We stayed at the Colony Club for 1 week and also married at the hotel. We had a perfect stay. We stayed in a luxury poolside room, which was beautiful. The room was very large, bed comfortable, and bathroom was lovely too.
Our wedding coordinator at the hotel, Karene, was great. She could not have done more for us, she thought of everything, and ensured that our wedding day was perfect. I had previously emailed her with a picture of the type of bouquet I wanted, and she made sure I had exactly that.
I also have to highly recommend our photographer Stuart Tippleston. He did a perfect job. Our photographs were beautiful and we can't wait to see our finished photo album. He even came back to the hotel on our last day to give us a photo to take home with us!
We ate at the hotel at lunch time a few times and also for dinner on our wedding night. The food is excellent, as are many restaurants on the island. The cocktails are also great, you must try a mandarin twist - delicious.
The staff were all so helpful and friendly, service was excellent. In general we found everyone in Barbados to be very friendly. We loved every second on the island, and can't wait to go back again. We would certainly recommend a stay at the Colony Club!

My husband and I wanted some where special to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and having never visited the Caribbean before chose Barbados and this hotel from recommendation. We were not disappointed. It ticked all our boxes - peaceful, small, good location and facilities. No children, teenagers or 'larger louts' - heaven! The staff were very efficient, friendly and courteous. Nothing was too much trouble for them to do for us. We had a wonderful Ocean view room which was literally 5 seconds from the beach and had a great view. The room was quite big with good facilities, including loads of hanging space and hangers in the wardrobe, something that's quite often missing in hotels these days. The bed which was one of the most comfortable I have ever slept in at a hotel, was huge - could have slept a whole family in it! Food was fine, we just had breakfast at the hotel and ate out in the evenings. Good selection of restaurants in Holetown - can recommend Olives, The Beach House and The Tides for 'that special occasion' - reservation a must and ask for a table overlooking the sea, wonderful! The Fish Pot at Little Good Harbour about 15 mins drive further up the coast is also a great seafood restaurant. Again best to make a reservation as it is very popular - can recommend the seafood platter for 2 - you won't need a starter, its huge and delicious! There's plenty to do out and about. We hired a car for 2 days and pretty well covered the island in that time which gave us a good overview of places to visit. Try to get over to the East coast which is totally wild and seaviews much more spectacular. No good for swimming here but great if you are into surfing as it faces the Atlantic ocean - Bathsheba is a pretty place on this coast to stop off at for lunch. If you're into golf, can recommend a game at the Royal Westmoreland just up the road, which the hotel can arrange for you. I found the course quite challenging but most enjoyable and if you're lucky, you'll see some green monkeys near some of the holes! We hired clubs and I was impressed to be given a set of fairly new G5 Pings - buggy is also included in the price. Overall, I can say that we have just experienced one of the best holidays ever (and that includes xmas in Australia) and we would definitely stay here again.

We only stayed for four nights but had a great time. Ideally located for accessing Holetown and the various restaurants.

The room was very well designed and comfortable including the bathroom and overlooked the pool area.

Whilst the beach is very small and the sea area is quite rocky it didnt stop us from enjoying our time there and the sunbeds and towels were very good. We did also spend time around the pool which wouldn't be our normal choice however it was very nicely arranged into small sections with sunbeds around which cleverly gave the impression that you shared the pool area with just a few people.

Although we didn't eat in the main restaurant for dinner choosing to experience some of the local restaurants instead the standard of food for breakfast and lunch was very good and the service was also high standard.

Very good front desk staff and layout of hotel was great giving a sense of a very small, intimate/personalised experience overall.

Can't think of any negatives.

My husband and I stayed at the Colony Club for 2 weeks at the end of May 2008. We stayed in a pool/garden room, bed and breakfast. The room was lovely and spacious with a huge bathroom with bath and shower and a large patio. We were not sure what to expect as there were no pictures of the rooms on the website but I’m pleased now that we didn’t pay the extra for the ocean view as they didn’t have a front on view and didn’t seem worth the extra. Our room was lovely, looked out over the pool and was really peaceful as it is set to the back of the resort. Air conditioning was brilliant, a bit too cold sometimes, and we had a mini bar fridge, iron and ironing board as well as a hairdryer. Breakfast was good with a choice of fruit, ham, cheeses, porridge, pastries, cereals, english muffins, bagels, bacon, sausage and an egg chef! I’m glad we booked B&B as there are so many restaurants to eat at I would have been upset to miss out on those. Also the food in the Orchid Room we heard wasn’t that good compared to what you can have outside of the resort but as we didn’t eat there I can’t say for sure. There were a lot of mosquitoes around and we both got bitten so make sure you take plenty of spray for you and the room! We were very lucky that there was hardly any rain during our stay and if there was it was either overnight or a 10 minute shower.


