Bel Jou

St Lucia, Caribbean

Virgin rating

Partial Ocean View Room
Ocean View Room
Garden View Room
Ocean View Room
Partial Ocean View Room
Ocean View Room
Garden View Room
Ocean View Room

The hotel

Bel Jou is a boutique, adults-only hotel that offers a unique experience and great value for money. Known for their warm hospitality; Bel Jou is sure to be a comfortable and enjoyable stay for all. Surrounded by tropical scenery and magnificent views of the Caribbean Sea, this adults-only hotel provides it's guests with spacious Caribbean style rooms, designed to help you to feel immersed in the culture. Take a dip in one of the two swimming pools or take advantage of the complimentary shuttle to explore Castries City and Vigie beach. However you choose to spend your days, Bel Jou promises the perfect location to truly enjoy the vibrant island life. 

Amenities

  • Bar
  • Evening Entertainment
  • Fitness Centre/Gym
  • Internet Access
  • Laundry Service
  • No Smoking
  • Restaurant
  • Swimming Pool

Where is it

Set within the hillside of Castries, offering stunning views over the Caribbean sea. Transfer time from airport: 1 hour 15 minutes. Helicopter transfers are available.

Hotel information

76 rooms. All with air-conditioning, private balcony or patio, cable TV, telephone, clock, tea and coffee supplies, kettle, iron and board, walk-in shower, hairdryer and safe. Rooms are located in the main building and offer either private balconies or patios with views of the Caribbean Sea or beautiful gardens. Garden Bungalows have 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

All Inclusive of: all meals, snacks and drinks. Bottled water is not included. All activities and entertainment unless otherwise specified.

Garden View Rooms have 1 king-sized bed or twin beds, sleeping maximum 2 adults.

Partial Ocean View Rooms have 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 3 adults.

Ocean Views Rooms offer stunning views across the Caribbean sea with 2 double beds, sleeping maximum 3 adults.

Complimentary shuttle service to the beach (5 days per week, 9:00am-4:00pm).

Several dining options on offer between the Verandah Restaurant (buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner), Lulu’s Cabana and a range of select dining experiences; this may vary from garden, or rooftop dining experience. Breakfast is a daily buffet at the Verandah Restaurant (a la carte breakfast served occasionally). Lunch options will vary between the Verandah and Cabana Lounge and Bar with the options of either buffet or à la carte menu. A snack menu is available from 10:00am–10:00pm. The Bar is open daily from 10:00am–11:00pm serving a range of non-alcoholic, alcoholic and cocktail beverages. Coffee shop (self service) with coffee pastries, cakes and biscuits. Afternoon Tea will be served daily at the coffee shop.

A carefully crafted entertainment program offering evening entertainment 6 nights per week, and a once weekly St. Lucia evening. Hospitality lounge. A Managers cocktail party, and a Mixology session once weekly.

2 swimming pools. Spa*. Fitness centre. Stretch classes and Pilates in the hotel gardens. Aqua aerobics. Daily activities coordinated by the entertainment staff. Complimentary shuttle to the beach and town (runs hourly 9:00am-4:00pm, 5 days per week, subject to change).

Complimentary WiFi access in public areas only. Laundry service*. Complimentary shuttle bus to Castries and Vigie Beach (7 minutes) with sunbeds provided at the beach (subject to availability). Shuttle bus to Pigeon Island* (35 minutes) and Rodney Bay* (20 minutes).

This hotel has a Tourism Accommodation Fee of $6 per person, per night (payable locally, subject to change). Children aged 12-17 will be charged US $3 per person, per night. No fee for under 12s.

* Denotes local charge.

Please note: this property is in a hillside location. Due to this, there are alot of stairs and there are no lifts, therefore it is not a recommended hotel for guests with mobility issues. 

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Traveller rating

  • Excellent (634)
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  • Terrible (9)
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Dec 2, 2023 Brian C Langport, United Kingdom

Brilliant all in hotel, great staff, fab food, great entertainment, WOW cocktails. Loved it. Nicely laid out not too big. Would recommend. Rooms good too. shuttle to beach works fine. Thanks to Jofreey for great job and all staff.
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Nov 27, 2023 Damon B

From start to finish our stay at the bel jou was fantastic, the staff are incredible. They are so tentative and really make you feel welcome. The food was outstanding, really well cooked food. The deserts were even freshly home made on a daily basis. Evening entertainment was also decent. Couldn’t recommend any higher.
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Lovely hotel, a few things need attention.

