Although the Hotel was OK, the description of it given by Hotelopia, who I booked with, was totally misleading. They told me it was a beach Hotel, when it is 500m approx. from the beach. Said Air/con was standard, when in fact it was a payable extra, altogether there were 12 major misleading statements in Hotelopia's description.
Book the Hotel, but don't do it through Hotelopia. They have offered me a 10% refund, that won't even cover the cost of the Air/con!

warm and friendly hotel, extremely clean and great value for money. rooms were modern and of a high standard. was a little dissapointed that we had no balcony, was not informed this hotel did not provide balconys with many of its rooms otherwise i would have requested this.

We returned to Barbados from a cruise on 10 February 2008 and needed a day room, as we had to be off the ship by 8.45am and our flight was not until 8.45pm!

No where was interested until I E Mailed the Pirates Inn. Renee responded immediately and agreed to take us.

Upon arrival we were taken to a basic but extremely clean kingbedded studio room with full kitchen. It had fans and air conditioning. The hotel is in a good location that seemed very quiet. Nothing seemed too much trouble for the staff and despite the small but inviting pool we were provided with beach towels and were off to the beach, which was a short stroll away.

If we needed a simple and inexpensive hotel to stay in on Barbados we would certainly return to this one.

Pirates Inn came to our rescue on this holiday. We had previously booked another hotel (New Edgewater) based on its advertising - but found it a disaster!

In desperation tried Pirates Inn where we had stayed 4 years ago and they were able to take us for the remaining week.. We remembered it as a basic place - clean, comfortable, but a bit hot as the overhead fan was not much use. We were delighted to find the owners had made steady improvements during our absence and the studio was now bigger, better equipped, and provided with air conditioning which meant that the windows could be kept closed at night and mosquito bites thus minimised! It was also cheaper than the hotel we had just left!

Staying at Pirates Inn is like staying with a family - everyone was very friendly and we noticed they had the same staff that were there last time which was encouraging as staff don't stay where they are unhappy.

The studio apartments are self catering - 4 ring gas cooker, electric grill, microwave, toaster and decent sized fridge/freezer, though finding somewhere to plug the toaster in required a degree of ingenuity as its lead was only a foot long and there was no convenient socket (the American 110v system is used).

There is an en-suite bathroom which was clean and modern with replacement towels whenever you wanted; the bedcovers, cushions and curtains were fresh, bright and matching, and the room was spotless with the floor being mopped every day. Some of the furniture would benefit from replacement, but I am sure this will happen in due course.

Supermarkets are within easy access. If you don't want to eat in all the time, the hotel provides meals at very reasonable prices (2 flying fish sandwiches and 2 cokes = $22 = £5.50, a full breakfast for $18 = £4.50, or a full main course for $24 = £6) You would be pushed to get that value in the UK! Drinks are also very reasonable, especially during the half price 6-7pm happy hour when two rum punches costs $6 = £1.50. Try finding those pricesin a pub.

Pirates Inn is handily situated on the South coast within easy walking distance of Rockley beach - this will be all the more accessible when the boardwalk which is under construction along the coast is completed. Bridgetown and nightlife in St Lawrence is easy to get to and a shopping plaza with bank is 50 yards away. Bus services operate along the main road nearby. The hotel has a small pool which won't satisfy an olympic swimmer, but is all you need to cool off after a session on one of the sunbeds.

If you wany 5 star luxury go elsewhere, but if you want a good, clean, honest, value-for-money place, you would have to look very hard to do better. We will certainly be going back there as we are so impressed - and this from someone who lived on the island for 20 years!

If the management wishes to give us a discount on our next visis for this write-up - thanks in advance!.