Orange Hill Beach Inn Reviews and Photos (Nassau, Bahamas)

I Would Rather Sleep in a Tent on the Beach!

Dallas, Texas

June 25, 2010

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We cannot recommend this place for any type of traveler, whether they are passing through Nassau or looking for an extended stay. My husband's comment "I'd rather sleep in a tent on the beach than stay there" rings true.My husband and I stayed at ...Read more We cannot recommend this place for any type of traveler, whether they are passing through Nassau or looking for an extended stay. My husband's comment "I'd rather sleep in a tent on the beach than stay there" rings true.

My husband and I stayed at Orange Hill Beach Inn on our last night in Nassau. We were sorely and very very very dissappointed. Our biggest regret was when the owner showed us the room, not walking right back out and staying somewhere else. Anywhere ... please ....

We had a room that faced the pool. The sink in the bathroom was leaking and the bed had a dip in the middle that forced both of us to teter on the edge of the bed to keep from falling into the abyss. Not to mention the ants that trailed our doorway and into the kitchen unit at the front of the hotel room. I would not describe this as clean and quaint.

My husband and I are modest people, but I believe that even an immodest person would have a problem with the shower in the bathroom. Right at eye level inside the basin of the shower was a window. I am 5'8'' and the window dipped way below the neck area if you get my drift. This would not have been a problem if the window faced a closed-in courtyard or something, but it overlooked the pool. My husband had to take a shower at night in a darkened bathroom to prevent the whole world from watching. Just creepy!

On our night's stay, a rain shower came through and while I was laying on the bed watching the Mavericks/Heat game, the power went off in the entire place. Not the way I want to spend a vacation, sitting in an ant infested hotel room hoping the power would come back on.

And if you are planning on going into town to see anything, this is not the place to be. Orange Hill is one of the absolute last stops on the Jitney. At the end of the evening, the buses just decide to stop going out that far. The owner's son (who was nice and friendly - the only good point) nicely offered to take us into town and drop us further down the street in the hopes we could even catch a bus. On one trip back to the hotel from the jitney, the bus driver flat out decided not to take us down there and dropped us off to force us to catch another bus to Orange Hill. On another occassion, the jitney had to stop to get gas at a shopping mall before he could take us out there (it was that far from everything.)

We stayed here because it was the last night of our vacation and we just didn't find any hotels on TripAdvisor in Nassau that people didn't complain about. Before heading to the airport on our last day, we went into the Hilton to look around and just cringed that we could have paid just a little bit more to stay there.

Spend the extra money and avoid this place!

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Decent

A traveler

Travelocity.com

October 31, 2007

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While the hotel was very close to the airport, it was about a 20-25 min drive to downtown where all the shopping/restaraunts were, as well as the main beaches. The cab fare to downtown was about 20 dollars each way. I would suggest staying here only ...Read more

Not a good place to stay

A traveler

Travelocity.com

June 18, 2007

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The grounds and hotel are dilapidated, smell like cats and are not clean. The food in the dining room was adequate. However all the people and staff we met were very pleasant and helpful. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone. The pictures on ...Read more

Good Stay for the Price

A traveler

Travelocity.com

October 13, 2006

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Orange Hill was a little bit like staying at someone's home or a bed and breakfast. It was very quaint. The staff was very nice- we even got a much needed ride to an ATM from one of the staffers. A homecooked meal was prepared every night for a ...Read more

Great Little Place

A traveler

Travelocity.com

June 25, 2006

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Great place to stay on a layover to one of the out islands. Clean rooms, friendly staff and reasonably priced.

Orange Hill Beach Inn

by Lulu Byrd

Baltimore, Maryland

January 3, 2001

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Best of IgoUgo Located 8 miles west of downtown Nassau, this inn was delightful. Just what the doctor ordered for those who prefer independent travel to all-inclusive. We had a large, balconied (superior oceanview) room for $150 per night for three (I''ve ...Read more Located 8 miles west of downtown Nassau, this inn was delightful. Just what the doctor ordered for those who prefer independent travel to all-inclusive. We had a large, balconied (superior oceanview) room for $150 per night for three (I''ve included taxes and service charges; $120 was the listed rate) from which we could see semi-tropical plants on the grounds, the pool and the gorgeous turquoise waters of the New Providence Channel (really the Atlantic Ocean). Our room had a TV with cable, fridge, bath/shower, high ceilings...friendly staff cleaned the room every day. There''s a few Batelco telephones in the main lounge but none in the room.

The grounds were well-kept by owner Danny Lowe, whose choice of semi-tropical flowers and plants attracted a wide variety of local birds. Most days, I would sit out on a porch swing overlooking the ocean and watch a ruby-throated emerald-backed hummingbird feed on a trumpet flower. Most days, I would also see yellow warblers (who like plantains), mockingbirds, mourning doves and a few birds I didn''t even recognize (one black bird with a grey-cream parrot-like beak that somebody told me was the Bahamian parakeet; I''ll need to look that one up).

There was a pool which my parents and I would sun ourselves at (blocked by the wind by buildings) every day of the week we were there. There were also a restaurant with wickerwork furniture and a small library, a dining room for special occasions and a bar where people would sit and mingle at night, telling diving stories and other experiences. The bar was honour-system help-yourself and you checked off a list what you would take (never in America). Danny''s charming wife Judy from Ireland bent over backwards to make us feel at home. The hotel has many repeat visitors from all over the world (many Europeans) who love the casual, homey ambience. Some people love Orange Hill so much, they help out with cooking and chores to ensure that Orange Hill succeeds for years to come.

The beach across the street from Orange Hill Inn was much bigger that I had anticipated. I could walk for 25 minutes on the white sand bordering the turquoise waters and admire the sometimes obscenely expensive neighboring houses by the water.

Jitney #10 (Japanese minibuses) came by every 5-15 minutes between 6 am to 6 pm going from Compass Point to downtown Nassau with stops anywhere along the way (Travellers Rest Restaurant, grocery stores, bank, liquor store, Cable Beach, Ardastra Gardens and Zoo). There is also a grocery run offered by the hotel, and an airport transfer (from hotel to airport) if available.

While I loved this hotel, it''s not for everyone. If you want to be near casinos, nightlife, you may prefer Cable Beach or Paradise Island. If you prefer elegant, ritzy resorts near tennis/golf, Cable Beach might be better. But I know that I could not have been happier elsewhere. Close

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