Sapphire Beach Resort

Only Major complaint was beds in “villa” 302A. Advertised for six people the couch mattress nearly ruined me and my sleep. My second night was better because Front Desk sent up more pillows second night you can speak with service 24/7 but office not open to give me extra pillows for first night. VIEWS were lovely. ROOM clean. Small bar restaurant great. Breakfast store (also lunch) is reasonable. Good coffee. This location is well managed and responsive to guests - but response delayed when office is closed.

The beach are great been there for 25 years But the condo have the same furniture set up for 30 years they need a make over not over all clean inside very dissapointing

I rented a condo in building A through Vrbo. Overall it's a lovely destination. The view from my unit was stunning. The white sand beach and turquoise water are just gorgeous. The unit itself was ok- the furniture and appliances were all dated. The facility has a beach bar, with drinks and food offerings and a fancy restaurant upstairs on a deck with $50 entrees. My only gripe with the bar area was they play the music way too loud, right next to my unit. They blasted sub-par music during the day and there was a wedding one night with terrible music blaring. Luckily, I brought a sound machine to drown in out. Also the furniture at the bar was very dated, the cushions were dirty and torn, just felt dirty to sit on with stains and tears. Same goes for the beach chairs they have the old plastic ones from the 80's that have rusty metal and old plastic binding. In the morning visitors have the cabana boys put out their beach chairs for the day so the whole beach gets filled with unsightly empty chairs unfortunately. The pool is in a really pretty location, very well designed. Wish they had a hot tub. There was a Bar by the pool, but it was run down and not maintained, didn't seem to be operating any of the days I went down there. There is a lovely little coin-operated laundry room next to the marina. I enjoyed doing laundry there for a couple of hours. A great view of the boats and friendly people to meet. You get tokens from the dock master office a few doors down. There is a little bathroom with a shower stall for boaters. My biggest issue was with transportation. Nothing was convenient. I like to walk when I'm on vacation. You cannot walk anywhere. The streets are narrow, winding, no sidewalks, steep hills, dangerous drivers. It's just not walker-friendly at all. If you do not rent a car you have to rely on taxi's which I found to be super frustrating. They charge per person, and change the pricing based on how much they think they can get from you if you don't know, or declare the price straight up. They don't use meters or have set pricing on a sign. A simple drive from the resort to red hook should cost $6 per person. I had drivers trying to charge $10 or $12. Which adds up there and back and multiple runs. Or a ride one mile up the street they tried to charge $15. When I needed a ride to the airport it's supposed to be $23 but my driver insisted $35 since I was one person. Just a pain in the ass and made the transportation anywhere annoying and not relaxed. The way the resort is nuzzled into the bay it's blocked on both sides by a wall retainer and then the marina so you are locked in and have to use the taxi service which I really disliked. I don't mind being fair, it's just a bad feeling being swindled repeatedly. My second biggest issue was the sand fleas- they were so bad at dusk and dawn, which are my favorite times to enjoy the beach. I was not alone, many bare legs I saw were covered to the point of looking like an infectious disease. Not sure why they were so bad. I've never experienced anything like it on other beaches. Made me want to avoid the beach, which is supposed to be the main attraction. There was bug spray in my unit but it was not coral reef friendly. I would say don't drink the tap water. My Vrbo owner said it was fine to drink but it kinda made me sick to my stomach and tasted like dirty bleach water. The little convenient store by the bar sold small bottles of water for $4 per bottle. I love to drink water so that made me feel bad to consume so much unnecessary plastic. They also sold coffee and bagels and other little overpriced things. There was a food mart grocery up the road, I think it was $22 drive there and back. Groceries were very expensive. Almost everything is imported. Probably cheaper to eat out honestly. But I like making most of my meals healthy. The area was a little sketchy for a solo female traveler. If you do go somewhere to run a quick errand, ask your taxi to wait for you to bring you back. The incentive to get double is enough to make them wait.

Beach is nice

Sapphire Beach has hands down the best beach area in St. Thomas. There is amazing white sand, snorkeling among beautiful fish and coral, and the beach is cleared daily of the abundant seaweed. The property has so much potential, but is severely lacking in maintenance. The condos are out-dated, in need of deep cleaning, and repairs. Our upstairs a/c did not work, there was no hot water in the shower, a ton of bugs throughout, patio table was warped and cracked, couches were stained, oven did not work. Lots of cracks and holes in the walls. If you’re here for the beach, this is an amazing place to be. We explored Magen’s Bay, Coki Beach, Margaritaville, and Frenchmen’s Cove, and Sapphire beach was everyone’s favorite. The pool has a vacant, dilapidated bar, and is very unappealing. The on-site eateries are nice, but expensive. If you want to cook in your condo, you’ll have to either take a taxi to Redhook ($5 per person each way) or have groceries delivered- which is *extremely* expensive. If I did this trip over again, I would pack a suitcase of food items for the week for days we didn’t feel like spending $100 on lunch. Overall it was a fun vacation, but make sure to bring plenty of cash. It’s a very expensive destination.

Sapphire Beach is a good location to stay in St. Thomas for a great view of St. John and easy access to Red Hook and their marina and restaurants. The property has several restaurants, Sudi's, the Beach Bar, Sea Salt, and Pizza Pie. The units are okay - studios, just a room with a bed, living area and kitchen with a bathroom. Plenty of parking if you have a car.

We were there over a weekend and found out the Beach Bar is a popular hangout open to the public. It was very crowded with lots of extremely loud music and partying. We were in unit A, which is closest and had to endure it until after 11 o’clock.

The property has a nice beach. However, the check in desk doesn’t open some times until 10 am or later and they close at 5 which makes it inconvenience for check in and out. The bedsheet and blanket are in poor conditions and do not appear very clean. There is only one key given to the guests which makes it inconvenient. The fine dining restaurant is pricey.

We had a great stay at Sapphire. Everyone was friendly and helpful, grounds were clean and very kid friendly. Gets a little crowded on days when the cruise ships come in but other than that we would stay here again.

It was a beautiful place and a wonderful resort . Will be back there for sure