My husband and I just returned from staying at the Rex Halcyon and it was one of the nicest trips we have ever experienced.

After reading the reviews before we left, neither of us were quite sure what to expect. Upon arriving in Antigua, we were extremely pleased with our choice of hotels. We had booked a superior room and were immediately upgraded to a poolside room without even asking. The room was large, quiet and very clean.

We purchased the all-inclusive and the meals at the hotel were adequate. However, we found the food at the Warri Pier more to our liking for dinner.

The sunsets were absolutely stunning and the beach was lovely. My husband went diving on a cloudy, rainy day and said the water was clear and he said it was the best diving he had experienced.

As for the weather, we were a little concerned because of hurricane season, but it only rained the one day and the rest of the week was sunny and very warm!

During the day we mostly "chilled" out on the beach reading and relaxing. We did take a Wadadli Cat sail around the island which I would recommend to everyone. We had a fantastic time and the rum punches packed quite the punch towards the end of the all day trip!

If you want a clean, safe and comfortable room with a beautiful beach and helpful, pleasant staff, you won't go wrong staying at the Rex Halcyon.

We paid £500 in September got a free room upgrade and excellent flights with Virgin. The hotel is clean, the staff very friendly and the beach is beautiful. Pool area pretty.

Check in chill out is great idea - no queueing at the airport to go home However make sure there are towels in the guest services area before you go into the showers to get ready for home!!

Downside - we hate all inclusive so opted for room only. We found several local restaurants were closed (low season?) but can recommend The Beach which was consistently high quality food at reasonable (for Antigua) prices. Trips are almost always inclusive of drinks and lunch. People on AI complained about the lunch and dinner buffets at the hotel (everyone agrees breakfast was good) We had a meal on the Warri Pier which was OK - nice setting (on AI you get an allowance but have to buy drinks).

Also because of the hurricanes the week before we couldn't snorkel from the beach as there was a lot of wave swell and also jelly fish near the reef locally but did snorkel on some of the trips.

Catamaran to Barbuda, Shirley Heights and Jungle Tour were all good fun and very professionally run.

Loved the fireflies and hummingbirds.

stayed at the rex christmas 03/04, nice beach, pool ok, staff very friendly, we were on a room only basis and found the food & drinks very expensive, we have 2 children and the kids club seemed ok, all rooms were very basic with louvered doors & windows ( no glass ) so the moskitos ate us most nights.
all in all i would say a very average hotel, and i would question the 3 star rating

Just got back from Rex halcyon cove and all i can say is dont take any notice of any bad reviews the place is excellent. The staff and people of antigua are the friendliest people i have ever met. The rum is a bit potent though !!!