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David Chisholm from Inverness travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
First Choice
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 01 2008 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This was our first trip to Barbados and one of our best holidays abroad. The Tropical Escape is a small, friendly hotel set in the best part of the island.
We arrived about 6.30pm & our luggage was at the hotel for us. The staff were also waiting with rum punch cocktails..brill.
We had a pool-view room which was bright, spacious & clean. The air-con was excellent & the TV had a good variety of English channels. Maid service was every day & towels changed every other day.
Meals in the hotel were generally very good with a good selection available at both the breakfast & lunch buffets. Evening meals are A la Carte four nights and buffet style the other three. Afternoon tea and sandwiches are served at the pool bar also.
All drinks are free except for bottled wine and served in glasses indoors/plastic cups at pool. There are no longer complimentary meals at the Blue Monkey restaurant across the road, talking of which, is easy to cross as the traffic stops for you!
The beach is a delight & the boys provide you with sunbeds & soft drinks all day(again there is no longer a drinks allowance at the B M but can be taken from the hotel.). The beach does tend to get busy when the cruise ships are docked but it's only for a few hours. The hotel pool is small but perfect for cooling off & the pool-side is normally quiet so perfect for chilling out.
Rumours were going round that the hotel is changing hands in May and First Choice will no longer be involved but for now this is a great hotel in a great location for a great price. Enjoy it while you can!!
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King from Plymouth travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
First Choice
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2007 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location |  | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The food was wonderful, ample choice and tasty, especially the a la carte evenings, I just hope that the new chef does not alter things and tries to economise, as all the products were top quality. The staff were lovely, really friendly and helpful, especially Valerie. Everything was clean and fresh and the rep, Juliet was the nicest I've ever encountered
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Hadaway from Plymouth travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
First choice
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2007 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This hotel was really really great, to be honest we read alot of reports before we went and were very worried about alot of aspects but to be fair can't really think of anything to complain about.
The hotel and rooms were cleaned to a very high standard every day, they are very spacious with very modern furnishing and brill air conditioning (like walking into a fridge)you are given clean beach towels every day, you have hairdryers in the room, shampoo and conditioner dispensers in the bathroom. The pool is on the small side but my children were the only ones staying at the hotel when we went but could imagine it would be busy in peak season.
You need to cross a busy road to go the fabulous beach but wasn't a problem even with 2 young children.I have never been to a hotel where the staff are so friendly.
The only two things on the downside were that the meal times are very rigid- not a problem really in normal situations but if you have young children and our daughters are 1 and 5 yrs old they sometimes were so tired by 7pm that they didnt have their dinner so made do with the afternoon snack served between 4.30 -5.30pm which was sandwiches/cakes/biscuits but to be honest again the staff are very helpful and often we took food up to our room..The other thing was that a new chef was bought in to the hotel from the 2nd week and we really noticed the difference- the first week we had a lot of really beautifully cooked food with plenty of variety (even for me a very fussy vegetarian) but I ALWAYS managed to find something, plenty of salads pasta vegetables rice etc but the 2nd week it did really go down hill but whether or not it was due to a few teething problems i dont know but on the menu seemed to be flying fish flying fish as opposed to Tuna steaks etc the first week (the cheaper Bajan dish)and not so much choice for the vegetarians in our party! But again if you have a look at the menu in the morning and you don't fancy whats on the menu you can order pretty much whatever you want and they are very obliging!
The hotel offers 2 buffet style dinners a week (casual dress) and you can help yourself to whatever you fancy, 4 nights a week is a la carte waiter service (strict dress code - but you always get some who dont seem to think that includes them! - long trousers for guys and no flip flops) and 1 night a week they have a barbecue again casual dress.
I guess if you're going to this hotel you will be going with First Choice and Juliette is the rep there who is actually Bajan and very helpful and if you have a problem go directly to her as we did when we wanted to keep our room on the last day after 10am check out and she sorted it instantly, as we had been asking the hotel manager for days and she had kept saying she will let us know but hey thats the caribbean lifestyle but fustrating when you want to get things done!
The bar does close at 11.30pm but you can obviously order your drinks before the bar closes & line then up to continue your night if thats what you would like but if you're looking for really action packed night life this wouldnt be the hotel for you. The hotel is approx 40mins from the airport and includes watersports as well on the beach.
There were a small minority of people there that were making complaints but after talking to them were found out it was because they didnt serve Big Macs etc at the hotel -and that goes to say alot!But did notice the chef but burgers in rolls on the menu the next day!
Overall its a very very nice clean hotel well worth the money we paid offering very good value for money, we have stayed in 5-6 places in Barbados and this hotel did really impress us so go and enjoy yourself!!
