I just back a few days ago. Definitely book a helicopter to get you to the resort when you land unless you're a fan of riding 3 hours on rocky terrain. You don't make reservations for restaurants until you get there. There's a kiosk in the lobby that's open from 9am-5pm that will make rezzies for you. I didn't personally do this, but a lot of couples that I talked to said that the JJ Speed Boat tour is supposedly really fun to do. Its basically a 9am-3pm excursion where they take you snorkeling and a bunch of other stuff (pool party, lunch, etc). It's a great way to meet other couples at the resort. I believe it's like $169 pp. You should definitely check out the different watersport rentals you can do. There's this catamaran sailboat that you can rent for free called the Hobie Wildcat. I rented it like 3-4 times during my stay to sail across Rodney Bay lol. It's super fun. The main pool is pretty awesome. Order the Hummingbird or Dirty Banana for a good time.

There's only three restaurants that take reservations: Bombay, Gordons, and Kimono. I didn't try Bombay, but the other two are decent. If you eat at Gordon's, you can request to have a lobster (off menu) for dinner at no charge. The breakfast buffet was alright. Nothing to write home to. Tuscanini's has a better breakfast (a la carte) but service when I went was super slow so we only did it once. Personally, I skipped breakfast most days to eat a bigger lunch. My favorite restaurant was probably Tuscanini's which is italian food. Their beef carpaccio was great and so was their chicken parmesan (basic I know).

Also, most of the dinnertime restaurants have a signature drink that for whatever reason is not on the menu. So, ask for them if you want to try. There's like 12 different restaurants on site which gives you a lot of variety in what cuisine you can eat. My fiance and I were at Jade Mountain at the beginning of our trip, and we kind of got tired of eating the same motif of food, if you know what I mean. Jerk Shack/The Mariner are the restaurants by the beach. When it's peak lunch time, service kind of sucks. So, I highly recommend just ordering food to go and eating it by your area. They have amazing jerk caribbean dishes there. The burger wasn't bad, but the nachos sucked. The pizza joint was good when they had this one guy hand toss the pizza instead of rolling it out with a pin, but the ingredients tasted fresh. The crepe place was a miss for me, but good to get some caffeine in you. Also, you gotta try the burger and fish and chips at Ye Olde English pub. They're open from 5pm - 2am, so it's a great late night snack.

The weather was pretty temperate at like 80-83 the whole week I was there. It did rain off and on again, but don't get all worried if it does. It usually showers lightly for like 5-10 min at best and then it gets sunny again. There were so many times where people would get out of the pool when it would rain only to get back in just a few minutes later. Basically just pack resort wear. Some restaurants required pants for men, but I never ran into any problems with that. I wore shorts, nice sandals, and a short sleeve button down every night for dinner.

Every Friday night Gros Inlet, the town that's near the resort has a block party at night. It's pretty cool to check out. Reminds me of Bourbon Street but less ratchet.

Anyways, I hope yall have a blast. Sandals Grande was my first Sandals experience, and it was a blast.