We booked a bungalow for a 7 night stay for my Birthday.We checked in on July 13,2024.This place was sold and renamed,Bungalows on the Bay, previously Chenay Bay.We stayed here 20 years ago thinking we would try it again. We barely made it through the first evening.We opened the kitchen cabinets and there were live roaches crawling about.We decided to get a can of RAID at the grocery store and spray the entire bungalow. We made breakfast the next morning and discussed checking out.We left and moved into a clean hotel down the road. The bedding was worn.The window sills were so dusty and the floors were filthy.I was afraid to go to sleep because there was no security.A door knob lock.Anyone with brains know you can slide a butter knife through and open the door.This is not well lit at night.I could name more undesirable things about our less than 24 hour stay,but I will leave it up to you.Don't stay here.The current owners are trying to sell it. They are upside down.The photographs are not accurate.There is no restaurant.A tiki bar at most.The pool was green in color. Great location for you beach lovers and campers that don't mind dirt and roaches.We won't return. read more

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Hi all. We came to this beautiful bungalow setting cottage 17. We got to the island and the taxi driver picked us up at the airport and dropped us of here. Got are cottage. And was so very impressed with it. And we didn't know much about this area. Because it was are 1st time being on the island. So if you come please bring some snacks. Well back to arriving got are cottage. Talked to Miss Linda. The lady was so amazing. We were hungry. But it was to late to order . anything. So she so kindly offered some food from her own bungalow. And gave it to me and my wife. Now to me this lady . in my book is a SAINT!!!!! Her hospitality is like no other. So today we are going to explore. And watch are Daughter get Married. So i highly recommend this place . i give it 5 stars. Thank you for reading. Brian K Reed read more

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The chicken strips. Are the best I've had in the VI. Well seasoned, lightly and perfectly crusted. The potato salad is like Dominican style with red peppers and other condiments mixed. Highly recommend. read more

If I could give it less than a one star I would currently here right now on a trip came in smelt like cigarettes bed had hair floor has sugar Ants running on it desk top sticky fridge rusted someone took down the smoke alarm never put it back false advertised with the room pillow cases dirty room filthy this area looks like the hood pitiful do not come here it's a headache place is sketchy asf nobody outside late at night around a resort read more

It's such a mix of stars to give. I will break it down the best I can Chenay Bay is an older established rental place to stay. It's a cluster of cottages that you can pick and choose to stay in. Each cottage offers something a bit different and depends on what you are going for when you get here. Some are actual single room cottages and others are studios that attach to another unit, great for families and really close friends. There is a door in between the cottages that can be locked at any time. Cottages 41, 42, 47,48 are located at the far end and give the best view of the ocean and privacy Cottages 8&9 are nice one bedroom but don't have a view. They both have full kitchens but 8 is more updated. Cottage 2 offers great views, a studio setup but it is the closest to the check in/out desk. I can only speak for #47&48 for inside details. They offer an amazing 5 star view but the inside needs some updating. It worked fine for what I needed but some light switches don't work and furniture is mixed match and just looks worn. I guess that is the best way to describe the interior~worn. There is 2 hot plates, mini fridge and all the pots and pans included. We ended up going to seaside market to purchase breakfast stuff and snacks throughout the day. There is a bar and a snack shack of sorts to eat at. Hours will vary pending how many people are actually residing at resort so I wouldn't count on it as a guarantee go to but more as a "oh look there open" The beach is small but perfect for what you need. Plenty of chairs and towels. There is a small company(not associated with the resort) that rents gear and paddle boards for $30 an hour. Overall not a bad place to be just conditions are worn, staff is friendly and island life is relaxed. read more

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Great Valentine's Day dinner. The food was delicious, well prepared, well served! On our list of favorite places.

