Southern Palms Beach Club

Just returned from southern palms and wow what a fantastic hotel. I requested a room with a great view for a friend who hasn't been abroad for many years and celebrating a big birthday they provide us with a beach front room just steps from the beach couldn't have been any better, thank you so much for that. Staff all friendly from cleaners to security and all the others in between. Water is provided all day by the pool ,definitely needed . The beds and pillows are so comfortable and air con is fantastic. Had a welcome gift on arrival in our room which was a lovely touch along with tea coffee and juice in fridge wasn't expecting that but really appreciated it. Restaurant has a good selection of food from breakfast to evening meals and I thought it was very reasonably priced.plenty of sun loungers around and about and on the beach. If you have a lounger on the beach they give you a flag to wave if you want anything they bring it to you, brilliant. really Can't fault this hotel I will definitely be back. It's sat on dover beach which is my favourite.

After seeing some negative reviews we did wonder have we booked the right hotel for our first visit to Barbados, well the hotel was fabulous. I can understand that some may find the rooms a little dated, but personally if they modernised, it would take away some of the charm and quaintness of the rooms. We had an ocean view room, and the view along the beach and out over the Caribbean Sea was fantastic. The staff at the hotel were outstanding, attentive, always pleasant, and helpful. We had tried to book some trips whilst there through the tour company but with no success, reception managed to get the same trips for a better price and on the days we wanted without any fuss, we then trusted them to arrange our car hire and once again they came up trumps. The hotel offers sun beds and chairs on the beach, with staff happy to put them wher you want and fetch a parasol. When we go back in the future we will definitely be staying at the Southern Palms Beach Club

We went to SP for lunch as we’d seen the seen the glossy pictures and write up in the local magazines. On arrival we were barely acknowledged then were offered the worst table tucked away facing the wall. We said we’d like to look out and didn’t mind waiting for one of the many empty but dirty tables to be cleaned and that we would have a drink at the bar. 20 minutes later and after 3 requests later for our drinks and watching many others being served before us we left. Avoid this place as the staff are rude and dismissive and go to the lovely Pure Oceans a few minutes walk away

Excellent stay at this large resort, room very clean, seemed updated, staff and housekeeping very attentive and friendly, grounds and beach kept clean and groomed, restaurant and bar staff accommodating, food good, little bit pricy, bar has happy hour and drink specials.

First of all we didn’t actually stay here. But bought a day pass as we had come from a cruise ship at 10am and our flight home wasn’t until late afternoon. The hotel is located on a great beach and and although it’s showing its age I liked the look of the buildings and grounds. The pool is a bit small for the size of the hotel and they could do with some shade or umbrellas on the beach area but no complaints otherwise. We enjoyed a nice lunch in the restaurant. I had Mahi Mahi blackened which was the catch of the day. It was delicious. Staff were pretty friendly especially the people on reception where they kept our luggage.

We booked this hotel nearly 12 months in advance upgrading to an Ocean view room as we love to have an evening drink on the balcony enjoying the sounds of the waves. When we arrived we were taken to our room and our hearts sunk, we walked out on to the balcony and were greeted by not only the roof of the restaurant and bar area but to the direct right the massive air conditioning units which were unbearably noisy, you could not hear the beautiful waves at all. I was so upset I could have cried, this was not the paradise room I was expecting. I returned to reception straight away and told them how upset I was and they told me they may have a room available the next day, this ruined our first 24hrs and we were only on holiday for a week due to personal commitments (we were moved the next day down a couple of blocks - not perfect but much improved). After calming my husband down ( I chose the hotel) we went to the beach and hubby popped to the bar to get 2 rum punches, after 40mins he returned (I kid you not) the service is very very slow. His mood had not improved as you can imagine, we hardly used the bar after that as the service is so bad and didn’t even attempt to use the restaurant. Another thing to note is there isn’t sufficient shade on the beach and only a few palm trees which frustratingly and annoyingly guests like to reserve super early and not use till the afternoon. A few positives, the location of the hotel is amazing and the beach is just perfect, turtles bobbing their little heads up along the shore. The hotel is dated but we expected that. The staff are all lovely and friendly and St Lawrence gap is great with all the fantastic restaurants to choose from.