St James's Club & Villas

La Keisha Thomas-Glasgow

We spent six days and seven nights at St. James’s Club Antigua during the off-season, and overall, it was a calm and pleasant experience. The resort had a relaxed atmosphere with fewer guests and staff, which we appreciated after the busy Carnival season. Our premium room was simple but comfortable, featuring a double-sink bathroom, tub, and a balcony with a lovely beach view. However, housekeeping was inconsistent; our room was only cleaned twice during our stay instead of every other day as expected. Unfortunately, the beach had a heavy build-up of seaweed throughout our visit. While the staff worked diligently to clear it, the beach wasn’t really suitable for swimming during our stay. Food and drink options were average. I had hoped for more local dishes, but the Sunday breakfast buffet at Rainbow Garden — including saltfish, chop-up, and fried dumplings — was a definite highlight. For other meals, we alternated between the buffet at Docksider and the à la carte menu at Eleven-Eleven. Both were decent but not particularly memorable. The staff were consistently friendly and helpful, which really enhanced our experience. We also enjoyed spending time at the main pool and the children’s pool, both of which were clean and never crowded. If you’re looking for a quiet, family-friendly resort without loud entertainment or nightly shows, St. James’s Club is a good choice. It’s ideal for relaxing and recharging, especially for families with young children and older relatives. Despite a few minor drawbacks, we had a refreshing and enjoyable stay.

Heather Marek

Overall it was a great stay. The staff were friendly and attentive. Service for the reserved dinner time slots were alittle too slow, and portions were too small. We should have ordered a few items maybe if that is possible. We ended up stopping at the buffet for alittle more food afterwards. The music was always great to listen to in the evenings. We enjoyed sitting in the lounge chairs near the bar listening with a drink before and after dinner at the docksider. Disappointed about the seaweed on the beach, but we understand it is seasonal and is constantly coming in. Too bad there is not a better solution rather than the tractors and by hand. Like a net or something quicker. We felt bad for them having to work so hard on that for so long too. Didn’t realize how big of a resort it was and it is all pretty spread out so I could see how anyone older or with disabilities may struggle. It did help to keep us in better shape though.

Nicole Field

The St. James is a very nice resort. It was classic in Caribbean decor and allowed us to enjoy a wonderfully slow island pace. The sargassum seaweed was prominent on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. I felt for the workers trying to clean it up. It's not their fault. We were in a villa on the bay side and it was just lovely. No sargassum issues at all. The staff were kind and thoughtful. We had the same waiters/waitresses each day, and by the end of the week, they felt like family. We enjoyed the daily/nightly entertainment! Thank you for putting so much thought into these events! My only nudge to the hotel is to improve the food quality and provide more breakfast options.

Ria Palmer

Beautiful Island. The resort is nice, can use some updating, but the staff is not very welcoming nor accommodating, The food choices/options was terrible except on Saturday, Found ourselves eating off the resort which cost more money. The activities they posted about did not happen. As a returning guest I was disappointed in not having the same activities as my prior visit, other than the front desk and the gift shop, the staff had attitudes, and was bothered when asked for anything. Also roach in room and also in coffee shop, and was a lot of work being done in the day time in rooms next to ours, so you could not get any quite. Spoke to Management but didn’t remedy any of our concerns. Birds also an issue at breakfast.

Caleb Demeritt

I recently visited st James club with my wife, 18 month old as well as 4 other adults in our party. After reading reviews I was worried about the service but We were greeted by 2 great front desk workers, one being Brianna and the others name started with a D and I know I’ll misspell it. They were great and very helpful. The clubs location is great while we were there it felt like it was empty which was awesome not feeling overcrowded when going to do things. We spent most of our time on the resort enjoying the beach which was great, great clear water and make sure to have piper give you a foot message. I also want to give a special shout out to Deshaun who works in the little store there. She was so helpful and even went to the store to grab diapers for my son as we unfortunately forgot to pack enough so she definitely. While the location was great and we had great encounters with the workers I’ll say the worst part of the trip was how slow it was to get food at all the restaurants . We went to the rainbow garden for dinner one night with a 6:30 reservation. It took 3 and a half hours. The service being so slow at the restaurants made it so by the time you were done eating you didn’t have much time to do other activities. St James needs to invest in making sure that people are receiving fast service even trying to grab a quick snack would take at minimum an hour.