Nov 21, 2017, 9:03 am
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Hilton Barbados Resort
Needham's Point, St. Michael, Bridgetown BB 11000, Barbados
TEL: +1-246-426-0200 FAX: +1-246-434-5770
Email [email protected]
Link to Hilton web page.
Parking: free
Check in: 4:00 pm (strict), check out 11:00 am
Smoking: No smoking
Pets or service animals: No (Barbados law permits this)
Location on the southwestern point with Carlisle Bay on the West and the Southern Shote on the South, on the Caribbean Sea . Near Bridgetown and its cruise port, just coastsude from the Garrison.
BGI / Grantley Adams International Airport is 11 miles away (~30 minutes, but urban traffic can be slow at times - add 10-15 minutes if work or schoolkids rush hours), taxi cost ~$25 USD.
The property consists of two connected north-south oriented towers, the eastern Lighthouse Tower with the Bernard St. John Suite and the Fort Tower (Executive Lounge on floor 8 in the Fort Tower). All rooms face east and south (toward Oistins and distantly toward BGI / Grantley Adams International Airport.
Rooms all face westward; Fort Tower overlooks pools area, Lighthouse Tower overlooks Lighthouse and D. J. dance area, looking toward Oistins. A few end suites in the Fort Tower overlook scenic Carlisle Bay. Beaches include very calm Carlisle Bay, and south Pebbles Beach with a rock sea wall with inlet and small bay. Rooms are being refurbished (since 2015, continues Nov 2017).
Floors 8 and 6 are designated Executive floors. Safes in rooms. Refrigerators (not mini-bars) in room. Executive rooms include bathrobes, apparently not slippers. Peter Thomas Roth amenities in baths, H collection linens.
Executive Lounge: 8th floor west, Fort Tower, card access. Gorgeous Carlisle Bay views. Basic Continental breakfast; cakes at 3 pm, very basic canapés at 5 pm; coffee, teas, soft drinks, water - alcoholic drinks after 5 for sale only. Crowded, not especially comfortable. $30 Bd / $15 USD add on for hot cooked breakfast in Lighthouse Terrace Restaurant for Lounge-eligible giests, Continental (cold offerings) breakfast free for Lounge eligible guests.
Amenities (link):
Needham's Point, St. Michael, Bridgetown BB 11000, Barbados
TEL: +1-246-426-0200 FAX: +1-246-434-5770
Email [email protected]
Link to Hilton web page.
Parking: free
Check in: 4:00 pm (strict), check out 11:00 am
Smoking: No smoking
Pets or service animals: No (Barbados law permits this)
Location on the southwestern point with Carlisle Bay on the West and the Southern Shote on the South, on the Caribbean Sea . Near Bridgetown and its cruise port, just coastsude from the Garrison.
BGI / Grantley Adams International Airport is 11 miles away (~30 minutes, but urban traffic can be slow at times - add 10-15 minutes if work or schoolkids rush hours), taxi cost ~$25 USD.
The property consists of two connected north-south oriented towers, the eastern Lighthouse Tower with the Bernard St. John Suite and the Fort Tower (Executive Lounge on floor 8 in the Fort Tower). All rooms face east and south (toward Oistins and distantly toward BGI / Grantley Adams International Airport.
Rooms all face westward; Fort Tower overlooks pools area, Lighthouse Tower overlooks Lighthouse and D. J. dance area, looking toward Oistins. A few end suites in the Fort Tower overlook scenic Carlisle Bay. Beaches include very calm Carlisle Bay, and south Pebbles Beach with a rock sea wall with inlet and small bay. Rooms are being refurbished (since 2015, continues Nov 2017).
Floors 8 and 6 are designated Executive floors. Safes in rooms. Refrigerators (not mini-bars) in room. Executive rooms include bathrobes, apparently not slippers. Peter Thomas Roth amenities in baths, H collection linens.
Executive Lounge: 8th floor west, Fort Tower, card access. Gorgeous Carlisle Bay views. Basic Continental breakfast; cakes at 3 pm, very basic canapés at 5 pm; coffee, teas, soft drinks, water - alcoholic drinks after 5 for sale only. Crowded, not especially comfortable. $30 Bd / $15 USD add on for hot cooked breakfast in Lighthouse Terrace Restaurant for Lounge-eligible giests, Continental (cold offerings) breakfast free for Lounge eligible guests.