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l brown from stoke travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
first choice
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 12 2006 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food |  | |
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| said: First time in Tropical Escape, I had researched this hotel so I was not in for any surprises. Yes the Hotel was small,(this can be a good thing but at times not) so sometimes you felt as if you constantly bumped into people you would preferred to have met up with only on the return flight.
I think a few of the staff were excellent, but sadly with the majority you sometimes felt you were an intrusion on their day.
The food was not the best but you would not starve. Except for a few meals when we decided to eat out, you could usually eat OK ,however the service varied depending on the staff on each shift.
The flies were a persistent problem as was the road noise.
The entertainment was on average poor but the worst part was that it finished at 11.00pm ,so everybody was just left sitting in quiet bar, they could have played some music till midnight to round off the evening and let everyone have a dance, but it seemed they just weren't bothered.
I would not recommend this hotel for children as they are not catered for.
If you are not happy with any aspect let them know you may find they can rectify the problem, as long as you speak to the right person i.e. the rep who was lovely.
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Mr from A travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
First Choice
on a singles holiday.
There were 1 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 12 2006 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Hotel seems to falling into a state of disrepair. Guests who had been before said they would not be returning. Cleaning was half hearted and just about made the rooms habitable. Our room had no fridge or kettle.
Food was very limmited. Typically buffet style but only 4 choices of main course and not very appealing.
Location in Payne's Bay is very central West Coast with easy and quick access to other towns. Good beach with the usual touts.
Some of the staff were great but the speed of service is unbelievably slow. It seems to be a habit to fininsh texting your pal then deal with the so called guest. So overall a 3 rating for this.
I would not go here again, preferring to spend a bit more on better accomodation
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Keith from Huddersfield travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
First CHoice
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 11 2005 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Our second stay at the hotel. It is now exclusive to First Choice. Almost everybody in the hotel was a returning visitor (some for the 7th time!), a fact which tells it's own story.
It remains the same, brilliant laid back easy going friendly hotel. There were a few teething problems with first choice but the hotel is fantastic. This is a small hotel, just a couple of floors and no lift, also not on the beach so maybe not for you if you are disabled!
It has a small pool and meals are served at set times. It is not a hotel for children being quiet. The beach is magnificent and easily reached across the main road (traffic just stops and lets you cross).
The food is simple but plentiful. The rooms are large with super sized comfortable beds. The staff are fantastic. It is situated on the west coast away from the livlier areas like the Gap but close to Holetown.
I will be back again next year and this time for 4 weeks! cant wait. Just a word of caution, if you are the type who likes everything to be perfect, spotless 4/5 star then you won't like it here!
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Natasha Street from Manchester travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
Thomsons
on a family holiday.
There were 5 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 02 2005 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This hotel was all inclusive which proved very worthwhile.
Entertainment was very low key....but who even noticed with Barbados being laid back so much.
The staff were the friendliest people I've ever met and there were very handsome bar staff named Tony and Dylan.
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emma from leeds travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 09 2004 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: First impressions were great on this hotel,we were sat down in the lounge bar and given a cool drink and a briefing from the receptionist for checking in, and filled out forms etc in comfort.The room was excellent, we had one of the family rooms on the first floor overlooking the pool bar, clean, bright and very comfy.Plenty of wardrobe space and shelving but no drawers anywhere.Lots of power points for mozzie plug-ins etc.Food was really good, 4 nights a week a la carte and one night barbecue, rest was buffet.Imaginative choice of menu, well presented and wine kept flowing throughout.The staff really were very helpful throughout the hotel, polite and very efficient.The beach is lovely, just across the road and the traffic does stop to let you over.Entertainment was low key, the highlight being the drag act, well worth a look, everyone in the hotel was up dancing the night they played.The other nights we had a band singing calypso and reggae, a steel band and a girl vocalist.The all inclucive is really good value, drinks were of a good quality and those cocktails are to die for.Cannot wait to go back!
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Andrew D from Swansea travelled to Tropical Escape Hotel with
Virgin
on a family holiday.
There were 4 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2004 |
rated the Tropical Escape Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Booked this as a late availability. On arrival staff were very friendly & helpfull. Location of hotel is superb, no problems crossing the road to the beach even with 2 children.
Only disappointment was that even though it was all inclusive once you had eaten in the restaurant in the evening there were no snacks provided, so kids sometimes went hungry !
On a positive was the drinks which were all branded and not the usual "local" cheap stuff. Staff were helpfull but did take offence if you pointed out things like the lack of snacks. Excellent value for money.
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