Sandals Regency La Toc

“Relaxed couples get away with all that you would expect from Sandals.”

We visited as two couples (family) with rooms in the Honeymoon Hideaway area at Regency La Toc. Overall the resort is well maintained, especially the grounds and gardens. If you look, there are areas where the buildings and pool are a little tired, but this doesn’t take away from the high standards… lisää

We visited as two couples (family) with rooms in the Honeymoon Hideaway area at Regency La Toc. Overall the resort is well maintained, especially the grounds and gardens. If you look, there are areas where the buildings and pool are a little tired, but this doesn’t take away from the high standards throughout the resort. Staff were friendly and helpful with some being absolutely lovely. Our family members had a broken fridge in their room and the resort management couldn’t do enough to put this right and provided additional services as compensation. Food and service were excellent (with exception of Pitons Restaurant – where we had a 9pm booking, ignored throughout the meal, offered no drinks and served cold food). Would recommend breakfast at Armando’s (go for the banana French toast!) and exchange dining at Bombay (Grande St Lucian). Sandals offer a complimentary arrivals lounge at St Lucia (UVF) where you will await for the complimentary transfer to your resort. Our mini bus arrived within 10 minutes (this may have been lucky for us) as an AA flight had arrived before our BA2159 flight. The transfer is over an hour, 70-80 mins in total. If you don’t travel well on winding and bumpy roads, you may wish to consider some travel sickness medication. The driver did advise that anyone feeling travel sick to let him know. Upon arrival at the resort we were welcomed with an arrival drink and shown to the check-in desk where you complete your on-line registration. All luggage was handled by the staff and delivered to our room. We were taken by buggy to our room – Honeymoon Hideaway Room. Our host provided a very good room introduction and a brief resort overview. The resort is spread over several hilly zones and the resort team provide a shuttle service between the main building, the restaurants, pool and rooms further away. We walked throughout the resort and it never became a problem. Honeymoon Hideaway to Armando’s/Sunset Bluff Pool will take you no more than 15 minutes. Our room (66) was clean, well appointed with daily room service. Towels were replaced along with bathroom soaps and shampoos, etc, and mini-bar. Air conditioning was a very welcome provision to escape the heat of the day (and night). We did experience a loss of our lighting one morning. This was investigated and repaired by the time we returned from our day trip. We used all three pools across the resort. You may struggle to claim a sunbed at the Sunset Bluff Pool. These appear to be reserved by Butlers for guest staying in Butler serviced rooms/suites. This pool has a general pool bar vide, with swim up bar. The Pitons pool is smaller with a quiet zone, a limited number of sunbeds and very relaxed. If you want the typical pool bar, music and lots of chat it may not be for you. There is no pool bar here. Nearest drinks are at The Neptune Bar and Herbie’s Piano Bar (which didn’t open in the day we were at the Pitons Pool). The main pool has several zones, again sunbeds can be difficult to claim. Sunbeds were generally reserved early morning and we found ourselves doing the same to get a bed. Beds facing the sea were taken early with pool facing beds being easier to find. The pool is the liveliest one, with pool side games and music throughout the day. The pool bar opens at 11am, however drinks are available from 10am at The Pavillion Bar. If you like to spend time in the sea, be aware that the sea at La Toc can be very rough. There were several days when the Red Flag was flying all day. Would recommend a day at Grande St Lucian, as the beach is longer and the sea much calmer. The resort exchange shuttle operates from 11am (every hour) to Halcyon Beach and on to Grande St Lucian. It can take 50 minutes or longer to get to Grande St Lucian resort, meaning that you may not be there much before 12noon. We took a taxis from Regency La Toc to Grande St Lucian for $40 at 9am. Shuttles return on the even hour, with the last trip being 10pm from Grande St Lucian. We loved it and would return in a blink of an eye.

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“Charles was a gift to us!!!!!!!!”

Words can’t express how wonderful Charles is. When we first arrived after a long stressful travel to the resort and being dropped at the wrong area in the resort and being exhausted. As you can imagine hungry, tired and frustrated… Along came Charles with his angel wings.. he immediately saw the di… lisää

Words can’t express how wonderful Charles is. When we first arrived after a long stressful travel to the resort and being dropped at the wrong area in the resort and being exhausted. As you can imagine hungry, tired and frustrated… Along came Charles with his angel wings.. he immediately saw the distress on my face and took control with his love and grace that is so so genuine. He exudes passion and love for people and truly cared!!! He checked on us daily and went above and beyond bringing us anything our hearts desired. I can say he was our home and comfort away from home. We would come back just to see Charles as we absolutely love and adore him!!! He is now our Saint Lucia family…..

