Fairmont Royal Pavilion

Rosanna Coppola

The Fairmont Barbados is on a beautiful beach and location is great for a tranquil vacation. The hotel is pretty with pink walls and pretty fountains and landscape. The landscaping needs cleaning and some plants were dry but overall it was nice. At night it’s pretty with all the lighting. The nightly sunset views from the bar restaurant are gorgeous and they have live music. The food at the hotel is not the best. It’s ok tasting. For the prices charged (specially the $175 lunch buffet) the food is not that good. The service is also OK. Some staff are great and we looked around for the special staff that we knew would assist best. The rest of the staff definitely need some “Fairmont corporate training”. Overall the rooms were very pretty. We had the bottom floor upgrade room with a little balcony. I am not sure how the upstairs rooms look. Our balcony bottom floor was nice and very clean and nicely decorated and updated bathroom. The fridge did not work. They gave us free waters all the time and I really appreciated that. The balcony does not open to the beach. Would be great if you could just walk out your balcony to the beach. You have to go around the resort to the back in order to access the beach. The breakfast food was pretty good. A lot of fruits and hot plates. The drinks were pretty good overall. Some staff bring them out to the beach but you have to hunt them down for that to happen. Overall, if I came back to Barbados, I would stay at the Fairmont again but with adjusted expectations.

Dawn Heidlebaugh

We had a wonderful experience, the room although older was well appointed and comfortable the only thing I would have changed was new softer sheets! The sheets were not comfortable they felt more like muslim not a high thread count. We loved the people who worked there, Tia was our first contact and she was fabulous. Nicole with our beach drinks, Dawn our butler, Tony the driver, everyone we came accross was delightful!!!!!!

mario smuglovsky

The hotel was very dated and does not justify a 5 star rating nor the associated pricing. My suggestion is spend a few extra dollars and stay in Sandy Lane. We went to that property and you can see the difference immediately. Unfortunately, the Fairmont needs a lot of updating and the staff has to be begged to provide service. It seems like they don’t want to be there or perhaps underpaid and lack training in hospitality. Lastly, the food quality is poor and the prices are not commensurate to the quality.

tony trice

This hotel has lost its shine and is being run on a shoestring budget – the feeling was it was getting ready to be sold or closed. This is our experience in April 2025 and made us very sad as we had been travelling there for Many years. Their lovely atmosphere has now been lost

Peyton Mcginnis

Definitely on island time here. It's like you're at the edge of the earth, and you could dissappear here if you ever needed to. Beautiful place, great people, great food and the facilities are quality. About a 40m ride from the airport but worth it, close to shops, dining, golf, and shopping. Great trip and good for kids.