The Resort at Pelican Hill

Good one

My wife and I made I believe our 5th visit to Pelican Hill, the last 3 times to celebrate her birthday. This was our first visit since Pelican Hill came under the Marriott Bon Voy umbrella. First off we were given a room closest to The Coliseum we have ever had, which was great as we are getting older and this makes the climb up the hill to the pool and diner/breakfast a little easier! On all our previous visits pretty soon after check-in we had been brought a bottle of wine for the room, but not this time. My wife was particularly disappointed as we assumed this was standard practice if you were celebrating a birthday or anniversary… apparently not. Not sure if this was an oversight or a policy change under the new ownership. Stay was really on point though, and as usually every employee was exemplary, including the shops, to the point my wife was send a birthday card by one of the shop staff when she found out it was her birthday. We had fun by the pool, and enjoyed the service from our designated server Maycee (sp?). We did think a lot of the staff were looking a lot younger than in the past, or maybe we are just getting older! No complaints though, all were polite, respectful and ready to assist. Dinner at both The Coliseum and The Pelican Grill were to their usual standard, if not a little better than in the past. We do wish there was a third option though, and disappointed they never reopened The Andrea restaurant. We never got to eat there pre-COVID closure. All in all we loved our stay as usual, and though the change to a Marriot hotel was pretty much unnoticeable bar the wine to the room question. We hope to do the same again next June all being well.