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Colony Club Hotel in St James, Barbados |
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Colony Club Hotel
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St James, Barbados
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| Complimentary water sports include snorkeling trips This west coast hotel features a 400-yard Caribbean Sea beach and offers snorkeling trips among its complimentary water sports. Guestrooms and suites feature patios or balconies, pillowtop mattresses, and ceiling fans as well as air conditioning. Thickly cushioned lounge chairs provide comfort on beach and around four lagoon pools within a waterfall-and-garden courtyard.
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Amenities | Recreation | Features | Reviews
Colony Club Hotel Amenities
At the resort, a beauty salon offers massage, facials, waxing, and hair and nail care. A small air-conditioned fitness center contains cardio equipment and free weights. Complimentary Internet service is available in a paperback library that also includes board games. A promenade with jewelry, gift-and-sundries, and resortwear shops connects to the reception area, which contains an open-air courtyard graced by a koi pond with lily pads. On Thursday evenings, the resort offers a complimentary poolside cocktail party.
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Recreation
Use of two lighted tennis courts, snorkeling gear, windsurfers, boogie boards, kayaks, and Sunfish, Hobie Cat, and Laser sailboats is complimentary. Also complimentary are water-skiing, banana-boat rides, tubing, and 30-minute snorkeling excursions to a sea-turtle area and a sunken-barge area on the resort's boats. Two miles away, Sandy Lane resort offers three golf courses and a 450-yard driving range. Shoes and clubs are available for rent. Designed by Tom Fazio, The Green Monkey championship course—carved out of a coral-stone quarry—features abrupt elevation changes and panoramic sea views. Also designed by Tom Fazio, The Country Club championship course features open fairways, five lakes, and sea views. The Old Nine is a 9-hole layout featuring tree-lined fairways. The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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Features
What to expect: Couples and families with older children are attracted to this 7-acre hotel, which was a former private club that has been restored and enlarged. Tranquility reigns at this hotel, which is secluded at the end of a long driveway lined by mature casuarina (tropical pine) trees. Amenity highlights: The turquoise Caribbean Sea gently washes along a 400-yard beach. Tall casuarina trees partly shade the section fronting the hotel. Umbrellas also offer shade, while thickly cushioned lounge chairs provide sunbathing enjoyment. Cushioned lounge chairs also ring four narrow, rock-lined, lagoon pools in a courtyard running through the hotel's center. The courtyard features rock waterfalls, flower gardens, and tall tropical trees. Insider tip: Early mornings and early evenings, green vervet monkeys, originally brought by settlers from Africa, swing through tall trees along a slough at the hotel's southern boundary.
Laguna Restaurant - Open-air, sea-view restaurant with two-story, white-lattice ceiling, marble floor, white-linen tables, dark rattan chairs, live plants. Lounging area with red overstuffed seating. Breakfast buffet with American, English, Bajan (Barbadian) selections. Lunch menu including salads, sandwiches, burgers, roti, and Saltfish Fritters. Fixed menu dinners. Starter choices such as Smoked Salmon Pâté, Crab/Prawn Fitters, Cheese Soufflé. Main-course choices include Orange/Thyme Roasted Chicken, Pork Piccata, Pan-fried Flying Fish. Dessert choices such as Peppered Pineapple with Chocolate Ice Cream, Fruit or Cheese Plate. Sunday brunch. Dinner dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
Orchid Room - Intimate, second-story, linen-service, sea-view restaurant. White-wood ceiling, hardwood floor. Starters such as Sugar-cured Tuna, Roasted Duck with Sweet-potato Confit, Breadfruit/Sweet Corn Soufflé. Main courses include Red Snapper and Lobster in Saffron Broth, Rack of Lamb with Sweet-potato Dumplings, Beef Tenderloin with Port Glaze, Vegetable Tian. Dinner only. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men. Sunset Bar & Deck - Poolside swim-up bar adjacent to expansive beachside, sunset-view wood deck furnished with teak umbrella tables, rattan chairs. Nearby gazebo for nightly live music. Light lunch/dinner menu. Open late morning to late night. Planters Cocktail Lounge - Open-air lounge with cushioned rattan seating. Open evenings.
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Colony Club Hotel Reviews
| Traveler Ratings Summary for Colony Club Hotel
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Overall: 4.33 |
Service
4.67 |
Condition
4.67 |
Cleanliness
4.67 |
Comfort
4.67 |
Recommend
100 % |
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| A very nice stay |
Overall: 4 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| A beautiful hotel and great breakfast included! This is a quiet hotel. Nice location. A place to really unwind. Dinner was expensive, as were most of the "nicer" resturants on the Island. In the evening there was live music (mostly soft jazz) while enjoying drinks and dinner. The pools and grounds were beautifully maintained, and the rooms always tended.
Reviewed by traveler from Connecticut on June 14, 2006 |
| Service with a Smile |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
4 |
Recommend
Yes |
| Great location in Holetown - close proximity to all attractions. Service from the friendly staff allowed us to overlook some detractions. (not many, but had a few power outages and had trouble getting daily room cleanings)
Reviewed by traveler from New Jersey on May 24, 2006 |
| Amazing Hotel! |
Overall: 5 |
Service
5 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| Everything about the hotel was incredible! Staff, room, food, beach, etc. couldn't have been any better. Can't wait to go back!!!
Reviewed by traveler from Denver, CO on November 30, 2005 |
| Excellent Vacation Spot |
Overall: 5 |
Service
4 |
Condition
5 |
Cleanliness
4 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| My husband and I visited the Colony Club. We were impressed by the overall quality of the hotel. The rooms are nicely decorated and clean. Each room has a patio with a table and chairs and two lounge chairs. Be sure to ask for the week's activities when you arrive. The beach is very nice. About half is shaded beach. A few days staff passed out cold towels and fruit to those on the beach. The water activities are free, we snorkeled, tubed and sailed. There are vendors that come by on the beach, and can be annoying, but they are not pushy. I think people will encounter these vendors anywhere since beaches are public. The hotel provides a good breakfast buffet. We ate at the hotel restaurant for dinner once, it was okay, but overpriced, like all food on the island. There is a large drink selection at the outside bar. The bar menu is okay, but there is not much of a selection. On one night the hotel offers a buffet and show. It is pricey, $60 USD each, but the package is worth it. The hotel reception is very helpful. Aside from the beach there are pools winding throughout the complex. There are lounge chairs set up at each of the pools for those who wish to lay out there. Overall, this was a great hotel to stay at. It is very charming - not a huge hotel. The grounds are magnificent. The pool, beach, rooms were all perfect. After driving around the island and seeing the different beaches, I think the Colony Club was the best hotel we saw. We would definitely stay here again.
Reviewed by traveler from Washington, DC on June 1, 2005 |
| Can't wait to go back |
Overall: 4 |
Service
5 |
Condition
4 |
Cleanliness
5 |
Comfort
5 |
Recommend
Yes |
| the colony club is a beautiful hotel, with a competent and attentive staff, to which i would gladly return. being bajan, i would like to make the following suggestions: 1. more bajan dishes on the dinner menu. 2. a microwave in the room. 3. the underwater rocks, near the shore, removed. 4. a self service laundermat that the guests can use.
Reviewed by traveler from Highland Mills, NY on May 17, 2005 |
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