Galley Bay Resort and Spa - All Inclusive

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  Best Vacation of our Lives!!! Wish I could give it 10 STARS

  Your resort is perfection, well thought out, excellent amenities and very well manicured and maintained. High quality food and service. Alfred the Great, always smiling and accommodating Vincent the beach server was very friendly and attentive Sharon our housekeeper always accommodate ANY request Lynette the restaurant manager made us always feel welcome and at home

  Jul 23, 2025
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  11 night stay in Galley Bay

  Just back from 11 glorious days in Galley Bay. This was our first, but definitely not our last visit to the resort. We stayed in a superior delux beach front room which was a single storey room. The room was spacious and was spotlessly clean, big thanks to the cleaning staff. In the room there was a kettle and coffee machine as well as a fridge. Tea, coffee and milk were restocked every day as well as the fridge being topped up with water, sodas, beer and our choice of wine! The room opened out into a private patio with sun loungers and a shower. Each room has their own sun loungers and parasol on the beach as well. Lovely bathroom with 2 sinks and 2 showers which were fully stocked with all toiletries. Also a large walk in wardrobe in the bathroom. The 3 restaurants on site were excellent, great variety of food, superbly prepared and presented. Ismays has a surcharge but worth every penny, so good we went twice, such a lovely setting. The staff are incredible, Chef Jerimah and Cedric were there chatting with everyone at breakfast. Sadi with her beautiful smile made us feel so welcome. The Teepee bar is lovely to sit and enjoy a cocktail with the stunning view. We also did Dine by Deisgn to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. I can’t thank Chef Guvan enough, he met with us to talk through our menu, our likes and dislikes and designed the menu around us. The Pavilion was made so pretty for our meal, we stared with champagne on the beach at sunset and then had the most amazing meal cooked there by Chef Guvan and Chef Jerimah. Dasani was our waiter for the evening, he is just the nicest guy ever. They made our anniversary so special for us. All the staff were so friendly and helpful and made our holiday extra enjoyable., especially Joan in Guest Services, such a lovely lady. Beautiful beach resort for couples, wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it for a visit.

  Jul 23, 2025
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  This was our second visit to Galley Bay. Last time we stayed in a cottage, so decided to book a beach front room this time. The position on these huge rooms are perfect. We opted for a top floor, for privacy and it was so relaxing waking up and having a coffee on the balcony. The resort is just so beautiful and you can truly relax at this resort. The staff are all great. Alaska, Vincent and the watersport centre chap (apologies for not remembering your name) were all above and beyond. Food is excellent and we really appreciated the returners dinner. We also won an evening at Ismay's in the manager's cocktail party, which was such a generous prize! We love this resort and we will be returning soon! Thank you!

  Jul 18, 2025
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  10 days in Paradise We have just returned from an amazing 10 days at Galley Bay Resort and Spa This was the first time visiting Antigua but it won’t be the last. We were celebrating our Golden Wedding Anniversary and we can’t thank Galley Bay enough for what they did to help us celebrate. We were taken to our room by the ever happy Dante, a beautiful Premium Beachfront Suite which was huge. A ground floor room which opened out onto the pristine beach with your own sun loungers on the patio as well as two designated loungers under a parasol on the beach. It’s a nice walk to the restaurants and bars at either end of the resort going through beautifully kept gardens with exotic flowers and shrubs. If it’s raining they will happily drive you to one of the restaurants in a golf buggy and pick you up after if needed. The Sea Grape Restaurant which is the main restaurant is open every day is on the beachfront. Great breakfasts and amazing food for dinner. The menu changes every day in all the restaurants which is something we have never had in any other hotel. Galley Bay is a small hotel with 98 rooms but it provides high class 5* luxury and has that very personal touch. The staff are so friendly and welcoming and always smiling. They love to help and ensure your stay is memorable. The managers and chefs are not hidden away in offices like a lot of hotels but out meeting guests as it should be. On the day of our anniversary we had a bottle of champagne, cheese plater and macaroons delivered to our room which was a lovely surprise. Our celebratory meal on the beach that evening was planned by Jerimiah, the head chef and Vincent was our waiter who was wonderful keeping our glasses filled and entertained throughout. There was no better way to celebrate our special day than at Galley Bay. So many people to thank and will be seeing again when we return but Tunisia who cleaned our room was wonderful, always chatting and laughing. Everyone in the hotel was so good and what comes across loud and clear is that they want to be there. It was good to see many of the staff dancing to the entertainment and having a good time and why not, they deserve it as they work so hard. We were lucky to see some turtles hatching on the beach one evening and you can see how they protect and monitor this having a robust conservation programme in place. Again everyone is involved in protecting this lovely island. We can truly say that this is the best hotel we have stayed at and the memory of our first visit will stay with us a long time. We will be back as soon as possible to have even memories of this stunning place. It was sad to leave but as they said you have to leave to be able to come back…and we will.

  Jul 18, 2025
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  Paradise on the beach

  Traveled to Antigua and spent 9 days on the island with my wife and two daughters- 18yo and 17yo. For the record, Galley Bay is as advertised- quiet, secluded and beautiful!   I was worried about the beach reading reviews, but it was awesome!  No seaweed, soft sand- some rocks but nothing to complain about.   The water was warm, and crystal clear.   We didn't find it too wavey, but others comment that it wasn't as calm as other Antiguan beaches.  Snorkeling included a wreck nearby that the water sport team can take you to and a reef of the far end of the resort that had great fish, octopus and lobsters. The rooms were HUGE!   Nicely appointed and well maintained.  Forgive me for not getting name of the house keeping crew, but they did a marvelous job of keeping the room stocking with drinks, towels and free of sand. (recommendation- we put a bath mat in from of the sliding doors to wipe our feet and keep sand out- you guys should look into some kind of permanent door mats) The experience of being able to literally walk out on to the beach directly from your room and have access to go into the room to use the bathroom or reapply sunscreen was amazing. And having your own personal beach loungers that you didn't have to fight for or reserve was stress relieving.   The staff was very nice, everyone was friendly and attentive- special call-outs to Cedric who greeted EVERYONE at breakfast, checked on them and wished them a fantastic day, Alaska, Julius, Sadie (my daughter called her "my Queen"), Annika (who is the absolute definition of guest services!) and Curtis. I am missing so many others, apologies- ground keeping crew always said good morning and stopped to engage you in friendly banter, housekeeping as mentioned before and those I will call the "golf cart guys"- thanks for running us up for taxi pickups!    The pool was great and contrary to reviews; we had access to plenty of towels.   For an all-inclusive resort, the food was above average.   We mostly ate at Seagrape (breakfast, lunch and dinner).    The menu changed every day, I would say that the lunch menu, at times, had better options than the dinner menu.  We had dinner at Gauguin one night, but did not feel it was special enough to worry about making reservations.   Drinks were okay, I couldn't find one I liked- but oh well.  Nightly entertainment was pleasant, the fire dancers was the best, he was a hoot. All was enough to keep you busy for couple of hours before bedtime (entertainment ended at 10:30p)     As mentioned, the crowd was very subdued- no one was rowdy.  Mostly mature couples with some young honeymooners sprinkled in.   Many of the guests were return patrons.   I can definitely see why.   Again, contrary to reviews, I did not feel like these folks got preferential treatment.  One very special moment, was that all the guests were able to witness see turtles hatching and going to the ocean (there was a research team supervising)- felt like a National Geographic moment!  All in all, I would strongly recommend Galley Bay to travelers looking for a quiet, beautiful piece of heaven on earth.

  Jul 13, 2025