we recently stayed in Cat Island for 5 days.
The hotel chosen was the hawks nest, located at the extreme south west of the island.
The island is definitely a great place if you're looking for tremendous virgin white/pink sand beach, but just be informed that the standard picture you could expect may be false if you don't make the right choice.
Hawks nest is comfortable and very well equipped, but the beach is small and artificial. The pool is nice but they probably forgot that cleaning is sometimes necessary.
The price is very high compared to the level of service offered, and you should be careful to the invoice before paying (3 mistakes for ours ...).
Finally, after making a little comparison, the Greenwood beach resort (south east) is much more prettier, the beach is wonderful, and the prices are more reasonable.

My friend & I stayed 7 nights at the Hawk's Nest. This island is not heavily populated and the roads are not the smoothest but we had a great time. The Hawk's Nest sits on a beautiful stretch of beach. It looks like the commercials you see on tv for beautiful quiet beaches with calm clear bluest of blue waters. We went snorkeling by the yellow house on the point and it was beautiful. A little rough getting in the water off the rocks but just swim to the left of the yellow house close to the shore in the middle of the mouth of the water that leads into the marina and you will see beautiful fish. I highly recommend the Hawk's Nest for a relaxing vacation if you are trying to get away from the hustle of a big crowded resort.

In February 2005, my husband and I went to Hawks Nest Resort on Cat Island in the Bahamas. We wanted a place where we could relax in a hammock on the beach. This was the place! The rooms were clean and very comfortable. We had the meal plan and the food was first rate! If you want to get away from everything this is the place to do it!
Bikes are available and well as scuba diving and some good snorkeling. All this is outside your door.
The couples who run the place were pleasant and made sure you had everything you needed. We were there to celebrate our wedding anniversary which was made special by the champagne we found in our room on the day of our anniversary!
We are looking forward to going back.

My wife and I stayed at Hawks Nest during late Oct 03. The property had just undergone some renovation work and it looked great (we were the first guests to stay at the resort after it was reopened).The food was the best we have experienced in the Bahamas. The service was top notch. JR (our host) greeted us upon arrive, walked us to our room and made sure that the rest of our stay went smoothly.The other guests were an interesting mix of boaters, and private pilots. Everyone was incredible friendly. A couple who is building a home near the resort lent us their scooter for a day so we could get over to Devils Point (a beautiful beach). A boating couple drove us the Hermitage and took us on a wonderful tour of other beaches via their dingy.Overall, Hawks Nest is a wonder resort, which is excellently managed. But dont be miss led, you have to be somewhat independent about creating your own fun. It clearly is not an amusement park resort. Just a great place to relax and get away from the outside world.So go and experience it..but dont tell your friends.