Nov 24, 2023 racllongley

Went for eleven nights all inclusive through Blue Bay Travel. All went smoothly. The hotel is lovely, the grounds well maintained. The beach shuttle worked well and we used it most days. It is 10 minutes to a wonderful beach. It does not run on Sunday or Wednesday. We were in a garden bungalow, in reality a terraced property, but nice enough. The… Read more
Went for eleven nights all inclusive through Blue Bay Travel. All went smoothly. The hotel is lovely, the grounds well maintained. The beach shuttle worked well and we used it most days. It is 10 minutes to a wonderful beach. It does not run on Sunday or Wednesday. We were in a garden bungalow, in reality a terraced property, but nice enough. The air con was excellent and quiet. The self service bar at the bottom pool was a nice touch. The views wonderful. The wine excellent, possibly the best I have ever had in an all inclusive. The staff are generally very attentive, but we frequently had to wait for a table to be re-laid as we generally ate dinner fairly late. Breakfast was much the same, plenty of empty tables, but none re-laid. There appeared to be insufficient staff in this area. The biggest issue was the food. It was actually better at Lulu's Cabana. open I think from noon until 5pm, which serves the top pool, than in the main restaurant which was self service. We also ate on two occasions in the Hummingbird restaurant (no extra charge for this) where the menu changes every two days, As nice as it was the food was always no better than warm by the time it arrived at your table, and not particularly inviting. It appears the hotel may of changed hands in the last few months, I wonder if they have cut back on the food budget? I was hoping for better. The evening entertainment was mainly restricted to singers, and on one night a steel drum ensemble. The fire eater had to cancel due to the rain on the night he was due to appear. We did one combined trip by catamaran to the mud baths, (OK but a bit like queueing for a sale) a waterfall, (better) and a beach (poor) to snorkel. Very few fish. If you have been to Sharm you will be massively disappointed. Read less
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Nov 1, 2023 Christopher S London, England, United Kingdom

The staff are what makes this hotel. Yes there are a variety of rooms and views but the welcoming of the staff and their attentiveness throughout the day or during dining made it feel like personal service. Everyone was smiling and happy to be there it makes for the perfect, relaxing holiday. The reception team greeted me each morning by name on… Read more
The staff are what makes this hotel. Yes there are a variety of rooms and views but the welcoming of the staff and their attentiveness throughout the day or during dining made it feel like personal service. Everyone was smiling and happy to be there it makes for the perfect, relaxing holiday. The reception team greeted me each morning by name on my way to and from the restaurant and whole hospitality team were so fun to be around it made us look forward to meal times. We stayed in a garden view bungalow and loved it. All on the flat, no stairs and plenty of space. I don't think any rooms are fully covered in walking to the reception/ restaurant building but we had a brolly in our room which we used in the odd rain shower at meal times. The 2 pools offered a nice variety and the aqua aerobics were so much fun we actually missed them on days we had excursions! We went end of Sept (27/9-7/10) when the island was quiet (no cruise ships docking at all). This meant the hotel had a couple of events booked which did impact the guest experience. Teacher appreciation day took over the whole upper pool and the queues at the lunch buffet were very long with food levels going down very quickly. These teachers were then also given free range of the hotel at the end of the day and encroached on the lower pool where guests were but we couldn't use the upper pool. I would recommend being clearer with event guests where they can and cannot go to take into consideration holiday guests and also maybe putting in measures in place for catering to keep both parties happy (e.g. hotel guests go a la carte or event guests get catering in their event space etc). This was only 1 day out of 10 so wasn't a big deal to us but something to be aware of in future if multiple events are organised at the hotel. Overall, not only would I love to come back to St Lucia, the Bel Jou would 100% be my first place to stay if I could! Thanks team! Read less
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Oct 31, 2023 tarafalltrick Chelmsford

We recently spent two wonderful weeks at the Bel Jou hotel. Had a lovely room in the main block overlooking one of the pools and the sea. We had a fridge in our room. The room was kept spotlessly clean. The hotel has two pools - we always got a sunbed and sunshade - it was lovely and peaceful by the pools - no loud music - which was what we… Read more
We recently spent two wonderful weeks at the Bel Jou hotel. Had a lovely room in the main block overlooking one of the pools and the sea. We had a fridge in our room. The room was kept spotlessly clean. The hotel has two pools - we always got a sunbed and sunshade - it was lovely and peaceful by the pools - no loud music - which was what we wanted. I am a vegan and Alvin the chef went out of his way to prepare me a fantastic meal every night. Breakfast was wonderful - make sure you try the fruit juice made freshly every morning. Lunch and dinner - great selection. Great views from the restaurant in the day time and evening. Dean the hotel manager was lovely - always stopping for a chat. All the staff were great and friendly. We took the shuttle bus down to the beach most days. A great holiday and I would definitely return to this hotel! Read less