I spent the week in early May 2022 at the Admiral's Inn during Antigua Sailing Week. The location and grounds are very special and historical. The grounds are kept up nicely and are really spectacular. The Admirals Inn rooms are average. Granted, I realize this is a historical building, but improvements could be made to make it a bit more comfortable for people. Adding a coffee maker and a small refrigerator would be huge! Not having coffee service in the morning in the room was frustrating - especially for those coffee lovers like me! The bed was average and could be updated. Adding a fan to the rooms would be nice as well. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful though. This resort is over priced for what you get in a basic standard room. Admiral's Inn is definitely charming but the rooms are very lacking and distracting from what could have been a spectacular stay! The restaurant "Pillars" for breakfast was subpar. They offered the basic breakfast fare that wasn't that great. We opted to eat other places in the morning (La Brasserie) yum! Everything seemed much too overpriced at this resort.…
Book with caution! Incredibly overpriced for a basic standard room. No facilities in the room except air conditioning. No fridge, no fan, no kettle, no TV -just one jug with tepid water on the bedside table with 2 glasses - room is so tiny the bedside tables are placed sideways. The bed is 2 single mattresses pushed together which leave a big gap down the middle. The bathroom is very dated with the wardrobe and safe box inside. The woodwork is chipped and grubby and the once white fluffy towels are drab and yellowed - some with lipstick stains in patches. Dogs incessantly barking. Large groups of drunken yachties being loud and offensive in Boom restaurant then peeing in the garden as they left. The following day an extended family with multiple children arrived with inflatable toys and took over the whole pool area - vocally & physically! No pool towels in the morning on either day. Boom staff erratic - sometimes quite cold and aloof. Pool area not cleared very frequently so morning coffee cups and drinks glasses left on tables for long periods- staff just walked past them! All in all a very disappointing and expensive 2 nights - expectations certainly not met!…
This hotel oozes character and it is also very comfortable. Staff were friendly and right on the ball. They were terrific at helping us arrange taxis and COVID tests. We stayed here for 3 days and I was sorry to leave. This location is fantastic: quiet and peaceful but close to attractions and other restaurants. I loved it!
This is one special place! The historic aspect of the Admiral's Inn is charming and does not detract from a very pleasant stay. The staff members are very efficient, responsive and warm. We enjoyed a three-day stay and enjoyed every moment. The location is amazing -- right in Nelson's Dockyard. Our room (in a separate building) was very comfortable and surprisingly quiet. The food and beverage service was great. Other restaurants, beaches and shops are a short walk/taxi ride away. If you love boats and history -- this is the place for you.
Looks over the harbour to the Admirals Inn from its infinity pool. Accessed by a small ferry from the Inn across the harbour. Very extensive bistro menu and drinks list. Has a day visitor package for non residents with access 12:00 to 5:00pm including drinks and food
We only stayed one night, having holidayed on another island and wanted to guarantee that we didn’t miss our BA flight back to the UK. So glad we chose this place! We had one of their Gunpowder Suites which overlooked the Boom Restaurant, Pool, waterway and the Admiral’s Inn across the way. Such a lovely place to sit in the morning and watch the birds and everyone coming and going. We ate at Pillars the first night and there was more than one vegetarian option on the menu, which is always a bonus. It was a beautiful setting by the water and service was great. Breakfast wasn’t so brilliant - being a vegetarian, it would have been a struggle to come up with anything other than the one “Healthy Breakfast”, which was Muesli, plain yoghurt and fruit. It was OK, but not sure I would want it every day for a week! We couldn’t get a late check-out, but we could leave our bags in the lounge area on the Gunpowder Suites side and after we’d had a very lovely lunch at Boom, we reluctantly returned and were given a little room by the laundry to shower and change. A taxi had been arranged to collect us and off we went. Everyone was so very accommodating. Our room was also very comfortable. I was particularly pleased that water was provided in a filtered jug, thus doing away with plastic waste. I was also amazed to find just outside the hotel, that there were so many shops, bars, restaurants, museums, boats and all sorts going on, but you would never know it within the hotel - it was like a little Caribbean oasis of its own. We will definitely be back!…
I loved staying in the Admirals Inn. This is a boutique hotel . The first part of my stay was in one of the bedrooms in the cheaper side of the hotel (in the historic Inn) I had a gorgeous light airy colonial style room overlooking the bar area and the creek. The room was fresh and clean although a tiny bit noisy in the evenings, but it was charming and felt like a lovely historic place to stay. The second half of my vacation was spent in the more expensive newer built side (gunpowder suites) the room was larger and had more facilities like a kettle and minibar. Both were lovely and id recommend either (the Inn being 3 and a half star- the gunpowder suites being a good 4 star ) depending on what you are looking for. The property is beautiful and well maintained. the gardens are gorgeous, the staff really friendly. I enjoyed going to the spa and chatting to the fabulous girls who work there and the bartender Reggie was brilliant and has a very dry sense of humour. The hotel is very pretty and in the best location on the island for restaurants and diving, boating etc - it is in the hub of the island yet tucked away to feel exclusive with s a relaxed Caribbean vibe -its not swanky but its charming in a good way - this is a boutique hotel if ever there was one! The hotel's website doesnt do it justice- it is far prettier and the pool is wonderful- the little boat taking you between the two sides is really great too. I found the breakfasts a little disappointing and as a gluten free vegetarian, there wasnt much on offer at Boom restaurant, where the food was OK but not amazing. we visited other hotels on Antigua and many are quite isolated which is fine if you are looking for a restful holiday. I like this hotel because you could relax but also walk five minutes to the action- friends of mine in some of the beach hotels kept coming over to mine because they were a bit bored elsewhere. This is not a five star hotel but my husband who loves his luxury said he was very happy staying here.…
