Spent a few days here. The property is located on one of the most stunning stretches of coastline - many locals indicated that its the prettiest part of the island, and based upon what I saw I'd agree. The beach directly in front of the pool is a bit rocky, but on the west end of the resort property the beach was sandier and better for swimming. A few of the staff members, including the entire team at the security gate, were lovely. But there were not a lot of staff visible, and it showed.

Currently, the hotel only offers housekeeping once per week, on Mondays. This isn't disclosed online or when I called in advance. Apparently its due to COVID, however prior to COVID they were only offering twice-weekly housekeeping - not the way I'd expect a Marriott-run beach resort to operate COVID-aside. In addition, while the main dining restaurant is not open, they have also decided to close the pool bar on Mondays and Tuesdays; on days its open, its only operating between 4-9pm. Again, this wasn't disclosed on their website or by phone - and it should have been, as meal options are extremely limited. They do offer a limited 'Knock and Drop' room service menu for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

Breakfast was pretty meager: pre-packaged brownies and muffins, coffee, and a bowl of apples served on a table set up in the main lobby. After the first morning, we headed to a grocery store: our rooms included kitchenettes. Until this starts to operate normally, you'll definitely want a car. There are a few options a five-seven minute drive away and a lot within 30 minutes. If you're not prepared to self-cater, don't come here. (And due to COVID all dishes have been pulled from the rooms, so you need to buy plastic/paper everything as well... at check-in we were told "if you want plastic cups, that's on you.")

My room was definitely showing its age. It was mostly clean, but had some dated furniture, a very rust-covered refrigerator and just looked dark and drab. Bed, floor and bathroom all clean, but the cupboards and a few other places could have used a good scrub. Definitely ask for an upper floor unit, which has a higher vaulted ceiling. The resort has beautiful landscaping, but it seemed to be getting a bit unkept. A local business owner told us they had fired the groundskeepers, and it showed: there was a lot of dead tropical foliage laying around, as well as some trash that wasn't picked up over our entire stay (including a used face mask on the pool deck that was there for four days straight). We only saw the pool cleaned once during our stay, which wasn't frequent enough as the bottom got fairly sandy and there were quite a few dead bugs.

If you need anything (room service, pool towels etc) you need to go up to the front desk. Very strange. Gym had been renovated and looked great. The front gate crew also did a thorough COVID screening of every person coming onto the property (list of questions and temperature checks). That team is great.

The hotel has a lot of rooms - I'd guess 80+ - filled by oil workers and government contractors - so the property definitely has some stable revenue. These guests aren't around during the day, but you can see them all drive out in cars solo in the morning and back in the afternoon. They were certainly not disruptive at all, but it just appeared that the property was functioning much more as a long-term serviced accommodation than a beach resort.

Beautiful spot, just know what you're getting yourself into in advance, as I don't think the hotel has done an honest job of setting expectations, particularly regarding dining options.