Grand Isle Resort & Spa

My friend and I stayed at Grand Isle Resort and Residences for 3 days August 8-11 and had such a wonderful time. The food and service was great. The pools are clean and nice and a beautiful beach area with plenty of chairs and shady umbrellas. 23 North residence was super nice and the food was excellent. I had a 50 minute massage with Shelley at the Sea Star Spa. Totally worth it. It was one of the best massages I’ve ever had. We had a great Goombay Smash cocktail at Palapa and Denrick Burrows was a very pleasant and attentive bartender for our stay. We also loved the grilled jerk ribs with Mac and cheese down at the Sandy Toes beach bar! The reception team were very responsive, polite and took care of arranging cabs and airport transfers. Very impressed! We stayed in a residence and it was easy to walk around the property and the restaurants. We even walked outside the property one night to a restaurant down the road called Salt which had a lively vibe and delicious food (grouper and prawns dishes were our favorite). Would love to come back here!!

Grand Isle is a lovely resort - however it is showing its age. Golf cart rental is nice. Be warned, they are gas powered so you will constantly smell of exhaust. Pools and beach are nice. Not many activities affected. Palapa restaurant- food is fine, flies were a pest at every meal. 23 North restaurant- food was awful and too expensive. Overall, our trip was fair. Water is beautiful. Service needs work.

The villa was amazing, very comfortable and well equipped The golf cart is very convenient we will stay in Grand Isle again

Overall, my experience at this resort was quite good. Pros: 1. Great location. The resort is in a beautiful and peaceful area. We booked an oceanfront villa, and the view was absolutely amazing — we could see the ocean right from the living and dining rooms. 2. Spacious and well-designed villa. The layout was very reasonable, the rooms were large, and everything was well-equipped, especially the kitchen. We stayed for a week, and since the resort has limited dining options, we bought groceries from a nearby market and cooked in the room. Cooking while enjoying the incredible ocean view right from the kitchen was such a great experience. 3. Friendly and responsive staff. Overall, the service was warm and timely. Housekeeping in particular did a great job — they cleaned the room every day and were very attentive. 4. Sandy Toes restaurant. Their jerk chicken and ribs were delicious — probably the most flavorful food we had at the resort. Highly recommended! Cons: 1. Terrible mattress. The bed in our villa seriously needs to be replaced. It made loud creaking noises every time we moved, making it almost impossible to get a good night's sleep. 2. Aging facilities. Some parts of the room felt outdated. The toilet got clogged easily, and we had to call maintenance during our stay. 3. Limited dining options. The resort restaurant didn’t offer much variety, and compared to other island resorts, the menu lacked local flavors. Most of the dishes were standard American fare you could find anywhere. The food wasn’t bad, just nothing special. If you’re planning to stay at this resort for a week, I recommend picking up fresh ingredients from a nearby market and using the in-room kitchen — it’s a great way to enjoy better meals without relying on the limited restaurant menu. 4. Unfriendly front desk staff. One lady at the front desk was especially cold and seemed to treat guests differently. She rarely smiled and lacked the welcoming attitude you'd expect from resort staff.

The resort is very nice and the staff are wonderful! On a girls trip and we all felt very safe. Loved being on the water with beautiful sands and water. The all adult pool was amazing! Our villa (1314) was nice, but could use some updating, We overlooked the water but the outside furniture was not nice and there was no table to sit and enjoy breakfast. So, disappointed about that. Toaster did not work. While the kitchen was stocked nicely, it could have used salt and pepper in the shakers, dishrags/ scrubber for washing dishes. We had a incident with housekeeping so please use the safe (which we did not realize was in the closet) for your valuables/ money. Other than that we enjoyed the resort. 23 degrees North and Palaya Restaurants on site were AMAZING! Delicious food! HIghly recommend!