The Sands Barbados All Inclusive

Picturesque location and beautiful beach. Accommodation perfectly suitable for a family. Excellent value for money. Daily room maintenance perfect and clean. Not excessive noise and what would be expected at this type of resort. Service in the bar and restaurant excellent. Particular mention of those who stood out as helpful and hard working members of staff are Danelle for her enterprising work in preparing the beach each morning. Greg the bar person who was always happy and helpful. Destiny for her engaging personality and good humour in the restaurant. The omelette makers, and Management staff Koffi and Nicholai and Jezz the Beach and bar attendant.

Spent Christmas at The Sands. The room overlooking the garden and pool was spacious.
The staff were hardworking and went out of their way to ensure your holiday was going well. There was always something we liked in the restaurant, the pastry chef was amazing.
Plenty of sunbeds, even when the hotel got full towards the end of our stay. Beds are reserved and left but staff put out another bed.
Overall we had a really good holiday and would return.

I was at the Sands hotel from 12 to 15 th Dec as part of a cruise package. ( Imagine Cruising). The hotel was a disaster- the cruise brilliant.
1 On arrival shown to a ground floor apartment— No hot water! No hot water for 3 mornings we were there! Management disinterested!
2. A/C in lounge broken.
3 Only 1 of 2 ceiling fans working in lounge.
4. Numerous cupboards but most of them locked
5. Approach to room was down a dingy ,dirty corridor used by the cleaners
6So called music kicked off at 10 am - went on till 11 pm in one form or another. . No where was free for a quiet read and to enjoy views of the sea.
6.Food was mediocre at best !
7. The majority of staff were friendly and helpful but 10% of them were non communicative and had attitude problem..
8 The pool is a waste of time! Depth range from ankle height at one end to waist height at other
9. Speciality restaurant not open.
We stayed in room 69..
We’ve stayed in numerous 4 star hotels around the Carribean. This hotel is nowhere near their standard!
BE AWARE

Booked this hotel for a 1 night stay and Im glad it was only 1 night. Bad mannered reception staff. Only place to eat was poor.

The Sands is a very nice, small hotel and ideal for exploring the local area. First appearances are very deceptive with the entrance and reception resembling a motel, but money has been spent on rooms which are large, spacious and very comfortable.  The hotel literally runs onto a white sand beach and there was no problems with sun beds during our stay. The restaurant is unusual in that there’s a buffet breakfast - when you are asked for times to book lunch and dinner, even though tables were readily available during our weeks stay. The food quality was variable and there appeared to be no logic in when lunch and/or dinner was buffet or set menu. We found out by accident that there is a cooked snack menu throughout the day which needs to be better advertised. Easy access into Bridgetown or Oisten by bus, taxi or - if you want to try local transportation the Reggae Bus. These are mini buses stopping when you want to get on, and will drop you off where you want. Loud reggae music for the journey and, as an example, the cost is 2 US$ per person to go into Bridgetown. The reception, cleaning and management staff are very friendly and helpful although, in our experience, the younger bar staff need to learn how to deal with paying guests from the excellent Jacqueline, whilst the unsmiling restaurant staff need to learn from the excellent example set by Cyrilene. We really enjoyed our week at the Sands and would return.

The location of this hotel on the beach is superb.
We had a two bedroom apartment on the ground floor looking out to sea.
The management and supervisors were friendly and efficient but some of the other staff could do with more training.
Some of them gave the impression that we were an inconvenience. An example: we asked three times for coffee. Tea arrived.
After that the coffee was delivered without eye contact or a word spoken.
The food was good. Be aware that you can order steak a day in advance and that burgers, fish and chicken are available from the grill during the day. Noir restaurant was slightly disappointing. This was because we were expecting something very special but it was no better than the main restaurant. But this is because the main restaurant is very good anyway!
A table for lunch and dinner has to be booked at breakfast and both are either a la carte or buffet - it varies day by day.
Some days the music near the pool was too loud but generally you can have a restful day and you are not pestered to join any activities.
We tried the pool once. It was usually empty. The “ deep” end is about four foot deep and it shelves to nothing. The water was clean not salty nor full of chlorine. Sun beds were always available and beach towels can be collected and exchanged from the beach office.
Location of the hotel is great. Not far from the airport and a short walk from St. Lawrence gap and a short taxi ride to Oistins - $18 US.
We needed a room for our 18:00 departure. Our choice was to have our room, free of charge until 15:00 or a courtesy room bookable for 30 mins at 17:00. We chose the latter and were shown on time to the clean courtesy room complete with fresh towels.
Smoking and vaping in public areas is not allowed. ( a government not hotel rule). There is an outdoor smoking area not far from the pool and bar where you can sit in peace!
Overall, this is a very good hotel worthy of its 5 star reviews.

