We spent our honeymoon week at Galley Bay (April 20-27)after spending at great week at the St.James's Club where we got married with 18 of our friends and family joining us for the week.)We were in need of some alone time by the time everyone left...

We were greeted with a cold refreshing cloth and a delicious glass of rum punch upon our arrival.We filled in some paperwork and then we were off on a golf buggy .We were given a small yet informative tour on the way to our room. Much to our surprize we had been upgraded to a premium suite from the deluxe room that we had booked!

We were in one of the new suites on the second floor. We loved the vaulted ceilings! The suite was very spacious and the bathroom was huge-I used the soaker tub every night,it was fabulous to sink into at the end of the night.

We arrived to a complimentary bottle champagne and were shown around our room.About 20 minutes into our stay our phone started ringing every 10-15 minutes once and then stopping. We called guest services and in less than 15 minutes someone was there to look at it.Seems water had got into the line and a technician would only to be able to fix it in the morning. We told them we would unplug it for the evening and plug it back in upon rising.

We went for dinner and then on our way back to our room we asked at guest services if it was possible to get some bottles of juice put in our fridge. At this time we were informed that another bottled of champagne had been sent to our room for the phone inconvenience.We just started laughing, we had received a bottle at the SJC and had brought it with us so we now had 3 bottles to consume!

We went to Ismays restaurant twice during our stay and loved it! I had the paupiette of flying fish stuffed with crab and chardonnay cream sauce on our second dinner there, it was delicious! It was the Friday night and the steelband that played that evening was wonderful.

We enjoyed our quiet relaxing week.The staff was wonderful from housekeeping to the watersports staff( Hi Meiko!!)

We could not have asked for a better honeymoon week...

Spent 10 nights at Galley Bay from the 12 April 08 and it was wonderful. We had booked a premium deluxe room which had everything required and very comfortable.
We were very lucky in that the weather was lovely and for the most part the sea remained calm although you did have to time your exit and entrance from the sea due to a pull of the waves but it added to the fun.
Esme, the 3rd restaurant opened a few nights before we got there and although not especially to our taste quite a few of the guests preferred it to the other two restaurants. Maybe we picked the wrong dishes, The Sea-Grape and the Gaugin restaurants were excellent as were all the staff - continuously courteous and friendly, throughout the hotel.
Housekeeping was very good and everywhere is kept clean and tidy.On one occasion we had a problem with the toilet in our room, we telephoned reception and within 10 minutes a member of staff appeared to fix the problem.

Myself and my husband have just come back from a very relaxing (it was badly needed after a week running around Disney) and wonderful stay at Galley Bay.

We stayed in the Gaugin Cottages which are really quirky. You have two cottages, one is the bedroom and one is your bathroom. They are secluded so know one can see you moving between the two. They also have their own splash pool which was great. You have the option of lying by the sea, pool or by your very own pool which was gorgeous in the mornings.

One thing with the cottages is the noise at night from the different animals, you get used to it pretty quick otherwise you might need earplugs! If you are in the apartments you have the noise of the sea.

There are three restaurants all of which serve a la carte - fantastic food with a menu that changes daily. We never got as far as dessert as we couldn't manage it after the starter and mains.

The evening entertainment is fantastic especially on the Friday night. Its worth staying up every night to have a listen to all the different bands.

Most of the staff are really friendly with lots of lovely smiles.

The hotel is pretty secluded so there is nothing outside of the hotel. We never got bored but there are lots of trips you can do.


We would definitely recommend this hotel (like it was to us) to anyone (no good for kids).

If you have booked or looking to book go, its great and watch out for Giorgio!

If you are going with Virgin Holidays, they come to your hotel the morning you leave to check you in, give you your boarding pass and take your luggage, it was great. You are only then at the airport for an hour and half before your flight. Watch out for the airport though, its not very big and gets very busy so going through security can take some time.

Our fourth visit and we plan to go back again later in the year. Just gets better and better - most of the previous reviews say it all so I won't bother repeating the good bits. Ignore any negative comments as they simply cannot be true (or if they are true they are one offs or not worth worrying about). We just love Galley Bay and all the staff, the service, the food, the restaurants (the new Ismay's is excellent), everything - cannot fault it at all. The only downside was tearing ourselves away to come home.