I stayed at the sj james club with 3 other adults and 1 child. The complex is fantastic because there are four restaurants, tennis courts, gym, bars... endless.
We stayed here for 12 days, we stayed in the hotel rooms that had an ocean view and were all inclusive(well worth the money, as many drinks of any thing you want!). The hotel has two beaches one on the atlantic side and mamora bay. The food is good and the buffets are far better than first anticipated, But one complaint is that there is not much to do as a teenager from the age of about 13-18. Because the bar closes at 9.00pm for 18 or overs only and that either leaves you to have a late meal or wath the very limited cable tv, (no british channels.). The watersports staff are obnoxious and plain right rude. When doing knee boarding for the first time i was asked if i had done it befor and replyed no this is my first time he replyed with "Well you could have told me man," , sarcasatically. Not something you expect when paying considerable money to go to such a place. Apart from that incident the place was very good and arguably the buffet is better than the picollo mondo. Hope this review has helped you. When travelling around the island St james club is by far the best family resort, and by the way well worth renting a car for $50 much cheaper than taxi because if you have five passengers then the 5th passanger is charged at an extra 25% of final price. Anyway St james club is a good resort and have a great time there enjoy... (i certainlly did), P.s the review a few lines below mine about being lifeless is utter garbage and is far from the truth!

The flight with virgin was excellent. We went with a group of all ages for a wedding which was well organized and we all had a fantastic time. the rooms were great as well as the staff, very friendly, we found the food very good with a good choice of resterants to chose from every day. The trip to shirley Heights on Sundays well worth the visit good music the place was rocking. Also a trip into St Johns well worth the visit for soveniers, and clothes, St james is a great chill out hotel, not for people who want great nightlife but after being out in the sun all day it is not needed, The beaches are very good one is very hot and the other was very windy but still hot with a lovley breeze. all in all we would go back again as every one said they loved it some of our party are still out there for a few more days wish we were still there with them.

Just came back from here 2 weeks ago, had a lovely holiday with my husband and four friends, all in our mid 40's. The grounds were lovely and so was the beach(great tan) the food was o.k. but not fantastic. but did feel that you needed a change. Had a lovely relaxing time during the day but definately was lacking at night, there was nothing to do and we and
others named the casino bar the "morgue" as it was so dead and lacking atmosphere, but our biggest complaint was that there was no music loud enough to hear at the bars and resturants, now we are no spring chickens but some music would have been great as you expect this in the carabean, we have been to Barbados and the Bahamas and what made our holiday in Barbados was the fact that there is music everywhere and it makes the bar staff and resturant staff a lot more jolly, every where seemed much to quiet and we all found ourselves back to our rooms by 9pm. We found that the rooms were nice and very clean and staff were friendly most of the time (we all had trouble with our patio doors!) We would go back to antigua but not to this hotel, it was lovely during the day because we practacally had the beach to ourselves so it wasnt overcrowded but definately needed something in the evenings. Didnt get bitten as we used Avon sss
and that seemed to do the trick! we did have a lovely holiday and couldnt fault the setting of this hotel and the grounds it was great (dont forget Shirley Heights on sunday) if they had had some music(all the staff agreed) it would have been perfect.

My boyfirned and I stayed at this resort for a week from the 30th September 2005 - and a week was all you could cope with here.

All the reviews I had read said that the place was relaxing, but they didn't say it was completely dead and lifeless!

The only entertainment was the casino bar which to be honest was completely lacking in any kind of character and was sleazy, dark and depressing.

The food was ok but practically the same every night -after one week we were bored and dying for something different! In fact, the general concensous was 'give me a curry, pizza or anything other than meat,fish and rice'! Add to that the hotel had imposed a cruise dress code which meant that men could only wear trousers, chinos, and shirts with collars for evening meals which we had not been told about when booking the place. This meant a trip into St Johns for my boyfriend and I as we had only brought 1 pair of trousers for him and 3 jeans (which weren't allowed!) and 2 shirts and a load of t-shirts - without collars!

There was a good range of watersports (thank god) but things like snorkelling and reef fishing were extra. The water sports guys however, were quite unapproachable and blase to say the least. We had an experience on one particular day when all the watersports guys were playing cricket on the beach, totally oblivious to the fact that one of their hobie cats (mini catermeran) had capsized with two guests on it! They had been drifting for quite a while before they were spotted. Didn't really instill much confidence in us.

The rooms were ok, but our patio door was totally off the runners and meant that only my boyfriend could open it. Cleanliness I have to say was very good and the cleaners even arranged our toiletries for us!

All in all, if you're looking for somewhere you literally do nothing (at all!) and like the same meal every night, then St James Club is the place for you. I would say its a place for couples 50+ but that would be unfair as I think even they would get bored.

Safe to say we won't be going back.