Sugar Bay Barbados - All Inclusive

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2448 reviews

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  An excellent hotel.

  The Sugar Bay is an excellent hotel. The staff are very friendly and helpful and the food and drink is as expected for this class of hotel. The facilities are good that we tried and we could not find a complaint {without really nit picking). The mudslides are a must, at least once on your stay.

  Nov 11, 2025
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  Beautiful Resort with a Terrific Staff

  We just returned for Sugar Bay after a 6 night stay in an oceanfront king room. The most impressive thing about this resort is the staff. Efficient, pleasant, friendly, happy to be working there. The food is very good, the buffet is smallish but he resort is small. The best meal of the day is dinner, Jumbo shrimp show up is creative and delicious ways, There's a carving station. Every night there's some kind of pasta. Lunch is good, too, and breakfast is basic. There is indoor and outdoor seating. The room we had was wonderful, spacious and clean with terrific furniture. There are no drawers for your clothes, but there are cubbies that work. Bedding is excellent. You do not need a lot of clothes, This is not a fancy place with fancy people. The grounds, especially around to pool are beautifully landscaped. There is a pool bar with cute submerged stools. Get there early to get a lounge chair, Really early. The bay, where you can go into the water, is protected by a man made reef, rocks, that block the big waves. There are no waves at the shore but you will need water shoes for the pebbles at the edge of the water. In the six days, I never left the resort. The guests are mostly from the UK and they like Americans.

  Nov 10, 2025
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  Lost in Paradise

  Our Independent Travel Agent recommended the Sugar Bay Hotel when we enquired about a break in Barbados. She definitely knows what we like and this family owned, boutique feel Bajan hotel was absolutely perfect for us. We travelled with our two adult sons and we all enjoyed the smaller resort, relaxed vibe of the hotel. The hotel sits on the edge of a lovely beach with a purpose built breakwater which creates a gorgeous swim area. There were a couple of water hammocks in the sea and snorkels, paddle boards, kayaks available at the hotel. The hotel has a small pool area with swim up bar which you really don’t need with such a super beach on the doorstep. I’m not a fan of buffet food restaurants other than for breakfast. However the buffet food (lunch/dinner) served in Reef offered a good variety of choice which wasn’t in huge quantities so got a quick turnover and was therefore generally freshly served rather than left standing throughout the meal service. There are speciality restaurants UMI and Sizzle at which you can eat two meals per 7 nights stay. Beyond that there’s a $25 surcharge for additional bookings. We ate at both - Sizzle twice for great steak, chicken etc and Asian at UMI - both very good. Colin’s Beach Bar was fab for lunch for freshly cooked burgers, wings, salads etc. Afternoon tea at Driftwood Cafe fills a gap if you skipped lunch and plan on eating dinner later in the evening, other than that you can help yourself to teas and coffees from there throughout the day. There is entertainment most evenings, generally a singer with a laid back vibe. We had a signature room which was spacious and comfortable, great pillows, fridge, good air con and White Company toiletries. The staff are great, they engage with you, are totally on the ball and all seem to be happy in their work. Special thanks to Keshawna and Nicolai who made our stay lovely with their interaction and knowledge of the hotel. The hotel MD was visible, chatting to guests, asking for feedback and making sure people are enjoying their stay. The hotel works within the local community supporting the homeless with meals and other initiatives. It was easy to get around and visit places from Sugar Bay. Carlisle Bay shouldn’t be missed for the sea alone - we spent the day there at the Boatyard which we’d recommend. We went solo to Oistins Fish Fry which whilst an experience we thought was somewhat underwhelming. Would definitely return here, it really is a little piece of heaven.

  Nov 10, 2025
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  Amazing

  2nd time around for us , we visited 2 years ago with our extended family and our teenage children . We picked it again to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary and it didn’t disappoint, we had a truly amazing time at Sugar Bay , the staff , the food , the beach ohh and the cocktails .. the mango daiquiris , rum runner all tasted amazing! Thank you again to the entire team at sugar bay ! Food was amazing 🤩

  Nov 10, 2025
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  Amazing best holiday ever

  Our first time visiting the island on the 11th of October for one week from the uk, one week wasn’t enough! I have never been to a country or hotel where everyone literally everyone was so kind caring happy, the hotel felt like home, I liked it wasn’t a huge complex, it was compact and the feel is just one to be witnessed, thank you for an amazing stay, nothing was at fault room perfect beach perfect food beautiful, one drink isn’t enough you have coffee water juice lined up and sometimes and extra surprise , the staff took time to ask about you your life what you would like to see and do while visiting they would recommend places to go, our whole trip was the most relaxing holiday I ever have had! Thank you for learning us the slow calm pace of life even for one week, we are booking to come again next October and already counting the days, thank you for making me fall in love with Barbados, it’s out now favourite place xxx

  Nov 06, 2025