The Soco Hotel

The SoCo hotel boasts beautiful reviews of the sea. The staff were all wonderful and helpful with any needs that arose during our stay. Shane and Zach at the bar were amazing and the rum tasting with Michelle was wonderful! Would recommend this hotel for an amazing stay in Barbados!

Rum tasting is the absolute best! Thank you Michelle, you're the bomb!! Thoroughly recommend this to all, with no exceptions! Rum in the sunshine having a laugh with others is the perfect way to spend an hour or so of our holiday! Long may it continue!

The Soco hotel is a small resort with a lot of heart and attention to detail. If your ideal holiday is to experience an island paradise without all the noise and bustle of a busy family resort, this place is for you. The food is excellent and the staff are...

The Soco hotel is a small resort with a lot of heart and attention to detail. If your ideal holiday is to experience an island paradise without all the noise and bustle of a busy family resort, this place is for you. The food is excellent and the staff are the friendliest bunch you are likely to meet. I highly recommend the rum tasting session with Michelle. You'll experience 6 different rums all with their own characters and learn what to look out for when you're ordering your favourite cocktails across the island. You'll also have a good laugh and a bit of a dance as you do. I can't recommend this place enough of you want your time in Barbados to be a real ing, friendly and well-fed one. 5*

What a great find the Soco hotel is- everyone is so friendly & helpful. The rooms have great sea views, the beds are really comfortable with pillows so soft😊 The food is all freshly cooked and really tasty. We have just had a very enlightening rum tasting session with Michelle...

What a great find the Soco hotel is- everyone is so friendly & helpful. The rooms have great sea views, the beds are really comfortable with pillows so soft😊 The food is all freshly cooked and really tasty. We have just had a very enlightening rum tasting session with Michelle which was great fun and really worth doing to see which rum suits you best!!! I am now going for a little nap 🤣🤣🤣

This is our second visit to the Soco, we stayed last year pre cruise and returned for a slightly longer stay pre cruise this year. Last year we had a ground floor room which we really liked but this year enjoyed a room on the second floor this time. Food...

This is our second visit to the Soco, we stayed last year pre cruise and returned for a slightly longer stay pre cruise this year. Last year we had a ground floor room which we really liked but this year enjoyed a room on the second floor this time. Food remains very good, everything is cooked to order - if anything the portions are too large, even when I asked for a small portion. The staff are lovely and can’t do enough for you. We hope to be back.

Just home after 10 day stay at Soco with mixed experiences. Some very good, some less so. Positives are beautiful views from our room (303), wonderful staff especially the amazing Michelle and great location for the beach. Bar area good and staff excellent. Less positive was the cockroach eggs found...

Just home after 10 day stay at Soco with mixed experiences. Some very good, some less so. Positives are beautiful views from our room (303), wonderful staff especially the amazing Michelle and great location for the beach. Bar area good and staff excellent. Less positive was the cockroach eggs found in our room on penultimate day and listening to 2 other guests who had found cockroach in their room. Room was treated and eggs removed immediately and I understand sometimes these things happen. Less positive was no contact from senior management which I would have expected although desk staff apologised. I found the food to be good. Only downside to served meals were occasionally longer waiting. Found sunbeds and parasols were just enough and shade good on beach. Tip for other travellers is take beach shoes to swim as quite a lot of stones.

A lovely hotel with a perfect location by the beach with friendly staff and excellent food and accomodation. Rooms were cleaned daily and the restaurant offered a good selection of meals to choose from each day. Special mention to Shane, Zak and Michelle behind the bar who were so helpful...

A lovely hotel with a perfect location by the beach with friendly staff and excellent food and accomodation. Rooms were cleaned daily and the restaurant offered a good selection of meals to choose from each day. Special mention to Shane, Zak and Michelle behind the bar who were so helpful and friendly and don't miss out on Michelle's rum tasting experience which in 3 words was educational, entertaining and fun! Also big thanks to Shaniqua on the front desk who was really helpful throughout our stay. Would definetly come back to this hotel we had a great holiday there. The view from our room on the 3rd floor looking out to the ocean was amazing and you are so close to the sea, beautiful.

May I first say The SoCo has the most fabulous position overlooking the Sea The staff were pleasant and helpful Rooms dated but clean great big comfortable beds and clean towels and bedding Food and drinks very acceptable The only issues we had were The Rat problem needs addressing no...

