I returned yesterday from Montelago Resort and I am still very satisfied with the resort stay, however, I agree that it is a ghost town and made me very scared. I walked over to the shops and was very shocked that most of them are now gone. There was no foot traffic and the help there did not understand English to help me understand what happened. The convenient market that was there does not exist anymore.
I did enjoy the jazz on Saturday night but was disappointed with the service, or lack there of, at Bernard's Bistro since they told me I couldn't order take out because they were too busy....really?!?! So, I went over to the Mexican restaurant and ordered a burrito that I never got because they forgot to place the order. Needless to say, that lack of service is enough to make me not want to return to the resort. If I can't depend on the few restaurants left to buy a meal, I may as well stay elsewhere.
Hopefully, business will pick back up because the resort is too beautiful to go under. I hope when they do lease the empty stores, they will get owners who actually care about the customers who are spending money at the resort.