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“25 Years of waiting.”

Sadly, vacationing has never been a feasible priority in our lives, in fact the last real trip my wife and I took was our Honeymoon, this trip was to celebrate our 25 anniversary and while I wouldn't say "it was worth the WAIT" it was worth the trip and the money. We flew in on a Weds, the drive fr… lisää

Sadly, vacationing has never been a feasible priority in our lives, in fact the last real trip my wife and I took was our Honeymoon, this trip was to celebrate our 25 anniversary and while I wouldn't say "it was worth the WAIT" it was worth the trip and the money. We flew in on a Weds, the drive from the airport in Fort Vieux is a bit long and while to island is beautiful, it is also a bit depressing to see how so many of the residents live. That being said the resort was beautiful, could maybe use a few upgrades and a little TLC but beautiful non the less. We stayed in one of the Honeymoon Hideaway Rooms which was a bit detached from the main building but not a long walk at all. The room was very nice, it had everything we needed including a fridge stocked with beverages. It was clean, cool and comfortable. We felt the bathroom could definitely use a little work as the shower hardware was falling apart and a piece kept falling off. The resort itself is beautiful, the majority of the staff was extremely helpful, friendly and seemed genuinely happy. The main pool was refreshing but get there early if you want a good spot to sit. The swim up bar was great and the drinks were fantastic (there were quite a few). There was usually something going on when you were down there so if you are looking for things to do, you will have them. We did feel the music was a little young for the crowd sometimes (a little louder then it needed to be at times too -its supposed to be fun AND relaxing), we kind of fell into the mid age range and paying attention to those ages and catering too the middle is more likely to be enjoyable to all the age ranges young to old. We pretty much always ate at the Pavillion for lunch since it was right there, we had breakfast there as well. You don't have to do this since there are several other restaurants nearby, but it was close and quick so we didn't mind at all. At night we often sat down by the main bar where they usually had music etc going on. The pool never closes so i would have liked to see the swim up bar open longer on maybe someone from the main bar could just serve as a waiter/waitress for the people in the pool at the times its closed, a little more service when poolside would be nice too, it would be nice to not have to get up for your drinks. Restaurants: There are three restaurant you need reservations for, we made reservations for two of the three but cancelled one of those because we changed our mind. The one we did go to, La Toc (French) was great. Reviews I read online said it was the best of all the Sandals resorts on the island. To address that, you can go to any of the three Sandals properties on the island, we did not take advantage of this because we believed it wouldn't be worth the travel time but we found out the one resort was very close. Honestly we had enough to occupy our time where we were. Back to restaurants, We ate at Neptunes twice and were very happy with our meals, Soy (sushi) was also excellent, Cricketeers Pub was okay but they are open late which is nice. We did two excursions through Island Routes while we were there, one we didn't love, the other (Sourfriere Adventure Cruise) was the highlight of our trip, so much fun and worth every penny, we did so much in that one day, I highly recommend it. Check in and check out were smooth, it rained, more of a drizzle each day and sometimes rained a bit heavy overnight but overall the weather was great. The waves are a bit heavy at the La Toc beach as the other reviews say so if you don't like that, either stay at the pool or go to another sandal's resort on the island. Overall, despite the little things I mentioned, which aren't meant as complaints, just suggestions for improvement, We had an amazing time. As I said at the beginning of the post, we don't to travel much, we usually can't easily part with the money, but this trip was reasonably priced, included, pretty much everything and was more than worth it. We would definitely be interested at staying at another Sandals, if we ever get the chance, and you should consider doing so too. Thank you for a great experience.

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“Fun, sun and relax”

We have had a lovely holiday at Sandals La Toc. We had a few hiccups but with the excellent assistance and professionalism of Emma, Jacintha and the GM (sorry cannot remember the correct spelling of his name), these were ironed out efficiently and promptly. These members of staff are always walking… lisää

We have had a lovely holiday at Sandals La Toc. We had a few hiccups but with the excellent assistance and professionalism of Emma, Jacintha and the GM (sorry cannot remember the correct spelling of his name), these were ironed out efficiently and promptly. These members of staff are always walking around ensuring guests are happy they certainly did not shy away from questions and issues, thank you, especially when our flight was cancelled! A mention to Treon, Hyacinth, Brianna and most of all Travis, you go over and beyond, a true credit to Sandals. La Toc is an older resort and looks tired in places but this did not deter from a great holiday. We did visit the other two resorts for restaurants and water skiing. Grande in our opinion has better food choices, portions and service. However in terms of setting, beach and scenery, La Toc is the best. All in all a great holiday.

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