Thank God I only had to stay one night here! We had spent a week at The House which was gorgeous and then because the plane home was overbooked we opted to stay an extra night. Virgin put us up in the Silver Sands!
The staff were on the whole rude and unfriendly, the room, a twin, was tiny and no better than a cheap motel room, it smelt like something had died in it! the bathroom was tiny, plastic was peeling away from the very old melamine sink and bath. The shower head and bath taps had obviously never been cleaned and were thick with limescale.
The brochure talks about tea/coffee makings in the room, true there was a kettle and a couple of mugs that look like they had come from a transport cafe! no actual tea or coffee though!
No hairdryer in the whole hotel (they don't do them apparently) so girls, if your unfortunate enough to stay here pack one!
The place had a dirty and shabby look about it, dead cockroaches scattered about didn't help!
The pool area was ok but not the cleanest of areas and the beach had the remains of something dead and fly covered on it!
It was so bad it was funny, but my sympathies to anyone who has to stay here for a week or heaven forbid two!!
I wouldn't stay here again if someone paid me to, the only saving grace was that I got 50000 air miles from Virgin as part of the deal!

Stayed for 2 weeks, rooms are in bad condition, even after paying for an upgrade, the oven wouldnt open the toaster and remote didnt work, the window locks were about to drop off, its in need of major modernising, very very basic. i also had £60 stolen by a cleaner from my bag. The swimming area is nice and beach but rooms definately let it down, i would never stop there again.

After missing our flight in st. lucia we had to catch a connecting flight in barbados. I contacted our family to book a place for myself, husband and 2 teens as we had no internet acess available. They went through expedia and found the silver sands which according to their website looked half decent for an overnite stay. The grounds leading up to the hotel were deceiving as it looked half decent, however when taken to our rooms( had to book 2 as they would not allow 4 people per room) we were shocked at the state of the rooms. Water stains on lamps and walls ...old wooden sliding patio door that fell off hinges and a rock hard bed with 2 small pillows. An tired old kitchen and bathroom that you would not want to spend any time in. We arrived around 5:00pm and had dinner there..nothing to write about. After dinner I decided to take a swim and found it unusual that no one was in it as it was so hot. An employee informed me that it was closed at 7:00pm (this was 7:15 pm).Surprising as we are talking extremly hot weather. Cannot relax by pool or bar as drug dealers constantly bothering you.I normally would never complain about places but felt compelled to do so in this case as website very decieving. The frontdesk "told me what do expect for those prices" It;s a good thing we only were staying 1 nite . Very disappointing

I booked the resort for a 2 week self catering stay (via my travel agent) after my first choice hotel was not available so had not done any prior research. After reading some of the reviews and relevant horror stories on Trip Advisor I was so concerned about the accommodation that I tried to change to another hotel without success so had to stick with Silver Sands. My son and I flew in to Barbados on 27th June and on arrival took a taxi ($30 Bajan - about £9) to the resort. I will admit that before we arrived I was quite anxious about what would be waiting for us but what can I say.....the reception staff were very helpful and friendly and the reception area was clean, airy and welcoming. I upgraded to a garden view 1 bedroomed apartment without any problem and yes, a prepaid 'card' is used within the complex to purchase items at the bar, restaurants and supermarket but this is not a hardship, and on the positive side money does not have to be carried around whilst you are using the premises. Our room was across the complex (about 2 minutes walk from the reception and pool/beach area) on the third floor so we had to walk up quite a lot of steps as there were no lifts but our guide carried one of our cases for us which was a big help. The apartment was large and airy, however If you are looking for first class accommodation then this is not the resort for you. The living room/kitchen/breakfast bar area was basic with satellite TV provided (no remote control, but that was not a problem as we both had the use of our legs......) There was ample cupboard space for clothing and the bedroom had cold air conditioning which was a little noisy at first but soon forgotten about. The apartment was clean with an excellent shower that almost took skin off it was so powerful. There was a fridge/freezer in the kitchen as well as a full sized oven. The apartment was cleaned everyday and fresh towels provided on a daily basis. There was also always plenty of hot water. The view from the apartment was lovely overlooking the well maintained gardens from the balcony which was accessed via patio doors and we were regularly visited by quite tame birds wanting food which was very novel. The beach was about 100 yards away from the apartment and it was great to hear the waves crashing on the shore, unfortunately the sea was quite rough, although excellent for windsurfing or body boarding. There was a calmer beach a bit further round the corner of the headland (approx 10 mins walk) and we found a lovely little beach just entering Oistins on the sea road which was used by locals as well as tourists, although sunbeds were not available. The pool area at the resort was very clean and we did not have a problem obtaining sun beds no matter what time of day we used the pool area (which led down onto the beach via a few steps). There were two restaurants on the complex both near the pool, however I cannot comment on the quality of the food at the resort as we ate out at St Lawrence Gap or Oistins during our stay. The fried fish and accompanying rice salad at Oistins was delicious and comes highly recommended. We hired a small car during our stay and toured all round the island visiting all the featured tourist attractions. I booked a couple of others via the Barbados tourist web site and can recommend the Zip Line tour (not for the fainthearted). We also booked the 'Virgins Ahoy' catamaran trip via our Virgin Rep which was absolutely brilliant and well worth the money. Swimming and snorkelling amid the turtles and along the reef was fantastic, the catamaran crew were really friendly and we had a lovely day out. In all we had a really good holiday. It did rain on occasions but when the sun came out it was very very hot. As I have previously mentioned the resort was not for those who expected luxury accommodation or 5 star service but for a basic holiday base Silver Sands ticks all the boxes. I will definately stay there again. The only moan I have is that the resort is a little bit isolated so it is a good idea to hire a car unless the local bus service is used.