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Excellent hotel in every way food was very good a mixture of a la carte and buffet plenty of choice menus regularly change. Friendly staff nothing was to much for them often asking you how your day was going lovely pool and beach ambassadors often brining you drinks ice lolly’s fruit to your sunbed. Very clean hotel staff always cleaning . Water sports available although we didn’t do them . Lovely spa treatments yoga we would definitely return missing this hotel already

We had 9 nights at Waves and it was fantastic. Great room, super food and wonderful staff. The beach was small but sandy and very quiet with a good selection of equipment to use including SUPs and kayaks. The adult only pool is in the courtyard across the street very quiet, not deep 4 feet so no diving. Staff come round both the pool and beach regularly offering drinks and in the afternoon ice creams. Spa is excellent we had 2 treatments each There are 2 restaurants, the main hotel dining room does a mix of Caribbean and Mediterranean, the other is Asian fusion this is open 4 nights per week. Both really good but the Asian fusion was our favourite. They organise trips if, we went to Oistins for Friday evening to the fish restaurants, the place is mad but the fish was excellent. We also hired a car, a little Suzuki Jeep which worked out really well so we could explore the island, the hotel car park is free of charge. Overall we had the best time and highly recommend Waves.

We have just returned from a wonderful 2 week stay in 2 x ground floor ocean view rooms, large and spacious with tv, kettle/coffee facilities, iron, fridge, super comfy beds, plenty of wardrobe/drawer storage and outside area with table/chairs. Breakfast and lunch were buffet with evening meal being varied between shiso (pan Asian a la carte) and seascape(set menu of which you could select 3 courses) seascape changed to buffet Mondays & Thursday evenings. Food has been delicious and plentiful. We were given a printout each morning of the hotels activities/weather etc that day which is a lovely touch (see photos). This is also a spa hotel and for a two week stay you receive 3 x 30min complimentary treatments which were wonderful ! Family pool is small but adults only pool area is large and although just across the road tucked away amongst trees and is very peaceful with wonderful staff keeping drinks flowing and ice lollies coming. The beach is small with a slight step in the sand (possibly still from recent storm) entering the sea but it’s calm crystal clear water and good for snorkelling there is a roped off safe area. Also included in your stay are non motorised water sports so sail boat, tubing, water skiing/boarding aswell as snorkelling gear. Staff at the beach supplying drinks/fruit/ice lollies, the service around the pool and at the beach has been fab. One of many benefits of this being a smaller hotel far more attentive service. We hired a car for a day which concierge arranged for us along with various other trips. Wildlife is abundant green monkeys, humming birds, bats etc with the odd turtle, lots of fish, octopus in the waters. Staff know you by name within a day or two and are all so friendly and helpful and genuinely interesting you having the best stay.

Amazing and friendly staff, who make your stay feel extra comfortable (apart from one of the chef’s who was usually cooking the omelettes in a morning and occasionally on the outdoor food cart, she was pretty rude). Family pool very small but we actually liked it as we had it to ourselves most mornings, although the view wasn’t great (looking at four walls) and the sound of the traffic from the road side. Beach was small but beautiful. Drinks can be ordered from the beach, which is really convenient. Please be careful of the steps down to the beach, I missed the shorter step and sprained my ankle! Food was really tasty but please be aware that there is no air conditioning other than in your rooms, due to the hotel being open air. So during the summer, dinner time and evening can be very hot and stuffy. Some of the over head fans weren’t working also. Water taxi to Coral Bay hotel was great. We spent a lot of time there as the pools are all family pools. We also took the reggae bus to Turtle Beach hotel, which was also really nice and family oriented. If wanting to do an island tour, please ask the beach guys for SAM THE MAN. We had the most incredible private tour with the most incredible man on the island. Fairly priced too. Great hotel, we LOVED Barbados and everyone there. Planning to return to Barbados but would probably book a hotel with more of a family friendly pool.