[See photos above] Chenay Bay Beach Resort isn't the type of place to stay at if you're looking for all sorts of amenities like spa treatments, swim-up bars or chocolates on your pillow. It is, however, away from the touristy part of the island and the perfect place to "get away" and do nothing but swim/lay around the pool soaking in some sun, snorkel and sleep in! We stayed here for a week in one of adjoined cottages. The rooms were adorned with beds, flat-screen tv's (with iffy cable), stove-top, microwaves, coffee makers and fridge/freezer combos. The bathrooms were tiny and not in the greatest of conditions but workable for showering and doing your bathroom business. What luck that our cottage was literally about 20 steps to the pool (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/VHX0NXqgM8EidJUisFfg3w?select=g89PmKUXS9MYMXtpyI38Vg See how close!) and then another 20 to the beach. The pool was about a medium size and perfect for lounging around with a beautiful view of the beach. Plenty of lounging chairs plus beds with canopies for those needing something more comfortable. Below the pool area is the gift shop and Mahi's Seaside Seafood Bar+Grill (I will have a separate review for that) - but it was great having the restaurant so close for drinks and eats. The gift shop is basically just a small shack with t-shirts, sunblock and other beach knickknacks for purchase. You can also rent snorkeling gear here, which is something we definitely did. The staff here are very laid-back and friendly - sort of what you expect from a place like this. If I came to St. Croix again, I'd stay here again in a heartbeat. read more

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We were told swimming pool was open, it was not. We were told they had snorkel equipment and beach chairs for hotel guests. There are signs through the property stating this, they don't have either. Room cleaning service (housekeeping) was supposed to be daily, we never received in the 6 nights we were there. Had to call the "emergency number" at 8:00pm to get towels that we had asked for at 7:45am that morning. Tried To talk to the owner of the property and he refused a phone call and instead sent me a text with excusses as to why we had such an awful experience. Stay somewhere else... you won't regret it! read more

I absolutely loved this place. The facilities were decent (not like a 5-star or anything, but had all necessities). The water and beach were amazing. The food at the restaurant on site was decent. The drinks were good. The staff were incredible and went out of their way to help (I had trouble getting the top back on my Jeep and someone was more than happy to help me try). We kayaked out to the nearby island, and it was beautiful. Felt very at home here. read more

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While the location was nice, the rooms were dirty and we got so many bed bug bites, we had to check out very early. It could be such a nice place but needs a lot of work. The pool was not operational and the restaurant was not open. read more

If you're expecting the four seasons, head over to the buccaneer. Chenay bay is a great little place with cottages on the beach. We paid for a garden view but they just gave us a cottage DIRECTLY on the beach. No complaints there! The rooms are pretty big with a bed, kitchenette for cooking and a tiny bathroom. All of them have decks to sit on. The rooms could use some love. Lots of scuffs, chips, holes etc in the walls. The bathroom needed lots of work. The toilet ran constantly for our entire stay. All in all though, it was great views, easy access and a fun time. I'd return to Chenay Bay. The staff was lovely, everyone was friendly. read more

We stayed at the Chenay Bay Beach resort for four days. The small cottages were the right size for a perfect couples' getaway on a budget. Please don't come here expecting state of the art amenities. The Chenay Bay is the best suited for those who just want to relax and get away from it all. The bare bones pool, beach, and awesome Mahi's restaurant are all you need. The very friendly staff was fantastic and very responsive to all our needs and/or concerns. Wifi is only available in the lobby and restaurant but hopefully that will be resolved in the future. Would I stay here again..yes. I stayed in cottage number 16, great view right in the middle of the resort close to everything. PS- buy the island bug spray because the Mosquitos/gnats are no joke! read more

