My husband and I stayed at the 4S for our 10th anniversary the week of May 19th. Please check out a few of our photos to see for yourself how beautiful the 4S resort & its grounds truly are. I will try to keep my review short and sweet and hit most of the areas that previous posts left me on the fence on whether or not I planned to stay at the 4S.
Hotel management and staff was top notch, the beach was beautiful (water very calm and warm), pools were extremely clean and well maintained. Our room appeared to be either recently redecorated or extremely well maintained. As for children, I saw maybe two at most but both were well behaved. And, to address some of the comments regarding bugs (which being a Jersey girl I don't handle bugs or critters well) trust me I was on the look out and saw at most 3 over a period of 6 days. My husband and I would love to visit the 4S Nevis again. Hope you enjoy your stay as much as we did.

We stayed at the Resort April 29 – May 5, 2008. This was our third visit to the Four Seasons Nevis. Thomas Legner took over as Resort Manager seven months ago. We ran into Mr. Legner several times during our stay. His presence around the resort, greeting guests during meals and visiting with guests in the lobby has lifted the service levels of the staff. We think the staff has always been very friendly, but with the new, highly visible, Resort Manager the staff appeared to have a renewed sense of enthusiasm and pride for service delivery. We experienced excellent service. In our opinion, the service was better than Great Exuma, on par with Hualalai, and just a notch below Punta Mita.

Getting there:

We began this trip over on St. Maarten at the Westin Dawn Beach (see my other review), so we flew from SXM non-stop to St. Kitts (SKB), a 30-minute up and down flight. From there Four Seasons staff greets you and they have a Resort check-in desk right at the St. Kitts airport. They gather a few other guests and transfer you to the Port Zante pier, 5-minutes from the airport. Then you embark on a 25-minute launch ride to the Four Seasons pier. Cold towels are offered, along with an assortment of beverages. We’ve taken the launch three times, and it’s very smooth. When you arrive, Four Seasons staff greets you at their pier and walk you directly to your guest room.

Previously, we have also flown onto Nevis (NEV) from San Juan. That’s a 10-minute drive from the airport to the Resort. We flew home from NEV and connected in San Juan for our flight to Dallas.

Food Service:

The Dining Room - Our service and selection in The Dining Room (resort’s fine dining restaurant) was excellent. Dinner for two with appetizer, main course, dessert, and 1 bottle of wine was $290.

Neve - Each day we enjoyed the breakfast buffet in Neve (resort’s casual dining restaurant) at $40 per person.

Pool Cabana - Lunch was at the Pool Cabana and typically $63 - $81 for two. Poolside tropical cocktails are $15.

Mango - Dinner at Mango (resort’s casual dining restaurant on the beach) with appetizers, main course, dessert, and one round of cocktails was $148.

There are three plantation inn restaurants that we recommend off property, in this order:

1. Montpelier
2. Hermitage
3. Nisbet

We think you would enjoy all three restaurants. Each is about a 15-minute taxi cab ride, about $40 round-trip. Your driver will not leave the plantation inn, and is ready to drive you home when you have finished dinner. The service and selection at each is excellent and prices are about $100 - $125 per person with cocktails and a nice bottle of wine.

Fun Activities:

Pinney’s Beach is very large and peaceful, along with the Resort’s three pools. There is a good assortment of non-motorized beach toys. So, it’s a great resort to just relax, read a book, listen to your iPod, and enjoy the view of St. Kitts across the water.

Island Tour – the Resort can arrange an island tour for 3-hours, $40 per person. Ask for “Humpy” or Phillip as your driver. They are both great story tellers and know much about the Island and the Caribbean.

Snorkeling – the Resort can arrange for a ½ day snorkel cruise for $75 per person.

Scuba is $165 per person for a two tank dive and is done by Amy Weber, Dive Master, Scuba Safari’s. She’s great.

Golf – there has been a good amount of rain so the course is very green and well maintained for a Caribbean course. It’s a very forgiving layout, perfect for couples on vacation.

Tennis – there are a dozen courts, including a few clay courts. Hardly anyone was playing. What’s happened to tennis?

Spa – my wife loved the spa, had a facial, manicure, pedicure, and the signature massage.

Sunshine’s has moved down the beach about ¼ of a mile. They are still serving their signature “Killer Bees” tropical cocktail, along with cheap food & drinks. Four of us strolled down there, ordered 4 Carib beers and 3 Killer Bees, and the total was only $20. People rave about their food. We didn’t order any food, because it’s reeeally a dump, and not worth the food poisoning risk, in our most humble opinion, when your on vacation for just a few days.

Will we return to the Resort again? Absolutely. The Resort opened in 1991, so major renovations are planned for the Resort to bring it up to the standards of others like Punta Mita, Costa Rica, and Hualalai.

I hope this information is helpful.

Go to the Four Seaons at Nevis if you truly want a relaxing experience. This place is more about relaxing than nightlife or shopping, which there is little of either, making it the perfect choice for us. It is on the calmest carribean side beach on the island, the prices were reasonable for food and activities (we were there in the off season so the room was very reasonable too). The hotel staff is EXTREMELY pleasant and very very helpful. Like any place, you run into a few people here and there that are there just to work, but the hotel staffs over 700 workers, so that can be expected. The swimming areas are protected, and I was never on the beach more than 3 minutes without getting attention from staff members to help me set up my chairs and umbrella. I'm not a pool type, but they always looked clean and well staffed. We saw children, but very few. The resort was pretty full while we were there, and there was even a corporate event going on, but since the resort is so large, we were never bothered by this and were always able to make reservations and participate in activities when we wanted. We did a Kayak tour and the tour guide was wonderful, we also did their catamaran sail that was arranged through the hotel which I highly recommend, especially for first time snorkelers, the snorkeling wasn't top notch, but it was in calm waters, and the crew on this ride were very entertaining and friendly. We went off the resort for 2 dinners, one to 1787, got there early and took in the beautiful sunset, and the other to Nisbet which had wonderful food. This would be a good vacation for those who want to spend their entire time at the resort, which could easily be done, or for those who like to get out a little, there are a few things to see, plenty of places to eat, and lots of different types of tours that can be arranged through the hotel (ie bike, horseback, kayak or car). Our room was cleaned once a day and also turn down service at night, they kept us stocked with coffee, water and ice. My only real complaint would be the crickets that chirp throughout the night, and there's nothing the hotel can do about that! They are very loud, and very audilbe through the walls, bring nice ear plugs or a fan or something if you are a light sleeper, I had to sleep with a pillow over my head every night.

My husband and I were married at the Four Seasons in Nevis. We both work at hotels, I am a Director of Catering at a 5 Star Hotel and he is Director of Guest Services at a 4 Star Hotel, we are VERY discerning! The Four Seasons in Nevis was amazing. We had 25 of our closest family and friends come for 1 week to celebrate with us. The rooms, restaurants and staff were 5 star quality. Luxurious linens, high end bath products, great golf course, etc. They anticipate needs of the guest always. Its expensive, but you get what you pay for. The quality of the food was impecable and staff was great. I would definitely reccomend this resort. We now always think of Four Seasons when we want to stay somewhere.