Secrets St. Martin Resort & Spa - All Inclusive

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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720 reviews

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  Enjoyable for the price

  We got a steal of a deal - $3500 (for both my husband and myself) along with about 90% of the entire plane. I knew the standards weren’t up to normal Secrets/Dreams expectations based on reviews and price, but I must say I was in shock when I went to see our room. The hallways are atrocious in real life! I know they are due for an overhaul and once I got used to it, I just had to look past it. Other things are in rough shape too but I just kept reminding myself what we paid! Check in went relatively well considering there was probably well over 100 people arriving at once. I was supposed to get a mountain view room but instead looked out upon a road and fence. Thank goodness I was on the second floor because the grass/grounds were littered with paint and stir sticks. Another thing I just decided to deal with after contemplating complaining… I was not aware the 2 restaurants overlooking the water were closed and no longer open at all. I thought people meant they rotated opening. The a la carte’s were in the same location each night beside the Buffett, but with different menus. We ended up eating out at 4 different restaurants close by and enjoyed each meal. The beach is absolutely stunning with gorgeous calm, warm water. We got up early each morning except one to secure good loungers. Yes, you need to play the game. We never ended up with ideal pool loungers but we could manage to find them and move here and there through out the day. The sun is scorching so be very mindful! Plenty of towels were readily available. The drinks are made with name brand alcohol but lack the special touch of fancy glasses and garnishes both at the pool and beach bar. They do a bit more at night in the lobby bar. Food was ok. The ambience at the buffet is non existent. We usually don’t do buffets for anything but breakfasts, however here, we ate there a couple of times for lunch but preferred the Barefoot Grill. They made a really good Caesar salad but one day we had to wait 1.5 hours for a Cobb salad. Ridiculous! Rooms were exactly as shown, and expected, thank goodness. Excellent housekeeping too. Comfy beds, nice size bathroom, bar restocked daily, plenty of water and always had M&M’s, peanuts and Pringles refreshed too. All the staff was very nice. Try Ivan’s noon water aerobics. Gym is very basic. No idea about the spa as I didn’t see it anywhere. I definitely would love to return once it reopens to see all the changes and enhancements. I’m so glad we got a deal as I’d be very disappointed if we had paid what the prices seem to have gone up to. Definitely not a 5 star experience - but no regrets!

  Mar 12, 2025
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  Great beach, even better people!

  Great location! The beach is absolutely beautiful and very swimable in a nice little cove so the water was never rough, lots of fun to see all the boats. 20 - 30 minute $15 USD a person cab ride to the ferry - would recommend a day trip to Anguilla (budget $300CAD a person for this…taxi, ferry, lunch, chair rental) The staff were so wonderful, the people of St Martin are so kind. It will not be the Secrets you’re used to if you’ve been to Mexico, no entertainment, rooms are not fancy and it’s not fine dining - but you’re going for the beach and the culture of the island and that’s 12/10

  Mar 09, 2025
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  Beautiful and Quiet but don’t go if you have a peanut allergy

  Stayed here for a week at the beginning of March 2025 - resort was in a soft opening but was still fabulous. Beach 10/10, rooms 10/10, food 10/10. Stayed in building 5 in a swim out suite with a mountain and canal view. No complaints, the staff are wonderful. I would only caution that if you have a peanut allergy (I do not, but I have a child with one) you should not go here, there are packages of peanuts provided in the room daily and every restaurant has peanuts on the menu or at the buffet. There are also iguanas everywhere, they keep to themselves and are interesting to watch.

  Mar 07, 2025
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  Gorgeous Beach!

  We stayed at this hotel for 2 weeks in Feb 2025, not knowing it was only their soft opening in between a major renovation. Our stay was still enjoyable. Beautiful beach area, amazing weather! Absolutely nobody bothering you on beach to sell you anything and nobody at hotel trying to lure you into buying time share. This alone is priceless!

  Mar 07, 2025
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  Beautiful resort would return

  -Beach, beautiful, sandy, no seaweed but if the resort isn’t going to enforce beach chairs being saved and left empty then they need more seating. Most of the grounds were beautiful but I expect that more will be done next renovation. They need working outdoor showers to rinse the sand off your feet. -Food, fresh, well prepared with lots of variety. We enjoyed the buffet and the cafe as well as the premium lounge which had snacks. All the desserts were amazing! However, the food at the buffet was sometimes not hot. Warm, lukewarm. Need better heating. Sufficient selection for vegetarians but a vegan would struggle. 3 restaurant locations at the moment: the Asian, the buffet,and the a la carte next to the buffet were open. The specialty restaurants rotated through the a la carte next to the buffet. Service was generally very good. -Staff - everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. Very nice and gracious people. - Room - we had a preferred club master suite mountain view. Great room with extra space (living room). There were minor issues like the sink not draining well, one of the USB plugs by the bed, didn’t work but it didn’t affect our enjoyment. Room overlooked the gardens in the middle of the resort and we could see the ocean in the distance. Room was very clean and comfortable and housekeeping was wonderful and very efficient. Fridge was always restocked. -will post photos of menus which I would have liked to see when we were booking - we would definitely return and stay longer

  Mar 06, 2025