was so nice to be back on the island after a couple of years. Even though our first night was a bit of a panic, with our room not being avail at Azure, it ended up to be yet again, another great vacation.
After we were finally settled into our 2 bedroom at Royal Palm by second afternoon, it was all up hill from there. I will say that the Royal Palm is very nicely re-done. Very clean, and bright. My only thoughts on the rooms were they could have bought better beds, they were very hard and uncomfortable, lol The other issue was not being able to control the A/c,,,it was a bit warm by times, but I am sure that is centrally controlled for people who want to keep windows and doors open and run A/C continually, I get that.

The Yacht Club is certainly a go to for us......wonderful breakfasts, drinks, and nice viewing of the yachts and smaller boats coming and going. Always treated well there and the Caesars are pretty good too. Its right across the street, so very handy.
Favourite meals while on the island: (sorry Carol, not great with pics, and I know how much people like to see them)
The Palms: again, never disappoints
Moulin Fou was fabulous,,,didn't make it there on last visit, but will not miss it again.- hopped over to HOle in wall after, but it was too loud to even think, let alone talk,,we did have a few drinks out back on the patio.
Greenhouse - Simpson Bay - probably the best fish and chips I have had on the island to date!
Pineapple Petes never disappoints either.....all 6 of us enjoyed our time there. Then stopped at Toppers for ice cream treats on walk back to Royal Palm
Tap n Grill - I have to say that the hamburger and fresh cut fries have to be the best of that type of food on the island. We did not make it to Krave, but all 6 of us could not believe how good the hamburg was!! And, it was the only place we visited that actually had yummy fresh cut fries. We stayed on and it was a very fun night. Steve the bartender there is a great guy!!


We did try the new Astra Steak House, everyone except me said their meal was great. My only problem was my steak was rare when I asked for medium well.....no biggee
Cafe Rembrandt - we really enjoyed out time there, but that was because we got to hear Ronnie's band. I was expected a better selection for food. Really only sausage and the Dutch sauerkraut mixed with taters, or kale mixed with taters. I had viewed the menu online, but it was obviously outdated, lol Was really looking forward to Shepherd's pie there. Oh well, it is a very neat little spot and will definitely visit again.

We took a boat tour with Eagles out of Bobbies marina. Coy and James were very friendly and sure knew what they were doing. It was a 6 hour tour, snorkeling, etc. We were served a very good ham and cheese sandwich, then to our surprise he stopped back in Simpson Bay by Kim Sha Beach and we were served, chicken, ribs, potatoe salad, caesar salad - all very good. This is where my hubby got a ride in a dinghy to the dock by Royal Palm,,,he was feeling a bit sea sick, lol and we still had more snorkeling by Little Bay, etc. But for 119.00 u.s. per person, we thought it was a very good deal!!

Phillipsburg trip - it was soooooo hot that hubby and I found a seat at Blue Bitch Bar, and waited for the newbies to take a tour around and buy some t shirts, etc. Man it was crowded and just too hot for me. The drinks were cold, so I was very happy to sit and people watch, till all in our group made it back to grab lunch with us. Maybe its just me, but I found that the sun was so intense compared to other times we have been on island. But, then again, we usually go to island in January or Feb so maybe that had something to do with it.

Airport return trip. - Wow,,,it was so crowded and we stood in lines for almost 2 hours. We met Lesley at airport to return van at 2pm,,,our flight was to leave at 4:55pm.....we barely had time to grab a hamburg before finally getting to loading gate. Tons of people. Then when we boarded and there was some kind of labour dispute or slow down?? not sure but we sat on plane for approx 45 mintues before taking off. Not too bad, but it was sure hot on flight home.

Kenny's. - Again, without fail, such excellent service....just cant beat it.

We finally found Dany's at Cupecoy - I know weird that we never made it there before on all of our trips - but, there just was zero beach except for one small area and all beach chairs were gone....so will def try again on our next visit. It truly is beautiful along the cliffs there.

Just wanted to say thanks to all you ttol'ers for answering any questions prior to our trip. This is a great forum and so helpful. Hope you all have safe n happy travels......until next year, take care.