I stayed at The St James Club Aug 23-30, 2025. The resort itself is beautiful and well maintained. 99.9 % of the staff is amazing and welcoming!
Our room was in the Royal Suites area, 2nd floor. It was beautiful, modern, and had an amazing vaulted ceiling. The Sunset views were spectacular! Housekeeping did a great job with daily service
Special shout outs to Samori, who was our waitor several times, he's friendly, welcoming, funny, and did an exceptional job! Danisha at the Royal Suites Bar, was so sweet, always smiling, and went above and beyond, making sure we had amazing drinks and a great time at the Royal Suites Pool Bar (where we made great friends and spent a lot of time). Michael from the Rainbow Garden, always had a huge smile waiting for you, his friendly happy demeanor always started you're day off the right way! Naomi at the excursions desk was phemonimal!!! She was extremities knowledgeable about the excursions, we booked 2 and had a wonderful wonderful time! Riann and Omar from the management team were 100% hands on, we saw them multiple times throughout the day, throughout the resort, and they always asked us how our experience was and what we liked and didn't like.
Unfortunately, the resort has had a problem with sea grass in the beach side. I know you can't do much about the water temperatures and ocean currents, so we tolerated it. Luckily, we stayed on the bay side which didn't smell, but the water wasn't the crystal clear turquoise waters we were expecting. The last 3 days of our trip, it was clearer, but not crystal clear. The management team takes great pride in this resort, we met a gentleman, who was called in specifically to consult with them on helping solve the sea grass issue. Apparently, the resort is losing money because of it. The resort daily, had staff hauling away truckload of sea grass, they try really hard to make the beach look beautiful, which I appreciated. The beach was beautiful, and the currents a bit rough. We did not spend much time swimming on the beach side. The bay side had as much activity, or relaxation as you wanted. The current was much calmer. Somedays we relaxed in a beach hammock in the bay, and we even snorkeled there. There are some nice size fish in there!!!
Food-
The Rainbow Garden served breakfast daily. (They were only open for breakfast). It was a generic buffet where you could get anything you wanted. Fresh made omelets, fresh fruits, breads, meats, and cheeses. As well as fresh juices, coffee and cappuccino. I did not like the coffee at all, but the cappuccino was fairly good.
Cocos had a nice variety, our fish was cooked perfectly! Unfortunately, I didn't like the sauce, which ruined it for me. The appetizers were all great!!!
The Docksider had a buffet most of the nights we were there. I want a huge fan. Sunday night was Indian " Bollywood" which was the most enjoyable. 2 nights at Docksider were suppose to be ala carte with reservations. The first night was great, the second night was changed to a buttet, (which I wish they would have alerted us about in advance), so we are somewhere else. The sunset views at Docksider are AMAZING!!!!!!
Piccolo Mondo has a reasonable upcharge. The appetizers were amazing again. I had the octopus and caprese salad, which were very good. I ordered the filet mignon, which was a bit tough by my standards, and I wasnt crazy about the topping! My fiancé ordered the lobster tail which was huge, but didn't have any flavor, even with the butter topping. We went 1 night and didn't go back. If the food was exceptional, we would have paid to eat there every night. I did ask for a glass of malbac, but they didn't have it.
The beach grill had nice lunches, I enjoyed the chicken Caesar salad and the fish tacos!
11-11 had the best meal of the trip for me. A burger with cheese, toppings, and bacon jam. It was Delicious and the fries crispy and perfect. The pizza was OK, definitely nice and cheesy!
The coffee shop had nice frozen coffee slushies. I couldn't drink the other coffees there. My fiance asked for iced regular coffee, I asked for iced cappuccino. When I asked which was which, the employee said " they're both the same. " As someone who loves coffee, they are not!!!!
My experience at the airport coming home was less than stellar, but that's another story, for another time. If I were to come back to Antigua, I'm 65/35 as to if I would come back here. The staff are top notch, (10/10), I highly loved 99.9% of them. The resort was clean and beautiful, definitely something you look for in a resort. The food for an all inclusive was average (5/10), which might sway me away next time to stay elsewhere. I think anyone who books The St. James Club, would thoroughly enjoy the resort grounds, beautiful sunsets on the bay, gorgeous sunrises on the beach, and warm welcoming friendly staff members who are generally eager to please the guests...