May I first say The SoCo has the most fabulous position overlooking the Sea The staff were pleasant and helpful Rooms dated but clean great big comfortable beds and clean towels and bedding Food and drinks very acceptable The only issues we had were The Rat problem needs addressing no reason why Vermin control cannot be taken more seriously No courtesy rooms on check out at all. This is simply not good enough. Spending all day in 30 degrees heat and no shower facilities takes the edge off the holiday and there is simply no excuse to keep saying the hotel is full. There should be availability for this all the time The shower facilities in the rooms need updating as majority of the time the water is cold and the systems were very outdated

We were recommended The Soco Hotel by our friends who had stayed there the previous year and it did not disappoint! What a great find! Location: close to shops and bars, not far from the airport and last but definitely not least, ON THE BEACH!!!! with breath-taking seaviews. Room: Very...

We were recommended The Soco Hotel by our friends who had stayed there the previous year and it did not disappoint! What a great find! Location: close to shops and bars, not far from the airport and last but definitely not least, ON THE BEACH!!!! with breath-taking seaviews. Room: Very spacious! Very comfortable bed and pillows! The air con was great, which we really needed with the humidity. You could hear the occasional honk of horns from the road but nothing that disturbed us. The bathroom was also fairly big with a decent shower, towels and toiletries. The coffee machine in the room was lush and produced some great tasting fresh coffee! The view from the balcony was something else and after taking hundreds of photo's, I never tire looking back through them! Pool/Beach: Both the sea and the pool were like stepping into a bath! We found there were ample sunbeds and the pool was maintained daily. Only a short distance from the bar to the beach so no problem popping up for a cocktail as and when! We also had waiter service to the beach some of the time as well which was a bonus Food: AMAZING !!!!!!! Huge choice of breakfast from the menu and you could have as much or as little as you liked. Eggs Benedict was my favourite (which I had 3 times during our 7 night stay as they were so good!) Lunch and Dinner was from a 3 course menu with 3 choices for each course. This was changed every 2 days so there was plenty of variation. We skipped lunch a few times as we were too full from breakfast! The wine in the restaurant was really good too. All of the food is cooked to order so is hot and fresh when it gets to the table. Because of this, there was the occasional slightly longer waiting time (maybe 2 or 3 times over the entire 7 night stay) but the wine was flowing and as the food was so good, it was always worth the extra time. Cocktails and spirits all fab! Staff: Nothing was too much trouble. Always helpful and obliging. This hotel is not like other All-Inclusives as it is much smaller but we really liked this due to the personal touches and friendliness of the staff and the other guests. You can choose to mingle or to just relax on your own. We recommend the Island Safari tour. We got to see all of the island and we did some "off-roading" in the jeep with Wayne (who certainly knows his stuff and is totally bonkers, but we loved him!!). Whilst all of the staff are great, with a particular mention to Shayne behind the bar, the icing on the cake for this hotel is of course Michelle !!! She never stops smiling! We particularly loved her Rum Tasting session at 10am !! She knows everything you need to know about everything in Barbados. It's like having a personal holiday planner on tap. She is such a huge credit to this hotel and is the one of the main reasons we cannot wait to return! If I am being really really picky, the only suggestion I would have is to add Prosecco to the All-inclusive drinks. It was only served on the Managers Cocktail evening (once a week and the night we arrived so didn't really know the set up then) and it would of been nice to enjoy another glass at other times during the stay.

Great experience, attentive staff pleases & gets to know you. Michelle is incredible, she sets the bar high. She will book dinner off site for you, book trips and will share knowledge freely. She is always smiling and happy and makes you feel like part of the Soco family: Dedicated...

Great experience, attentive staff pleases & gets to know you. Michelle is incredible, she sets the bar high. She will book dinner off site for you, book trips and will share knowledge freely. She is always smiling and happy and makes you feel like part of the Soco family: Dedicated staff. Antony and Shane-are so professional, attentive and fun. Wait staff was great at each meal. Priceless views, great value at a beautiful all inclusive. This staff goes above and beyond every day: Aside from typical American entitled customers that feel the need to “claim” their pool lounge chairs daily it’s a great place!

Firstly i would like to acknowledge the great staff - Michelle & Shane from the (Bar) Sheba & Clive from the (restaurant) these guys were very accommodating and helpful always happy to help....Some really great staff....Now onto the not so good bits- 1) Lack of sunbeds total 14 but on...

