Overview
Cocobay Resort Antigua, an exclusive adult only resort located on the sunset side of the Island, offers many unique experiences and dramatic ocean views for you to discover.
Other fees include
- Antigua Tourism Guest Levy (effective for travel from October 1, 2021).
- This fee is per GUEST per night (6 years and up)
Check in
3 p.m.
Check out
12 p.m.
Inclusions
- Daily activities
- Round-trip airport transfers
- Gratuities
- All taxes
Rooms
- 1 king bed, or 2 single beds
- Partial ocean view
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, or 2 single beds
- Partial ocean view
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 2 adults
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- Balcony
- Bathroom with shower only
- Ceiling fan
- Egyptian cotton sheets
- Hammock
- A/C
- Coffee maker
- Hair dryer
- Mini-fridge
- Safe
- Turndown service
- 1 king bed, or 2 single beds
- Partial ocean view
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- 1 king bed, or 2 single beds
- Partial ocean view
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 2 adults
- No more than 2 guests in the room
- Balcony
- Bathroom with shower only
- Ceiling fan
- Pillow top mattress
- Upgraded amenities
- Private plunge pool
- Hammock
- A/C
- Coffee maker
- Hair dryer
- Mini-fridge
- Safe
- Turndown service
Amenities
Beach
Pool
Pool
Pool
Lobby
Rafters
Lounge
Wellness deck
Gazebo
Location
Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Overall a great trip!
Marc R on May 07, 2025
We had an amazing and incredibly relaxing 4 night stay at Cocobay Resort. It is a great place to unwind by the pool or beach, as long as you know exactly where you are going. Cocobay is not a typical luxury 5-star beach resort. Instead it is a boutique hotel with a more quiet demeanor where you run into the same people throughout your days and are able to relax on the public beach or by the pool with little worry. I’ll go into each aspect in depth and try to offer some tips where I can! Beach/Pool: we spent most of our time on the small, mostly quiet, yet public beach. We had no problem getting a cabana as long as we got to the beach by 8 or so. Cocobay employees start coming directly to the beach cabanas for drink orders around 10-10:30, and they come regularly enough. Drinks are provided in paper cups, which was fine, but we’d recommend bringing an insulated tumbler, so the ice doesn’t melt as quickly! The beach itself was gorgeous. A little seaweedy which we were told happens in January. There were some flies on the beach too, so I’d suggest bringing bug spray with you. We spent some afternoons at the sunset pool right next to the beach. There’s a bar here that also makes a panini of the day until 4pm along with comfortable chairs and we had no trouble getting a spot when we were done with the beach between 3 and 4. Food: Overall, the food was good, not spectacular. Everything was made to order and we were never hungry. It was nice to experience an all-inclusive where you sit down for each meal and order your food instead of getting up and down for a buffet. For breakfast, you can basically get whatever you want from the menu, so no need to hold back. For lunch and dinner you select an appetizer and entrée (as well as an additional pasta or soup for dinner). The food is presented incredibly well, and most things tasted good. Some meal options include shrimp skewers, spare ribs in a jerk sauce, seafood curry, wahoo steak, ahi tuna steak, NY strip steak, etc. We were very disappointed by the desserts. Fudge cakes and cookies were very dry and not worth eating. The ice cream and strawberry mousse were good though. It is definitely worth it to book your trip directly with the resort, as this gives you additional dinner options each night – worth noting that there is one additional appetizer and 3 additional entrees that stay the same each night, so don’t think that you have to always go for these “extra priced” options as we did the first night. As I mentioned, there is a daily panini available at the sunset pool and bar bites at the main bar from 3-4:30, although we were not informed about the bar bites until our last day and it was by another couple, not the resort. Flies were sometimes very annoying at lunch and dinner, so it would be great if the resort could offer a fly repellent fan for each table – this also would’ve helped on the beach. We didn’t pay extra for Sheer Rocks, but it is probably a must to do something different if you are staying more than the 4 nights we did. Drinks: We loved all of the drinks. You could tell there was adequate alcohol as drinks were made right in front of you and there are a large selection of listed drinks to choose