Southern Palms Beach Club

Barbados, Caribbean

Virgin rating

Garden Room
Garden Room
Luxury Suite
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Garden Room
Garden Room
Luxury Suite

The hotel

The Southern Palms Beach Club and Hotel is spread out along 1,000 ft of oceanfront at St Lawrence Gap, so it has the best of both worlds. There are spacious grounds in which to relax and unwind during the day and then lively restaurants, shops and bars just a 5-minute walk away for evening entertainment! You can look out over the Caribbean Sea as you dine in the Garden Terrace restaurant and, on Sundays, people come from all over the island to enjoy the wonderful Sunday buffet lunch — accompanied by live music.

Amenities

  • Snorkelling
  • Tennis
  • Families
  • Honeymoon
  • Wedding
  • Bar
  • Evening Entertainment
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Laundry Service
  • Restaurant
  • Safety Deposit Box
  • Swimming Pool

Where is it

On beautiful Dover Beach at St Lawrence Gap. 15 minutes to Bridgetown. Transfer time from airport: 20 minutes.

Hotel information

92 rooms on 3 floors in 6 buildings with no lifts. SuperSaver Rooms are smaller rooms and do not have a balcony or patio. They are located in one block and will be ground/first and second floor. 

Garden Rooms are individually styled with Caribbean decor and have ceramic tile floors to keep you cool, plus a balcony or terrace, air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea/coffee-making facilities, fridge, hairdryer and iron and board. Rooms with twin beds or 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum of 2 people.

Breakfast and Half Board options: available at a supplement.

Ocean View Rooms are as Garden Rooms but with sea views, and either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 child.

Junior Suites with kitchen facilities and 1 king-size bed or 1 queen-size bed and sleeper sofa in living room, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 2 children.

Luxury Suites are very spacious with kitchenette and a bedroom with either 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds and a queen sleeper sofa in the lounge, sleeping maximum 4 adults or 2 adults and 3 children.

Garden Terrace Restaurant. Khus Khus Bar. Complimentary afternoon tea served at the small pool. Breakfast option available*. Room service*.

Weekly Live Entertainment (Seasonal schedule changes may occur). Weekly Manager's rum punch party.

2 swimming pools. Small outdoor gym in the gardens, small indoor fitness centre. Snorkelling. Boogie boards. Tennis. Shuffleboard. Beach volleyball. Windsurfing. Mini-golf. Guest lounge with library and board games.

Gift shop. Beauty salon*. Complimentary safes are available at reception. Coin-operated laundry*. Turtle nesting on the beach (seasonal). Complimentary WiFI available in rooms/suites and all public areas. Babysitting*.

Please note: a room levy of $9.63 per bedroom, per night applies (payable locally, subject to change).

Good general access for guests who are able to walk short distances and can manage up to six steps. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page

* Denotes local charge.

Please note: compulsory gala dinner supplements apply over Christmas and New Year holidays.

Please note: child ages for accommodation are up to and including 16 years.



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  • Excellent (706)
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Image of the Tripadvisor rating Poor reception

May 20, 2022 MarkG76397

Having just arrived at this hotel for the 3rd time in4 years I am totally underwhelmed by the reception we received. I almost felt like I should apologosise to the lady who booked us in for disturbing her afternoon. Lack of interest of the fact thatwe are customers all she wanted was a credit card to pay for the local tax, I was aware it needed to… Read more
Having just arrived at this hotel for the 3rd time in4 years I am totally underwhelmed by the reception we received. I almost felt like I should apologosise to the lady who booked us in for disturbing her afternoon. Lack of interest of the fact thatwe are customers all she wanted was a credit card to pay for the local tax, I was aware it needed to be paid but really as we walk in ? I asked for a receipt for the payment and found it included a deposit for towels, again No problem but would have been nice to be told. Finally having travelled all over the world this is the first hotel that I have had to pay for the safe. Is this location safe or not ? We have been to Barbados many times including during lockdown, we may well come back to the island but not this hotel. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Some rooms not up to scratch

May 8, 2022 Kevin E

Be careful of the room you are allocated. If it is 127 it does not compare to other garden rooms. Not as advertised. I had to pay extra to upgrade as I wouldn’t have enjoyed a holiday in that room. It is old, tired and very dark. It was completely different to the rooms allocated to others in our party who paid the same amount as us. However in… Read more
Be careful of the room you are allocated. If it is 127 it does not compare to other garden rooms. Not as advertised. I had to pay extra to upgrade as I wouldn’t have enjoyed a holiday in that room. It is old, tired and very dark. It was completely different to the rooms allocated to others in our party who paid the same amount as us. However in the more expensive room the water pressure is poor. I had two days where the shower was little more than a dribble and one day with no water at all in the evening. The Wi-Fi is also poor. Most of the time not available in the room. Available most of the time in the bar but is very slow. Happy hour in the bar is between 6 and 7. I was finding that you can ask for service at say 6.45 but the waitress takes so long to get to your table it is no longer happy hour when she turns up and as soon as happy hour ends it is ended whether you asked for service 20 minutes earlier or not. I don’t want to sound too negative as this could be a very nice hotel but in my opinion it needs some investment to put some problems right. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating The only place I would stay again

