Located on the platinum west coast of Barbados, the Colony Club is known for its relaxed atmosphere and timeless sophistication. This hotel will appeal to those who enjoy excellent food in a charming setting, with tall palm trees and beautifully tended gardens. The resorts health and wellness approach is enhanced by menus incorporating fresh, local produce, and comfortably stylish rooms. Colony Club offers complimentary non-motorised water sports for fun on the water, with a beach ambassador service, and meandering pools that wind through the middle of the resort, and offer private areas for some alone time. The resort spa offers a range of treatments, and the Organic Garden, seasonal kids programme, tennis courts and themed dining all allow you to make the most of your stay.
Amenities
Kayaking
Sailing
Snorkelling
Tennis
Water Skiing
Windsurfing
Wheelchair access
Honeymoon
Wedding
Bar
Evening Entertainment
Fitness Centre/Gym
Where is it
On an excellent beach on the west coast. 20-minutes from Bridgetown. Transfer time from airport: 40 minutes.
Hotel information
96 rooms on up to 3 floors in 5 buildings with no lifts. All with balcony/terrace, air-conditioning, complimentary WiFi access, satellite TV, mini-fridge (un-stocked), Espresso coffee machine, safe, bathroom amenities, iron and ironing board, and hairdryer. Pool/Garden View Rooms have 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 1 child.
Luxury Poolside Rooms provide private access from the balcony or patio to the lagoon pool, just steps away, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Luxury Swim-Up Poolside Room with direct lagoon pool access, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Ocean View Rooms with custom wood furniture and french doors with lovely ocean views, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Junior Suite Pool/Garden View Rooms have a sitting area with sofa bed and marble bathroom with sunken bath, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 3 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children. Wheelchair accessible Garden View Junior Suite with roll-in shower — limited space next to the toilet.
Luxury Ocean View Rooms are located steps away from the beach, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 1 child. Luxury Ocean View Rooms include fruit bowl in-room on arrival.
1-Bedroom Ocean View Suites with a living area, pull-out sofa bed and 4-poster bed, sleeping maximum 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children. 1-Bedroom Suites include Champagne, fruit bowl and canapés in the room upon arrival and fruit bowl and petit fours on turn-down service.
Laguna Restaurant (open-air seating serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, incorporating seasonal produce and the freshest ingredients, open for all meals throughout the day and evening). Sunset Bar (swim-up and poolside bar serving tropical cocktails and light fare with a happy hour from 4:00pm-6:00pm). Sunset Deck Restaurant (outdoor dining serving International cuisine for lunch and dinner). Rum Vault (featuring 150 rums from around the globe, with a schedule of weekly events and rum pairings). Laguna Bar. Taste of Elegance Dine Around Programme* at select sister properties (drink and meal supplements apply). All restaurants are non-smoking.
Nightly entertainment (seasonal). Weekly themed dining nights. Daily resort activities.
4 lagoon-style swimming pools. Whirlpool. Poolside cabanas. Spa* with a range of treatments. Complimentary non-motorised water sports including paddle boarding, snorkelling, kayaking. Complimentary wellness activities including yoga, zumba and pilates. Aqua aerobics. Organic Garden. Complimentary bespoke tours and excursions. 1 floodlit tennis court with equipment and 1 pickleball court. 24-hour fitness centre. Colony Club's seasonal Kids' Korner (during key school holidays) is available for ages 3-12 (children must be potty trained).
Room service*. Daytime water taxi to select sister hotels on west coast (subject to availability and weather conditions). Boutique jewellery store. Complimentary WiFi Internet access is available throughout the resort and in rooms. Laundry service*. Complimentary self-parking.
A Tourism Fee will be charged per bedroom, per night and will be collected at check out. The rate is subject to change by the Government, and varies by hotel room. Fees currently range from 8.75 Barbadian dollar (approximately £3.90) to 35 Barbadian dollar (approximately £16.00) per bedroom, per night.
Wheelchair accessible rooms available on request. Please note that these rooms are subject to availability and may be restricted to specific room categories and bedding arrangements. Rooms and facilities vary between hotels so please check at the time of booking. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page
5 nights between 1-29 Feb.
7 nights between 21 Dec-2 Jan.
* Denotes local charge.
Dress code: in the restaurant, it is elegantly casual after 6:00pm.
Please note: if you pre-purchased meal plans over Christmas and New Year, the gala meals are not included in your board basis but you will receive a dinner credit of US$90 per adult and US$45 per child and a surcharge will apply, payable locally.
Please note: rooms and restaurants are non-smoking.
Please note: the Dine Around Programme is only available at select properties and may be subject to an additional cost dependant on the board basis booked. A complimentary water taxi to select west coast Elegant properties is available during daytime only and subject to availability and weather conditions.
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Beautiful & relaxed - a little bit of paradise
Apr 25, 2024Nix1964London, United Kingdom
Relaxed elegant hotel with a stunning beach. The gardens are beautiful and luscious with well placed sun loungers around the pool providing a little shade when needed. The staff were friendly and housekeeping super helpful.
Lovely to have lunch on the deck with a sea view. There were enough varied vegetarian options.
A shout out must go…
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Relaxed elegant hotel with a stunning beach. The gardens are beautiful and luscious with well placed sun loungers around the pool providing a little shade when needed. The staff were friendly and housekeeping super helpful.
