spent two days here, worst hotel we have been in, the paint was coming of the bed end (have photograph) we arrived friday 20th around 9pm, and was told dinner had ended, asked for a few sandwiches, (the bread must have been out in the sun, it had curled so much),bathroom was filthy, also the patio there was more stones than pavement was so cracked, , such a shame, dont recommend this to anyone

Lovely setting. Hotel right on the beach. Shame that the recent refurb has not been finished to a better standard. Paint splashed over the floors and also on the curtains? did they not think to remove them before they started? Only small observation i know but it's the little details that matter and so unnecessary. The bathroom door was in a bad state, looked like there had been some water damage at some time.
Otherwise very relaxed setting and food OK, a bit like being in a school canteen and some times certain foods ran out if you did not get in to the dining room early.
The staff were great and very friendly.Rooms cleaned every day.
The gardens were nice and were worked on every day by a dedicated staff.
Small gripes but after all it was far cheaper than other other places were the setting not so good. Would i go back? yes.

we have just got back from a week at DB,well sad to say apart from a lot of blue paint it aint changed!!! we went because we were meeting friends who had booked this hotel,we had stayed here 4 years ago and the price was alot cheaper then so we went with the flo....you get what you paid for,we booked a sea front room this time which is fine clean patio doors are so past it it took 2 of us to pull it open they dont lock they just have a bar thing to click in place!! lovely sea view only when standing,as we were on the ground floor,when sitting on rickety old chairs you look at a wall with rusty chicken wire below its holding the bricks together,the path along the front only needs to have some shingle or grass and it would look ten times better.
well what can i say about the food!!!!! breakfast is probably the best i think we ate 2 times for dinner!!! and lunch was terrible fish same pasta same meat well what ever it was same again if you like burgers then your ok but you expect alittle bit more for your dollar!!.we ate out most nights with our friends as they couldnt eat any thing apart from breakfast,what amazes me is the restaurant was full???? its like well iv paid for it i will eat it,we ate at the sandpiper next door a few times as the food is top notch.
what i think and i did those 4 years back the hotel could be quite wonderfull if the management got there act together,ok new paint very blue in the lobby they even had new white paint on the bricks in the bar!!!! new decking was nice but step down from the decking your on old tiles that are smashed and even dug up!! that could have been done in a day!!! not enough staff hardly saw any maintinence people at all go next door staff all over the place.they have got this new pergola thing near the beach which would make a great beach bar day and night,but nothing in it just a few random chairs!!!!!this would make a great place at night,a few flame torches like they have at the other hotels each side of discovery bay,but no the only where to drink is in the lobby bar,with one bar staff.oh and if you dont get up at 6.30 am you dont get a sunbed on the beach!!! yes this is no word of a lie,my husband did it in the end put he towels on the beds then went back to bed like every one else!!!
we stayed in sunswept the last few years but it was full!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we thought DB would be much better as the price is much higher than before,but we were wrong.[check the web you can always get a room at DB!!!!
the staff as few as they are are lovely and helpful,we tipped them, we feel its a shame as not many people do.
we travel all over the world and have stayed in 5* to pensions so i think we know a bit about hotels,believe me this place could be wonderful so please Rex owners get it sorted.

I stayed at this hotel for a week with a friend & had been expecting great improvements following the recent refurbishment -Not quite what I'd expected! This is still definitely a 3 star hotel which could easily be a four star with a few improvements - the rooms are spotlessly clean with a great service from our cleaner but the hotel itself lacks any sort of atmosphere, there was only live music twice while we were there & every night the bar closed around 11.30pm! Far too early when you're on holiday & in the mood to relax & chat with fellow guests.We were disappointed with the food for lunch & dinner & thought it all resembled school dinners, fruit was lacking for all meals unless you ate watermelon or bananas which we got quite bored of very quickly & it would have been good to see more light lunches with greater choice of salads & cold meats rather than the stodgy spaghetti bolognese, macaroni pie, beef & yorkshire pudd's-I found it quite strange that in a hot country so much stodgy food was served with most of the vegetables being overcooked. However, saying this there are lots of good restaurants within easy walking distance which we took advantage of . The location of the hotel is fantastic & fronts onto one of the best beaches I've ever seen - sundbeds were always available & its such a pity that the hotel haven't turned the empty lean to near the beach into an evening bar as with a few twinkly lights & some cushions it would make a brilliant bar venue. I loved Barbados & will definitely be going back but not sure if I would go back to this hotel but if you want to experience the Caribbean on a budget & don't mind the limited food on offer then I would definitely say give this a go. The people are really friendly & we met some great people.