May 2, 2022 mrskellyannwright Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

On arrival we were greeted warmly. The WiFi was down but this was not the fault if the hotel. The whole area was down due to the network provider. On first impressions I did think the room was dated but as the days went in I appreciated it for what is was...traditional, very comfortable and with everything you would need . The massive bed was… Read more
On arrival we were greeted warmly. The WiFi was down but this was not the fault if the hotel. The whole area was down due to the network provider. On first impressions I did think the room was dated but as the days went in I appreciated it for what is was...traditional, very comfortable and with everything you would need . The massive bed was great. The whole team were brilliant. Some more smiley than others but all equally helpful. Breakfast was the best I've had in any 5 star hotel and the lunch menu is fine. Great location. Perfect holiday and we made some new friends too...Alan and Pat call us!! Xx I can't wait to go back Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Amazing views and beach but dated hotel, terrible wifi and issues with basic facilities such as water and toilets

Apr 25, 2022 Jet51668631016 England, United Kingdom

Thr best beach, what used to be a great hotel is going downhill. We are repeat guests for many years like many that stay here. However, the hotel is just disappointing now. If you want wifi then you won’t get it often,. Many guests here have complained so it’s not just me. Nothing ever seems to be done to improve it. The hotel says it has… Read more
Thr best beach, what used to be a great hotel is going downhill. We are repeat guests for many years like many that stay here. However, the hotel is just disappointing now. If you want wifi then you won’t get it often,. Many guests here have complained so it’s not just me. Nothing ever seems to be done to improve it. The hotel says it has improved but no change especially if you want to sit in your room or balcony at night…you won’t get wifi. Adjacent hotels have great wifi. Also some of the staff seem to just be unhappy and you feel like you’re putting them out all the time. Though there are some top staff so I am generalising. The rooms continue to be dated and need improving. The all day menu hasn’t changed in years. Southern Palms is in a great location on the gap and totally an amazing beach and has so much potential but we won’t be staying again. It’s a shame that any issues with air con, water, wifi etc are just treated like we are inconveniencing staff and not valued as repeat customers. The owners need to seriously look at changing the hotel and improving basic facilities as there is good competition on Barbados that they are now losing guests to. It’s not a cheap hotel either so I would suggest look around Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Avoid booking economy ocean view family rooms at this hotel

Apr 21, 2022 vcb2015 Wirral, United Kingdom

My family and a friends family booked the family rooms at Southern Palms. We were underwhelmed on arrival, there was no ‘welcome to the hotel’ comment from the lady checking us in, she was quite miserable as were quite a few members of staff in the hotel, many of the bar staff made you feel like you were an inconvenience when you asked for a… Read more
My family and a friends family booked the family rooms at Southern Palms. We were underwhelmed on arrival, there was no ‘welcome to the hotel’ comment from the lady checking us in, she was quite miserable as were quite a few members of staff in the hotel, many of the bar staff made you feel like you were an inconvenience when you asked for a drink. Not quite the happy go lucky vibe that you’d expect on holiday. This was not the main issue by any stretch of the imagination. Both families booked family rooms which happen to be next to the car park, very close to the main road, opposite a karaoke bar. There was loud noise from the bars and many roaming noisy roosters literally all night were heard due to the proximity of the block and poor insulation/standard of the rooms. The rooms were very tired with big gaps around the door, a bathroom window that doesn’t close resulting in feeling like you are sleeping outside. We made a complaint to the deputy manager after the first night who advised that it would be 1250 dollars to move rooms for remaining 8 nights, we tried to get assistance from Travel Republic who failed to respond, after 4 sleepless nights and us all ending up feeling dreadful, the hotel director arranged for us to be relocated to a better room in a different part of the hotel but we had to pay 500 dollars per family to be able to sleep for the 2nd half of our holiday. It was suggested that we maybe we were sensitive to noise, we are definitely not… those family rooms were the worst we’ve ever stayed in, they are not fit for purpose, I wouldn’t give them 1 star, it really tainted the holiday experience. I Strongly advise that the family rooms (situated in the cheap looking block) in the hotel are avoided at all cost! Pictures attached show the block (maybe the rooms that aren’t on the car park aren’t as affected by noise). The main hotel/ pictures don’t show this block. The upgraded room in a different part of the hotel was very nice and spacious (exactly as shown on website). The main hotel and grounds are very pretty, walking along Dover Beach Southern Palms looks to be one of the nicest hotels but we didn’t venture beyond the shore line to see if that was the case. Read less