Lovely to have lunch on the deck with a sea view. There were enough varied vegetarian options.
A shout out must go to Jamar and his team at the water centre - we loved water skiing.
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Drinks massively overpriced.
Apr 23, 2024juliewT1486LI
Firstly, after reading some reviews I was a little shocked and our experience doesn’t compare to some. We had a suite and apart from the bathroom been very dated and the bath been dangerous to get in/out for a shower (we had no separate shower) bath also looked like it was about to fall through 🙈(room 216) the room was lovely and always cleaned…
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Firstly, after reading some reviews I was a little shocked and our experience doesn’t compare to some. We had a suite and apart from the bathroom been very dated and the bath been dangerous to get in/out for a shower (we had no separate shower) bath also looked like it was about to fall through 🙈(room 216) the room was lovely and always cleaned well by a lovely friendly lady. 2 bottles of water provided each evening was also an added bonus. Air conditioning was good and the room nice and cool.
Breakfast was really nice and always hot. The birds are something else! Whilst eating you have birds flying everywhere and landing on your table. You can’t leave your food unattended or the birds will be on it in seconds. Bird droppings also on tables. I think this is something that should be looked into during the refurb. We would have given 4 stars but the hotel is let down by this. Barring one member of staff all are friendly and happy to help, We found Heather very rude!
The pools are lovely, although the back pool could do with a good clean. We used the pool at the front which was ok. The gardens are kept lovely also. Pool towels provided and plenty of fresh ones available. The beach is really nice and free water sports as an added bonus.
The pool bar is way overpriced and such a shame as we only purchased drinks during happy hour after getting stung by a huge bar bill on our first evening! 2 bottles of beer, 2 double baileys and 2 Jack Daniel’s £130. This was British pounds not Dollars or Barbados dollars! Hence another reason why we never give 4 stars.
Although we wouldn’t return, but this is mainly down to the choice of not holidaying in Barbados again I do think some reviews are a bit harsh given our experience. Oh and get that poor budgie some toys bless her.
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Relaxing and sensual experience
Apr 16, 2024Susan B
This hotel has a wonderful location and character which we very much appreciated. Our room was well furnished, spacious and comfortable. There is an intimate feel to the hotel even though it is spacious and it is visually very attractive. We particularly liked the gardens and grounds which are kept in very good condition and contribute to a…
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This hotel has a wonderful location and character which we very much appreciated. Our room was well furnished, spacious and comfortable. There is an intimate feel to the hotel even though it is spacious and it is visually very attractive. We particularly liked the gardens and grounds which are kept in very good condition and contribute to a feeling of tranquility. We found the staff to be friendly and usually keen to be helpful. The beach is a feature of the hotel. The sun-loungers were comfortable and the hotel security staff provide a reassuring presence.
The quality of food was very good, both at breakfast and dinner but we found the menu range much more limited than on previous visits. Arriving for dinner in the evening we experienced groups of people still eating the all day menu and dressed in beachwear which detracted from the evening dining experience.
We intend to visit after the refurbishment and very much hope that Marriott can retain the traditional character and charm of this hotel whilst upgrading the physical environment. We have great affection for this hotel and we know many other do too. We hope any changes are introduced with careful regard to the hotels existing reputation.
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Winter Sun 2023
Apr 16, 2024jklondon_9London
We stayed here for six days in December 2023. We had a swim up room which really amazing. We were right in front of the waterfall. The accommodation was to a very high standard and the staff were really friendly. In our opinion the swim up rooms are the best rooms in the hotel. Parts of the hotel could do with a lick of paint I believe the hotel…
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We stayed here for six days in December 2023. We had a swim up room which really amazing. We were right in front of the waterfall. The accommodation was to a very high standard and the staff were really friendly. In our opinion the swim up rooms are the best rooms in the hotel. Parts of the hotel could do with a lick of paint I believe the hotel is going to be refurbished at some point this year.
Our room came with breakfast, which was nice, but the service in the restaurant was very slow and sometimes we had to wait quite awhile to be seated. Slow service was also the case with lunch and dinner when we did dine at the hotel but the staff are friendly and did apologise.
The hotel is situated on the platinum West Coast of Barbados, we couldn’t fault it. We did walk along the boardwalk a couple of times into Holetown.
We would stay here again and book a swim up room.
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Lovely, old world hotel in a fabulous setting....
Apr 15, 2024Rebecca Ivana AChichester, United Kingdom
Beautiful hotel in an old world colonial style, some people are moaning on here that it's "old fashioned" well the clue is in the name people, if you want ultra modern go to a generic Hilton, this is a stunning hotel which is lost on people like you anyway. We really couldn't fault the place, it was lovely and relaxing and the food was first rate…
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Beautiful hotel in an old world colonial style, some people are moaning on here that it's "old fashioned" well the clue is in the name people, if you want ultra modern go to a generic Hilton, this is a stunning hotel which is lost on people like you anyway. We really couldn't fault the place, it was lovely and relaxing and the food was first rate as were the staff. I just hope that the renovations don't change the style of the hotel and rooms too much because let's face it, you can get corporate hotels anywhere, but the Colony Club is a unique gem!
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Beautiful & relaxed - a little bit of paradise