Chenay has been a great stay for me. They are small flats or villas located seconds from the beach. There is a restaurant, bar, and pool all located right on the beach front. The restaurant was probably a bit over priced, but the freshly caught wahoo that they served was great. I arrived and my room already had the air conditioned blasting and the room was already cooled to a chilly 17° C (I had to turn it up to 20°!). The room was clean, loaded with all the amenities including a freezer, fridge, microwave, iron, coffee maker, toaster, dishes, kitchen sink, stove, bathroom, couch, and flat screen with ~150 (non-HD) channels, including HBO, Starz, etc.. The shower had hot water and good water pressure. The bed was a big king sized bed, comfortable enough to pass off, although the pillows could stand to be switched out. The wifi is pretty shoddy. It randomly disconnects and is generally slow. It's probably fast enough to get on, check your Facebook and show everyone how much fun you're having, but not much more. I was able to have about 10 minutes Skype calls with my wife before they dropped. I couldn't stream netflix, but you're probably not thinking of coming here to watch Pulp Fiction for the 8th time either. Bring bug spray for the beach. At dusk/dawn there's swarms of small gnat-like bugs that actually bite. They'll leave you alone if you spray. Also, general St. Croix tip: AT&T or bust! Don't count on other carriers service working well. Bring a separate gps, driving is not easy here, and most streets aren't posted. 5 stars for being a clean, friendly staff, reasonably priced, and well accommodated. Expect what you're paying for in a hotel, as always. read more

Our dream came true!! We returned to the island and stayed at Chenay Bay to get married on the beach at sunset!!! We are more in love with St Croix and this beautiful resort than ever before!! Thank you so much to Chermaine and Analise for all your kindness and support!!! See you soon!! Love, Doug and Heidi Garrett read more

We booked our trip to stay in St. Croix in December of 2017. Due to the two September 2017 hurricanes, (and the island still being in a rebuilding stage) American Airlines & Expedia contacted us and gave us options to reschedule our stay to St. Croix without penalty and we received refunds for our hotel stay (though it was "non-refundable") except when it came to our 1 night stay WITH CHENAY BAY (and Travelocity)! I thought it would be great to stay at Chenay Bay for 1 night to try them out so we can stay there for a full week next year, if we liked it. However, they were completely uncaring and unaccommodating. They lose our business and all of our family for a lifetime! Though I started to try to change my reservation in October 2017,( 2 month notice) Chenay Bay Beach Resort will not work with us at all! No credits, No refunds, No accommodations! I will never book with this motel "resort" again. This experience has been horrible, I work really really hard for my money and I feel completely CHEATED by their unreasonable policy. They are keeping my money without hesitation - this is unethical and unfair. I am not happy! The headache is not worth staying here! read more

Our stay was not all bad, just extremely stressful and confusing. This place is actually a grouping of tiny one cottages and duplexes right on the beach, with a very nice pool and an active bar. My family is from St. Croix, and in the past, Chenay Bay is generally considered a nice place to stay. Now I have to share the negative. We stayed here for the last two days of our 10 day vacation. This was meant to be a romantic, secluded getaway for my boyfriend and I from all of the busy family activities we had been doing earlier in the week. We were greeted upon check-in by a polite young lady at the desk and a very excited lady named Micki who we assumed was a concierge of some kind, because she told us that she was going to give us a $50 watersports coupon and could get us 20% off of some excursions around the island. We thought that was great, because we scuba dive and we had all of our gear, and were looking to get over to Buck Island. This is where it started to become disappointing. I guess she didn't know the difference between scuba diving and snorkeling, because she was trying to book a snorkeling excursion until we explained to her that we needed a boat to take us to the dive site, not to the actual island. She was ultimately unable to help us with that at all, and didn't call back, even though she said she would after looking into it more. She also said that she couldn't give us the $50 watersports coupon because she had to have a 20 minute meeting with us, which she had scheduled for our check-out day. So... we realized that this was just a timeshare thing, and even if we sat through it, what were we going to do with this coupon on the day we leave the island?! So, that was about one total hour of our time just WASTED by this weird and confusing "welcome" that you get when you check in at Chenay Bay. I did not go on vacation to sit through your time share spiel. Sorry. If I'd known that was part of staying at this place, I wouldn't have stayed there, and that's the truth. Now... about the room. We stayed in room #29. The room had broken mini-blinds, but was WONDERFUL overall. In St. Croix, not everything can be perfect or brand new, but this room was close to being perfect. Until the middle of the night, when our air conditioner broke. It was still making cold air, but it was also making a sound so loud that it repeatedly woke us up. It was a loud, repetitive, metal-on-metal sound that would come and go. We could not sleep, so we went to the front desk. The guy working there was either half asleep or a little bit rude, I'm not sure. Either way, he did not seem pleased to help us with our issue. He offered us a smaller room, with a smaller bed... Room #24... and I would have taken it, except that it smelled so bad... like spoiled milk. I told him that we'd just stay in our room and turn off the A/C instead, and he treated us like we had just wasted his valuable time, which really annoyed me. It's not like I want to be awake in the middle of the night by loud noises, only to walk around the place in my pajamas to be offered a room that smells terrible instead. Come on now. The next morning, I asked the young lady at the desk if any other rooms were open for that night, and she kindly moved us into room #10, which was smaller, with a smaller bed, but it smelled clean and the A/C sounded completely normal, so we took it. Room #10 was great, but the hot water did not get hot in the shower, and the room overall had little to no water pressure, which makes it hard to get soap out of your hair. So to clean up, you had to take a long, cold shower. :( We tolerated it, but were overall just stressed and annoyed. The next evening after dinner, we stopped by the front desk to kindly tell them that we were not going to be able to meet with Micki about timeshares, and that we were unhappy about our stay and would like to be contacted by management. The same guy was working at the desk and he said "So you have had even MORE issues here than the ones you told me about before?" almost like he didn't believe me. Anyway, after telling him everything I wrote above, he gave us the general manager's card, and I guess it's MY job now to contact them, in spite of the complaints I made on three separate occasions to front desk personnel. I understand that there are new owners, and locals have told me that the new owners seem nice and will do a good job eventually, so I hope this place gets better soon. As of this moment though, I would not recommend Chenay Bay to fellow travelers, and I have told my Crucian family to have their loved ones stay elsewhere when they visit. It's just too confusing and stressful. read more

