The Morningstar Buoy Haus Seashore Resort is in regards to the closest you may get to a non-public island environment with out ever having to depart St. Thomas.
Partly that’s a perform of geography: positioned on the foot of a large cliff guarding Charlotte Amalie Harbor, the resort feels significantly remoted regardless of its shut proximity to each the capital metropolis of the U.S. Virgin Islands and its sister resort, the Westin Seashore Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s Reef, which sits atop the cliff.
However fashion additionally performs a task: the lodge foyer, with its open partitions and flowing curtains, establishes a way of laid-back magnificence that extends alongside the shoreline to the resort’s equally chill (and open-air) restaurant, a pool space that offers off a seashore membership vibe, and 94 visitor rooms arrayed in a village-like gathering of contemporary, low-rise buildings.
Enjoyable on a lounge chair by the small (however right-sized for the resort) infinity-edge pool is an apparent transfer, however visitors may also discover the foyer space a surprisingly serene spot with its marine themed board video games and comfortable couches that appear good for curling up, guide in a single hand and a scratch-made cocktail within the different. As night settles in, so do {couples} drawn to outside hearth pits surrounded by extra snug seating.
Newly opened, the lodge’s Isla Blue restaurant attracts visitors from each on and off property; each the a la carte menu and an eight-course chef’s tasting menu may be loved within the breezy eating room or, for particular events, a seashore cabana. The Isla Blue menu skews towards fine-dining choices like grilled Caribbean lobster and imported tomahawk steaks, and sure you can begin your meal with caviar right here; Spanish tapas and small plates supply a lighter and extra reasonably priced possibility on the adjoining Sandbar bar/eatery.
Positioned by the pool, the Salt Shack is a vivid and cheerful house underneath a bamboo roof that serves three meals every day; island influences discover their means into dishes like the bottom provisions risotto made with native pumpkin, greens, mushrooms and coconut milk, rooster roti that hits the spot as a fast lunch seize on the seashore, and a neighborhood tackle eggs Benedict that’s constructed round johnnycakes and salt fish.
The Buoy Haus has kayaks and Hobie sailboats reserved for visitor use, in addition to a properly outfitted health heart that’s blessedly air conditioned. If a little bit of restlessness units in, the advantages of staying at this Marriott Autograph Assortment resort contains full entry to the facilities on the Westin, accessible by way of a stroll down the seashore and an elevator (or a shuttle bus) that takes visitors to the highest of the cliff. Aside from the eating places, nevertheless, all Buoy Haus facilities are reserved solely for visitors of the beachfront boutique lodge.
Company who need to get up to a view of the Caribbean Sea can achieve this, however even the garden-view villas on the Buoy Haus are not any quite a lot of steps to the sand and shore. There are two, two-bedroom suites, however the majority of lodging are 335-square-foot, one-bedroom suites with a most occupancy of three visitors.
All rooms have non-public balconies, flat-screen TVs, air con, and high-speed web entry.
Just like the Buoy Haus as a complete, the visitor rooms are designed for max consolation and minimal stress in a quintessential St Thomas setting — one which makes if really feel like you’ve a complete little island to your self.
