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 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.

Having visited this hotel over 10 times in the past 20 years. We have gotten to know the staff and have enjoyed great service and a certain level of patron behaviour. Unfortunately, they are starting to cut corners, with it taking almost an hour to get room service only to get lukewarm warm food and limp fries, tea delivered barely hot and stewed. There is not enough staff in the Bar area, and it takes far too long to be served. Guests in bikinis and swim shorts, what happened to no shirt no service? How about cutting off the drunks? I have never seen so many drunk Brits treating this great hotel like it is Ibiza. This may be due to the closure of the neighbouring hotel. But why has the hotel let its standards slip in what they allow in patron behaviour? It was very busy on the beach and not enough shade it's about time the hotel invested in some umbrellas that could be hired to the hotel. Guests. Rather than relying on the less-than-reliable beach vendors. I will end this review on a positive the wifi after years of unreliable and poor speed, was excellent.

Southern Palms is an excellent Hotel with so many fabulous facilities and it is really great location. In fact it’s so good we will Definitely be returning next year. Whilst the rooms are not luxurious they are exactly what we expected on our first trip here, as per the brochure pictures, but are immaculately cleaned each day. I do have one gripe though and that is the service at the beach/pool bar restaurant. You can wait up to an hour for a drink and giving a food order. Not sure how long you have to wait for food as we gave up the 3 times we tried to eat there. Happy hour never seemed that happy as people waited so long to get served. If they got there act together that could keep more customers happy and make more profit. That said we made other arrangements and in the end it would not deter us from coming back but it improve the overall experience if they could sort this out and then I could give 5 stars.

My first trip to Barbados and the Southern Palms exceeded expectations. The rooms and resort were very clean. The air conditioning was good. The resort is right on the beach and you can wake up in the morning walk 10 steps and be in the ocean. The beach is beautiful with soft white sand and the water is clear and warm. The beach was not crowded, even though it was Christmas and New Year’s. There was always available cots and shade from a palm tree. The staff were friendly and accommodating. The food at the restaurant was average and not cheap, but there are many restaurants and places to grab a quick bite within walking distance. When I go back to Barbados, I will definitely stay at the Southern Palms again.