We stayed in a beautiful villa at Forest Hills on the Royal Westmoreland Estate. Villa was just fantastic. We visited in early March 07 and it was very quiet. There was a communal pool close to our villa which was deserted, it was great! We also enjoyed having lunch in the restaurant. We hired a golf buggy and toured the golf course and managed to see the monkeys that visit the 9th hole! We are not golfers but enjoyed staying at this resort. Its very safe and spotless everywhere. We took the shuttle to the Colony Club, nice to have the flexibilty of the beach option. It was a nice beach and we hired a jet ski which was fun. Even though the Colony Club is a 4* hotel I was not that impressed with it and was glad to get back to the Royal Westmoreland Estate. We went to the supermarket in Holetown for food shopping, its quite expensive so be careful! We ate out at The Tides and Lonestar. Both very nice but preferred The Tides, it was a magical setting and very romantic, just wonderful as on the beach. I am very fussy when it comes to choosing a resort to stay in, but I was very pleased with this resort and we all had a wonderful holiday. I am very tempted to go back !
We combined a week at Royal Westmoreland with a week on the Royal Clipper which sails from Barbados. Royal Clipper is worth every penny too!
We hired a car through Stoutes Car Rental and can recommend them. No hesitatations in recommending Royal Westmoreland.

We stayed in a 3 bedroomed Royal villa with own pool. It was extremly well equiped and with the included daily maid service to clean,tidy,do laundry etc good value. We had no complaints at all.
A car is really necessary as it is a few minutes drive down to Holetown. We were not troubled by building work, but some new properties are being built in front of some of these villas,so ask for an update when you book.
We booked direct with Royal Westermoreland in the UK and they had special rates for 2 people occupying a villa. This was cheaper than staying in many of the 5* properties on the beach, and with the villa being 2500 square feet,a much more spacious alternative if you do not require room service etc.
Barbadis is wonderful and we will certainly return to the island and Royal Villas.

My family (two girls aged 11 and 8) my husband (very keen golfer) and I visited this resort on 15th October for 10nights. We also went with some friends with two very young children (1 and 3) and shared a super 4 bedroom deluxe villa on the 16th fairway.
The weather was good and the villa was fantastic. There was 9 of us all together and we all had our own bathroom and privacy. Good aircon and lovely touches such as bathrobes, creams and shampoos.
We loved the maid service and Catherine our maid was so sweet and helpful. She would prepare lunch daily, clean (and boy were we messy!) and wash and iron for us daily.
The pool was cleaned regularly and we spent much of our time chilling around our own pool.
We were a little exposed to the golfers on the green but that proved great delight to the kids when their daddy's passed by dailey. My husband loved the golf and found the course quite tricky on the long par 3's (plays off 16). We used the main pool area which was quite quiet but the pool was a good size for exercise swimming!
I found the cost of the yoga and airobics, pilatis far to high to warrent taking exercise seriously on holiday (so I didnt!)
YOu need to hire a car to go to the supermarket which was well stocked with UK brands.
We used Crystal Cove beach and I was glad we hadnt stayed there...the beach was minimal and very poor compared to the likes of Almond Beach, Crane Beach.
We ate out on several occasions


Tides: Just south of the hotel, 5 mins drive. Lovely setting and restaurant, on a wooden deck right on the water, with trees supporting the deck. Great service=. Lovely meal beautifully presented and great with the children (scrummy milkshakes and smoothies served in fishy plastic glasses for the children)

Calabazza: South of Sandy Lane outside Holetown. Again, lovely setting and uncovered overhead when dry Provbly the one I least favoured . Portions quite large I found.

Lone Star... again beautiful this one is RIGHT on the beach and the kids can play on the sand. The waiters are dressed in overalls (coz it used to be a mechanics yard) but please dont let that deter you. Food was the best for the kids (burgers, fish etc) and couldnt fault the service or our meal..

The Cliffe..having been to Barbados 3 times I was desparate to sample this exclusive restaurant although I had been told it was overated....I wasnt disappointed. Could have got a better table but the service and the food was THE BEST. and not THAT expensive.. we even took a menu as a momento.

La Mer... by Almond beach village and set in Port St Charles. Delightful enclosed harbour with beautiful yaughts again food and presentation excellent. Great to watch the massive fish swimming by the side of you.

Overall a fab time had by the parents...very relaxing (just lacking in moscito repellent") My girls got a little bored but we could have rectified that by more trips to more beaches..instead we chose to make full use of our facilities and stay on site.

I would return for an adults holiday and only again with the kids if we went with another family or we took our girls friends with us.

I could recommend any of these without hesitation