Our arrival was lovely, greeted, offered a rum cocktail and led to our beautiful Gun Powder suite which overlooked the infinity pool and harbour. The room was beautiful, large with a lovely large balcony. We dined at the Pillar’s restaurant on our first evening, which was pleasant, but not outstanding. The outdoor environment was wonderful. Our bed was really comfortable, but our first and last night’s sleep were both ruined by an incredibly loud night club which cranked up the bass from 1am - 4am. Our suite was on the end with windows looking towards the night club. I wouldn’t recommend booking room 4 until the owners and other local businesses do something about this terrible noise on Friday and Saturday nights! The pool is beautiful and I enjoyed it to myself each morning before breakfast, but in the afternoons it is overrun with people who come to the pool restaurant for lunch and then stay around the pool. Pool staff were great, as was the food at Boom, but the day guests spoilt the experience. The management needs to think about the quality of the experience they are offering, considering the price for a room only holiday. The manager on the Gun Powder side was helpful regarding restaurant bookings and beach suggestions.…
We chose Admirals based on pictures and reviews - for our 5 night stay to finish our Antigua trip. We had come from Keyonna, which isn’t cheap. So we opted for the entry level accommodation, standard gunpowder room across the water - away from the main building. When we were shown this room our initial thought was that it was a little further away from the pool and restaurant. It felt isolated. We are not fussy at all, in fact I jokingly said as we walked to the room “We only need a bed and a toilet”, which is pretty much all we got! It had a nice outside area, with table and chairs - but that was one of very few positives. Inside it was small, with our 2 cases space was limited. There was no fridge, mainly as there was no room I guess. Also there was no kettle/tea coffee facilities. There was no ceiling fan and the air con was positioned directly above the head end of the bed, far from ideal. The room looks onto a dusty gravel road, the vehicle entrance to this side of the resort. Cars could be heard grinding past, at all times. Not at all peaceful. To add to our misery there is a late night club that is located across the water and within earshot of our room.. very loud music kept us awake until 2.30 am or so. This place is only open Fri and Sat. The next morning, through the adjoining room door, we could hear everything from the guy next door, including trumping and his kettle clicking off (yes, they had a kettle) We decided we would pack up and go, this decision wasn’t taken lightly but we were so unhappy and we knew the hotel was full. We explained this to the french lady at reception (Francine)? She asked for us to wait and see what she could do.. luckily for us there was a cancellation and for an extra $70 we spent 2 nights in a superior room with garden view back on the main side. We loved it, the difference was unbelievable. We even had a ceiling fan, fridge and kettle! This gave us 2 nights of respite and one of those was Saturday and we never heard the music. The next problem though was where to spend our last 2 nights. The only available room was the deluxe gunpowder suite with harbour view and balcony. It was an extra $284 per night!! Do we have the extra hassle and move on? Do we stay? We were enjoying English Harbour though, we decided to stay. We reluctantly agreed and after some protest the rate was reduced to an extra $230 per night. It was way over what we needed and had 2 queen beds, huge balcony etc. We had paid an extra $800 to escape from room 16. I feel we were hoodwinked a little. I can’t see any pictures of that room anywhere on the website. We paid the price for trying to do things cheap I guess, having blown our budget a bit elsewhere. That room would be suited to late arrivals or perhaps someone needing to quarantine. It did nothing for us, other than almost ruin our holidays.. I think Admirals could have done more to appease us, making further profit from dissatisfied customers is scandalous in my opinion. Some positives to finish with.. Despite everything - We did enjoy Admirals Inn, staying either side of the water was good. If I was to return I would prefer the Harbour side where the pillars are. The pool area and boom restaurant is nice, outside visitors who have lunch are invited to stay. It was never packed out though, there is lots of space and plenty of beds. I think a 4 or 5 star review would be expected under different circumstances. In our case that sadly was not possible.. we were not invited to review by the hotel or for our feedback. However Tripadvisor is ideal for this I guess.…
Our stay at the Gunpowder Suites location was a dream. The staff went out of their way to accommodate us and were extremely helpful every step of the way. They arranged off site meals for us and even a doctor's visit for the required COVID test to get back into the US. The rooms were beautiful, clean, and comfortable, and the view of English Harbour / Nelson's Dockyard is unbeatable. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a beautiful spot nearby beaches, restaurants, and bars.
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