Blue Crab Beach Resort
Address:
Placencia, Belize
Tel: 011-501-523-3543
Fax: 011-501-523-3544
Email: kerry@btl.net
URL: Blue Crab Beach Resort
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Type of Property: Hotel
Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front)
Island: Belize
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Not worth it
Traveler Review By: Anonymous from Chicago, Ill
Date of Visit: February 2007
We were eager to go to the Blue Crab for our first Belize trip, based largely on the Blue Crab website, the absence of negative online reviews, the friendliness of Linn, and the few, though positive, reviews of Seine Bight Village in various travel guides (even the New York Times). We flew into Placencia airport and were picked up by a taxi and taken to the Blue Crab immediately after our plane touched-down, without a hitch. Our first impression of the Blue Crab upon arrival was that it was rather ramshackle. We thought "we're paying $100 a night for this?" We were met in the office by a less-than-enthusiastic staff member. We signed some papers, and were shown to our room, which, though spartan (which we were okay with), was seemingly haphazardly put together (which surprised us, given that this place bills itself as a 'resort'). The shower was pretty moldy. The A/C rooms are side-by-side in a single building, which means that you share a deck and hammock with the guests next door. This means that your experience there can be very much influenced by who is staying right next door; the walls are super thin and we heard every footstep and every word spoken by the people staying next to us. This takes me to the 'restaurant.' First, we were quite surprised by the prices of the food. Basic breakfast cost anywhere from US$5-$10. Dinner cost an average of US$20-$25. The quality of food was fair, even though it billed itself as a 'gourmet' establishment. We were surprised that many of the items on the menu weren't available for one reason or another. Again, your vacation experience can be significantly marred (or improved) depending on who is vacationing at the same place while you are there. Because there are VERY few other places to go (especially at night, did not feel safe walking at night in Seine Bight), you are stuck eating with the other people at the 'resort' during every meal. So, if the people are painfully annoying, you are stuck eating with them. There were three tables in the restaurant and they were always full with the guests, during each meal. Our food took a ridiculously long time to arrive at our table. One night, our food took (no joke) two hours to be served. On vacation, time is still key, and I would rather be spending it on the beach, snorkeling, sailing, ANYTHING, rather than waiting hours for food (which wasn't stellar). It seemed to us that the reason that this place could get away with this kind of service, with those prices, was that there is very little competition for similar fare in Seine Bight. Niether the rooms nor the restaurant would not survive in Placencia. We felt a need to write a review of the Blue Crab because there aren't any and we wanted to share our experiences with vacationers planning a trip to the Placencia penninsula. We were shocked at the thought that people might spend their honeymoon there (they offer honeymoon packages). Honeymooners could do much better in Placencia itself, or north, at Caye Caulker or Ambergris.
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