In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The upper-level suites have bird’s-eye views of the crystalline waters; the two lower rooms are smaller, but have the advantage of being bang on the beach. All the hotel’s rooms are decked out in cool whites and polished woods, and are finished with a segue of local Bajan and Italian furnishings.
- Packing tips
- A pair of Jimmy Choos, a pashmina or two, and that more prosaic twilight essential: insect repellent.
- Also
- Make sure you drag yourself out of bed at sunrise at least once during your stay – that’s when the turtles gather on the beach.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- Two free items of Lone Star merchandise (choose between polo shirts, T-shirts, baseball caps and overalls)
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Lone Star Restaurant & Hotel
Barbados, Caribbean[view map]
- Style
- Beach shack retro retreat
- Setting
- Dozing on dazzling sands
This boutique Bajan beach hotel’s past incarnation, a 1950s garage, informs its modern-day aesthetic in a big way: rooms named after cars, retro furnishings, staff clad in boiler suites – all coloured in the Lone Star Restaurant & Hotel’s smart signature white and blue.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Four.
- Rates
- $400–$900. Includes breakfast, but not the 10 per cent service charge or 7.5 per cent tax.
- Check-out
- 4pm, but flexible, subject to availability.
- Facilities
- DVD library, complimentary WiFi throughout. In rooms: terrace, flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, minibar, White Company toiletries.
- Poolside
- There’s no pool, but with glass-clear waters six steps from your room, you don’t need one.
- Eco-friendly
- The hotel uses solar power to heat its water.
- Hotel closed
- June.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Once the main garage, the restaurant is now a permanently buzzing Barbados institution. Lined with gilt mirrors and touched with retro flashes – we love the rows of cool white ceiling fans – it serves skilful world cuisine with a Caribbean twang.
- Dress code
- Westwood, Blahnik, Klein – every garment needs a surname.
- Last orders
- 10.30pm; the bar closes at 11pm.
- Room service
- Meals can be served in rooms between 8.30am and 10.30pm.
- Hotel bar
- Part of the Lone Star restaurant, the bar is a mirror-lined mahogany countertop, frequently propped up by champagne-supping pre-prandial A-listers.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Under-12s stay free, and cots or extra beds can be provided. Babysitting can be arranged a day in advance, for $5 per hour, and the restaurant serves a children’s menu of simple chicken-nuggety fare.
Smith members offer
Two free items of Lone Star merchandise (choose between polo shirts, T-shirts, baseball caps and overalls)
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