We returned to the U.K. from a 2 week stay at Waves a week ago. All the great things we read about this hotel before we went were true, and more. It exceeded our expectations and has totally spoilt us for any other holiday we take in future, because nowhere will live up to the level of service we received from Waves. Right from check in - no queuing at a desk - no, no - instead we were invited to sit on some comfy seats and each given a cocktail while the admin was done. From the very moment we arrived, and Shalia sorted out our check in, we were made to feel very special indeed. We are a family of 5 (3 adult children) and we had 2 rooms in the side next to the beach. We didn’t have a sea view but for how much time we spent in the room it didn’t matter. The rooms were huge and had everything we needed, apart from access to electrical sockets. However, this was easily resolved by borrowing an extension cable from housekeeping. The most comfortable beds, huge walk in shower, plenty of storage. The cleanliness is outstanding. The custodians and housekeepers are constantly attending to the cleanliness of all of the hotel. Even to the point where they were cleaning oil patches from the pick up/drop off bay in front of the reception. Our housekeeper, Merica, was so attentive, working out our usual schedule for breakfast/going out so our rooms could be serviced while we were out. She was so lovely, providing extra towels etc when needed. And the rooms were properly cleaned every single day of our stay. The management team made a point of introducing themselves near the start of our stay. This was very helpful when one of our daughters misplaced her bag, but Paul (security and loss prevention ) was incredibly helpful and assisted in finding it. There is even a welcome party on a Thursday evening to mingle with other guests and staff. It is because of the way the staff get to know you so quickly and well that there is no need for wristbands at this hotel (thank goodness!) Service - I don’t even know where to start with saying how amazing this is. Every single staff member we met without fail could not be any more helpful or friendly. I wish I had made a note of everybody’s name, because genuinely, every person who works at the hotel deserves a mention. In particular: Kenrick makes the most amazing cocktails (cocktails are hand mixed, not pre-mixed); Antwone is just so attentive - taking drinks orders, bringing drinks to you, helping with the mixology class, just putting a smile on your face; Ether who does the omelettes and eggs at breakfast with her fabulous smile and jolly exuberance; Astrid on front desk who makes it seem like nothing is a problem and is just so lovely - even calling on check out day to make sure the stay has gone well; Cliffeana who seems to do all the jobs, efficiently and in such a friendly way; All of the pool and beach ambassadors are amazing, but Pamela is just so lovely (and often brings 2 cocktails at a time!), and Tito and Troy could not have been more helpful; Jared from security was so friendly and again, remembering us and our names; Shermarque from the bar who was so kind throughout our stay, also making delicious cocktails; Jennifer P from the restaurant who brought endless freshly cooked burgers for our son and had such a laugh with him; Kevin from concierge who was so organised with booking of trips and so energetic as quiz master. We have never stayed anywhere like this anywhere in the world. We asked our taxi driver on our way to the hotel from the airport for his number, and he said he never heard from guests of Waves because they have everything they need at the hotel. And he was right. We felt a little guilty at not getting out and seeing more of the island. We did do a couple of trips organised by the hotel (Oistins and the Mount Gay tour), and we caught the bus to Holetown a couple of times (Sunday night at One Love is a brilliant street party). But we just loved the activities the hotel put on, day and night. I really enjoyed the yoga and Pilates classes on the sundeck. Huge thank you to Keri and Taneesha for getting me mobile again, and for inspiring me to take up a class now I am back in the U.K. to keep working on improving my flexibility. There is also a small gym with a few cardio machines, a bench and a full selection of free weights. There is no cable weight machine though (which would be a great addition to the gym). We did a trip over by water taxi to the sister hotel, Crystal Cove, and enjoyed some cocktails at the swim up bar there, and lunch in one of their restaurants. We also took advantage of the included water sports at our hotel (my son learnt to water ski, my daughter learnt to paddle board). The pool across the road in the adult only part of the hotel was magnificent. Never a problem getting a sunbed, plenty of towels, regular drinks service, and fresh fruit and ice lollies. It is also where the spa is where you have a complimentary treatment per adult per week of your stay. We enjoyed our treatments from Stacey, Tonia, and Rea. The food was delicious. We mostly ate at seascape, and had two meals across at Shiso (the Asian fusion restaurant). All of the food was delicious, with amazing service (and proper linen napkins!). I would just say, though, be careful if you have a bird phobia. Seascape is open sided and at breakfast and lunch birds were regular visitors claiming any titbits left on plates on tables. I would say, the pool for families with children looked a little small (we didn’t go to it but walked past it in our way to/from our bedrooms), but obviously there is plenty of room on the beach. And the sister hotel, Crystal Cove, is family friendly with lots of themed pools, a great beach and the same water sports facilities, and a regular daytime water taxi over there. You might want beach shoes for getting in/out of the sea as there was quite a lot of coral/stones at the shore line. We were glad we had taken plenty of smaller denomination notes so we could tip staff as we went along. Though we still felt we hadn’t tipped everybody so added a tip to our room bill at the end to be distributed across all departments. I could go on and on about how fantastic our holiday was at Waves. It was so much better than we ever anticipated. If you are going on holiday to this hotel you are in for a real treat. We will definitely be returning.