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Leandras #188117
03/21/2019 04:04 PM
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I read on Facebook that Leandras was back open on Orient. Can anyone on the Island tell us if that is correct? And do you have any pictures of their new building if they are open?

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Re: Leandras [Re: stangied] #188126
03/21/2019 04:38 PM
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They are renting chairs and umbrellas. There is a thatched covered hut out of which they sell drinks. Beer, water, pop and I saw today frozen drinks. No food yet.

Re: Leandras [Re: pandpfromcanada] #188310
03/22/2019 04:52 PM
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Bummer

I just walked by there an hour ago and noticed it. I would have gone up and said hello.

We are leaving tomorrow, so I won’t have a chance now.

Hopefully they will be fully up and running by the time we get back.

Re: Leandras [Re: stangied] #188318
03/22/2019 06:50 PM
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Look like they have a wooden structure from the pictures I saw on Facebook.

Re: Leandras [Re: SXMScubaman] #188369
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Yes a wooden structure with the roof covered in palm tree branches. It seems each day they add an additional sign advertising something. Very entrepreneurial of them.

Re: Leandras [Re: pandpfromcanada] #188387
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Hope they have the proper permits and can stay.

Re: Leandras [Re: stangied] #188470
03/23/2019 08:46 PM
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We walked by there, last Wednesday. $10 for an umbrella - looks like they throw in the chairs for free. Cheap drinks - $5 beers, and $2 Cokes.

Re: Leandras [Re: CJIMI] #188471
03/23/2019 09:07 PM
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Someone in another post in a different thread said they are charging $20 for 2 chairs and an umbrella. I don't think they are throwing in the chairs for free. That would not be a good business tactic.




Re: Leandras [Re: islandgem] #188479
03/24/2019 06:51 AM
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From what I saw when I walked by one day last week, it was basically $20 for 2 chairs and an umbrella and included a drink. They may have termed it to be $10 each for a chair with free umbrella but the bottom line was $20 for a set and included a drink. Not sure if it was 1 drink per chair or set. Beers were 2 for $5 and they also had soda and I think a limited mixed drink selection. They had just a few sets of chairs rented.

Bikini charged $30 for a set of padded chairs and umbrella. We took a cooler, as did several other guests and at one point the beach guy told me it was "forbidden" to have our own drinks as it would "force them to close the restaurant". He said he would make an "exception" this time. I told him 3 of the 4 of us were going to eat there and for $30 for the chairs he should not have a problem with a few drinks from our own cooler. Others behind us that spoke French and had a large white styrofoam cooler were not given the same lecture that I could tell.


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Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188494
03/24/2019 11:11 AM
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For 30 bucks I'll be bringing a cooler too. If they don't like it I'll go somewhere else. My feeling is if I'm paying for chairs I'll bring my own drinks/food. If they are free I'll buy from them.

Re: Leandras [Re: SXMScubaman] #188495
03/24/2019 11:13 AM
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Correct, same here. We might take some snacks but 3 of the 4 of us ate and had a drink at the restaurant. I was driving so it was a total of 3 beers early on and then none after that.


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Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188500
03/24/2019 12:06 PM
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If they say that the chairs and restaurant are separate operations, hence whey they don't provide free chairs if eating/drinking there....and I have to pay $30 ...then you can bet your sweet bippy that I have the right to bring my own cooler. I am renting your space and I will do what I want.


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Re: Leandras [Re: BeachKitten] #188501
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Originally Posted by BeachKitten
If they say that the chairs and restaurant are separate operations, hence whey they don't provide free chairs if eating/drinking there....and I have to pay $30 ...then you can bet your sweet bippy that I have the right to bring my own cooler. I am renting your space and I will do what I want.

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Re: Leandras [Re: BeachKitten] #188505
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I was not told there were separate operations, perhaps they are but nowhere did I say that or imply that. I was just relaying the beach guys "threat" when he saw me get a can out of the cooler. Like I also said, there was a couple (French speaking) in the row behind us drinking out of a white styrofoam cooler. Nothing was said to them and I never saw them order any food or drink from Bikini.


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Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188509
03/24/2019 01:11 PM
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And whats to stop you from buying the chairs from Bikini and walking down the beach and get food at another place.

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Not a thing. Did that 2 years ago.


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Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188532
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Same here.

Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188537
03/24/2019 04:32 PM
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I know it does seem unfair, but this is nothing new. It has always been the case to not allow coolers on the beach when there is a beach bar there. Even Karakter does not allow coolers and I think they have a sign stating this. When we wanted to bring coolers, we always brought our own chairs and moved to a more secluded area to enjoy our day. The Club O beach always allowed coolers with no problem, but I think they were an exception.




Re: Leandras [Re: islandgem] #188539
03/24/2019 04:35 PM
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Actually, I don't think that was the 'rule' before at all. MANY places have always allowed coolers to be brought, including Bikini PRE Irma.. Karakter does not charge for chairs at all if you eat and/or drink there. That's totally different.


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Re: Leandras [Re: islandgem] #188540
03/24/2019 04:37 PM
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The difference being, they do not charge for a "set" at Karakter. When we go there we do not take a cooler and we purchase everything from them since they do not charge for the loungers. Different story at Bikini and I have taken a cooler there for 20+ years.

Also odd that it was not "forbidden" for the French speaking couple.


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Re: Leandras [Re: ruralcarrier] #188541
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JD--you and I were typing almost exactly the same thing, at the same time! Great minds!!!


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Re: Leandras [Re: Carol_Hill] #188543
03/24/2019 04:44 PM
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It was always what I was told by the people that owned the beach bars. I even remember you were told that by a beach bar close by there and you said you would never go back. It has always been discouraged and there have been many posts here in the past discussing this.




Re: Leandras [Re: islandgem] #188546
03/24/2019 04:57 PM
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Elizabeth--that was at Coco at Esmeralda. I vowed I would never go back there, and I have not. The OTHER beach bars on Orient have always allowed coolers, as far as I know. It's been a very long time since we were at Kontiki also, so not sure about them, but Bikini and Kakao always allowed coolers. And Friars Bay Beach Club allowed coolers, as of last June, post Irma. And of course you have Mullet, where you can bring your cooler, in addition to Club O beach, and all the small beach bars on Orient allowed it also.


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Re: Leandras [Re: islandgem] #188551
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Only time we were told we could not have a cooler was at the New Bikini was when they first opened next to La Playa before Irma. They said we could have them second row back but not front row. Said no problem, have a nice day and went to La Playa instead and used our coolers there.


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