The pools and beach are lovely. The beach is quite steep and there are a few rocks in the sea but we were told that it depends on what time of year you go as sometimes the rocks just disappear. There are lots of sun loungers and towels provided but for some strange reason people seem to get up as early as 6am to reserve the best beds on the beach and I even heard 5am to get the best ones by the pool! There is a swim up bar and beach attendants to get you drinks whilst you sun bathe and they even bring around free fruit in the morning and ice cream in the afternoon. Lunch on the deck was good and the menu includes things like burgers, club sandwiches, Caesar salads, fish, crab cakes etc. and the service is excellent. There are a few buffets during the week which are good value but you need to get in quickly! The only down side are the beach vendors. They are pretty relentless and one morning we were approached by 10 in half an hour. Most of them take a polite ‘No’ for an answer but a few will push it a bit more. My advice is don’t let them touch you if they offer a massage, don’t say Yes to any free samples and don’t let the jewellery sellers open their cases as you will never get rid of them. Another word of warning – I had my camera taken from the beach so don’t leave any valuables whilst you go for lunch, swimming etc. There are water sports available for free such as Hobie Cats, water skiing, snorkelling. Jet skis you have to pay for and I think it was about $60BDS for 15 mins.

There are lots of trips that you can sign up for. We did the Catamaran trip on the Silver Moon which was fantastic. The people who run the boat are brilliant and there is an open bar, lunch provided and cocktails in the afternoon. We swam with turtles, snorkelled over a shipwreck and moored just off Sandy Lane for our lunch and a swim. Before arriving back we went right out to sea which was fun. It was well worth the $220BDS each. Some of the other boats offering this hold up to 50 people but Silver Moon have a maximum of 12 which was much nicer in my opinion. A lady at the resort also did the Grenadines trip which sounds amazing so we will do this next time we visit. We hired a car for three days through Regency Car Hire and they charged us $108BDS per day for 2 days and got the third day free which was a real bargain as we got an automatic Suzuki with a/c. We drove around the island which I’d highly recommend as it truly is a beautiful place. The nicest beach we found was Crane beach on the SE coast which was white, almost pink, sand, no rocks and the waves were rougher then the west coast so it was perfect for body boarding. Near to the beach is ‘Cutters’, a deli where you can buy a picnic lunch to eat on the beach. We also visited the Wildlife reserve which was good fun, lots of monkeys and tortoises wandering around. The monkeys get fed between 2pm & 3pm so that’s the best time to go but we went earlier in the day and still saw lots.

All of the restaurants we ate in were fabulous and we didn’t have a bad meal whilst in Barbados. The loveliest was without a doubt The Cliff, which is just spectacular and the food is the best I’ve ever had as is the service there. Tides is almost on a par with the Cliff and is more than worth a visit, they really spoiled us for our wedding anniversary. Lobster Alive on the beach in Bridgetown was also good and was only open Tues and Wed lunchtime but may be more in high season. Cocomos is relaxed, a lively bar, excellent west Indian chicken curry and just down the road from the CC, you can even walk there in the day from the CC beach. The Lone star restaurant was also nice and I’d recommend their shepherds pie and Thai green curry. We also had Sunday lunch at Sandy Lane; you need to pre-book this before at the CC reception. It was the nicest buffet I’ve seen with sushi bar, barbecue, seafood, cold meats, salads, roast meats and vegetables, two tables of desserts and cheeses. For 2 with wine it cost $730BDS which isn’t cheap but it was an experience. If you are craving for some good home cooking then Groots down the road from CC does steak and kidney pudding and beef and onion pie, fish and chips etc. and is fairly cheap good food.

There have been a few negative comments about the Colony Club on this site especially about the staff. Our experience was completely different. If you are polite and friendly to people then most of the time we find that they respond similarly. All of the staff were helpful and they really work very, very hard to make your stay enjoyable, everyone says ‘Hi’ when walking around the resort. Rooms were spotlessly clean with linen changed every other day, drinks served perfectly and didn’t have to wait long, and meals were lovely and served with a smile. Taxis were called immediately if you needed them and queries at reception answered straight away. The gardens and pool area is clean and well kept with people working on them from very early in the morning and they even have a security man on the beach. Niall from the beach bar recommended a local bar for us to watch the Champions League final and it was the best afternoon I’ve had for ages, the Bajans love football (most of them support Man Utd) and the atmosphere was just brilliant!

We would definitely return to Barbados and the Colony Club, we really didn’t want to come home! Fabulous island, people and fabulous hotel.