My husband and I stayed from Nov 9th thru Nov 17th 2007. We had the best time!!! Our Villa was perfect A-3, the view could not be beat. It was the perfect place to unwind and relax. The kitchen has everything you need and then some and the huge shower makes our one at home look like your showering in a port a potty! After a long day at the beach is was awesome to come back and relax in the pool, then we would take showers and go down to the resturant and have drinks and dinner. The food could not be beat, Shane the Chef could do no wrong, the food was 5 star all the way! Audrey who was the store Mgr and our bartener most nights was great, she hooked us up with an awesome trip to the BVI's on the Stormy Petrol if you need anything she is the girl to see. Patrick who took care of the grounds etc was helpful and great to talk to, very funny! Jennifer the Mgr was great, always said hello and was also very helpful! The Concordia store has the best prices hands down, don't bother shopping for beer, wine, suntan lotion and things of that nature anywere else! The steps are no joke, I think this is the first time Jason and I have gone on vac and lost weight!! But after two days you get used to it! The cats around the property are friendly and comical, we named one the Rock, he had the "Rocks"stare down pat, and we named the black cat that hung out at our villa LBD( little black dog) he would roll around on his back and do cute human things with his paws! Made me not miss our cats at home so much. We can't wait to go back!

My husband and I decided to go to St John's to relax during our 1-yr wedding anniversary. We're amatuer globetrotters, and wanted a place with plenty of sun & beach that was more secluded and low-key (hence, St John's vs. St Thomas).

What attracted us to Concordia was the seclusion, and the eco-friendly aspect. We've "roughed it" on other vacations, but never at a designated eco-friendly place.

Our room was decent, and the views were absolutely breathtaking. The beaches near the resort were secluded and unspoiled.

The reason for the 2 rating? Yes, like other reviews, we did have a cockroach, but could deal with that. However, what we couldn't handle was being put in a studio unit underneath a massive unit built to accomodate families. Every morning, we were awaken by the screeching of chairs/tables/general furniture being dragged across the floor, breakfast dishes clanking, people talking. Since there is no A/C, the windows are always open, and sounds travel very well. Every evening we were treated to whining kids not wanting to go to sleep. We asked to be moved to another studio unit that is not located under one designed to house huge families (who designs a unit like that?), but they were booked. They did knock off some money from our final bill.

Overall, if the eco-friendly thing is more of a nice-to-have, I would splurge and stay at the Westin, or a comporable hotel on St John's. This was not the romantic, quiet get-away that we were hoping for.

Cassie

June 19-30, 2007
Stayed first in Concordia Studios -- wonderful breeze in A-1. Next 6 days in Ecotent P-10, what a great experience!! Our family of 6, children 15, 13, 11, 9 with plenty of room. Cool breezes and hot showers. Great food at Concordia Cafe, including grill your own (chef assists) on Mon and Tues. Also good prices for necessities at the Concordia store. Great snorkeling-- Salt Pond, Hawksnest, Maho, Waterlemon Cay, Caneel, Solomon. Fishing at Francis and Drunk Bays. Miss Lucy's (toasted goat cheese salad), Vie's Snack Shack on the East End for lunch, Hercules Pate in Cruz Bay, uncle Joe's BBQ across from Cap's Bar in Cruz Bay, Donkey Diner for breakfast and pizza Wed and fri nights -- internet to confirm our return flight. Discount Car Rental, right near St Thomas Airport was wonderful!!

All I have to say is that we had ROACHES running across our pillows the first night we were there, we immediately packed up and got out.
They refused to help us find another hotel, gave us some numbers, had to drive 45 minutes across the island to find another room. A WONDERFUL woman at the Westin found us one, even though they had none, but it was 500 per night, but at 2am when you have been up since 6am it had to do. It took Estate Concordia 4 days to respond to me, and a week to refund our deposit and of course, no offer to help offset charges from our $140 per night to the $500 per night, not really a big deal, but some thing other than "sorry we are refunding your deposit" would have been nice.
I also wrote a review to their website, which the webmaster did not post, so since we had read in the guest book in the room that someone 3 years ago had a rat in the kitchen, I can only imagine how many other roaches and rats have gone through that room.

We have no problem with Eco-Friendly and geckos and hermit crabs, but roaches are unsanitary and they breed thousands.

Very disappointing having to see roaches crawling across my pillows where I was about to lay my head.

I reccomend anywhere else but here.