Tingum Village Hotel

Tingum Village 17th and 18th of February 2025. We actually booked our trip to Tingum Villlage Hotel via Agoda but for some reason I cannot find any way or writing a review on the Agoda website. This may possibly be because Agoda, despite accepting our payment and sending us a booking number, had double booked us at the Tingum Village. I must emphsise that this was not the fault of the hotel and they were most apologetic and ended up upgrading us as the room we'd booked was aready taken. Everybody the the hotel was super helpful. We enjoyed a quiet drink in their characterful bar while they dealt with the situation. We ate at the restaurant both nights of our stay and really enjoyed the ambience and food. The accomdation was clean and comfortable and if we end up visiting Harbour Island again we will most certainly be booking a room with them. The hotel is ideally situated in the middle of the island a short walk from the beach, marina, shops and restaurants. The staff were lovely to talk with and could not have been more helpful.

We stayed here in December 2024. First and foremost this is an honest review without emphasizing short comings or negativity. I’m more about making human connection growing up in a developing country myself. Having said so here is my honest review: We walked by Tingum during our stay at Coral Sand. I immediately loved the lush green. We spoke to Crystal and requested if she can pick us up from Coral Sand on Friday the 20th December. That was the day we were to check in at Tingum. She said she would come for us at 10 am, but she didn’t come so we had our Coral Sand front desk call her and she stated she was busy. Which was fine but we would have appreciated if she would have let us know by calling Coral Sand. Eventually Coral sand gave us a ride to Tingam since it would have been a long walk with our luggage from one place to the other. Also, we had to reach Eleuthera for a day trip by 11 am on that day so we were on a tight time crunch. Once we arrived though Crystal was welcoming, gave us complementary water, took us to our room and also gave us a ride to the dock since we were really running late. She was kind enough to pick us up as well at the end of that day from the dock. The ROOM: I’m not going to sugar coat this but the rooms need a lot of TLC. The furniture was dated, the shower faucet was broken and water pressure was very low. We had to flush the toilet twice and hold down the flush knob. The room had a weird smell I thought lighting up a candle would get rid of that. There was one fully melted (not usable) next to the Jacuzzi bath tub (that we didn’t use). I lighted another which was more than half used tropical flavor candle that was also there, but the candle made the smell worse. We met a couple whom we saw hanging out in the breakfast area for 3 days in a row and working in their mac books. My husband said that maybe their room stinks too! I wish we were given a room on the second floor so that we can at least open the door to the patio but I didn’t have the heart to ask since as I said people were so nice. They even put a heart shape with fresh Bougainvillea flower on bed the day of our check in. The bed sheet didn’t look clean and no one came to clean our room either (changing bed sheet, replenish toiletries etc.) in the duration of our two days stay. The hammock right in front of our room I decided to lay on our checkout day only to find out that a corner of it was broken. THE FOOD: We had dinner here on the day we checked in. I ordered the cheeseburger since I heard so many stories already. I felt that the portion size could have been better since it was from the dinner menu. I did like the traditional Goombay Smash drink. On our checkout day we also met Juanita the daughter of the owner. I’m glad to be able to have a conversation and exchange gift with her! I also found out that we could have used a pool that was down the street. I was wondering about it since I did recall seeing a picture of a pool before booking this

Baby Ruby out did herself. From the moment we stepped of the ferry we were greeted with kindness and efficiency. We received a celebratory anniversary welcome with flowers and champagne.During our stay everyone was extremely attentive. The bar and restaurant was not only convenient, but had wonderful food. Golf cart rentals available at the hotel. Would definitely stay again.

We stayed in the Eleuthra Room. It was roomy, clean and really pretty. It had a big jet tub with a nice rain fall showerhead. The staff was happy, pleasant and attentive. We liked that it was a short walk from town. We rented a golf cart from them, too, which is a great way to get around the island. Regrettably, I left my make up bag at the hotel. When I called to report it, the staff already knew I had left it and Juanita was planning to take it to the States and mail it back to me, which she did as promised. So not only was our stay comfortable, Juanita continued to look out for me even after I left!

We loved our stay at the Tingum Hotel on Harbour Island! Juanita is the most gracious and welcoming host you could ask for. Our accommodations were fantastic—charming, comfortable, and full of island character. Each morning started with a delicious continental breakfast included in our stay. The staff was incredibly kind and helpful throughout our visit. You *can* spend more time and more money elsewhere, but you simply won’t find a better value than Tingum. The atmosphere, hospitality, and location make it a hidden gem. We can’t wait to return and highly recommend it to anyone visiting Harbour Island!

Staff was very warm & friendly ! Great location and A/C was very good in the room .