An outstanding Carribean vacation experience with wonderfully cordial staff, beautiful grounds and cottages, and excellent food and service. In contrast, connecting through St. Kitts, we stayed at the ghastly Timothy Beach Hotel and the Vegas-cloned Marriot, each of which served to highlight the attributes of Nesbit Plantation. I would suggest you avoid Nesbit if you crave an activity-packed, frenetic vacation, with lots of bustling crowds and noise; this is hammock, rum punch, and good book territory.

Let me just say that even tho it has taken forever for me to write a review, I have not stopped telling people about the most wonderful honeymoon my husband and I had. First of all, my hubby and I are from Florida...I grew up on the panhandle in which I consider some of the nicest beaches in the world....and I had a VERY hard time finding a honeymoon spot that could top some of the panhandle area....BUT, what we found is now our favorite place in the world! We stayed at Nisbet in May of this year for 8 days. It was just beyond words and by the end of our trip we wanted to MOVE there! We had a rough travel getting there, due to our airline and delays, but as soon as we stepped foot on the property at Nisbet, it was like a sweet ambiance took over and peace fell upon us. As you walk down the palm tree lined plantation to your room, you are taken back to another place in time. I felt like I was in a movie or something or in the 1950's, staying at a place where only the rich and famous could go. You want ROMANTIC...YOU GOT IT! The cottages are amazing...we stayed in the Hamilton room facing the ocean. It was absolutely breathtaking. From the moment we arrived the staff blew our minds. We have never been treated with such respect, kindness and overall friendliness ANYWHERE. Honestly, within the first hour the staff new us by name. We were so tired when we arrived that we asked if dinner could be brought to our room instead of us getting dressed and going to dinner in the Great House. They kindly obliged and Roslyn brought our dinner to our door. This woman....she is just beyond words herself. So cute as she called to our door in her Nevis accent, "Jackleeeen, Micool, your dinner is ready. We were blown away. The food was out of this world good. DEFINITELY eat at the great house at night. You will NOT be disappointed! Being in the greathouse sitting on the patio eating dinner takes you back to another place in time just itself. Oh...and the rooms....EXTREMELY clean. This staff takes pride in what they do. The bathroom, the bedsheets, everything, every day was cleaned and was spotless. I was seriously impressed!

The beauty of Nevis is stunning. It's peaceful, it's quiet and undisturbed. If you are looking for a high entertainment honeymoon or vacation, this is not the place for you....BUT, if you are looking for a place to escape the hustle and bustle of your life and be alone with your honey, this is the place to get away from it all! Your room has no tv and no radio (we brought a radio tho), but it really is a great thing...especially on a honeymoon. It really allows you to just relax and be there with your significant other without the disturbance of "entertainment". We went horseback riding and snorkeling and do take a cab with T.C. and do a tour of the island...she is HILARIOUS! Overall, we could NOT have picked a better place to stay and my husband and I can't wait until the day we get to return to the friendliest place on Earth. Forget Disney World...we LIVE here! Nevis and Nisbet Plantation blow the doors off of "Disney Friendly." Going to Nisbet is not a vacation, it's a visitation. =) You get welcomed into a family who makes you feel special just for being there and their kindness is genuine.

PS. There are NO CLOCKS in your ROOM! Go to NISBET, FORGET TIME! It's the BEST!

OH...and YOU MUST MUST TRY the best fruit EVER...SOURSOP!

SAVING AND PLANNING FOR OUR NEXT VISIT!!

the newlyweds,
Michael & Jaclyn

My wife and I stayed at Nisbet for a week in late October and I can honestly say that the experience was just awesome.We are very experienced Caribbean travellers and can truthfully say that Nisbet and Nevis itself were just wonderful and far exceeded other destinations we've visited.
With lovely well kept grounds and a great beach(not great for swimmimg though) with a lovely pool .Our Superior room was lovely with a large comfortable bed and a good size shower room.The fridge being well stocked with soft drinks and beers(restocked daily)and priced pretty reasonably(especially with current £ vs $ exchange rate) ie bottle of beer $4 same price as in the main bar.
The staff one and all were just great and it would very unfair to single out any in particular as all were exceptional in their own right.The only exception to this being the Managers who were hardly ever seen and even arrived late for the Managers Cocktail
Reception before the Thurday night beach barbeque.
Regarding the weather we had a few showers(mainly evenings) but this is the Caribbean and did not stop us totally enjoying our stay and getting around the island and also a ferry trip to St Kitts which is nowhere near as beautiful as Nevis.
All in all a wonderful holiday and if we hadn't already booked for St Lucia in February we would definitely be back at Nisbet

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We arrived at Nisbet on 13th October as the second part of a two centre holiday, having spent the first week at Ottleys plantation in St Kitts (see separate review).

This turned out to be an ideal combination and in the correct order as Ottleys was scenic, not beachfront, quiet, although excellent, and Nisbet was beachfront and livelier.

We had a deluxe/superior room, which had a separate sitting room, though I have to say we never used it as it was too warm, with the air con only covering the bedroom.

The beach was lovely and allowed us to walk quite a way along it , which we like doing, but I have to say it was not a good swimming beach. There is a lot of seaweed and broken off coral in the water, its rocky underfoot, and there is not a lot of the clear turquoise water usually found in the caribbean. (This beach is on the atlantic side but there is a reef a fair way out which protects the beach somewhat). However, there is an excellent pool and its easy to sit on the beach (or lay in one of the many nice hammocks) and swim in the nearby pool.

The food is marvellous, particularly the evening meal in the great house and we have not come across such a happy bunch of staff in all our many trips to the caribbean and most of them have another external job as well, whether it be another bar job or as a teacher !

There are so many good people I cant mention them all, but Paterson (the tie), Dan the bar chief, Kaddy, Allison, Lorraine in the restaurant and even the youg guy who delivered drinks on the beach were all stars.

In the great house restaurant and bar, it can be difficult to get comfortable temperature wise. The bar area is very warm and if you have come from a shower in your air conditioned room, this takes a bit of getting used to and if you sit to eat on the verandah this can be warm as well. Conversley you can sit in the air-conditioned section to eat and my wife often found this too chilled.

One of the best bits about Nisbet is the caribbean music, from small trios in the bar to the full on band for the weekly Thursday night beach barbecue , when all the locals turn up to dance as well.

Dont bother to take a taxi round island tour, jeep hire is cheap , only 50 US dollars a day + 25 dollars for your license, and the round island road is good, but you do need the jeep if you detour from this. Don't miss Golden Rock hotel, Montpelier hotel, The botanical gardens, Oualie beach (very near Nesbitt) but I would give the Four Seasons Hotel a miss, though it is on a fantastic beach.