My wife and I have been regular visitors to Barbados for the last 17 years. However, this was only our second stay at Bougainvillea. We had very much enjoyed our stay two years earlier but wanted a quieter location at the hotel. So we booked one of the delightful one-bed suites on the Sand Acre side of the property.

The suite has that Caribbean charm we like and is certainly not the usual standard room experienced at a large international hotel. The suite was clean, comfortable and well equipped. The views from the two balconies were excellent; looking across the gardens to the beach and the blue/aquamarine sea.

Not wanting to sit for hours in the sun there was plenty of shady spots to relax and enjoy a book. This side of the hotel has its own pool and is generally quiet.

The staff as usual were friendly and helpful. Like many of the restaurants in the island, the choice and quality of food in both of the hotel restaurants has improved over the years and we enjoyed several good meals.

Knowing the island well, we always hire a car which allows us the opportunity to visit the many attractions as well as catch up with our many friends in the island.

This time we made a deliberate effort to try some new restaurants as well as some old favourites. We would recommend an old favourite, the Fish Pot at Shermans in St. Peter. Among the new ones Champers and Cafe Luna at Little Arches were excellent. For a special lunch the L'Azure was very good with the bonus of the wonderful view of the Crane Beach.

We look forward to our next visit to Barbados and hopefully the
same room at Bougainvillea.

Our family (my husband, myself, mother in law and 4 kids ages 8 and under) stayed at this resort recently, and we absolutely loved it. As a large family, it can be rather daunting to find a hotel that can accommodate us both comfortably and at a reasonable price. The Bougainvillea exceeded any expectation we had. The beachfront 2 bedroom suite was very spacious, with plenty of room for the whole family. My mother in law had her own room, but we could have easily put her up in ours. The kitchen was a great convenience to have.

The hotel grounds were superb. Always clean and well kept. The pools were fantastic, never too crowded. At the time we went, the ocean was a bit too choppy for swimming, but I understand that is a feature of the side of the island we were on. The beach itself was gorgeous, again, always well kept. No stinking seaweed or junk hanging around. The beachside vendors were limited to two or three, and they always kept their space, not pushy at all. We felt very safe and comfortable at all times there.

The food choices are a bit limited on site. Lanterns by the Sea does a lovely breakfast buffet and lunch, but dinner could use some improvement. The major inconvenience for us there was that dinner hour did not begin until 6:30, which was too late for our crew. We often had to order from the lunch menu before the close down at 5pm in order to get the children fed. After a few days of this, pizza, burgers and hot dogs become pretty boring. I would have loved to have had a kids' hour or something with ore selection. The one time we did take the kids to dinner it was a mess, as the meal took more than an hour to arrive, and wasn't that good really.

However, one can walk just off of hotel grounds (totally safely) and find a roti truck. We all loved that! Lots of roti and local dishes served up for reasonable prices.

We opted to take a taxi around the island to do our discovering, and found a real gem in Wayne of Alleyne's Taxi Service. Always accommodating, always ready and waiting for us and helpful. I would highly recommend him!

What more can I say? The hotel was wonderful. Not too big, not tiny, we had all the need to have amenities nearby, just enough to do on property to keep us all interested. Great time had by all!

My Wife and I stayed at the resort June 15 - 27th and thought the hotel and Barbados, just wonderfull.
Our ground floor one bedroom deluxe room , spacious lounge with a full kitchen, huge fridge, seperate bedroom with a patio two steps from was three or four steps to the pool The staff were extremely friendly and efficient and it would be difficult to single out any for particular praise as they were all so good.
Resturants in the Gap good and varied with Cafe Sol, Bellini's, offerinf good value for money and Pisces and Champers for something a bit special. We used the Lanterns resturant at the hotel for breakfast on 5 occasions and also a couple of times in the evening and found it more than OK, the Barbeque on Monday evenings was really nice.
First time in Barbados for me, it won't be the last and I look forward to returning to the Bougainvillea.

This is our 1st time in Barbados we took the "Best of Barbados" deal from LIberty Travel. We were extremely impressed with the cleanliness of the rooms and the food was superb!!!! little expensive though. This hotel is perfectly located we walked to the 2 local stores & bought food to snack & cook in our room. Our plane left after checkout time and they have a beautiful guest lounge to shower & get changed in until you leave. The people at this hotel were truely geniune and nice. I have been to 7 islands now & would go back here in a heartbeat. I was spoiled at this hotel so I am a littler nervous to try another hotel. The pictures you see on the web are exactly what it looks like there NO TRICKS!!!!