Sandals Royal Barbados

Barbados, Caribbean

The hotel

You know you’re staying in the height of luxury when your drop-dead gorgeous suite has an al fresco ‘Tranquillity Soaking Tub™’ for two. That’s what every couple will get at the sparkling Sandals Royal Barbados. The latest in luxe in St Lawrence Gap, the resort features an incredible infinity pool, a huge Red Lane® Spa, and sumptuous suites. You’ll also get Sandals’ signature Luxury Included® indulgences. From dining, to drinking, to activities, it’s all laid out and completely complimentary. And, as if the six bars and nine dining venues aren’t enough, you’ll even get to pop into nearby Sandals Barbados if you fancy a change of scene, with its temptations including 11 more restaurants. For guests in select top category suites, Sandals Royal Barbados has also introduced the additional pampering of chauffeured Rolls-Royce airport transfers for selected suites, allowing you to arrive in style!

Amenities

  • Honeymoon
  • Wedding
  • Bar
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Internet Access
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Room Service
  • Safety Deposit Box
  • Spa
  • Swimming Pool
  • Beachfront location

Where is it

On the vibrant south coast, set on beautiful Maxwell Beach and within walking distance of St Lawrence Gap. Transfer time from airport: 15 minutes.

Hotel information

338 suites. All with air-conditioning, private balcony or patio with a Tranquility Soaking Tub for two, HD LED Smart TV, complimentary WiFi access, telephone, coffee maker, iPod docking stations, safe, hairdryer and iron and ironing board, and fully stocked mini-bar with premium spirits, beer, wine and soft drinks,. All suites have 1 king-size bed and sleep maximum 2 adults.

South Seas Club Level Junior Palm Suites with Outdoor Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground and 1st levels of the Poinciana and Hibiscus buildings and feature walk-in closet, bathroom with walk-in rain shower and private patio or balcony with a chaise lounge, bistro set, privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

All Inclusive of: Sandals resorts are Luxury Included®; from luxury accommodation, 5-Star Global Gourmet™, unlimited premium-brand drinks, transfers, tips and taxes, to a huge range of sports facilities and entertainment — it’s all included!

South Seas Crystal Lagoon Club Level Junior Palm Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the second floor with views of the Crystal Lagoon pool and gardens, and feature a sitting area, large walk-in closet, bathroom with walk-in rain shower and balcony with a chaise lounge, bistro set, privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

South Seas Walkout Crystal Lagoon Club Level Junior Palm Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floor with direct pool access from the private patio, featuring a spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, a walk-in closet and private patio with chaise lounges, privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

South Seas Crystal Lagoon Club Level Barbados Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the second floors with views of the pool, and feature living area, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and balcony with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

South Seas Hideaway Crystal Lagoon Club Level Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are on the second through sixth floors with peaceful garden views. This suite features a king-size Sandals Tranquility Blissful Bed, aromatherapy systems, and private patio with soaking tub. These suites include Club Sandals service.

Royal Seaside Oceanview Crystal Lagoon Club Level Barbados Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the second through fourth floors with ocean views. There is a master bedroom and adjoining living room, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and private balcony with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

Royal Seaside Penthouse Oceanview Crystal Lagoon Club Level Barbados Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are luxurious penthouse suites situated on the top floor, offering views of the ocean. The rooms feature a living room, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and balcony with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

South Seas Swim-Up Club Level Ultra Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floors and feature direct, zero-entry access to the Crystal Lagoon pool. The rooms feature sitting area, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and patio with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

Royal Seaside Swim-Up Club Level Ultra Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floors and feature direct, zero-entry access to the Crystal Lagoon pool. The rooms feature sitting area, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and patio with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Club Sandals service.

South Seas Hideaway Crystal Lagoon Swim-up Butler Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are on the ground floor and feature a king-size Sandals Tranquility Blissful Bed, aromatherapy systems, private patio with garden views and private soaking tub, plus zero-entry access into the swim-up pool. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

South Seas Hideaway Crystal Lagoon Oversized Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are on the second through sixth floors, and have a separate living room and bedroom. With a king-size Sandals Tranquility Blissful Bed, aromatherapy systems, 2 HDTVs, spa-style bathroom with freestanding soaking tub, and private balcony with soaking tub and garden views. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Royal Seaside Crystal Lagoon One Bedroom Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are set on the second and third floors of the Sand Dollar building. The master bedroom offers a king-size bed, HD smart TV, and a fully stocked bar. A separate living room has a comfy seating area and a second HD smart TV. Guests enjoy personal butler service, 24-hour in-room dining, and VIP check-in.

