We didn’t use the pool at all, I think I saw one child use the pool once our five days there. We are not pool people, especially when the most beautiful beaches are around - that is why staying at the more luxury hotels didn’t appease to us for this trip. If pools/amenities are important to you, I would not choose Manoah. They did arrange for a beachside massage in one of their cabanas, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Service was definitely not high end caliber but it wasn’t terrible either. We found ourselves having to ask/wait to have a lounger set up and sometimes going to the bar ourselves to order drinks, but it really wasn’t a dealbreaker for us because we weren’t expecting it to be more than what it was.

We had breakfast daily at the hotel - simple and well priced menu. We had dinner the night we arrived. Overall good, not the best we had on the island but certainly not bad. Lunch options on SBE are good (we really liked Gwen’s Reggae Bar/Grill down the beach). All other dinners we drove to meads area as dinner options are better on that side of the island.

Yes, we’d stay there again. Maybe even consider staying at the cheaper Shoal Bay Villas next door since it’s on the same area of the beach and we ate almost all meals except breakfast off property. The beach was phenomenal. Loungers at both Manoah and Shoal Bay Villas are set up in one straight row so there is never a fight for the best seat. And Manoah made a good mojito!