We didn't stay here but they had just changed ownership when we were there and we would consider it if we went back. They do have a great beach with calm water, we rented kayaks and kayaked out to Green Cay to snorkel. They also had a music "festival" one night we went to that was pretty cool! read more

I wish the resort was what it was when we were there the spring before the fire in 2016. We had a lot of guests staying there for our wedding in October nobody left happy and I felt extremely embarrassed because I made a lot of phone calls prior to everyone arriving on the island to make sure everything was in working order. They said the bar would be up and running and the restaurant would be in working order and it was almost done . Unfortunately when everyone arrived there neither the bar was open nor was there food for our guests at the restaurant . It was just 2x4s and temporary bar with bottles of alcohol. We stayed at a local home just 3 minutes away from the resort and had decided to stay two nights at Chenay bay for our honeymoon (booked before the fire in June). This was a bad idea and we only stayed one night because there was no way of relaxing if the temporary bar was closed all the time and that there wasn't any food, it was impossible to hang out on the beach . It was such an awesome and friendly staffed place when we visited in may of 2016 . We really hoped our guests and family would enjoy it as much as we did , but it took more time to driving into town getting food and than actually relaxing on that amazing beach. I still cringe thinking of the thought of our guests traveling so far for our wedding and not actually enjoying the resort they stayed at because the lack of compassion for their customers. I understand that the fire took a toll on the bar and restaurant but don't make empty promises to people, especially when it comes to having so many people travel so far. I'm sorry for the bad review but this was my wedding experience and it's not something I can forget :( I hope future customers have better experience. read more

Had an amazing afternoon here. The stuffed tacos with mahi were fabulous- doesn't get much fresher or tasty! Great drinks, super service and a lovely beachfront to chill on. read more

Take off your pretentious panties and get real at Chenay Bay! Super staff (Trish, Yonka, Corey in the bar, Terry in the kitchen, Doug the night watchman, Will and Chino in the restaurant, Nicole . . . ) What a great place for a getaway. The bungalows were cozy with great little kitchenettes. Drinks at the bar always flowing and always fantastic. The food at Mahis was local and delicious. Trish and Yonka did a wonderful job coordinating my wedding and reception. Everyone was very kind and accomodating. Friends and family went home with fond memories of our stay here. We're currently planning a 5 year reunion! read more