I use Expedia to book and Tripadvisor to double check my choice. This was one of the best finds. Expect a European hotel experience; solid breakfast on the water, simple rooms, simple staffing, lots of quiet during the day and on the weekends it can sometimes become a club.

You are within walking distance to the MarketPlace - a hub of shopping, restaurants, bars, piers for boating experiences and a center stage for live entertainment. The hotel has a pier; our boating tour by Capt Anthony Conyers ([----]) was over the top and exceptionally priced. He made the trip outstanding with a fishing trip and a cat boat trip of snorling and lunch.

The hotel has a relationship with the Ritz Hotel (verynice); a free 3 minute ferry ride from the hotel pier and you have access to a pool complex with a swim up bar, 2 story slide into a pool with several pool sections. We shared time by the pool and the beach; palm tree umbrellas, a restaurant, jet skis, water and sand this Philly girl only dreams of. Best Pics of the vacation were on this beach.

Everything on the island is shipped in; a case of local beer for $40 ...buy your water by the gallon in the market place. So expect that. Yeah, it's not Mexico.

We traveled with a 5yr, 17yr, 18yr and husband and I. This place is focused more on honeymooners....empty nesters...and 20+...depending upon the time of year. I would travel here every Feb. Was perfect for us all.

Let me tell you about this Gem. It's only 20 minutes by air from Ft. Lauderdale, where my wife and I flew from, on Spirit Air, for her birthday. Spirit is the way to go for sure, so forget the rest.
The hotel is in the heart of Port Lucaya, on Grand Bahama. No need for a car, everything is in walking distance, such as the market, and restaurants- unless you want to drive the 35 miles to Gold Rock Beach, one of the most beautiful, and absolutely deserted, beaches in the world.

The staff at Pelican Bay, Jonell and Larika, cannot be more helpful and friendly if they tried. We stayed in one of the suites, an apartment really, with robes, croissants delivered to our private box with newspaper each morning, 4 poster king size bed with comforter, rain shower, and spacious living room.
The resort is not directly on the beach, but is on the bay, but not to worry, it is directly, say 500 feet, across the street from the huge Westin/Sheraton resort, where rooms, standard rooms, will be 1/3 the size and triple the price, that is on the ocean. The Westin is a huge resort with a gazzillion people at the pool, and four or five restaurants, so its okay, if you want the Disney resort feeling versus the Bahama's getaway.

Otherwise, the Pelican Bay staff will take you by (free) 10 minute ferry to another more private beach with a huge lazy river lagoon pool, and of course, the beach.

Port Lucaya is truly "Margaritaville", very mellow with beautiful beaches and the journey out to Gold Rock Beach is worth the trip to Grand Bahama on its own.

Other than Gold Rock and the small towns nearby that beautifully spectacular Corona Beer type beach, there's not much else to see on the island.

So otherwise stay around or in Port Lucaya. Eat at Sabors, for wonderful food, outdoor waterfront dining at around $25-35 per person, or Pisces where two can eat for $40, try the seafood combination platter, or lunch at Zorba's for the friendly service, did I mention friendly service, try the fried conch for $10, or finally Luciano's, about $110 per couple, a truly superb European restaurant on the harbor that is pricey but great for special occasions, and hey, you're on vacation. But Luciano's is not for the kids. Its country club food and fare.

If you stay at the Pelican Bay Resort you will thank your lucky stars. It is a great find, a great deal, on a great little island, with great people, so darn close to Florida but it seems like it is a thousand miles away! Enjoy, we did!!

We read in Trip Advisor that this facility was rated No. 1. Trip Advisor has always been right on--BUT NOT THIS TIME GUYS! I spent my birthday here with my friend and we agreed that IF we come back to the area, there's no way we'd stay at this facility. In brief, the hotel was certainly no where near capacity, yet we were assigned room 104 which is a dark, dreary room with a view of a wall with some plants. Hello? This facility is surrounded by water and pools and this is what we get? Well, we went right back to the desk and was given room 323 (after some huffing and puffing by the staff) which at least had sunlight!
But even that room had numerous problems. The dresser drawers were broken, the bedspreads faded, dated, and pretty disgusting, the bathroom faucet sprayed all over, the water in the shower never turned off and ran all day and all night, the lighting (although we asked three times for new bulbs) was terribly insufficient, the wait staff in the kitchen was definitely running on Bahama time and were rude, our requested wake up call was quite late, the grounds were not up to par, the remote for the tiny t.v. didn't work, and on Saturday night when we wanted to get a ride over to the restaurants on the beach (we were assured that there was a golf cart with a driver at all times available to us), we were told that there was no one to take us because several employees called in sick, and three of the four nights there when we wanted to come home from the casino late at night, again, no one would come to pick us up so the casino provided a ride. Many employees had a real attitude problem, especially the waiters since the tip is already in the total, they don't feel the need to give you service.
I'd have to say that if you must come to Grand Bahama Island, find another place to stay. The only saving grace of this place is the location (oh, and by the way, there is construction going on in the parking lot--which no one tells you either), and they serve a lovely breakfast. The Westin appeared very nice, fyi. But if I were you, I'd find another Island!
This was a very disappointing trip. They even have on their 'stationery' that they're voted No. 1 by Trip Advisor. Well, maybe that was years and years ago (check out the dates of the other reviews!!), but it certainly isn't now!!!!!

After reading reviews on Tripadvisor, we were surprised when our first encounter at check-in was with a rude lady at the front desk. She briskly ran through a large amount of important information (such as when the where breakfast was, the shuttle schedule to Taino beach, rules for use of the beach at the Westin) and when we asked her to repeat a few things she scoffed and was annoyed to do it.
Breakfast technically ran until 10:30 and we usually showed up at 9:30 and they were already low on food. One morning they even ran out of milk!
The maid service was also sub-par. One day only half of our towels were replaced and the robes weren't picked up off the floor. We also ran out of toilet paper twice.
Despite these problems the location was great, 2 minutes away from the Lucaya marketplace and across the street from the Westin. The shuttle-boat to Taino beach was easy, and the rest of the staff was very nice.
I would say for this hotel it's decent for the price but if you want a full-amenities, fancy hotel go with the Westin.