I was at Buddy Dive back in April and while my fairly large 1 bedroom place only had AC in the bedroom, I left the bedroom door open and it was plenty powerful enough to cool the whole place. Wasn't a problem for me.
Volstorff5, I took a look at Trip Advisor but didn't know what review was yours, so I didn't know your specific issues with it. I did look at a couple of very recent reviews by people, though.
A couple of things come to mind from reading some Trip Advisor user criticism. First off, from what I've seen, dive 'resorts' on Bonaire are not high-hospitality operations with the kind of 'let me get that for you sir' approach one might see on a cruise ship. Also not a 'we're here to entertain you' mentality like I might anticipate at some land-based resorts? (I've very little experience with such a thing; never stayed at a Sandals). At least one poster seemed to have somewhat high expectations that would be appropriate for a cruise ship, but not Bonaire.
That's not to say there aren't nice people on Bonaire, or that you won't hear accounts of good service. But the island's main attraction is self-service shore diving for largely budget-minded value seekers who aren't high maintenance, and I think a number of Bonaire 'resorts' reflect their main customer base.
I'm not saying everybody who ever gave a bad report of Buddy Dive is a high-maintenance type! I'm just saying that when you read Trip Advisor reports, try to get a sense of what the reviewer's expectations were going in. For example, from one review:
We did eat most our meals at the restaurant but we found most guest do not. I was surprised because if it is given such an award for being a number one resort ,the food should be fantastic. We felt it was O.K.
People don't judge Bonaire dive resorts by the on-site restaurant food, most divers who post on the forum seem to prefer to 'eat around' at different places (not mostly at their resort), and I'm not sure the food anywhere on Bonaire is consistently rated as 'fantastic,' or that such is a realistic expectation. There was also a mention of 'mice dropping' in the living room one day. I found 'mice dropping' at home the other day! Rodents can invade most any place, and to make an issue of finding their 'pills' seems odd to me, at least.
Richard.