This small deluxe hotel, on the site of the old Jack Tar at the tip of West End, is the cornerstone to an ambitious, gated, multi-use development. The hotel itself conjures up an earlier era with its island plantation architecture of peaked and gabled roofs, bright colors and lazy verandas. Activities revolve around fishing, sailing, spa services and private island picnics. This all-suite hotel faces the 72-slip marina and beach.
Aqua, an upscale dining room, serves Bahamian seafood from a pricey gourmet menu. Waiters wear white jackets but maintain a very relaxed, jovial atmosphere. Reservations are required at dinner, as there are just over a dozen tables. Bonefish Folley's has a more casual atmosphere with both indoor and outdoor dining. Guest can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at the restaurant or opt to have their meals in their
rooms or brought to them on the beach. Set between the pool and the beach, the Straw Bar is a bar and grill with live music and a regular traffic of boaters passing through for a drink.
The small fitness room contains free weights, aerobics machines and multi-station gyms. The heated swimming pool with an infinity edge and waterfall overlooks the surf, and features jetted massage and colored lights at night. Massage services are available in guest suites or on the beach. Guests have free use of bicycles, kayaks, snorkeling gear and all the necessary gear for shoreline fishing. Offshore snorkeling is decent and boats take snorkelers to four underwater trails further out. Picnic excursions to secluded Indian Cay can also be arranged. Deep sea, reef, and bonefishing are all within fifteen minutes of the resort.
Wireless Internet access is available throughout the resort. Boaters feel free to use their computers in the hotel lobby. A meeting facility capable of hosting up to 70 people opens the place a new market as an upscale meeting and seminar venue for Floridian business groups. (Florida, after all, is only 56 miles away as the seagull flies.) An air-conditioned tent provides an additional 5,000 sq ft of meeting space capable of hosting up to 200 people for banquets, group meetings and weddings.
The hotel comprises 67 junior suites and six two-bedroom suites. The accommodations are quite large and are in the same Bahamian-Colonial vein with mahogany furnishings, island artwork and louvered windows. Frette linens, Kohler bathroom fixtures, dual vanities of polished granite, CD players, fiber optic phone and modem lines, and wet bars define their 
deluxe category. All come with kitchenettes equipped with microwave ovens, coffeemakers and refrigerators. Little extras such as umbrellas, bug spray, and lanterns are nice, and suites offer mini-washers and dryers. Most of the large terraces and balconies provide ocean views, with more privacy afforded those on the second stories. Two-bedroom suites are also available.
Concierge service runs 24 hours, turndown is standard and the staff is uniformly excellent. Anyone contemplating staying here should do it sooner rather than later, as ambitious development plans are bound to have an impact on the serenity here
