This was our first vacation to Bonaire and Buddy Dive resort. There are four areas that need to be highlighted: Room/Apt: We stayed in a one bedroom suite with a garden view. It was very clean and well maintained. It was a tad dated, but we didn’t spend much time there. The air conditioning worked great in the bedroom. That is the only air conditioning unit in the suite but they provided a large van to pull the cold from the bedroom into the living area. We had a large capacity fridge which was great for drinks and snacks. We really loved our patio and it was nicely secluded by the neighbors. Food: We ate breakfast each morning. They do a nice job of catering to the European guests and American guests. They had equal parts of hot items (eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, etc) and cold items (cheeses, meats, fruit). They also made omelets or fried them on the spot. We ate at Blennie’s the night of our arrival and had the Steak Night. We enjoyed our steaks and our sides were a sweet potato, corn on the cob and mixed veggies. The corn was inedible - I think it was overcooked but the rest was good. We also had lunch there later in the week. My husband thought the pulled pork was phenomenal. I had a chicken caesar salad and their idea of caesar dressing missed the mark. It tasted more like mayonnaise. We are intermediate divers with almost 100 dives. I am not very comfortable walking a long distance with my 50 lbs of gear. We tried Bachelor’s Beach which is one of the easier entries and I kinda panicked and we stopped the dive. However, we were very happy diving Buddy Dive’s house reef. It is very healthy and the juvenile fish are plentiful to say the least. One plus of staying at the house reef was it was super quiet. Many who stay there grab their tanks and go elsewhere. There is a super easy ladder to enter and exit. They have a tank room and a locker room for your gear. We did not take part in any boat diving either. Last but not least the staff. This is where Buddy Dive completely misses the mark. You certainly can tell that Buddy Dive employees don’t rely on any form of tips because they really don’t care that I was a guest. We got a little routine for our dives where I grab the tank, test it and take it down the pier to the stairs area. My husband would get the rest of the gear from the locker and bring it out. Every single day I would grab a 31 lb tank, step down two steps, test the psi and start walking toward the steps. Two to three Buddy Dive male employees would just watch me. I was NEVER asked if I needed help. When we would exit from our dive, staying on the walkway, so many employees would just walk past us and say nothing. I guess I am a people person and a person who likes to make connections. I just wish someone would have asked how our dive was or what did we get to see. Even the two men in the drive-thru tank pick-up didn’t help us. We honestly were invisible to the dive staff. We did encounter a couple nice staff members in the re
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