The Cloister at Sea Island

Property and grounds or excellent. Staff while very good we're not five star trained. I was promised a fee waiver of a restaurant reservation that was so convoluted I cannot even explain it. When I checked out of course the $300 fee plus tax was still on the bill. This left a very sour taste in our mouth. Frankly I think Howard Coffin would be rolling in over his in his grave if he knew what this place had sunk to. You'll need to Google the name to know what I'm talking about. Think Hudson motor cars. I was happy to get back to my home on St Simons

Great stay. Grounds and activity options are amazing. You can be very active, or chill. You can have fine dining or casual bites. Staff is more attentive than anyplace I’ve been State-side. Three areas the hotel needs to catch up on. Two are modern conveniences available almost everywhere so they should be standard at a place of this caliber. 1. Car Charging. There is a single Tesla charger on the whole property, and no “universal” chargers. Given the number of electric and Hybrid guest cars, yet alone the certain move of facility vehicles to hybrid, this was an unanticipated short coming. 2.TV. I felt I was in 1990s. The “smart” TV had no active guide, no ability to use streaming services. I didn’t come to watch TV but it’s an expectation these days that I can stream my local sports team, have kids watch a show, etc. 3. Fitness Center. Top notch facilities! They were missing several kettlebell weights (went from 35 to 60 lbs). and could use a few more rowers. Biggest improvement would be a cold plunge option These are minor tweaks but worth addressing We will be back. 3.

There is a reason people come back year after year and families make this a generational gathering place. Our stay in early March was absolutely fabulous. We stayed in the Garden Wing, which I highly recommend. The rooms are light, airy and have beautiful patio areas. Our room was well appointed and turn down service, with chocolates, was included each evening. We enjoyed the morning coffee & pastries and afternoon hot cider & cookies. We had gorgeous weather when we visited in March and spent time riding bikes on the beach during low tide, laying by the beach and enjoying the adult-only pool. The service was impeccable-polite front desk and concierge staff and generally helpful staff all around. The grounds were beautiful and well kept. I read some previous reviews that service has gone down recently and we didn't experience this at all. Everything was 10/10. We hope to return someday!!

Beautiful Resort for conventions Not great for individual guests! Too many private events make it difficult to get a reservation for dinner

This was our second stay at The Cloister Sea Island and we thoroughly enjoyed our winter birthday getaway. We stayed in the Blacks Bank River suite again this time in the South Wing. 2024 we stayed in the North Wing suite and we prefer that since the porch gets great warm sunshine while overlooking Blacks Bank River. We enjoyed another delicious dinner in Tavola with our same waiter from 2024 - Ashwanie. We also enjoyed a great brunch at Southern Tide after a great beach walk at the Beach Club. The bar staff at The River Bar was terrific again as wad their lunch and bar menus. The absolute highlight of the visit was our birthday celebration dinner at the gorgeous historical Georgian Rooms. W O W what a treat. We enjoyed great craft cocktails at the beautiful brass topped bar with Trey. After cocktails we enjoyed an amazing dinner in the lounge booth. Our server Gianna was fantastic. We enjoyed a terrific wine thanks to the sommelier. We had surf and turf delicious entrees loaded with subtle flavors. Desert was the highlight with Baked Alaska and a Georgian Rooms Cigar cookie (see photos). Cheers.