My husband and I returned just last week from a most enjoyable week at L'Esplanade.
All of the reviews are right on, friendly and helpful staff, Beautiful rooms with balconies, very private and relaxing pool and just a few steps away from dining on "Restaurant Row". The restaurant that we liked best was Le ti Provencal, very good seafood on the porch overlooking the dinghy dock in the harbor. We also enjoyed the very casual "Talk of the Town" for barbeque one night.
I particularly liked the hillside location of L'Esplanade because of the almost constant breeze. It was very warm of course, and the breezes made sitting on the balcony or at the pool comfortable at all times. You may want to bring a pashmina,sweater or light jacket for the evenings, as the breezes tend to pick up then. We took a St. Barth Commuter flight to St. Barth for a day of shopping, lunch and just driving around. The flights are only 14 minutes each way and you have a lovely view of St. Martin and the neighboring islands.The Grand Case airport is within walking distance from the hotel. We did rent a car as we like to get around easily. I say easily, except that the traffic at just about all times of day and night is just horrendous. We traveled to Phillipsburg, but could do without it as the shopping, except for jewelry, is just as good in nearby Marigot. Try to avoid traveling to Marigot when the school busses are picking up the children at the various schools, it is a bit quicker at other times. We had a lovely dinner in Marigot at La Grand Cuopole on the marina, very good food and a really lively atmosphere. L'Esplanade was a delightful, peaceful and lovely place to spend a relaxing week and we definitely will return.

Hotel L'Esplanade was the perfect place for our honeymoon, the only regret I had was not staying there the whole time we were on the Island. We had stayed at another hotel for the second half of our trip to be right on the beach.

We went with high expectations and was not disappointed. There is a lot to say for that. We were always skeptical with the pictures shown on websites, in this case we felt we were walking right into the picture. Pictures we took looks just like the ones on the website, so we won't bother posting ours.

Booking directly with the hotel over email was easy, our loft was clean and comfortable, beautiful balcony view, short walk to the restaurants.

There were a few minor inconveniences, but it was not crucial to us. Such as the phone did not work for a day, one of the afternoon receptionist staff was not as knowledgeable as others, our balcony lounger was broken and never fixed though we brought it to the hotel's attention.

The sum of the overall experience would still be a pleasant, relaxing, and enjoyable stay. We would definitely come back in the future. In fact I recommended it to my boss and she will be going there with her family too.

When we checked in the staff told us that we were a prince and princess on our stay and if we should need anything to just ask. That is quiet a way to start a honeymoon. The hotel was perfect. The rooms are beautiful and the location is perfect.

My husband and I spent the first week of our honeymoon in St. Martin, at L'esplanade. This was such a wonderful experience. It is clean, beautifully kept, with a friendly and knowledgable staff. Our favorite was having breakfast delivered each morning and eating croissants and drinking coffee and fresh oj on our terrace, looking out at the beautiful water. Also, their pool is fantastic! Small and intimate, but with a great bar which serves yummy drinks and snacks. The location was the only SLIGHT drawback, as it is not right on the water, but we didn't care too much! We didn't rent a car and wish we had, it would have been easier and less expensive to explore the island than taking cabs, which we did.