The Beach Club

We booked our 14 night stay at The Beach Club 3 days before we travelled & without my usual trawling through every review on tripadvisor :-) The reason for this was because my carefully researched & planned holiday to Mexico got cancelled due to the swine flu. On arrival we realised that we had booked a superior room much to our delight. The service we received throughout our stay from check-in to check-out was superb and the room was cleaned thoroughly each day. Food & Drink - We were on the all inclusive package and most of the meal options were buffet style however 3 nights of our stay were 'a la carte' and as a vegetarian I had no problems with finding anything to eat. I would also like to take this opportunity to advise you that the drink options available were superb and all branded international names rather than the usual 'watered down' versions that are generally provided in all inclusive resorts & yes you can drink as many glasses of champagne as you want to. In addition, they have a drinks cart that operates between 10 & 4 and goes to both beaches so you don't have to even go to the bar for a drink whilst you are relaxing on the loungers. Location - The resort is situated about 10 minutes from English Harbour and if you are happy to stay in the resort and are not looking to do much apart from eat, drink & sunbathe then this would be a perfect holiday for you. Close

We stayed at The Beach club at St James for a week over the Easter holidays and loved it! You can only book these rooms through Virgin Holidays. We arrived at about 3pm on Easter Saturday and were given rum/fruit punches while we waited for our room, only took 15 mins. They took us and our luggage to the room on a little golf cart and we were thrilled when we saw it! It was a corner room in the middle block of beach front buildings, the mango rooms. It was light, airy, spotlessly clean and had 3 wooden steps down to the beach, absolutely perfect! We had a king-size bed and 2 singles for our children, although one was a trundle type bed, it was of a good quality and comfortable. The bathroom was huge, it had his and hers sinks, a powerful shower and a bath for 3!! There was plenty of storage space, an iron and board , room safe, a large t.v with U.S channels and a wonderful veranda with comfy new looking sunloungers. There was also a stocked fridge, as part of our deal. We were fully inclusive and could eat at Coco's restaurant. The food was fresh and there was lots of variety. It was Buffet style but the quality was very good. The service was excellent, we never had an empty glass and the staff were great with the children. The view out to sea is lovely. We also had vouchers to eat once each at The Rainbow garden, Docksiders and Piccolo Mondo. We were only disappointed at The Rainbow Garden as it was nothing special really, although food was adequate. Docksiders was fun and a steel band played over dinner. The standard of food at Piccolo Mondo's was the best! The Beaches were fabulous. We spent the most time on Coco's beach as our appartment was there but we did go to Mamora Bay to use the watersports. It was really hot there and we prefered the shade and breeze on the other beach. We loved the little drinks cart that drove around the beach for those too lazy to go to the bar! Although timing was a little hit and miss, some days it came every 40 mins other days only came every 3 hours!! Overall, we loved The Beach club, St James, is beautiful and well managed. The beaches were kept clean and housekeeping was excellent. The staff were mostly friendly especially at Cocos. Security is good, we never felt unsafe. I would recommend the resort to anyone and would definately stay here again. We came home relaxed and rested! Close