Amenities (link):
Children's club and activities (ground floor)
Eforea Spa
Precor Fitness facility
Pools, beaches, beach chairs and umbrellas
Restaurants (link):Eforea Spa
Precor Fitness facility
Pools, beaches, beach chairs and umbrellas
Lighthouse Terrace: Open 6:30 am - 10:00 pm for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A la carte and buffet.
The Grille: Open dinner only Tuesday to Saturday from 6.30pm to 10.00 pm. Closed on Sundays and Mondays. Reservations best.
Water's Edge Bar : tables with umbrellas, drinks and snacks including burgers, fish sandwiches. Open daily 10:00 am - 9:00 pm.
Cuppa Café coffee shop: coffees, soft drinks, pastries. Open 5:30 am - 9:00 pm.
Careenage Bar: limited snacks
Note restaurant schedules will vary according to chalkboards placed daily in the Lobby.
Room Service: 6:00 am - 11:00 pm
Nearby food alternatives West :The Grille: Open dinner only Tuesday to Saturday from 6.30pm to 10.00 pm. Closed on Sundays and Mondays. Reservations best.
Water's Edge Bar : tables with umbrellas, drinks and snacks including burgers, fish sandwiches. Open daily 10:00 am - 9:00 pm.
Cuppa Café coffee shop: coffees, soft drinks, pastries. Open 5:30 am - 9:00 pm.
Careenage Bar: limited snacks
Note restaurant schedules will vary according to chalkboards placed daily in the Lobby.
Room Service: 6:00 am - 11:00 pm
Cuz' Fish Shack - just 250 feet west on Aquatic Gap, highly rated fish sandwiches. Walk out of the hotel lobby and follow Aquatic Gap on your left, small blue box trailer.
Brown Sugar: (link) left on Bay Street 0.4 miles near Radisson
Lobster Alive: flies Grenadines-caught spiny lobsters in on their own aircraft, prepares several ways. 1.2 miles west on Bay Street. Link
Down Hastings Road to east within 1-1.5 miles: (right on Hastings from Hilton)Brown Sugar: (link) left on Bay Street 0.4 miles near Radisson
Lobster Alive: flies Grenadines-caught spiny lobsters in on their own aircraft, prepares several ways. 1.2 miles west on Bay Street. Link
Mama Mia Italian Deli and Pizzeria, highly rated
Buzo Osteria Italiana, Italian Restaurant
New York Pizza
Updated by JDiver 22 Nov 2017Buzo Osteria Italiana, Italian Restaurant
New York Pizza
Hilton Barbados Resort {BRB}
Jul 24, 2005, 8:17 pm
#107
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Originally Posted by PersonalCareChemist
How crowded does the Bridgetown area get when the cruise ships dock?
Aug 6, 2005, 1:53 pm
#108
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 69
Anyone stayed at the Hilton Barbados?
Has anyone stayed at the Hilton Barbados? I am not too familiar with the Caribean, when is the best time to go or time to avoid (weather wise) Also seems like it is a little difficult to get to (or at least expensive). Any recomendations for optimal time: weather wise and airfare not so expensive. Thanks for your help, the wife will appreciated it.
Aug 6, 2005, 2:09 pm
#109
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Back to Florida...... bye London
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Here is a recently posted trip report for the Hilton Barbados. You might want to ask general questions about Barbados in the Carribean section of FlyerTalk.
If you do a search there are several threads in the Hilton forum.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...light=barbados
If you do a search there are several threads in the Hilton forum.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...light=barbados
Aug 7, 2005, 10:57 am
#110
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 321
Most tourists go to the Caribbean during the winter months in the north. If you are afraid of hurricanes, you should probably avoid going between June and November. Keep in mind though that this is the period of the best (re: lowest) hotel rates, uncrowded beaches and other tourist haunts, and that Barbados has not experienced a major hurricane in the 50 years since Janet in 1955. Of course, that can change any minute.
Last edited by BajanYankee; Aug 7, 2005 at 11:00 am
Aug 10, 2005, 8:01 am
#111
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Seattle, WA USA
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Barbados Hilton really that nice???
