If you are looking for a place to rest and relax- this is it. The hotel is located at the end of an isolated stretch of Grand Bahama, so it is more like an out-island experience. The property is lovely, rooms large and well furnished with kitchen/kitchenette, and big marble bathrooms. The food at all three restaurants was good, and in my mind reasonably priced (for Caribbean standards) which is great because there is no where else in reasonable distance to eat. Freeport/Lucaya is at least 30 minutes away and a $65 cab ride, but if you talk to the front desk they will help you arrange a cab or the public bus. The property provides free airport transfers, which went very smoothly. Staff are friendly and willing to help. They have a live band at the beach bar every afternoon, which was a very nice touch. If you are looking for a get-away-from-it-all vacation where you lay by the pool or beach all day OBB is paradise. If you want to shop all day and party all night, this isn't the place for you.

We went to OBB for New Year's. Yes, it is way out west, but I've stayed 'downtown' and it can be uncomfortable, noisy, and boring (sitting in the tiny, ugly room on a rainy day). When it poured on New Year's Eve at OBB, we went out on the spacious back porch and enjoyed the elements.
This is a very relaxing place, which it seems the one reviewer didn't understand. And the shallow water is near shore -- it does get deeper if you keep going. But I had a wonder afternoon wading in the warm, shallow water -- there were crabs, fish, and even a sting ray that another guest almost stepped on! Some kids even found some baby conchs.
If you *want* some action, you can always go to town on the Jitney (a true cultural experience) or take a taxi. We rented a car to go to Lucayan National Park, which has a nice nature trail to the caves and a boardwalk over the mangroves to the gorgeous beach. Next time I wouldn't try to do both downtown and the park in one day, as it's quite a way to the park. Do check to see when it's low tide, as high tide pretty much covers the entire beach at the park.
The conch fritters at the Shack were awesome! (And I've eaten many since I was a child in Nassau). Unfortunately, the Guava Duff from room service was dry. I didn't care much for the menu at the Bonefish restaurant, but with the fridge and stove and microwave, and a quick trip down the road to City Market, you can stock up on a few basics to keep yourself fed.
They have bikes to borrow and kayaks. We didn't get a chance this trip, but maybe next time!

The reason we chose this hotel is that it is on the West End of GBI, far away from the hustle and bustle of Freeport. It was a very relaxed environment with good service and a great location. The room was wonderfully roomy and had its own back porch, complete with ceiling fan. The bathroom is total luxury with a twin sinks, whirlpool tub, separate walk-in shower and separate commode room. The big screen TV was a pleasant surprise. There is also a full-size washer/dryer.

The staff was very helpful, even arranging a rental car on short notice for us. True, it was 10 years old, beat up, and we rented it from a bar down the road, but it got us around the island ok. Next time, we'll arrange for the rental car in advance...

There are 3 places to eat there. First, there is the Straw Bar, a shack out by the beach, which has daytime hours only. We would have liked to see the hours extended just a bit, maybe to 6 or 7 from 5 pm. The conch fritters were excellent and even beat those from Bishops on the East End of the island. There is also Aqua the high-end restaurant and Bonefish Folley's, neither of which we ate at. The room had a full kitchen, complete with full size fridge/freezer, cooktop and microwave, so we ate leftovers from the restaurants in Freeport that we ate at. There is also a very nice shop there that sells food, clothing and trinkets.

We were extremely disappointed that Freeport canceled Junkanoo because of rain, but the resort did have a small celebration, complete with a brief fireworks show.

The only problems we had were noisy neighbors upstairs, who must have been playing hockey or something, and one night where we came back late and discovered we didn't get any wash towels and couldn't convince the front desk rep to open up housekeeping and get some for us.. So OBB doesn't get the A+, just the A.

Hotel needs a major facelift and management shakeup. The Hotel is at the west end of the island and about 40 minutes from Freeport ad thus you rely on their (3) restaurants. One is on the beach and open for lunch only with a limited menu and poor service. The 2nd is a casual one with an equally limited menu and extremely slow service. The 3rd is billed as their gourmet restaurant, which has a better menu but non-existent service. Expect to wait an average of 45 minutes to one hour for any food to arrive at ay of the restaurants.
The beach is small and swimming is limited by the fact that the water depth is 2 - 3 feet for hundreds of yards from shore.
The rooms are of good size but are fairly basic in comparison to the rates that are charged. They claim to have snorkeling on premisis however expect to pay $40/hour/person for the boat that needs to take you to the location. The only other snorkeling is at Paradise Beach which is a 15 minute drive.
Overall, very disappointing.