Windjammer Landing Resort and Residences

Very generously sized room: we actually had a whole “apartment” with two bedrooms & two en suites. Comfortable, clean, good air con, good shower, lovely shampoo etc (L’Occitane!). Would recommended they introduce refill bottles though, single use plastic is not ok. Beach setup was lovely, really easy to get good sunbeds. Lots of activities available for those that wanted them. We were able to just rent snorkels and take them out with us to other beaches. Not a huge area to swim but this was due to high numbers of sea urchins in one patch; kudos to Windjammer for marking this area as risky rather than removing sea creatures! Parking at the resort was easy, I don’t think many tourists choose to drive in St Lucia (but you should because it’s totally fine and not scary and gives you much more freedom) Taxi service was good when we needed it (ie when we wanted to go out and drink/smoke) Breakfast was absolutely smashing, great choice of things, would recommend small portions and multiple courses to ensure you can try it all! On the whole the clientele seemed like quite nice, ordinary people compared to the high percentage of awful people we observed when we went to the beaches occupied by high-end resorts. Lots of Caribbean people from neighbouring islands arrived to stay for the jazz festival, which was encouraging to see.

Nothing awful, but a couple of things worth mentioning: 1) As others have mentioned, the room isn’t completely airtight to mosquitoes, could have better seals on the doors etc. (The number of mozzies getting in was minimal and one can’t expect to completely avoid them in a tropical climate). This would mean they wouldn’t “need” to fog, which is appallingly bad for the environment and local ecosystem and nobody should be doing this. The chemicals also leach into the sea, which Windjammer claims to be invested in protecting. 2) Food at the resort (with the exception of breakfast, see above) is overpriced and just okay, not great, in keeping with most resort food aimed at tourists. We only ate there the evening we arrived and the afternoon that we left. There were also the most enormous cockroaches flying around in the restaurant and occasionally landing on people… these are also to be expected in tropical places but it was very off-putting and we didn’t see them in any other restaurants we ate at! If you want good food, go local and support small local businesses. You won’t regret it. 3) Music situation in the restaurants was comically bad! They had two live musicians at the same time, with overlapping sound, plus they had left the quiet background music on in the speakers?! The musician where we sat was playing weird pop covers on a violin with a backing track and it honestly sounded like he had started learning violin within the last year. Very distracting if you care about music in any way. We actually asked to be moved from the lovely romantic table they had given us, just to be further away from the music. Also heard zero Caribbean/ local music being played in the restaurant/ bars whilst we were there. The only good music we heard at the resort was from a guy who turned up to the beach on a boat, possibly a water taxi, who had a speaker playing reggae etc.

The service is extraordinary, the staff is very kind. Beautiful view from the villas. Comfy bed, huge variaty breakfast.

Massage ladies were a bit too pushy to go to the Spa.

Absolutely beautiful property and views Balcony is huge and my favorite place to be Restaurants were very, very good Nice beach chairs, plenty of towels Housekeeping was phenomenal

Very steep property with lots of steps Not near the city or other walkable places 2 hour boat ride each way to see the pitons, hikes, attractions etc Average poolside food Pricey grocery store Service at the buffet needs improving

Fantastic location Comfortable and clean lots of activities

One pool needed maintenance Directions to property There was no guidance on website from the main road The signs to the resort were after the directions from google maps sent you to the old back entrance which is impassable The resort knows this It could be solved very easily by more signage before the old entrance route

Everything was perfect! Shuttles were extremely quick. Staff everywhere were very friendly.

Unfortunately, there was an ant issue due to the weather.

@ times the wait time for the shuttle was long.

The location was a little far from everything.

Mention spéciale pour le spa 😍😍😍

L'attente pour avoir une table au petit-déjeuner.

My room was a 2 storey appartment and it was absolutely beautiful. The staff were very friendly and helpful. There was a great choice for food options but I would recommend doing all inclusive as the prices are quite high.

There was a cricket/grasshopper screeching every night. I think it was in the air conditioning unit…It made it very hard to sleep. Just something to watch out for when you arrive.

Excellent food at breakfast, restaurants and bars. Amazing beach. Great entertainment. Majority of staff is extremely lovely and very helpful. Overall, wonderful, relaxing stay. I went there 10 years ago and had the best time. This past time, I had an even better time - which I didn't think was possible! Highly recommend this hotel for anyone travelling to St. Lucia. I would not stay anywhere else.

Some days we struggled to get the attention of staff on the beach to provide covers for chairs, or order drinks etc. Turn-down service was around 6:30pm-7pm, but if you were still in the room, you would miss it - as they didn't come back. Don't love how even when you're on the all inclusive plan, you have to wait to sign a bill at the end of every meal/drink.