As a regular visitor to Barbados I have stayed in quite a few hotels in Barbados this hotel was good especially the food it is very nice to go to a hotel what serves proper Bajan food I would like to find all the stuff for making us feel welcome

Had the most fabulous time at The Sands. Amazing from the word go. The rooms the staff and the food have all been excellent. Would highly recommend and will definitely be back. Thank you to all at the Sands.

We had the best time The place is so clean and everyone we met there were so kind nothing too much trouble food amazing definitely be back highly recommend

Beautiful hotel, ideally located. The staff were all very friendly and helpful. They were always on hand to deal with any issues, and offer advice and guidance. We would definitely return.

Had a wonderful 10 night stay, our 2nd visit this year.
Excellent staff - Bar: Antonio who made us the best mudslide we have tasted.
David, Tyrone & Steven who are just amazing.
Front desk are all really friendly & approachable, special shout out to Ricardo who is a credit to this hotel.
Housekeeping did a wonderful job of keeping our room clean & tidy.
The beach boys work really hard to ensure beds, umbrellas as well as the kayaks & paddle boards are ready for guests.
Food - Nice selection, but often not quite warm enough. Lack of bananas at breakfast which is unusual for the Caribbean.
Location - Great location, close to the Gap & a short bus ride to Bridgetown.
Thank you all for a wonderful stay 🤩

My review is a little late as I visited in August but me and my family had an amazing time at the sands and there’s not a day I wish I wasn’t back there ! I honestly could not recommend it more the staff were amazing and the view from the beach was absolutely stunning!

During the day the staff run excellent activities, shout out to Micheal who just always goes out of his way to make sure your having a good time and can get involved with any of the activities like beach cricket and football.

During your stay you can also borrow a kayak and or paddle board and go out on the water get a great view of the turtles that swim around! While we were there, there was a sea weed issue but with the help of the great lads at the activity station , Jayden, Ramario and Jakeel as well as some of the other guest we cleared it up in no time, which I have to admit was actually a lot of fun ! The boys in blue (the activity lads ) are always down to chat and play games and there were just really nice guy and made my holiday so much more fun!

When you sit down for food the staff are so friendly and bring you drinks as often as they can. Crystal was the absolute best her sense of humour was amazing and she helped solve an issue we had with food.

If you head over to the bar there’s some really friendly and funny staff who will have a joke and make you some amazing cocktails, Barbie and jezheel make the best cocktails and Antonio, Danny and Justin were just really funny guys to chat to even the humour among the staff just made it a fun place to be.

Even the security were lovely to be about! They would chat to you and it created a nice safe environment! Morgan and kenesha where so friendly I found myself missing them if they weren’t on shift.

One staff member, Jezheel was absolutely amazing he gave me loads of recommendations of places to eat and he was always really helpful greeting everyone with a smile! Much like Morgan and kenesha I found myself missing him when he wasn’t on shift, the vibe he brings to the hotel is genuinely unmatched, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone work so hard and look so happy doing it !

I really can’t give enough credit to the staff, the hotel was nice but most hotels are, the reason I would go back to the sands if for the staff, never have I been on holiday and felt like I made so many friends, I can’t wait to go back !!

Great trip. Everyone was amazing with us and our two kids, even down to the friendly security team. Room was beautiful with a sea view.

We have just finished 10 nights at the Sands and have loved every minute. The food entertainment, staff, rooms everything have been perfect. A special mention to Nikolai who has made our trip!! We will see you in the UK next year. The rooms were cleaned everyday and fully air conditioned the location is also perfect 5 minutes to St Lawrence Gap where there is bars and restaurants. We visited Holetown, Oistins on the Friday which was great. Everyone is so friendly and we will 100% be back.

Everything was perfect from the minute we landed! The food, the view, staff were all outstanding!!! We could not fault anything

The best hotel in Barbados! The staff is so friendly and nothing is ever too much for them. Food is excellent no matter what time of the day. Will definitely be coming back

This hotel is a gem
Smaller more intimate hotel
Fantastic staff from the servers, bartenders all the way to the food and beverage manager
Everyone made us feel so welcome and made our anniversary trip so so special

We had a week fun filled marvelous time the food was amazing service was friendly and efficient it was my first time here and I would definitely return thank you the Sands Resort

Had a wonderful time here, the staff are so very friendly and in particular Kelly and Cassandra! Definitely going back next year too. Fabulous location, food and spotless rooms !!!

The hotel surpassed all my expectations! The staff was welcoming and accommodating right from the moment we checked in. The room was clean, and the ocean view was splendid. The hotel’s location was amazing – only a few minutes walk from St Lawrence Gap.
Beautiful beach which is also a great spot to watch the sunset.
The food options were also quite tasty. I will certainly return during my next visit!