Royal Seaside Crystal Lagoon Penthouse One-Bedroom Oceanview Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub areset on the fifth floor above a shimmering Crystal Lagoon pool, and boast unmatched views of the sea. The rooms feature separate living area, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and patio with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Millionaire One-Bedroom Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the second floor and feature a large private patio complete with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two, separate living room, and bathroom with walk-in shower and freestanding bath tub. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Royal Seaside Crystal Lagoon Swim-Up One-Bedroom Butler Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floor and feature direct access to the Crystal Lagoon pool. The rooms feature separate living area, spa-style bathroom with walk-in shower, and patio complete with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

South Seas Hideaway Crystal Lagoon Swim-up Oversized Butler Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are on the ground floor and have a separate living room and bedroom. Featuring a king-size Sandals Tranquility Blissful Bed, aromatherapy systems, spa-style bathroom with freestanding soaking tub, and private patio with soaking tub and zero-entry access to the swim-up pool. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Millionaire Crystal Lagoon Swim-up Butler One Bedroom Suite with Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floor and feature direct access to the Crystal Lagoon pool. The rooms feature bathroom with walk-in shower and freestanding bath tub, separate living area, and expansive patio complete with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

South Seas Royal Rondoval Butler Suite with Private Pool Sanctuary are private villas surrounded by lush foliage. They feature a soaring 20-foot conical ceiling, living and dining area, bathroom with large soaking tub carved out of solid stone, and a lavish zero-entry private pool with direct access from the bedroom. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Beachfront One-Bedroom Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the second floor with a separate living and dining area, butler pantry, bathroom with frosted-glass shower and freestanding bath tub, and an expansive balcony overlooking the beach with day bed, privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Beachfront Prime Minister One Bedroom Butler Suite with Private Pool and Patio Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the ground floor with direct access to a private plunge pool, whilst overlooking the beach and ocean. The rooms feature a separate living and dining area, butler pantry, bathroom with frosted-glass shower and freestanding bath tub, and an expansive patio with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Beachfront One Bedroom Skypool Butler Suite with Balcony Tranquility Soaking Tub are located on the third through fifth floors, and feature a private, cantilevered infinity-edge skypool overlooking the beach and ocean. The rooms feature a separate living and dining area, butler pantry, bathroom with frosted-glass shower and freestanding bath tub, and an expansive balcony with privacy curtains and Tranquility Soaking Tub for two. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Sandals Butler Elite Service:

Providing you with uncompromising attention of a personal butler trained to the highest standards. Beginning with lemongrass-scented hand towels, welcome cocktails and culinary treats upon arrival, a private resort orientation and a luggage unpacking service. You will then be supplied with a personal mobile phone to reach your Butler when needed. Your wish is their command! In addition, butler guests will also have and in-room stocked mini-bar with a selection of spirits, beer and wine as well as soft drinks, juices and water, and 24-hour room service.

In addition, the Millionaire Suite, Prime Minister Suite, Rondovals and Skypool Suites all have Rolls Royce transfers (arrival and departure).

5-Star Global Gourmet™ at Sandals Resorts brings new sights, sounds and tastes to all guests at each meal — of course, all included! 10 dining options: Butch's Steak and Seafood (open for dinner), Neptune’s (Mediterranean seafood on the beachfront, open for lunch and dinner), The Greenhouse (modern farm-to-table food, open for breakfast and dinner), Heart & Sol (grab-and-go food, open for breakfast and lunch), Jerk Shack, La Parisienne (French cuisine, open for breakfast and dinner), American Tavern (American-style food, open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), Chi (Asian fusion, open for dinner), Lovers Lane (serving craft beer and snacks, open from 5.00pm-2.00am), and Sweet n’ Salty’s Gourmet Donuts & Coffee shop. 6 bars offering unlimited premium spirits.  Exchange privileges at Sandals Barbados offering a further 11 restaurants and 7 bars.

Nightly live entertainment including a resident band and cabaret shows. Weekly Manager’s Cocktail Party.

