La Guérite Beach - St Barth — Restaurant in Saint Barthélemy

The service here was disappointing. We reserved 10 front row daybeds in celebration of a milestone birthday and traveled from St. Maarten arriving shortly after 11am. We were one of the first guests to arrive. We had lunch reservations for 12:30p. Around 11:15a, there was a torrential downpour of rain. Clearly, weather was out of their control so no fault of theirs. They did seat us early in the empty restaurant to escape the rain, which was appreciated. We ordered appetizers and our entrees. We ordered a bottle of wine, and several specialty cocktails and champagne. The appetizers were good but most of us were disappointed with our main courses, including the lobster pasta. While deciding on dessert, we ordered shots to celebrate the birthday girl. We asked for another cocktail menu and were told we couldn't get one because they had second seating and we would have to get up soon. Since we couldn't go to the daybeds we reserved because it was still pouring rain, we asked what we would have to do to keep the table longer. The first server told us we would have to buy a bottle minimum 1000 EUR. We spoke to a manager who confirmed if we spent a minimum 1000 EUR on bottles we could stay for another two hours, which would have corresponded to when our driver was scheduled to pick us up. We agreed and then someone else, who didn't even introduce himself or give his title told us that we would have to spend a minimum of 5000 EUR. We explained that we just spoke with a manager, who told us a different minimum. We asked for clarification. He left and came back and said, it's actually a 6000 EUR minimum. At this point it felt discriminatory and an attempt to price us out based on their preconceived notions on what we were willing to spend. If they had said 6000 EUR initially, that would have been one thing, we would have discussed it and decided if we wanted to stay. But to give us a number, we agree to it and then increase that number twice in 5 minutes showed us they did not want our business. I will not mention any other confounding factors that I believe played a role, but it very much made us feel unwanted at their establishment. The food was mid and the music sucked. Will...

I’d like to start by saying I have never left a review on a restaurant ever. I respect the F&B industry and believe in how important and difficult it may be. However, in my 50+ years of dining experience I have never had such a disappointing meal on such an important day. It seemed our waiter was under the influence, out of his mind, and more focused on his smoke breaks than pouring water. Let alone, the $1,000 magnum bottle of wine we purchased. It look 1.5 hours to receive water and bread. Appetizers took 2 hours along with constant reminders. We were not given utensils or napkins after multiple reminders and at least an hour + into service. When we did they were paper napkins from the bar when everyone else had cloth. When the food did arrive it had been 2.5+ hours, and ruined our future day plans (new years day). Every table in our section had a similar experience. Our waiter also left the restaurant during our dining experience and had to be replaced at the end. I hate writing this because as I have children in fine dining but I cannot hold my tongue on how abysmal this experience way. The bill was around 3k and I would’ve much rather thrown into the wind or given it to people who deserve it. Do not recommend and I really hope they can turn it around in...

La Guérite Beach aesthetics was nice and pleasing to the eye. Our service could’ve been better we noticed that the waitress brought out our bread and that’s it but for other guest around us she placed the bread and prepared the olive oil plate for them. Also we asked about beach chairs and was told they were fully booked and the only option they had available was a cabana which was 300. We wanted to enjoy the beach so we went on a purchase a cabana, because it was my friend’s birthday. We noticed that the beach beds they claimed to be fully booked that were 100 was never occupied and we were there from 12pm-5:30pm. Also after checking our bank statements they over charged us. Drinks were extremely over priced it was 25 dollars for a margarita that comes in a regular cocktail glass. My chicken was underwhelming and my zucchini side was thin raw slices. It was not sautéed and flavorful. My friend’s lobster pasta was 150 once again extremely overpriced for the portion size. I think the waitress could’ve did something nice for my friend’s birthday and for a 300 cabana it should’ve came...