Originally Posted by eneq

My answers to my own questions above are in red.

We just wrapped up a 5-night stay here, and all I can say is WOW. This place is as close to paradise as my wife and I have ever experienced. I am glob, booked with points, and we were upgraded to a deluxe pool villa for the first two nights and a standard pool villa for the other 3 nights. Both rooms were amazing with loads of privacy. I'm not sure the price difference between the two if paying for an upgrade, but I don't think I would spend more than ~$150/ni to have a deluxe pool villa. We were celebrating a delayed honeymoon/1-yr anniversary trip, and our host made a nice display in our room the final night which was a fun surprise for my wife. We were surprised by the amount of activities, and we never seemed to be wanting for things to do. We rented a kayak one day, snorkeled a couple other, and also did the turtle swim. Next time we come here, we'll probably stay for 7-nights; 5 was a bit too short for us, considering the journey getting there. But as others have said before, the island is very special. The isolation sets it apart from any other beach resort we've been to. We ate at the dining room 4 nights and did the beach bbq one night. The bbq was not worth it to us. However, wine was included in the price, which we did not realize until the bill came. If we would've known that ahead of time, we would've ordered a bottle instead of a couple glasses.

As for the dining room, we enjoyed all of our meals. One night, my wife asked if she could get the catch of day cooked in a blackened style. While the chef couldn't completely duplicate it, he did prepare the mahi mahi in a special style that my wife enjoyed. I also was able to get the catch of the day cooked Indonesian-style another night. Most of our meals included Speedy sauce on the side, which is highly recommended (but also very spicy!). If you go and are bored with the food, I would recommend asking the servers if they have any recommendations for dishes that the chef can make, which aren't on the menu. Whenever we did that, they were happy to oblige.

Service was also very good, apart from one minor nitpick. A couple of the male workers never engaged my wife during interactions. And one night at dinner, we had ordered a bottle of wine, which came to the table while I was using the bathroom. The male server initially went to my wife to taste the wine before pouring, but once I returned to the table, he rushed over to my side to have me taste it instead. It was not enough to make a stink over/ruin our evening, and she experiences similar treatment here in the midwest US when dealing with tradesmen. We also don't view it as being malicious; it's more just an outdated behavior we hope can be changed. Other than that though, we have no complaints. The staff does the little things so well. For example, when walking around the island at night, the employees turn off their headlights on the golf cart when passing.

The other thing worth mentioning is that the resort recently opened a bar at the dusk jetty, and it has a special for free Sangria from 6:45p - 7:30p for the sunset. We were there every night enjoying the view while lounging in the suspended hammocks above the water. It was a great atmosphere and way to wind down before dinner.

Overall, we rate our experience as a 9.9/10, and we'll be rushing back here as soon as possible.