4 swimming pools and 4 whirlpools including a seaside glass infinity pool and Sandals’ first-ever rooftop infinity pool. Fitness centre and Yoga pavilion. Red Lane® Spa* with full range of treatments. Scuba-diving* (free for certified divers, fee applies to others). Non-motorised water sports including paddle boarding, Hobie Cat sailing, boogie boarding, snorkelling, and kayaking. Glass bottom boat trips. Volleyball, basketball, Bocce ball, cricket, pool and table tennis. Board games. Day and night tennis. Entertainment pavilion featuring a 4-lane bowling alley 'Lovers Lanes', living room and games room.

Laundry/dry-cleaning service*. Complimentary WiFi access in all room categories and public areas. The Beach House Resort Shop* and SnapShots Photo shop*. The resort has a 6,000 sq. ft. wedding and conference facility equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The Millionaire Suite, Prime Minister Suite, Rondovals and Skypool Suites all have Rolls Royce transfers (arrival and departure). Room service. 

* Denotes local charge.

Two people in love over 18 years only.

Dress code: evening dress code for gentlemen states that smart trousers or jeans, long or short sleeve dress shirts (with or without collar) and dress shoes or sandals must be worn. Shorts, t-shirts, trainers, flip-flops, hats and caps are not permitted in the evening.

Please note: please ensure you have adequate insurance to take part in adventurous activities.

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Traveller rating

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Image of the Tripadvisor rating We Downgraded Your Room

Nov 1, 2024 Justin R

Without apology, that is what my wife and I were told after we were pulled out of the concierge check in area at the start of our honeymoon. In addition to our honeymoon, we were celebrating my wife's anniversary of beating breast cancer. We were then put in the building the farthest from the beach. The food is decent. Service is poor. Liquor… Read more
Without apology, that is what my wife and I were told after we were pulled out of the concierge check in area at the start of our honeymoon. In addition to our honeymoon, we were celebrating my wife's anniversary of beating breast cancer. We were then put in the building the farthest from the beach. The food is decent. Service is poor. Liquor is weak or bottom shelf. Long, hot, sweaty wait at airport. They knew our flight and arrival time. How does this happen? A few staff were nice, smiley, and sociable. Most were miserable, did not smile, and needed to be asked 2-3 times about the status of an order after excessive waits. The staff singing to guests upon arrival and departure is demeaning and dehumanizing to the staff. Concierge, supervisors, managers, Twitter, and upon our return, customer service, have all been completely useless and inadequate in addressing our complaints. The billing, charges, and statements are all done on paper or carbon paper. Very low tech. Very suspect with all the discounts and percentages off the advertised rates. We never received the final statement we told we would. My credit card (Chase Amazon, long-term customer) treated me like a dirt bag when I called to complain and seek a charge back. During the experience we were overwhelmed with disappointment at the service and how we were being treated for the money we spent on this trip. It was very confusing. To date, Sandals and my credit card have not cared. The credit card company expected us to check out of a resort in a foreign country and leave the trip early. Again, in a foreign country. On our honeymoon. That did not even occur to us. Even if staff are having a bad day or are tired from the unpleasant service work, our concerns were handled ineptly by staff at every level of this indifferent corporation. This was supposed to be a nice, relaxing experience on my first resort vacation. It was awful. Why would I want to try again? So, new husbands, if you want your wife to cry on your honeymoon, go to Sandals Royal in Barbados. Ok. I have to go start my day as a social worker. We are not divas. This was a very negative experience. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Moldy rooms, poor customer service.

