Captain Oliver's Resort

The hotel is very convenient to Moorings base. The bed was exceptionally comfortable. The room was spacious. Bathroom was clean...the facilities could use some updating, but nothing was bad. The restaurant was not as good as the little bar down the pier...not clear what they aim for with it.

Nice pool, great restaurant with reasonable prices and good food. Small beach, but private and good snorkeling. Market nearby, but not much shopping.

Capt Oiver's is a great value hotel that provides a great location for those that prefer the east side of SMX and are renting a car. It is a small hotel with a nice, relaxed marina atmosphere. The restaurant has good dining situated along the mariana dock, but the wait staff have the typical caribbean, laissez-faire service. My room was clean and quiet. SMX currently has significant road construction near the west side of Philipsburg, so traffic along the south side of the island was heavily jammed both on my way to the hotel and back to the airport. In my long weekend trip, I was content to be on the east side beaches for the duration and avoided the traffic concern. From the hotel, it is a short drive north to Baje Orientale or south to Philipsburg. For me, it was great mid-point location for a great price.

I had an excellent time and is planning to go back the staff made you fell welcome

Captain Oliver's said they would have a driver there to meet me when I landed. I waited 1-1/2 hours for them, and made two phone calls in the interim to say I'd prefer to just take a cab; each time they said the driver was "on the way" or "almost there". When I finally arrived, they seemed to think it was funny. You must have a rental car as there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING close to this place -- no groceries, drug stores, restaurants or shopping.

EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE. YES, IT IS A BIT OUT OF THE WAY,BUT WELL WORTH IT. EASY TO RENT A CAR. I GOT ONE FROM BUDGET FOR $137- A WEEK. EXPLORED THE ENTIRE ISLAND IN FIVE DAYS. THEY ALSO HAVE FREE INTERNET BUSINESS OFFICE (THOUGH i COULD NOT GET MY SERVER IN THE u.s. FOR SOME REASON). DAWN BEACH WESTIN short drive away has a better beach (cleaner) that on the Oyster Bay end of Dawn Beach..they also have a casino that opens at 5 PM nightly. Again, you will need a car to really enjoy the Island.

The room was ready upon arrival. Free drink at the bar. Staff was friendly and the room was cleaned every day. Great location 15 minutes from Orient Beach.

Resort is without own beach. Guest must use free of charge water taxi to Dutch side. Operator of the taxi is unpunctual. And standing on the direct tropical sunshine for at least 15-20 minutes is not so confortable. The restaurant in the marina is with excellent cuisine, but service is as unfriendly as the watertaxi.

Location and quiet atmosphere were wonderful Room with it's high ceiling was great my style I don't like to be bumping into lots of tourists and this hotel is spread out into separate buildings allowing for that staff very nice

Captain Olivers had great views of the ocean and marina. Although most staff spoke French, they did understand basic English and were very courteous. The restaraunts and bars located at the marina were convienent, however, lunch/dinner prices were somewhat expensive at Captain Olivers restaraunt. The room was very nice and had a small kitchenette. It's a great location if you are wanting some peace and quiet. Not great if you are wanting to walk around and check out other sights/restaraunts, or bars. I would suggest renting car from the airport to save on taxi/shuttle fees. You can also rent one from the front office for about $35 a day. It's located in the marina so you can rent boats or take the ferries to other nearby islands.