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.

Just returned from a 10 night stay and cannot fault from start to finish. Room was great with separate bedroom and lounge area and a well equipped kitchen. Our room was at the far end of the complex and we walked straight out onto the stunning beach every morning for a quick swim before breakfast. Great staff in all areas and especially when I fell ill, they helped get a doctor on site within half an hour and kindly came to check on me the following day. The position is perfect with so many fan places to eat within walking distance. Particularly liked Mimosa and Cafe Sol.

Visited for Happy Hour drinks one evening. Very pleasant, chilled music, fabulous beach front location. Great service. Brilliant location towards the Eastern end of the Gap - you can’t miss the big pink paradise! Would like to stay here one day.

Fabulous hotel, comfortable and clean room with all we needed. Easy one step out to the pool and beach. Staff are so friendly, kind and helpful. Food was delicious with a great variety of food, a variety of entertainment in the evening and a wonderful peaceful beach. For a holiday of rest, relaxation and exploring the island you couldn't stay anywhere better.

The location is great, lots of bars and restaurants close by and a supermarket 5 mins away (very expensive supermarket!) right on a beautiful beach. The hotel is stunning. The first few days I felt like I was in a retirement home. Lots of old people. Apparently people have been coming back for years. Then school holidays began and younger families arrived. It was like a different hotel! I agree not much atmosphere though. The food in the restaurant was nice, not cheap but nothing in Barbados is cheap! Staff were lovely. Very helpful when my son was sun burnt. Came to our room and covered him in yoghurt! The sun is sooo hot. He had factor 50 on all day and still burnt so be warned! I recommend harbour lights evening extravaganza, pure ocean on a Wednesday with beach entertainment, primo’s at the end of the street was amazing food and setting by the sea. We were room only and breakfast expensive so we ate over the road at happy days and was lovely for brekkie. Fat Andy’s opposite good for lunch. All in all we really enjoyed our stay, the highlight was swimming in the sea in my own with about 6 turtles! There are lots on the beach so need to pay for a tour although we did a Tiami catamaran cruise which was fab. Be careful of the rum punch, it’s stronger than it tastes! Thanks to all the staff, especially the porter (Shohan?) and the lovely restaurant staff. Would recommend this hotel but could do with livening up a bit. Oh also the boatyard was a great day out for our teenagers.

Just back from staying at the Southern Palms in Barbados for 10 days. The hotel is on a beautiful beach, which takes your breath away when you first see it, the sea was very rough for the duration of our holiday so we weren’t able to swim in it the whole time as the red flags were out, however there is an area you can swim in the sea a bit further up on the beach. There were so many turtles directly opposite the hotel in the sea, but you obviously weren’t able to swim in the sea to see them close up but it was great from a distance too. The hotel is pleasant and nice enough but it was just a bit too boring for us. Not much personality or any sort of good vibes! It was all very serious and strict. Not much fun entertainment! A couple of chilled bands while we were there but they finished at 9pm ! As the majority are of an older generation which is absolutely fine but I guess the hotel don’t feel they need to liven it up much but I’m sure EVERYBODY would love it if they did, especially as the other hotels had fire breathers and other great entertainment going on ! Luckily it was on the Gap so lots of restaurants around and a bit of entertainment in some of the places. Annoyingly there is a bar directly opposite that has karaoke and singers in which is good but they go on til the early hours which sounds as though it is right outside your bedroom ! So so load and you hear everything !!! So annoying. The food at the hotel is good and we didn’t have to wait too long for it. The staff a nice enough, they are very professional and take their jobs very seriously. Would be nice if they smiled a bit more though and relaxed a bit. But I understand they are probably not allowed too! So the hotel does need to losen its reigns a bit. For us we would not stay here again simply because of all I wrote above and that the beach although looks beautiful there is nothing else todo there, no water sports etc. we spent most of our days at Carlisle Bay at The boat yard or Savvy on the bay! So much more fun for my husband daughter and I! There are water activities and boat trips out to see the turtles and a ship wreck’ lots of good music and happy, smiley people. We took a ZR bus there which was an experience in itself! I recommend waking up early and seeing the race horses at Pebbles beach! A ZR bus away! So lovely seeing them. We also went to Harbourlights dinner show at Carlisle bay one evening (they do them on a Weds and Thurs evening) we loved it and so much fun ! We ate at Primo (top of the Gap) lovely lovely food and sea views. We ate at a lot of restaurants at the Gap and all really good. We also took a trip to QP bistro st the Cliff one night and wow what an amazing restaurant with delicious food and entertainment. We also ate at Cafe luna in Oistens which was also amazing. On a Friday night Oistens have there Fish market on which all the locals go too and holiday makers ! They have local singers, food stalls (we ate at Chillin and grillin which was r