sonofredhand
Family · jun 2026
“What a 5-star hotel is supposed to feel like”
Rating: 10/10 My family and I stayed here in room 1207 (a "Ocean-View One-Bedroom Residential Suite") for three nights in June of 2026. Positives • The suite felt less like a hotel room and more like a luxury beachfront residence. A full kitchen with a dishwasher, along with an in-unit washer and dryer, meant you could comfortably stay for days or weeks. The difference is that your condo probably doesn’t come with a team of professionals who anticipate needs before you have to ask. This one did. • The room was spacious, immaculate, and genuinely comfortable. The large balcony became an extension of the living space, with both a dining table and a separate sitting area overlooking the ocean. It was the sort of place where you find yourself looking for excuses not to leave. • The pool and beach operation was exactly what you hope for from a Four Seasons. Service was attentive without being intrusive, and food and drinks appeared with impressive consistency. The beach sits across the street rather than directly in front of the property, which technically qualifies as a complaint, though only in the most privileged sense of the word. • We arrived from a cruise several hours before standard check-in and fully expected to spend the morning waiting around. Instead, the hotel had us in our room by 10 a.m. After disembarking thousands of passengers and navigating a busy port, that gesture alone dramatically improved the day. • What stood out most was how easy everything felt. Luxury hotels often talk about service, but the best ones remove friction before you notice it exists. This property consistently did that. • It’s impossible not to compare this hotel to the Ritz-Carlton a few blocks away. Both occupy the same stretch of beach. Both target the same customer. Both charge roughly the same rates. Yet the experiences could not be further apart. Staying at the Four Seasons felt like a useful case study in what happens when management obsesses over details and execution. If the leadership team at the Ritz-Carlton were looking for benchmarking opportunities, they would not need to travel far. Negatives • None.