Bougainvillea Barbados

F

Loved the place but not the staff. They weren't very welcoming, especially at the reception. I had higher expectations with regards to the food. Also, even if this is clearly none of their fault, two teens loitering just out of the hotel's premises attempted to snatch my mother's bag while we were on out way back from a walk. That definitely didn't help.

Lia Fields

We stayed here the night we landed, before heading out to where we were staying for the whole week, but I would definitely stay here for longer if given the opportunity. The food of the restaurant was amazing, the ladies at the spa were so accommodating for a scheduling conflict for our massages, the sand is beautiful and the rooms were great. It had a little kitchen and some snacks for us when we showed. Wonderful (short) stay.

Jennifer Stanford

A boutique hotel. The friendliess of the staff is hit or miss. The rooms are very clean and comfortable. The beach area is very beautiful. The restaurant on-site (only one) does a good job

Andy Elms

A small boutique hotel 15 mins in a taxi from the airport, next door to a monster Sandals. Conveniently located between Oistins and Bridgetown. Such friendly and helpful staff, and a menagerie of birds and cats complement the relatively basic decor that suits the style of the place. The food is good, and (by my calcs) there's very little difference between B&B rate and pay-as-you-go. which keeps your options open. It's easy to get a sunbed and as well as a leisure pool you have very easy access to a wonderful beach (where you can walk past the honeymoon couples from Sandals being photographed on the beach :-) and you can just enjoy the sound of the surf and the wind in the palm trees. There's a well equipped gym but no pool for serious swimming. The pool bar is very sociable - I've met some very friendly Brits and Canadians of all ages as well as Americans of course. Happy hour 15:30-16:30 is a great rallying call for folks to gather and socialise. Families with small kids seem to fit in very well, with the little ones being sweet biut not annoyingly noisy like in some places I've stayed. Downsides? Very few. The very roomy suite would have benefited from a bath. Whilst I do seem hung up about Sandals, you can't exactly avoid it if you want to walk around it to the nice restaurants on St Lawrence Gap. Curiously, it would be nice to have a few more bins to put trash (although the place was still spotless). Finally, I would have liked a bit more consistency about when room service came around each day. Advice? Ask for a ground floor room that opens onto the pool area and so is a 30-second walk from the beach...

Andrea Alexander

Our first time in Barbados and what a great stay we had at this hotel. Its spotlessly clean and the staff can't do enough to help you. special shout out to Rachel on reception who organised our car hire and helped out when things did not go according to plan with the car. We had a one bedroom apartment and cooked in the fully equipped kitchen a couple of evenings. We were on a B&B basis and the breakfast in the Calabash restaurant was of a high standard and plentiful. The only slight niggle is that there is nothing really to do in a comfortable walking distance of the hotel. On the evenings we did not have the car to get to The Gap we caught the bus and a taxi back for 25BBD. Would definitely recommend this place and stay there again.