Red Carpet Nassau

It's a no frills hotel but we enjoyed our stay of 2 weeks. The hotel staff was friendly. They made phone calls for us and were very helpfull. Instead of renting a car or taking taxi we took the local bus service that stopped near the hotel much cheaper at $1.25. per ride.( the people on the bus were frinedly and helpfull). The room was large with 2 beds with a microwave and full size fridge and very clean. The bathroom was small but had lots of counter space. A ten minute walk to a very nice local beach and nextdoor to a shopping centre that had a deli in the grocery store where we purchased a lot of our Behamian meals instead of going to expensive restaurants.

When I blindly booked this hotel, I, obviously didn't know what I was getting myself into. The hotel is cheap for a reason (the only reason why I booked this in the first place). It's too far from the beaches, from the shopping, from downtown Nassau, from good dining, from all of the excursions.... everything. I wanted to go to the Bahamas to take full advantage of the beaches. You can't do that unless you either walk for at least 30 min (which can get tiring if it's a super hot summer day), or a ~$15 "taxi" ride (which they usually rip you off depending how "touristy" you look). Not good in regards to distance. The hotel looked clean, but there were these tiny little ant-looking bugs that were pretty much everywhere. Didn't look like they bite, but they sure were over everything. Kind of gross, if you ask me. The hotel door to the room I stayed at didn't completely seal when shut, so that's probably why I had the bug issue. When looking at the big picture, I probably wouldn't go there again. Taking into consideration the potential taxi rides to and from the hotel, it's probably best to just stay at a resort instead.

I stayed for two single nights waiting for Blackbeards cruise from the harbour club. First room I had was ok , basic but sufficient although TV did not work. I then returned a week later Friday another night before picking up a obtain again from harbour club. This room was slightly cleaner and better although TV did not work again. I called out desk staff who said they would send maintenance man around but he never showed up. The hotel is quite a way from down town Nassau and nothing to do nearby it.