Sandals Regency La Toc

I read that another guest wrote a Non Butler review and I thought I would do the same as it is a different experience as noted in the previous review. We stayed in the Oceanview Emerald Suite and had the same issues trying to get chairs. We woke up early every morning and most of the seating was taken by 8 am-not once was I able to secure a seating facing the ocean. I do feel like EVERYONE I met had a Butler (this must be a high ratio Butler resort). That being said while that was annoying it didn't dampen our vacation. We had a WONDERFUL time. All of our previous Sandals have been in Jamaica and this has been our favorite property (I have visited Ochi, Royal Caribbean and Negril) The staff was great-very friendly and seemed happy to be there (except Amonido's for Breakfast-every time we went whether it was new or same staff they were in a horrible mood, seemed annoyed we were there and would take sometimes up to 40 minutes to seat a guest) The entertainment was great-they moved you around to different locations and had lots of nightlife going on-you always had somewhere to go and something to do. Plus the Pub at night was a great late night atmosphere with the best tasting wings. Buccan was such an amazing experience-the food wasn't normally what I would eat but I would definitely go again for the experience. Soy has some of the best Sushi I have eaten. I also want to not that they have N/A beers for the non drinkers which is rare to find in an all inclusive resort. I did visit Grande and Halycon for day trips and La Toc was by far my favorite. I like the hills at La Toc and considered the walking my work out since I was eating and drinking all day and the walks had a beautiful view. The resort is spread out on different hills so you don't feel like you are on the same boring resort (has character). All in all I don't go to resorts twice but I may consider this one again. Hope this helps!

This is the place to be if you want pure relaxation, stunning views, and to be completely spoiled with Butler service. From delivering afternoon snacks to drawing a perfect early-evening bath, making dinner and excursion reservations, and bringing lunches and drinks poolside — every detail was handled flawlessly. Rayo, Sherman, and Andrew exceeded every expectation. Their professionalism, kindness, and genuine desire to make our stay perfect set them apart. They made us feel completely pampered from start to finish. In general the resort was very clean and quiet! Super friendly staff!

Our stay was amazing. We stayed in the new rondoval suites and our butlers were Charles, Garvin, and Kyle! They were absolutely best! They took the best care of us we feel so spoiled!!

Great staff like Nigel and Shevinius at the Cricketeer keep me coming back

Many of the reviews here relate to having great service from butlers and therefore giving 5 stars. I know that the butlers solicit reviews so that’s not unusual. However these reviews don’t really give much of an idea of the resort itself, and what it’s like in the “cheap seats” without a butler. We visited for 10 nights in the middle of January. We visit the Caribbean every year, but never during the winter months – the resort seemed to be at full capacity. It was very disappointing to have to get up at 6.30am or earlier every day just to get a sunbed. This isn’t a resort for beach lovers because there isn’t much of a beach, but because of that, it isn’t particularly good for those who prefer to sit around the pool because you’re all fighting for limited sunbeds, and obviously the butlers have reserved the majority. I have to say that having been to Sandals 3 times to 2 different resorts, the butler/non butler divide has never been as noticeable as at La Toc. I would say that the proportion of butler suites here is higher than at other resorts, and this is probably due to how large and hilly the resort is – people just don’t want to walk anywhere so the butlers pick them up on their golf buggies. There are 3 pools – the main pool, the Pitons (quiet) pool, and the sunset bluff pool. Its one hell of a trek to visit all 3 on the search for sunbeds. We booked an Emerald Honeymoon Hideaway Grande Luxe room which I think is the cheapest or one of the cheapest rooms. These are on the hillside and run up to the very edge of the resort. The room was as shown on the website and we were happy with it, we even had a view of the sea which we weren’t expecting. We liked the fact it was a bit of a quirky layout and not a generic box hotel room – it gave Caribbean vibes. There was a shuttle bus that you can wait for at reception that takes you all over the resort, so after a week of walking up and down the hill we did start waiting for the shuttle at the end of the day. No complaints about the servicing of the room, it was very good and the mini bar was topped up daily. We visited all of the restaurants and were happy with the food in all of them but the service was mainly poor, especially in the French restaurant La Toc which is a reservation only restaurant, it was also lacking in atmosphere. Buccan was interesting, but I didn’t enjoy the food, it was more of an experience than a good meal. During the day we mainly sat around the Pitons pool and luckily the bar was only a few steps away as we only had drinks service for 2 days, but this seems normal for Sandals. Having to get up at 6.30 in the morning meant that we didn’t fancy staying up to watch the evening entertainment, and we wouldn’t have known what was going on anyway as it wasn’t really advertised – I’m sure we missed some good evenings. We did visit the two other Sandals and did prefer them over La Toc so maybe if we visited St Lucia again we would stay at one of them. The shuttle bus is handy to travel between the other sites, but one night after a meal at The Grande, we decided to get a taxi back which cost $40. Most reviews say don’t take the free airport shuttle bus but we loved it! We wished we had a hire car to drive as the road was a real driver’s road – hardly any potholes compared to the roads in the UK! It reminded us of the roads in Wales or Scotland. Overall we wouldn’t stay at this resort again, it just wasn’t relaxing – the thought of having to get up early in the morning and then the room being so far away from the main areas (and up a steep hill) but this obviously wouldn’t be the case if we’d booked a room closer to the main areas; however, it just didn’t have the relaxing vibe we look for. We did love sitting at Neptunes and hearing the waves crashing on the sand though…..