Out of curiousity I checked the rates today for a trip were planning in Feb / Mar of 2006. We'll most like return to Curacao, but noticing this new Hilton was now up and running it caught my attention. So I checked the rates, and would you believe the cheapest rate right now for a 10 night stay (checking in Feb. 22) was over $700 for a SINGLE night! And no...this wasn't even a suite! Can you believe that??? I called them asking if this was a mistake, and the cust. rep. also saw that but said that's the only rate she was showing as well! Guess I won't be staying there any time soon. That better be one hell of a place to stay for that price!
Aug 10, 2005, 3:15 pm
#112
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Barbados Hilton is very nice!!
The Hilton Barbados is very very nice! Just returned from 6 night stay on 7/29. It was during a quadrouple bonus stay and our rate was only $275 which I thought was high at the time. As a Hilton Honors Gold was upgrade to a beautiful king suite with Executive Lounge access. It's beautiful resort and only been open about a month or two. It was well worth what we paid, but for a standard room $700 would be pretty hefty! However, that's high season but I'd hold out a little longer and see if the come down on the rates.
Aug 10, 2005, 3:45 pm
#113
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website
Here is a link to the website. This could be handy once you start getting responses. Or for viewing specials not found on the main hilton site.
www.hiltoncaribbean.com/barbados
www.hiltoncaribbean.com/barbados
Aug 11, 2005, 6:00 am
#114
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Originally Posted by Cheap Elite
Here is a link to the website. This could be handy once you start getting responses. Or for viewing specials not found on the main hilton site.
www.hiltoncaribbean.com/barbados
www.hiltoncaribbean.com/barbados
Aug 11, 2005, 6:50 am
#115
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Looks like you can book through that link for as little as $155 a night. Or $200 a night for exec w/ lounge and cocktails (and full ocean view). Not bad.
Aug 11, 2005, 11:15 am
#116
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Quite nice, but don't expect a 5-star resort
The Barbados Hilton is quite nice (see FT reviews). I would not, however, pay anything approaching $700+/night (+ 17.5% tax on top). [Side bar: Nor would I have paid $275/night, even with quadruple points, when $150/night rates were available.] Even though that is high season and rates when hotel rates are quite high, I would not expect those rates to hold. Note also that the rates on the hotel website are introductory rates for the current, low (hurricane season). Note further that this hotel will do a large convention/conference business and likely will be booked solid for short periods, so you may wish to play around with alternate dates.
Last edited by cactuspete; Aug 11, 2005 at 11:18 am
Aug 11, 2005, 1:33 pm
#117
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Originally Posted by schriste
I just took a look at the pictures. It does not look that nice to me.
Pictures didn't do it justice! I was concerned. Most are artist renditions.
Aug 25, 2005, 2:55 pm
#118
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Barbados lately anyone?
Mr. Amy28 and I will be departing for a much-needed vacation next Wednesday at the new Barbados Hilton. Planning a detailed trip report when we return -- but has anyone stayed there in the last few weeks and can tell us what to expect? Know there were some reviews from when it first opened, but wondered if anything lately.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aug 25, 2005, 4:15 pm
#119
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There are some links to recent reports here (post within the Hilton Family Hotel Master Thread)
Sep 13, 2005, 9:23 pm
#120
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Update
Originally Posted by blcst101
The countdown begins, 18 days left, for our trip to Barbados. Anyone else have a recent stay?? I am wondering what to expect as a Gold, upgrade being my main concern.
We are staying a week on a GLON and paying for the additional week. With the great deal going on with the 4x promo, we should be able to replenish a large portion of our points with the extra week.
I let them know this was my honeymoon, thinking maybe they would give me a wedding present
. IF your listening, Prime Minister's suite would be a great gift.
Thanks to everyone that has offered up some tips on the island. I will be sure to check them out.
We are staying a week on a GLON and paying for the additional week. With the great deal going on with the 4x promo, we should be able to replenish a large portion of our points with the extra week.
I let them know this was my honeymoon, thinking maybe they would give me a wedding present
. IF your listening, Prime Minister's suite would be a great gift. Thanks to everyone that has offered up some tips on the island. I will be sure to check them out.