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Coral Reef Club Review
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Coral Reef Club 
$$$$, West Coast
Fodor's Review:
Owned and operated by the O'Hara family since the 1950s, the upscale Coral Reef Club offers the elegance and style of Sandy Lane without the formality. Spend your days relaxing at the beach or around the pool, taking time out for afternoon tea. Individually designed and beautifully decorated suites are in pristine coral-stone manses and cottages scattered over 12 1/2 acres of flower-filled gardens; the public areas ramble along the waterfront. Garden rooms suit one or two guests and have a small patio or balcony, while junior suites have sitting areas and larger patios or balconies. Luxury cottage suites each have a plunge pool, bedroom, and separate living room with a sofa bed, making them perfect for families. The five pricey Plantation suites and two villas have spacious living rooms, private sundecks and plunge pools, and stereos -- and are the only accommodations here that come with TVs (other guests can watch TV in the lounge or request one in-room for an added charge). Catch a breeze while mingling at the bar before or after dining in Coral Reef's excellent restaurant.
Member Reviews & Ratings:
OK Coral
Posted by Anthony_from_London from England on 2/1/07
We last stayed at the Coral Reef Club twenty years ago, when it was half the size. The hotel has aged better than me. The increase in number of rooms has been well managed, new rooms are well appointed, the O'Hara family are still doing a great job with its beautiful gardens (you should sign up for the tour with head gardener Anthony on a Wednesday); its facilities, (such as tennis, scuba diving, sailing. Diving on wrecks and meeting turtles underwater was very enjoyable.); you can lounge in the sun or be as active as you like. It's an oasis of calm, but if you want to walk to Holetown and shop or eat, it's not far away. We found the other guests friendly. You could complain about a few minor things like the organisation of seating at dinner in the restaurant, but overall we enjoyed a relaxing and successful holiday at the Coral Reef and would go back again.Relaxing and Up-market
Posted by Keith from Scotland on 6/23/06
Enjoyed this hotel a lot. Lovely setting,lush, well-tended grounds and comfy loungers (why do hotels persevere with those cheap and nasty plastic loop things???) Food was excellent, bar service was...OK. What is it with Caribbean bar staff? It seems almost impossible to get cheery, up-beat staff. Is this s throwback to the old colonial attitudes? Who knows, but it needs sorting pretty much everywhere in the Caribbean. On the whole though, very nice and without the affectations of Sandy Lane. Having said that...I might have gone to Sandy Lane if I wasn't so tight!
INFO
- Address: Hwy. 1, Holetown, St. James
- Phone: 246/422-2372
- Fax: 246/422-1776
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 29 rooms, 57 suites, 2 villas
- In-room: safe, refrigerator, no TV (some), Internet.
- In-hotel: restaurant, room service, tennis courts, bar, children's programs (ages 2-12), pools, gym, beachfront, diving, Internet terminal, water sports, no kids under 12 (Jan. 15-Mar. 15).
- Rate includes: Full breakfast
- Credit Cards: AE, MC, V
- Closed: Closed June
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