I totally recommend this resort. This was our honeymoon and they made it perfect. Our suite was huge and had a private balcony with the best ocean view. It sprinkled with rose petals everywhere when we first arrrived. The staff and managment were so friendly and personable. The resort is set on Rodney beach and if you love soft sand, swimming, and water sports this is where you should be. The restaurants were good. Service is a little on the "island" time so don't wait until you're starving. I prefer having a few of their yummy appetizers then most of their entrees as my meal from their basic restaurant and beach menu. Definitely try their themed bonfire bbqs on the beach and their more upscale restaurant 'Le Chic" at least once.

Overall we loved out stay and St. Lucia is a beautiful island!

We just completed an 11 night stay at the Royal and it is still THE BEST. This was our 4th winter of vacationing at the Royal and we continue to see upgrades and refurbishments where necessary, and even where not necessary - this year there were new bed linens throughout and WiFi service (at no charge) in all of the public areas. The staff, from the Guest Relations Manager, Nerissa Stephen, to the front desk, to the dining room, to the maid service and pool attendants are top-notch. Every employee always seems to go the "extra mile" to be certain that the guests have great holidays. Chic Restaurant continues to provide outstanding food with terrific service - not too fast and not too slow.

We look forward to returning to the Royal next winter.

The last time we visited St. Lucia we stayed at the sister hotel next door, the Rex St. Lucia. I wish we knew that this hotel was there at that time. The Royal far surpasses the Rex. Wonderfully helpful staff we felt we were friends rather than clients.

Wonderful beach, great setting. We would definately go back and soon. They also helped me rent a car where as my agent found that the Avis or Hertz wouldn't nrent to over 65 year olders. And, it wasn't a fly-by-night company.

We returned from the Royal 2 weeks ago, after having the most wonderful holiday! The hotel is lovely and is looked after really well, we found it to have much higher standards than most other 4* properties, all rooms are suites too, so it’s nice to have lots of room and a separate room to sleep!

My husband and I travelled with our 20 month old son, and he also had the time of his life. The staff spoiled him completely, which he loved, and he roamed around like it was home, and everyone looked out for him. They also had quite a large kids menu, which makes a change, and would also generally cook whatever we wanted! Going back to the staff , they were all absolutely excellent, and lovely people, they really looked after us all so well, that when it was time to leave it was like leaving home, and quite sad, we promised we’d be back!

Rodney Bay is an excellent location, the beach is gorgeous, especially the part that the hotel look after, and reserve for Royal guests only, they even serve you lunch on the beach, if that’s what you prefer, the beach restaurant is also very nice! We were full board at the hotel, and the food was excellent, the menu was so huge, that you could have easily eaten there for 2 weeks and never have the same, you can even have lobster at no extra cost! They also do some specialty evenings, which are nice too, then there is the fine dining restaurant, Chic, which is also excellent, food really good and the service superb, from the minute you walk in the door, to be handed a glass of extra chilled champagne, I've read some reviews that the food is too small, which is not the case at all, but fine dining is about huge portions anyway! PS: The bar is also great, they have a good wine list, and every cocktail you can think of!

There are also lots of restaurants and bars in the bay that you can wander into, and having tried a few of them, the food and service was always excellent. I’m very surprised by some of the other reviews on this hotel, as we couldn’t really fault it. It’s a very friendly hotel, and most of the people we met, were on there 5th, 6th, 8th or even 10th visit to the hotel!!