Heaven!
Mar 17, 2025 Jerry S Gravesend, United Kingdom
If there’s such a thing as heaven, it’s called Galley Bay! We spent 7 nights at the resort to celebrate my wife’s 60th birthday and our stay was faultless.
We arrived via airport transfer at reception, that’s a short golf buggy ride from the main resort, through picturesque grounds, and via a road dissecting a pretty lagoon. We were greeted…
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If there’s such a thing as heaven, it’s called Galley Bay! We spent 7 nights at the resort to celebrate my wife’s 60th birthday and our stay was faultless.
We arrived via airport transfer at reception, that’s a short golf buggy ride from the main resort, through picturesque grounds, and via a road dissecting a pretty lagoon. We were greeted warmly, with a rum punch and a smile, before being driven to the heart of the resort to take in a jaw dropping view of the beach and the turquoise waters in which we’d swim throughout the week. Paradise! Then it was on to our accommodation, a beachfront deluxe room, up a flight of wooden stairs to the first floor. All the buildings are low rise, in what I’d describe as a colonial style, white timbers and rustic wooden steps, sitting comfortably in the beautiful grounds, amidst exotic trees and well-tended borders, populated by a vibrant array of colourful bird life.
Our room was spacious and very high quality, with a huge bed, walk in wardrobe and a fabulous bathroom with large shower. The balcony had two deluxe sun loungers and we could look out on the beach, and our dedicated beach loungers and parasol just a few steps from the sea. Neither the beach, nor the pool (nor anything else come to that) was ever really busy, always quiet and relaxing. The balcony view was stunning and the whole place tranquil and calm.
We chose Galley Bay partly for the excellent dining options, and these did not disappoint. The Sea Grape is the basic restaurant, though anything but basic, with excellent menu choices, generous wines and friendly staff. The Gaugin requires booking (no charge) and is worth the walk through the grounds to dine in a cabana on the beach. Again, top notch food. As if this wasn’t enough, we dined twice at Ismay’s, for which a supplement is payable, but worth every penny, for such a fine dining experience (and I mean bordering on Michelin starred). The lobster was delicious but then, hey, so was everything else. The culinary highlight was our ‘Dining by Design’ experience. We pre ordered our choices in the office of the VIP guest manager, Nadia, who was warm, charming, and informative. The meal, if you can picture this, was in a first floor open pavilion on the beach, with our own waiter and chefs - hang on, it was only the executive chef for the whole resort and his capable assistant chef! As each course was served, the chef emerged from his screened cooking area and described each course in detail. The food was exquisite, the service amazing. Our special thanks go to Chef Guvan, his lovely assistant Alicia, and Dasani, our super-smiley waiter! This topped off a week of beautiful dining and we could not have been more happy. The supplement was well worth it for the experience of benefiting from such personalised dining, fed by an amazing chef, who has worked in both Claridges and La Tour d’Argent in Paris. He’s a star!
Finally (I could write pages of accolades) the guest services staff, especially Bri, were lovely and super helpful. Cocktails were varied and delicious, the pool lovely, and the grounds exquisite. Get the general idea?
If I could only pick one place in the world to go for a final holiday, it would be Galley Bay. Thank you to the excellent team for a truly memorable week.
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