from. If there’s something not on the menu, the bartenders are more than happy to make it for you. Understandably, drinks are served in paper cups at the sunset bar and beach, and in nicer glasses up at the main bar. Almost every day there was a “cocktail hour” up by the main bar which was always fun. The coffee cafe opens at 7am and is included in the all-inclusive. Sometimes the line is a bit long, so it would have been nice to have drip coffee available outside the shop to pour yourself if you didn’t want a specialty espresso drink. There are also smoothies from 10:30 to when the cafe closes at 3, but I thought they were a little bland and only got it once. Service: all of the workers are very nice but the service doesn’t scream 5-star resort service. Derrick stood out as the best bartender as he remembered everyone’s name and went above and beyond to make sure you were enjoying yourself time and time again. Besides wine, drinks at dinner would sometimes take 30 minutes to come, so we’d suggest either drinking wine with dinner or brining a drink from the bar with you, which we ended up doing. We arrived at the hotel around 2:30, and were sent directly to lunch, which we thought was super nice since we were hungry off the plane and weren’t expecting anything before the 3pm check in time. After dinner activities: after eating dinner, we mostly headed to the main bar right next to the restaurant. There was a DJ/band every night we were there, where many people including us would dance! This slowed down by 10pm or so. We are sports fans and every night we were there was either a college football or NFL playoff game. There are no tvs in the room, which we were definitely fine with, and only one (maybe 50 inch?) tv in the bar’s room. This wasn’t a big issue because we knew this going in, but it is different from other 5-star type resorts. Room: We paid up for a bungalow with its own pool and partial ocean views, and even though we only went in a couple times, was definitely worth it considering how beautiful it was. We were told we were upgraded to a premium room for booking direct (Ginger Lilly), and although it wasn’t the best ocean view compared to others we saw, it was still breathtaking and in close proximity to the rest of the resort which we loved. We could easily return to our room from the beach in about 3 minutes. Bottom line: my wife and I really enjoyed ourselves! If you want to get away for a few days to have a quiet, relaxing, and romantic trip with your partner, Cocobay is definitely recommended.
Definitely will come back
Bob B (Transplanted Chicagoan) on May 04, 2025
If you prefer a nice laidback & very quiet stay, (which we like) this is a great place. This is not a nightlife partying place, but still some nice entertainment in the evenings. If you’re into it, you can always book a booze cruise or something like that. LOL Everyone super friendly. Loved our cottage w/plunge pool overlooking the bay. Here are just a few points of many, we liked about Cocobay resort. 1) Some people bash the meals, but I’m a big eater and I was full. The appetizers are small (like it should be) but very delicious. You have several choices for entrees & they change every night. By the time you finish the courses, trust me, you’re well fed. 2) There are a few mosquitoes & midges, but really not like swarms. LOL We brought repellent towelettes, but never used them. I didn’t get bit all. My wife had some midge bites. 3) Drinks are awesome here, not watered down like at some other places in the Caribbean 4) It’s conveniently located for a lot of the excursions. Either you’re picked up right at beach or a short 5 minute taxi ride to Jolley beach to meet up with your tour. 5) Some people say it’s not good for snorkeling. But if you snorkel along the rocks by the resort, there’s all kinds of colorful fish. I even followed a barracuda around. We didn’t see it, but some of the guests we met saw sea turtles. 6) We wish we could mention all the names, but every person working from the groundskeepers to the resort supervisors, were all so polite, friendly, & accommodating to any questions, needs, etc. 7) You can book excursions right through resort. Although, tours get booked up pretty quick and may be filled before you get there, I would highly recommend booking through resort. By doing so, they’ll follow up with taxi driver, tour company, etc so you don’t get screwed for any reason. 8) The cottages are rustic, but that’s also our preference for a place to stay. Our a/c worked fine. We loved waking up to a great view. Attached pic. We can go on and raving about Cocobay. We will DEFINITELY come back. Highly e
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