The Marlin at Taino Beach Resort

The resort itself was beautiful. Some of the staff were caring and nice however most of the staff were not pleasant and acted like we were a burden. For example, we called the front desk for towels one time in a 7 night stay and the front desk woman told us to come get them. When my husband went to get some, she said there was only one left and was not interested in helping us find any clean ones. It was discouraging to say the least. We did the 90 minute tour and was interested in being members but once we made our final decision which was a no, they were not interested in making our stay enjoyable. Also, if there is no cruise ship, forget about anyone caring about the people staying on the actually property. The motto appeared to be quantity over quality. Also, I suggest renting a car, taxis to anywhere on the island are outrageous. There is no shuttle offered to anywhere but the grocery store once or maybe twice a week. We enjoyed our time but we have zero plans of visiting again.

If you read the web site and think it's accurate you will be fooled. the resort is dated and offers no activities on the beach as it indicates on their web site. The pool is the nicest thing in this hotel and it is not really that good. the tv's in the rooms are from the 90's and have poor pictures and sound. I was not happy with the amenities. The beach is beautiful. If your looking for a resort with very little guess and just want to relax on the beach and don't care for the amenities. Then this resort is for you.

They have a nice pool/ with access right to the beach. WiFi on the beach area with lounge chairs and shade. We got a really nice massage from Lorine @ Ideal Health Spa on property. Free ferry ride to Lucaya market place. Great overall experience. It’s quiet and relaxing. Good for family

The photos look nice, but the buildings are really bad in person. During our 1 week stay, TV remote broke twice, the lighting fixture broke three times, no water due to plumbing repair (probably 30 mins or so, though). Tiles fallen from the wall leaving a hole. The shower is built poorly and did not drain, leaving pool of water after use. They are out of fresh towels so often. We had to visit the front desk numerous times a day seeking fresh towels and often told they were out of clean ones. Many of washers and dryers were out of order. The restaurant closed 4-5 pm and there is no other restaurant or store nearby (other than hotel gift shop with half empty shelves). The kitchen is equipped with only few dishes and pans, and it makes difficult to cook. No cutting board. There is a fridge but no freezer. No Wi Fi in the room If we have to find good things: Big pool. Adjacent beach, the hot water was really hot. There is a ferry to Lucaya market place (it was free when we went although it was $8 round trip) which runs once every hour.

I have been travelling to this resort for over 20 years and return annually at least two times a year! Great location as beachfront property on South side of Grand Bahama Island with ferry hourly from resort to Port Lucaya Marketplace, with restaurants, bars, grills, and shops galore, included in amenity fees.Moderate accommodations in beautiful setting wity gigantic freeform pool and lazy rivernad slide !

My husband and I stayed at the Taino Beach Resort for 1 week and just returned. Generally I prefer to always mention the positives at the beginning, however, I will start with the negatives in the event you don’t read all the way through my review. First off, you need to understand that this resort is a timeshare resort, not a regular hotel. There are 3 different buildings “The Marlin”, “The Coral” and “The Ocean”. You DO NOT want to stay at any building except “The Marlin”!! I can’t stress that enough! We booked through Armed Forces Vacation website and therefore we did not know about the differences in the buildings. We tried to upgrade, but they put you off and tell you to try in a few days. We were put in “The Coral” building. Our room was very outdated, old, had many problems, and had a very strange décor. It is commonly known as The Flinestone room by guests at the resort. It was damp and all our things had a musty smell when we got home. A list of some of the problems with the room: *No bar or hangers for one of the very small closets. (We asked several times about fixing it to no avail.) *Phone didn’t work. (They did come and fix it, but took needed pieces from the room nextdoor.) *The safe did not work, trouble with the buttons. (A guy came out once, looked at it and never came back.) *Both the back and front door are difficult to open, along with the shower door. *Drawers and cupboards didn't open and close properly. *There are no ceiling fans which made it difficult for anything to dry out. *Toilet trouble, but found out that if you hold the flusher down for a bit it will flush properly. *We only had one bed in our room and it was a Murphy bed, it was very hard and uncomfortable. *There was an ironing board but no iron. *The lighting in the room was very dim, you couldn’t see well. *Our room was supposed to be a full kitchen, but did not have an oven. There are some things they fail to mention when you check in: *There is no maid service. *You must put your trash out on a certain day, or dump it yourself. *It’s difficult to get bath towels. *For the beach towels you need to put a $20 deposit, but try to keep your towel for as long as you can as they never seem to have them at the front desk. *They take you to the grocery store, but fail to mention that you need to bring your own bags. They did try to get us to sign up for the Time Share tour. We opted out as we have had bad experiences with them. However, we spoke to a few different people who did go and the tour only lasted 90 minutes and said it was not “hard sell”. You do get a free meal (with them) and you can pick from a list of off resort activities. Even the time share guests took the tour for the free things they give you. We blew it, so I suggest you give it some thought. The only restaurant on the resort is pretty expensive and not great. And closes at 6pm. Plan on bringing as much food and “alcohol/drinks” as your bags will allow, we think it was w