Southern Palms Beach Club

We are now back home after having chosen this fantastic venue for our wedding last week. It was organised superbly by the lovely Jenni, who was more than happy to deal with our constant and sometimes daft email questions during the build-up to our wonderful event.😂 All the staff have been fantastic but as well as Jenni we would like to give a big shout out to the ladies that looked after us at our reception as we all wanted for nothing that evening. I have been to this beautiful part of this island many many times before but it's my first time in this wonderful hotel and its lovely grounds and fab location and it absolutely won't be my last. So it was with much regret and a tear in my eye that we had to leave this lovely place 😢. But the great news is that were are already booked in for our 1st Anniversary celebrations next year. So see you all soon, lovely Southern Palms people. Read less

ARRIVAL: On arrival we we're checked in straight away with no issues. The lady on the desk was friendly. A lovely gentleman took our luggage to the bedroom and even showed us where things were. ROOMS: Spacious and spotlessly cleaned daily. We opted for a sea view and glad we did. We we're right outside the smaller pool which was great because you can wake up and take a dip before your day begins. STAFF I can honestly say the staff here are amazing. Always smiling and happy. They all work very hard to make your stay a pleasant one. BEACH: The beach had a lot of seaweed washed up most days but my daughter was still happy to take a dip and it didnt bother me because a prefer the pool to swin in amyway. The beach is clean other than that. Lots of sunloungers and a beach towel you can change daily. Lots of activities you can get involved in or you can just lay back and enjoy the sun, be careful though because you have a lovely sea breeze so don't underestimate the sun because you'll burn. HOTEL: It is a quiet hotel but plenty to do outside of it. You are invited to rum punch and fish cakes with the hotel manager. Which was lovely. Mind the rum punch it's stronger than it tastes. Gardens are lovely and well maintained. It has two pools that are checked and cleaned daily. Sunlounger and chairs are also there for you to use. Tea and cake are served mid afternoon around the pool. Happy hour with cocktails from 6pm until 7pm. Which I enjoyed lol. We stayed room only but did have the occasional meal at the hotel. Breakfast was really nice and evening meal was lovely. Wasn't to bad on price really. We also had the odd snack around the pool. EXCURSIONS: We only went on a couple this time round, snorkeling with the turtle was amazing and would probably do again on my return. Harbour lights is a must if you come here. It was a great night from start to finish. Both are worth the money. All in all we have had a great stay. We are booking again next year. Read less

We had a wonderful stay at Southern Palms for our honeymoon. Our room was lovely, and we had a balcony with a great view of the ocean. The staff were all super friendly and helpful. They helped us rent a car and also helped with other recommendations. The entertainment was great, especially the steel drum band on Sunday afternoon. They had a few activities on in the hotel that we wish we'd made more use of! We visited the restaurant around 3 times, I would say this was average as service can be slow, although it was nice to sit by the ocean! We wouldn't hesitate to come and stay again if we were ever so fortunate to be back in the area :D Read less

I recently returned from a 2 week holiday in Barbados and we stayed at Southern Palms. Although I found the staff to be really nice and tentative I was pretty underwhelmed with the hotel. Firstly and this is no reflection on the hotel but merely based on location, I wouldn’t stay on Dover beach again. We booked this location to be close to the gap but unfortunately the beach was spoilt with bad sea weed and rough seas. If I ever return to Barbados I will definitely stay west or more south west to avoid this as the water is calmer and gets less sea weed. We also found the gap to be a lot quieter than we expected except for weekends night time when it gets slightly busier but overall didn’t find the gap to be half as lively as expected. Maybe it’s because technically June is out of season but I definitely wouldn’t say it’s got much going on Mon- Fri and is dead during the day. The hotel itself is very basic. Although we had a lovely big balcony and a partial sea view the room was tiny and the bathroom was like a tiny box. You couldn’t even move in the shower. We have a couple of really stained tatty chairs in the room which were in dire need of being thrown out. Not sure why they keep them. We also found the hotel layout a bit annoying with minimal sunbathing spots. There are some sun beds on the grass but by 3pm the sun is facing the other side so that’s annoying. There are sun loungers to use on the beach but no umbrellas so it’s either be in the shade or burn on the beach lol. We also found the atmosphere a bit somber, no music, always quiet and nobody around so we ended up spending most of our days on other beaches outside of the hotel. It feels like the hotel is definitely catered towards the older generation and while we aren’t that young ( a couple in our thirties) we like to travel to the Caribbean for the jolly atmosphere and you just don’t get that in this hotel. One highlight to the location was twice during our stay we did see turtles laying eggs on the sand at night which was so cool. But overall I wouldn’t stay here again. It really wasn’t great value for money. We have had much better quality stays for less when comparing to other places we have travelled and stayed in the Caribbean. And as mentioned if I did return to Barbados wouldn’t stay on the south coast. Read less