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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/07/2015 07:46 PM
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OK, I've read this several times and I don't get it--There was a huge drop off into the water, the waves were huge, there were lots of rocks on the sea floor, the prices were high, and some idiots down the beach were playing loud music. And you're going back tomorrow... I don't get it..
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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The waves were huge on one side. The other side had a breakwater that prevented large waves. We just tried the wrong side first. Other people were swimming in the big waves and loving it. The prices at the restaurant were high, yes. The food and service was excellent. I don't mind paying for quality food and drink. And it is not the fault of Kokomo that there were "ugly americans" down the beach.
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/07/2015 08:34 PM
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OK, still doesn't make sense to me, but so long as you are happy, that's all that matters..
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/07/2015 08:58 PM
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Just didn't sound like an incredible day to me, but glad she had a good time. To me, if some idiots are playing loud music at the other end of the beach, I don't care if it's the restaurant's fault or not, I wouldn't go back there the next day, as they will probably be back...
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 07:47 AM
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Carol_Hill said: Just didn't sound like an incredible day to me, but glad she had a good time. To me, if some idiots are playing loud music at the other end of the beach, I don't care if it's the restaurant's fault or not, I wouldn't go back there the next day, as they will probably be back... And yet, when I posted about miserable service and bad food at Dreams, everyone told me I needed to go back to give Bruno another chance. THAT's what I don't understand.
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 11:25 AM
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And yet, when I posted about miserable service and bad food at Dreams, everyone told me I needed to go back to give Bruno another chance. THAT's what I don't understand.
<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> Prices are high and beach is so so at Dreams also. Everyone has their own level of tolerance for annoyances and we should respect their choices.
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 11:27 AM
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Dreams has built a fan base based on a lot of positive experience, Kokomo has not yet on this forum. Many know Bruno from years of top notch service, most have no clue who owns or runs Kokomo. T
I prefer the Isle seat
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 03:18 PM
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Does that road have guardrails? I am terrified of heights and I look at that road from afar and it scares the beejesus out of me!!
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 05:51 PM
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Glad I'm not the only one! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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BeachKitten said: lol! me too!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
Hubby tried to turn down the road from the rotary, instead of heading into P-Burg past the Griffin School.....I screamed!!!! "Oh hell, no, you let me out RIGHT NOW!".... I am actually quite afraid of heights and I have no problem on that road.
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 08:48 PM
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Thanks for the report on Kokomo. Just for comparison, do you remember the cost of the Chicken Caesar Salad? And as you said chairs and umbrella are free, so that has to be factored into just how expensive is it. Thanks.
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 09:09 PM
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Really? Wow, just looking at it from the other road gives me the willies. Again, is there a guardrail at least?
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 09:30 PM
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It really is not that bad going down that hill, not as bad as the alternate route over the hill. They have a menu online at www.kokomo-sxm.com. It seems that some of the pricing has come down a bit since I last looked at it, specifically the burger which now does not list Kobe beef. I am close in my estimate of about $32 to $34 was what the Kobe burger was listed with Cheese and Bacon in November. Along the lines of there is no single place that will please everybody I think we have spent two days at Kokomo but one was rained out on the beach but we had lunch there twice and it was good and we had no issues with the service. But, it did not draw us to keep coming back. That is not because it was expensive or that there was something specific we did not like it just did not feel to us like a place that had the gravity to pull us back in. About as scientific as I can state it. We might go back if we are in that area or plan on going into Phllipsburg for a bit but it will not be a place that we go out of our way to get to at this point. Cheers! T
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/08/2015 09:48 PM
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The thoughts of traversing that hill makes me very queasy, so needless to say, I haven't been there yet and have only heard second hand reports, sadly more less favorable than favorable but I always maintain, we all have different likes and dislikes and thank God we don't all prefer the same place. We'd never get served.......
We've also enjoyed most of our meals and days and evenings at Dreams and while I love their beach furnishings and I'm more than willing to concede that Bruno is a great guy, I don't personally find the beach itself to my particular liking.
Of all the island beaches with destination restaurants my favorite is and has long been Friars Bay Beach Club (and no, I've never experienced the sewer/sulphur odor people often speak of) so.......
If only they could take Kokomo's view and couple it with Dreams beach furnishings and the FBBC meals and service, and then locate it all closer to the Maho-Mullet-Cupecoy area where we stay, what a perfect dream place that would be! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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Re: Just back from an incredible day at Kokomo
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01/09/2015 08:33 AM
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[b]lcote said:[/] it is FAR easier than the alternate path over the hill to Cole Bay.! An yes, Cake hill. We do take that road, but somehow I feel there's land or hills on the side and I won't drop off into oblivion if we go off the road....lol
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