Calabash Hotel

Yet another excellent holiday - 33 years now since we first visited and still love the hotel as much as ever. As soon as we arrived, we received that special Calabash warm welcome and that friendliness from everyone at Calabash never ceased from start to finish. As ever lovely to recognise so many staff who have been there many years. Our room - de luxe suite was excellent , well equipped and positioned and kept so spotless by the lovely housekeeping team. We were also joined by our daughter at short notice ( thanks Adele for fitting her in and for such a lovely room) for our last week and she found it a very relaxing break. We always love the cocktails and canapes - the start to a lovely evening and thanks to the team who always kept an eye out for when we returned from the gym. The gym, incidentally, is one of the best equipped of the many hotel gyms we have experienced - spacious and very well equipped . The Rhodes Restaurant is still a great example of what a top restaurant should be. The ambience is special, the menu is excellent , especially with the daily specials and the service is very professional and yet lightly informal at the same time. A very strong professional team led by Michael and SherLyn with George who always seems to know what you want to drink before you do! We also enjoyed Nori which we visited twice and thoroughly enjoyed The Beach Club restaurant is equally good , the setting is great and again service is very good led by Desiann and all the excellent staff .We love the beach bar which is still such a lovely hub, especially after an energetic game of shuffleboard! Thanks to Leslie Ann , Mickey and the team for looking after us so well at the beach and the bar. The beach team were excellent , always on hand to set up your favourite spot on the beach and frequent soft drinks and also the occasional sail and more frequent kayak stand up board trips. This year we enjoyed the aqua aerobics twice a week and also the yoga and Pilates. A very professional team at reception , never ceasing to smile and always ready to help. Not forgetting the garden and maintenance who were always smiling and keeping the grounds and resort in excellent condition.The garden tour was very informative The dive team continue to provide some great dives and snorkelling together with the various watersports available. Even managed to fit in spa treatments which were excellent. We enjoyed the varied entertainment every evening and particularly the steel band who were excellent.It was also great to see Barracuda again with his unique music. For us what continues to make Calabash so enjoyable and one of the best hotels we stay at ( and why they win so many awards ) is the attention to detail and professionalism and friendliness of ALL the staff . So, many thanks to Adele , Leo and Lillian for making it all happen through their wonderful staff. We can't wait to see you all again before too long and especially seeing the new rooms-

We just got back from an amazing trip thanks to the staff at this beautiful hotel. From the minute we pulled up we were treated like old friends. Steven and his staff met us at the car to make us fee so welcome. After that, each staff member that we encountered was amazing! Special shout out to George, Cara, Miguel, Michael, Kareem, Alex and Abigail for being so helpful during our stay. We enjoyed every meal at Beach Club and Rhodes including the dinners that had some excellent entertainment. The spa was so beautiful and relaxing we went twice! The whole resort is beautifully maintained and the rooms are roomy and spotless! And the beds were so comfortable! We will definitely be back!