We stayed at Galley Bay at the end of October/ early November.
Overall it was a great hotel with good service.

Good Points:
Great Food, brand name drinks and champagne
Nice Pool
Friendly helpful staff
Teepee bar had a good atmosphere
Mike Matthews the Maitre D was probably the most consistent, capable and cool guy on the island. When he was was in the dining room, things happened and he was in command.
Both bar and waiting staff were excellent
Pretty gardens with our own private plunge pool

Not so good points:

Although quaint the bathroom in the seperate buildings in the cottages was a pain not being ensuite, remembering the key in the middle of the night was a challenge.

Service was slow at breakfast ( no Mike!)

Mosi's and bugs were ravenous

Sea was very rough and red flagged for most of our 12 days! On the calm days was full of jelly fish!

Guest services were always polite but did not always deal with problems without several reminders. When our flight was cancelled guest services lacked any enthusiam to help us find out what was happening.


Overall a nice hotel, very relaxing we will return!

After spending the first week of our holiday at Crystal Cove Barbados, we arrived in Antigua after a very interesting flight with Caribbean Star Airlines. Luckily, as it was such a small plane we were through security and in a taxi to the hotel within 10 minutes of landing.
Our rooms were not quite ready on arrival at Galley Bay but we relaxed with cold drinks in the reception area, and then were taken over the bridge and through the beautiful grounds to our rooms in a buggy.
We were in deluxe beachfront rooms and I can honestly say that my breath was taken away on arrival at the room. We were in room 14 and it was straight onto the beautiful beach with literally yards to the turquoise sea. The room had a large deck with a table and chairs, 2 comfortable wicker loungers and also 2 beach loungers and an umbrella on the beach.
There was no glass in the windows, just nets and shutters, so you could constantly hear the sea which was lovely.The room had a huge comfortable bed, a large double walk-in shower with a sea view view and a daily restocked fridge (beer, water and soft drinks) We asked for more pillows and were brought a selection!
Within 5 minutes of arriving at the room we were brought an ice bucket and champagne and the tone of the holiday was set.
I can only say that this hotel is outstanding. Customersr services rang our room half way through our stay to ask if there was anything they could do to make our holiday better, and I could not think of anything!
You are constantly made to feel special by the staff, especially Mike Matthews the Maitre De who was wonderful and looked after us so well. There were four of us on holiday together and he constantly gave us bottles of champagne when we ordered a glass!!!
The food at both restaurants is fabulous with a great choice and beautifully cooked meals. The only slight niggle was the fact that the service at breakfast was quite slow. The waitresses were absolutely lovely
The Gaugin restaurant is the perfect setting for a romantic meal and where else could you eat under a thatched hut by the sea, watching the fruit bats swooping through the trees as you eat lobster and drink champagne!!
The deck area is a lovely place to sit on a steamer chair and eat canapes as the sun is going down.
The bar has a good choice of international brands and the service here was great too.
the library has free internet access if anyone needs to contact home.
We had an afternoon out in a taxi, visiting Shirley heights and Nelson's dockyard which was lovely. we also chartered the Jabberwocky yacht for a day, which was brilliant.
We had originally booked Hermitage Bay Hotel, but this was cancelled just over a month before we travelled because of the delayed opening. After seeing Hermitage Bay from our boat, I am very glad that we ended up at Galley Bay.
We are seasoned travellers, and can honestly say that this is the best hotel of this type that we have ever stayed in and I would highly recommend it so anyone wanting a special holiday.

Having chosen Galley Bay on personal recommendation and all the reviews on Tripadvisor, I can honestly say this place ticked just about every box for us. Brilliant staff - never felt so welcome and 'special' - excellent service throughout - wonderful food - superb array of fresh fruit available for breakfast and lunch - plus a wide variety of eggs, (scrambled with smoked salmon!) meats - flapjacks and a different flavoured pancake each day. Lunch with all the 'specials' was mouth watering - especially as described by Mike Matthews the Maitre de - and the dinner menu was interesting, delicious and changed every day. The entertainment was really good quality - low key - but relaxed and laid back. There was no music around during the day - which I personally would have enjoyed - maybe a little caribbean calypso or whatever to add a little flavour to the place - but I can understand that maybe others might just want peace and quiet.

The rooms were nicely appointed - quite traditional and rustic in decor - but well furnished, clean and with a lovely big bathroom and walk in shower. We were in the beachfront deluxe rooms - but the little cottages were nice as well.

The beach was lovely, and we enjoyed the snorkelling at one end, which - if you looked just a little further out - was some lovely reef areas and really interesting multi coloured fishes.

We finally learned how to sail on the Hobby cats - which because of the sea, and breezes never gave us any problems getting back in - plus the guys on the beach in charge of the equipment never really let anyone out of sight. It was reassuring to know they would be in their little power boat and after us if we looked remotely in trouble or gave them a wave (no pun intended!)

We have been to many many islands in the Caribbean - we have been going every year at least once if not more, for the last 7 years. Galley Bay was the best we have come across so far. Lovely place - lovely people - the staff and the management really made this holiday special. We will definately be going again before too long.

This is a fantastic hotel. Right on the wonderful beach with a really relaxing atmosphere. The staff are really friendly and very attentive.

The food is the highlight. It's like eating in a quality restaurant 3 times a day ... even Breakfast is a real treat. There is another more romantic restaurant with an amazing setting. Food is excellent there too.

Everything you can possibly think of is included. Internet, watersports, tennis, champagne and even Mini Bar. I was watching the football and some guys knocked on the door saying 'I heard you watching the football, want me to stock the bar with more Beers for you?. Amazing.

We had the Cottages which were great. The plunge pool was brilliant to wake up to. Having a nice dip before retiring was great too. Fully Air Conditioned so slept a treat.

The communial pool is fantastic too. Spent most of our time there as it was near the bar. The pool is an excellent fresh water pool and never too busy.

Only advice would be make sure it's not jelly fish season when you go (it was in early October). Some of the best snorkelling was to be had on Galley Bay beach but there were too many jelly fish at the time.