Oct 31, 2024 Christopher C

Before you start reading, just know I've reached out to sandals MANY times to see if they could make things right with me before i posted this, never recieved a response so heres the truth about Sandals Royal Barbados. I was very excited to go to my first sandals resort for my honeymoon. I thought it would be an amazing experience but it frankly… Read more
Before you start reading, just know I've reached out to sandals MANY times to see if they could make things right with me before i posted this, never recieved a response so heres the truth about Sandals Royal Barbados. I was very excited to go to my first sandals resort for my honeymoon. I thought it would be an amazing experience but it frankly was dissapointing. I spent probably 6-8 hours of my trip in club sandals trying to fix problems that shouldnt exist. Night 1, i enter the room 11507 with my wife to get punched in the face by the OVERWHELMING smell of black mold. It was in the AC vents, all over the rotting wooden trim around the base of the shower (which inexplicably had NO DOOR??) My wife was tired from our travels and begged me to give the room a chance at least for night. I was up at 5a.m. the next morning due to an asthma attack that i experienced. The rooms air quality was horrible. I went to club sandals to request a new room at 8a.m. and was told id be sorted out by 10. Then when i came back at 10, i was told by noon id have a new room. I didnt get a new room until 5p.m. which also smelled like Mold and Mildew. It wasnt as bad as the first room because i couldnt SEE any mold, but it was also most likely in the AC unit. My wife and i also got rashes alll over our bodies after we used are soaking tub on our balcony. Im assuming it was cleaned with bleach but not rinsed by the employee who cleaned it. The food at the old english pub was sub-par and made my wife and i sick. The food at Neptunes was also sub-par and so was the food from room service. My wife ordered a cheese plate and one of the cheese slices had mold on it. I made reservations on wednesday for buctchs chophouse on friday, was told i was all set. On friday i went to club sandals to confirm the time as i had forgotten, to be told "theres no reservastion under your room or name". Its very clear to me and other guests that this sandals quality and overall standards have gone down. Most of the employees seem overworked and extremely unhappy. Im aware that 100 plus employees were laid off this past summer which leads to this subpar quality for a so-called 5 star resort. Ive taken dozens of pictures of black mold, poor repair work, unsafe features of the resort and will post them on every travel website if i dont get s reply. Instead of being relaxed and enjoying ALL of my honeymoon with my wife, I was stressed and frustrated about half the time i was there. If it wasnt for the GREAT employees such as Shay and Dexter i would of rated this sandals 1out of 5 stars. Shut St. LAWRENCE floors down, floor by floor and invest back into the property. I personally never want to come back to sandals royal barbados due to massive imconviences. Also the pools are pretty dirty and i have pictures of gross slimy films floating on the surfaces. Sorry for the rant, but this was my experience. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Horrible value for the money and terrible service.

Oct 30, 2024 Shirion S Chino Hills, California

Traveled with wedding party of 60+. We were very disappointed in the accommodations. Much of the staff were rude with a few exceptions. It is the first time I’ve visited a property in vowed to never return. Everyone in my party had trouble. We are all very professional people, and we are very pleasant when dealing with others. However, we were… Read more
Traveled with wedding party of 60+. We were very disappointed in the accommodations. Much of the staff were rude with a few exceptions. It is the first time I’ve visited a property in vowed to never return. Everyone in my party had trouble. We are all very professional people, and we are very pleasant when dealing with others. However, we were treated very poorly, served last, refused service, and just experienced staff with overall bad attitudes. Many of us were not put in the proper rooms, even though we had paid upgraded cost. Our rooms were either unavailable or were not as defined for example, someone paid for an ocean front room and had to step out on their patio and peak into a remote corner to see a sliver of the ocean that was an up charge! My room had no towels and the floor was nasty and dirty upon arrival. Granted it was resolved the next day, but I was very disappointed in the quality of the room that I paid for. The servers in the restaurants gave the impression that they didn’t want to be at work. They avoided us. I asked for a fork one day because mine had dropped on the ground, and the server literally turned and walked away from me Without comment. I didn’t know if she was bringing me a fork or ignoring me. It was just an overall bad experience thank goodness for the friends that I traveled with. We made it fun in spite of all the poor service we received. we expected so much more based on the reputation of Sandals and the price that we paid. I’m told that the issue is specific to Barbados as other friends have traveled to other sandals properties and had great experiences. I could go on these were just some of the highlights. Read less
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Oct 30, 2024 James W

Terrible treatment. Paid for overview a year in advance. Upon arriving, the host took us outside and told us all they had was a room farthest from the ocean looking at residential housing with dogs that barked all day and night. Once moved a few days later, ocean view was still not available. Too many other issues to get into without getting… Read more
Terrible treatment. Paid for overview a year in advance. Upon arriving, the host took us outside and told us all they had was a room farthest from the ocean looking at residential housing with dogs that barked all day and night. Once moved a few days later, ocean view was still not available. Too many other issues to get into without getting very upset thinking about it again. Their apology was a $200. Credit to be used at their gift shop, for a $10,000.00 trip. Not even close to their advertised 5 star reviews. I have stayed at nicer Holiday Inn’s, with better treatment. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Annual Caribbean Trip

Oct 30, 2024 JoelAWhite Amarillo, Texas

As always, Sandals did not disappoint..... great service, views good and the walkout suite with private pool were just what we needed. highly recommend. the spa services .. Butler service is essential and well worth it . Resort management was very responsive to our needs