Sandcastle Hotel sustained significant damage during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017 and is currently closed for repairs. We will update our review as soon as we have more information. This mid-range hotel is attached to Jost Van Dyke’s famed Soggy Dollar Bar. An institution on the island since the 1970s, the Soggy Dollar Bar is the purported home of the original Painkiller, a popular Caribbean drink made with dark rum. The Sandcastle Hotel, a later addition to the bar, has six simple rooms right on the beach. Hotel guests have accesses to a private section of the beach, but are otherwise treated no differently than the hordes of daytime bar-goers. Besides a casual restaurant, there aren’t really any traditional hotel amenities here, so don’t expect a pool, spa, or workout facility. Jost Van Dyke doesn’t have many overnight accommodations, but guests looking for something a bit more “upscale” (we use this word lightly) might prefer nearby White Bay Villas & Seaside Cottages.
Sandcastle Hotel sustained significant damage during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017 and is currently closed for repairs. We will update our review as soon as we have more information. This mid-range hotel is attached to Jost Van Dyke’s famed Soggy Dollar Bar. An institution on the island since the 1970s, the Soggy Dollar Bar is the purported home of the original Painkiller, a popular Caribbean drink made with dark rum. The Sandcastle Hotel, a later addition to the bar, has six simple rooms right on the beach. Hotel guests have accesses to a private section of the beach, but are otherwise treated no differently than the hordes of daytime bar-goers. Besides a casual restaurant, there aren’t really any traditional hotel amenities here, so don’t expect a pool, spa, or workout facility. Jost Van Dyke doesn’t have many overnight accommodations, but guests looking for something a bit more “upscale” (we use this word lightly) might prefer nearby White Bay Villas & Seaside Cottages.