Overview
Fairmont Royal Pavilion is the ultimate oasis of luxury where the sand is soft and warm, people are welcoming, and exceptional cuisine abounds, offering hospitality fit for sophisticated travelers. The property boasts a dazzling array of leisure facilities and complimentary services including: once per week afternoon tea service per room overlooking the Caribbean Sea, a weekly Manager’s cocktail reception, property-wide Wi-Fi, fitness room, tennis courts, garden tours and non-motorized watersports. Discover the secluded 11-acre beach front resort - a tranquil, enchanting retreat perfect for romantic getaways, memorable celebrations, and unforgettable holidays.
Other fees include
- Barbados Government Room Rate Levy
Rooms
72
Inclusions
- Daily activities
- Round-trip airport transfers
- Complimentary Welcome Drink
- Non-motorized watersports
- Wi-Fi throughout the resor
- Outdoor tennis courts, lit for night play, including use of racquets and balls
- Weekly Manager's cocktail reception
- Access to Fitness room
- Parking
- All taxes
Rooms
- 1 king bed
- Oceanfront
- No more than 3 guests in the room
- 1 king bed
- Oceanfront
- Located on second floor
- Minimum 1 adult, maximum 3 adults
- Maximum 2 children
- No more than 3 guests in the room
- Balcony
- Connecting rooms available (subject to availability)
- Glass-fronted balcony furnished with outside ceiling fan, sun loungers, table and chairs.
- A/C
- Alarm clock
- Bathrobes
- Coffee maker
- Crib (on request)
- Hair dryer
- Iron/Ironing board
- Safe
- TV
Amenities
Aerial
Beach
Beach View
Beach
Day lounger
Exterior
Exterior
Garden
Hotel Exterior
Pool
Lover's Paradise
Pool
Outdoor Lounger
Outdoor pool
Beach
Palm terrace
Pool
Tennis Courts
Pool
Pool
Restaurant
Royal Pavilion
Taboras sea view
Location
Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
Underwhelming
scottishskier (Scotland) on Dec 07, 2024
Our main area of concern was breakfast in the palm restaurant On each morning there was never a table ready although there were numerous tables empty. So each day we would wait for one to be made up. Most days in a queue. I have to say the quality of the food was far below standard for a five star hotel. On our first morning I ordered "eggs benedict" What was delivered was a soggy muffin of sorts with a thick slice of ham and two hard poached eggs. I mentioned to the waitress who informed us we needed to ask for runny yolks when ordering! Since when do you need to order runny poached eggs. Day two I ordered the "traditional breakfast" Upon cutting open a sausage I discovered it was raw inside. I brought this to the attention of the waitress who took the plate away and five minutes later a chef came out and politely said "that this was the local cured sausage and they look like that inside" Before the plate was removed I cut open the sausages and took photos of them. They were clearly all raw inside. He did offer to make me something else and I opted for a plain omelette. The next day I tried with the eggs benedict again, stating that I would like the poached eggs to be runny. Once again they came hard boiled. My wife had the avocado toast and her poached eggs were also hard. I am totally shocked that a kitchen in a five star hotel is unable to poach an egg. The yogurt ran out twice and we were told there was no more in the hotel! Pastries ran out twice and never replenished after being told they would. I understand the move from buffet to a la carte to save wastage, however this makes it easier for the chef to keep standards high with everything leaving the kitchen and this is not happening. One morning we arrived at 10:05, at 10:15 once the couple in front were eventually seated, we were asked to place our order as they were taking the food away. We were not even sat at a table at this point. After a polite push back the greeter backed down. This was the first morning we had met this staff member. I drink espresso and would request this each morning. Some days I would be served a large black coffee, espresso in a mug. Never the same coffee twice. Due to the standard of breakfast we never ate in the hotel opting to eat our lunches and dinners in restaurants outside of the hotel. The exception to this was a pizza whilst sitting with friends. On the evening of the managers cocktail party, we received no greeting from any staff members, or a welcome drink. No staff were wearing name badges. If they were we could have introduced ourselves to them. We never met a manager then or the entire stay. A first for us staying in a five star hotel. When staying at the House all staff and managers would introduce themselves during our stays with them. We had afternoon tea once. Reason for this, We were told we could not order espresso or Americano with afternoon tea. We have never heard of such a thing. Never bothered after that experience. Bar service was extremely slow if you sat on the tables under Taboras. Again this made our decision to spend our evenings outside of the hotels easier. When shown to our room, Peter explained that the mini bar was broken. Upon speaking with other guests, it actually looks like they have basically all been turned off. Peter kindly brought us a small fridge to place water in. Unfortunately we think the fridge was used for the cold towels as anything placed in it smelled and tasted of eucalyptus. We received an info sheet on the Wednesday night! The info sheet was relating to things which had started on the Sunday! There was no ice ever placed in our suite. All other hotels would do so early evening. Upon checking you do state this should happen twice. On the fourth night of requesting for some ice at the bar we were informed there was an ice machine near the room. Why was this not highlighted to us. Overall the hotel lacks any sparkle. Beds in the beach are tired and rusty. Very easy to spray and look fresh. We completely understand the weather destroyed the beach, however other hotels which have faced the same problems on Barbados, Maldives etc barge in sand. There was no attempt to rake the beach of all the rocks. Again a days work and the beach would be so much better. The wall backing the beach needs painting. This was a common theme throughout the hotel. Palm restaurant is in desperate need of decoration. Never once were we asked by a member of staff how was our stay. All these small issues are what ruins a hard earned holiday. I am sorry to say but the Fairmont Royal Pavilion is not anywhere near five star standard in its present format. I would like to add that Mr Martinez (general Manager) after receiving my email took the time to call me when I was home and discuss my points and reassure they would be addressed.
A brilliant stay
Sarah S on Nov 21, 2024
A wonderful stay for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. All the staff were brilliant and the facilities were great. Breakfast was delicious and generous and lunches/dinners in the restaurant by the pool were also very good. We used the gym and the cold face towels, water and fruit were an added bonus. Evening turn down was welcome with a bottle of fresh water, restock of coffee etc and a bedtime note! Having the taxi's to hand each evening to whisk us off to whichever restaurant was very convenient and the reception staff organised a car rental for us too. We would definitely return and recommend the hotel.
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