Sandals Royal Barbados All Inclusive - Couples Only

Stayed 11/10-11/17/24 Room category BSKY - Stargazer Building Honeymoon Arrival: We arrived in Barbados on Saturday 11/9 and stayed in a nearby hotel, we had Rolls Royce pickup with our room, and we were delighted that Sandals agreed to pick us up in our ride from the other hotel since we were not arriving from the airport on our first day at Sandals. We are glad we did this because it allowed us the entire day at Sandals on our first day. At the airport we had filled out immigration forms online ahead of time but that line did not move much quicker than those who filled out there. Overall it was not a very long wait, maybe 15 minutes. By the time we made it through, our bags were already off the belt, very quick and efficient. Checkin: I did not checkin online but did it at the resort and it took me maybe 5 minutes. Super quick. We went to the Butler Elite lounge where we met one of our butlers Shak, and he had given us our butler phone. It was nice because we were able to go to the pool bar and hangout until our room was ready and Shak gave us a call and escorted us to the room when it was. Room: BSKY room 7520 Let me just say, this room is INCREDIBLE! My husband never wants to stay in a room of any lesser category than BSKY (not good for our wallets ). We were greeted with champagne and meats and cheese which was such a nice touch. Fully stocked bar area, where we requested Tito’s vodka and Tequila which were brought to our room. The room itself is huge, I would say more like an apartment! We hit the jackpot being on the top floor as the view was just stunning. We used our skypool every single day, and the water was warm! It was awesome to unwind in there after the beach with a cocktail every day. Butlers: Our butler team was Shak, Kevan, and Ron and let me just say, they made our trip! This was our first time at Sandals and they truly went above and beyond, in our eyes, to make our honeymoon perfect. They were friendly, prompt, and overall, just great people and we are so sad we didn’t at least get a picture with them :( Upon our arrival, they had already made all of our dinner reservations so we had spots and didn’t need to worry. We were able to make adjustments where we needed to. For us, having a butler was key. We ordered desserts from a different restaurant than we ate at that night to be In our room after dinner and it was so fun to just try different things every day. When we had a late dinner we would get a small meal in the room from a different restaurant to hold us over. We loved that we had a front row spot on the beach everyday. We are beach people since we live in Buffalo, NY with no ocean access. We had our butlers bring us breakfast from one of the restaurants with iced coffees every morning so we could start our days right away. Ron had drawn us a bath one day when we returned from the beach which was lovely and much appreciated. They would bring us lunch and drinks to our beach chairs for us, again not necessary but

Mold Mold Mold our swim up room smelled like mold so bad my purse still smells like mold a week later. Had to wash all of our clothes twice and soak them to get the smell out. Don’t waste your money on a butler room the butlers are lazy and obviously hate their job.

Stayed for 10 days at the Royal Barbados, the hotel is stunning, it was just being decked out in xmas decorations and also Barbados Independence which we just missed. The restaurants are all really good, however special mention needs to be made for The Bombay, Sammi and his team are amazing and the food served there is just awesome, get the lamb chops you won't regret it! Seek out Tony in the American Tavern for the buffet breakfast he does a mean omelette. We stayed in Block 11 which is near the quiet pool ,Jasmina is amazing and served the drinks at the poolside bar. The rooms were great, very spacious and clean with an amazing bath on the balcony. The only downside to the rooms were as previously mentioned backing onto a number of private houses outside the Sandals complex, one of these houses had 3 dogs chained up in the garden, as a result sometimes they did bark during the day and night, if you are a light sleeper bring ear plugs and you will be fine. Overall, personally we really enjoyed our 10 days the staff are great, the food awesome, we didn't experience any major queues for the restaurants, it was all very chilled. Would highly recommend.

Best vacation of our lives. Spent a week with Sandals for our honeymoon and opted for a butler room. Kevan, Shakeel, Ron, and Kemar made this the most relaxing, stress free trip we could have hoped for. Any hiccups were handled immediately with compassion. Resort was beautiful and not too crowded this time of year. White sand and clear water at the beach. We enjoyed every meal. Go to the fish fry in Oistins on Friday! Sea Water Front restaurant was the best fish we've ever had.

Our first experience at sandals was not great. Due to availability of flight times, we landed in Barbados at 5am. The night manager tried kicking us off the property because our reservation was not until 3pm. When we got to our room we immediately discovered that our room butts right up to the surrounding Christ Church neighborhood. We were woken up at 6-6:30-7-7:30 and finally 8am when we could not go back to sleep from the neighboring dogs barking nonstop. The sound echoed throughout our room. This was not the quiet, relaxing, secluded getaway we were looking for. Meals were average, but our first impression with management and staff was unacceptable and left a sour taste in our mouth the rest of the trip. Customer service was no help. Photos attached show the view from our balcony and the neighborhood outside the entrance to our room where 5 dogs live outside. Definitely will not return to Barbados or sandals again after this experience.