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Reviews of Crystal Cove by Elegant Hotels - All-Inclusive 4 stars

St James, BB24007 Saint James, Barbados

#50 of 62 hotels in Saint James

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 81 hotel reviews

7.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.9

  • Comfort

    8.1

  • Location

    8.8

  • Facilities

    7.2

  • Staff

    8.3

  • Value for money

    6.7

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  • Reviewed: 13 April 2024

    6.0
    A beautiful location with lovely staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 10 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some areas are a little tired and whilst the facilities and meals are great for families those looking for a quieter venue during school holidays might prefer to stay elsewhere.

    The location and friendly staff make this hotel a pleasant place to stay.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 March 2024

    8.0
    Very pleasant 4 day break on our way home. Hotel is friendly and comfortable if in need of refresh!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    As the owners are aware, most of the property is somewhat shabby and in need of a refresh. I understand that this is planned for 2025.

    The staff were all helpful and friendly. The food was generally very good. The water taxi shuttle between the other Elegant hotels is a lovely way to add variety to the holiday. We loved the "chic" vibe of the property - please don't change that with next year's renovation!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2024

    8.0
    Relaxing
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very restful- great food and choice

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2024

    6.0
    Nice hotel but definitely nofree water sports
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Garden View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sold hotel on fact you had free water skiing and activities, each day we went to beach to be told weather not good! So nothing on offer!

    Location

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 January 2024

    6.0
    Acceptable but much too expensive for the quality provided
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Ocean View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very over priced for a 4* hotel

    Location was great

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 January 2024

    8.0
    It was a great stay and the staff and management were wonderful.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Ocean View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It needs maintenance particularly on the electrical side. Seem to have a plumbing problem. Just needs a proper update and repairs to broken tiles etc.

    The staff, the room and the food

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 January 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The food is not so good, especially at lunch time. Dinners have better food options and are mostly OK.

    The location is great, the beach is beautiful and the water is clear with small waves. Ideal for small children. The included water sports were amazing.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 January 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Beach deckchair

    Beach

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 December 2023

    6.0
    Average for adults, good for kids
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was tired, not very clean, food wasn’t very good, pools weren’t very inviting

    Location, room, kids club, water sports, gym

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 October 2023

    7.0
    Overall staying at Cystal cove was ejoyable and relaxing.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Ocean View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    After third day during our stay waiting time for dinner became extremely long.

    Breakfast was very good. A good mixture of classic breakfast choices as well caribean choices.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 September 2023

    8.0
    Great holiday!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 11 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathrooms

    Staff excellent Location excellent Kids Club excellent Food excellent Sports excellent Room excellent but bathrooms poor

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 July 2023

    7.0
    very nice
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    little food variety ran out of ice

    location

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms need updating and were a little small. Some of our possessions were stolen whilst we were there

    Food good staff mainly good

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 March 2023

    6.0
    ok
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Staff, food was excellent. Rooms were disappointing . Management needs to be a bit more accommodating ,as there are a lot of choices that can be made.Service beyond the call is what most people look for,esppecially when they stay at other resorts and can compare.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 January 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Garden View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    That there are no chairs with shade and food could be improved.

    The villas are very comfortable, breakfast offers choices and it was interesting to have the possibility to go to thé tamarind to have lunch. It was good. Nice beach even if it is small. Animation is great.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 December 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Ocean View, Junior Suite
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The price of 1,400 dollars a night makes me feel overcharged

    There is nice beach with variety of water sports, staff are friendly and pleasant

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 14 November 2022

    7.0
    nice carbidean resort just needs tweeking
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    just buffet restaurant

    the relaxing charm

    Stayed in November 2022

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2022

    8.0
    Stay was satisfactory however the facilities need to be updated
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Runny eggs. Mini hot dogs. Clumped bacon

    Breakfast was fair to good

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 3 August 2022

    7.0
    Nice hotel with complimentary water sports. Not as good as advertised, but not bad at all!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 12 nights

    The rooms are a bit outdated and in need of repairs - especially bathrooms (plumbing barely worked). Some staff members especially in the breakfast shift were downright rude. We were initially assigned to a garden view room although we booked an ocean view one - and the 'error' was corrected only on the 3rd day of our stay after the other party left, and many long conversations. It took between 1.5 and 2.25 hours to have lunch/dinner at the ala carte restaurant - with nerve wrecking pauses between the appetizer and the main course. Only once were we able to book a seat at the buffet style dinner - we were constantly told that the place was booked. Also very much unlike a vacation - all dinners would need to be booked. Food is a hit or miss, but mostly miss. Some of the meals were downright inedible. Portions in the ala carte restaurant were ridiculously small (i.e. an appetizer had only 3 calamary rings of 5mm each. Children's menu has only unhealthy choices. The coffee would arrive almost by the end of the meal at breakfasts, and sometimes would not arrive at all. Our mini-fridge was replenished only once with 3 bottles of water, and never again, despite asking the housekeeping staff. There are espresso machines in the rooms however there were coffee pods only on the first day, and never again. The staff at the bars takes pleasure in making you wait and wait and wait for the drink you ordered while they chat with each other. There is a ridiculously small area in the beach left for people to swim - the rest is either very rocky (with boulders in fact) or marked for boats.

    The one thing that is very rare and I truly appreciated was the fact that playing radio was not allowed in the hotel - which was a blessing as we were not subjected to others' musical tastes. The complimentary water sports are a great addition. Although the hotel was almost full it did not feel congested and there were always available chairs at the beach or by the pool. The pools, the beach and all common areas were very clean and neat. Some staff members were very pleasant to deal with. The view from our ocean-view room was more than beautiful.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 December 2021

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    pebbles on beach as you walk in the water

    friendly staff

    Stayed in November 2021

  • Reviewed: 25 July 2021

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 12 nights

    Stephen and Raheem great staff

    Stayed in July 2021

  • Reviewed: 7 May 2024

    9.0
    Great stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Little bit tired

    Nice friendly hotel. Great value for money in good location

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2024

    10
    Awesome
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Ocean View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    All you staff were friendly made us feel like family and at hone I loved this visit and will definitely be returning

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2024

    9.0
    Lovely holiday in paradise!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Pool Garden View Room, Guest room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The food was definitely buffet style, and could have been a bit more varied. We didn’t try the restaurants at the other hotels in the group which may have offered more variety.

    Great location and outdoor space. Friendly staff. We were upgraded to a larger suite on arrival which was very spacious. The finishes in the room were a little dated but we knew ahead of time that the rooms are due a refurb shortly. We had a great holiday and would happily come again!

    Stayed in March 2024

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