Firstly i would like to acknowledge the great staff - Michelle & Shane from the (Bar) Sheba & Clive from the (restaurant) these guys were very accommodating and helpful always happy to help....Some really great staff....Now onto the not so good bits- 1) Lack of sunbeds total 14 but on the last day the hotel bought more but still not enough to accommodate!! 2) The amount of RATS around the Hotel was very off putting we saw at least 5-6 every night / More RAT control needed. 3) NO fresh fruit ONLY at breakfast and that was chopped up...all drinks were made with syrup (We only got Banana's for a couple of days but they grow them on the island? Didn't make sense... 4) No COFFEE machine for a Cappuccino we were told they had a machine but couldn't work it and the PODS were to expensive. 5) NO cold drinks in the room fridge (ALL INCLUSIVE) ?? 6) Water & Coke at the bar were always warm (Not in the fridge) 7) Breakfast menu didn't change for 14 days...More choice would of been good! 8) The menu changed every 2 days but on one Occasion changed after 3 days!! 9) NO bathrobes in the rooms also NO shower Gel or Shampoo. 10) NO Shaving Mirror which would be useful. 11) Rooms were NOT cleaned every day the floor was washed and maybe bed change, but towels were NOT. 12) The sunbed towels are very old and tired they need changing for sure and the SOCO HOTEL is written in marker pen on both the sunbed & room towels which looks very unprofessional. 13) Rooms and hallways are very tired looking and could do with modernization. Its such a shame as this hotel is in a great location has some amazing Staff and really has the potential to be an GREAT holiday destination, i feel the management really need to focus on improvements as they are behind other countries i have visited....the attention to detail makes a happy customer and perhaps a returning customer!! SOCO Management please take NOTE you potentially have a wonderful hotel and could be in the top raking's if you get it right.......

First time in Barbados but travelled to many other countries, both 5 star and back pack. Initial meet and greet was poor, Attitude Linda,dont think i saw you again...Guests have just flown hours to get here, be kind. Beach bar was a joy nice view of the beach could be...

First time in Barbados but travelled to many other countries, both 5 star and back pack. Initial meet and greet was poor, Attitude Linda,dont think i saw you again...Guests have just flown hours to get here, be kind. Beach bar was a joy nice view of the beach could be with better/ tidier seating, sticky tape in the sun euch,? Beach bar staff were exceptional smiling service with personalty, and attention to detail. Well done Michelle and Shane particularly. 10.20 bar closing? could be later? Sun bed issues are unnecessary with proper management and a good ratio of beds to guests. English are always gonna be fussy so cold bottled water is a must. Little tidying of the pool area, long extension wires across the bar.? A few rats didnt bother me but stories of big ones and numerous were around. A huge wallspace at the back of the smoking area is crying out for a mural or advertising the hotel from the boardwalk. Food qualty and preparation made up for lack of menu choice but understandable with the small client base. Small criticism, availability of fresh fruit and nuts plus proper fresh coffee, maybe slightly more vegetables with meals would have made it perfect for me. Rooms could do with proper side tables with a flat surface not a sofa cube. Easily accessed plug sockets,usb plugs?? A bit of a touch up to the paint and rusty areas. So much potential it could be a little goldmine if some of the refinements made people keen to return. Personally Sorry to leave...

Well what can I say, yet another fantastic rum tasting experience with the wonderful Michelle, her knowledge is amazing and she makes it so much fun plus all the tasty goodies she makes. You might not think you like rum but I encourage you to join in and you will...

Well what can I say, yet another fantastic rum tasting experience with the wonderful Michelle, her knowledge is amazing and she makes it so much fun plus all the tasty goodies she makes. You might not think you like rum but I encourage you to join in and you will by the end of it, it is also such a fabulous way to meet your fellow guests. Michelle don't ever change, you are amazing. Love you lots. Xxx

Beautiful stay, clean, and friendly staff. The food was wonderful but wish there was a faster option than a sit down meal for 3 meals a day. The showers were NOT warm but the room was spacious and clean. The atmosphere was pleasant. Great place to snorkel.

What a fabulous hotel! We were made to feel welcome by all the staff, good food, good service and good times! Michelle’s rum tasting on Wednesday morning is a must, she is so knowledgable and we had drinks, food, singing and dancing …. Six generous measures of different rums, I...

What a fabulous hotel! We were made to feel welcome by all the staff, good food, good service and good times! Michelle’s rum tasting on Wednesday morning is a must, she is so knowledgable and we had drinks, food, singing and dancing …. Six generous measures of different rums, I needed a lie down afterwards 🤣. Don’t hesitate to visit SoCo, small and very friendly!

This was my 6th time to The Soco and it continues to be outstanding in every way! The beach is stunning and the rooms are clean and spacious with gorgeous beach views. The food is delicious and the service is excellent. Shout out to Michelle, Shane, Zach, Clive, Anthony, and...

This was my 6th time to The Soco and it continues to be outstanding in every way! The beach is stunning and the rooms are clean and spacious with gorgeous beach views. The food is delicious and the service is excellent. Shout out to Michelle, Shane, Zach, Clive, Anthony, and the whole Soco team for going above and beyond to ensure you have the best vacation in beautiful Barbados.

Check in was fast and easy. We got room 303 which was nice. Air conditioner worked great. Bed was good. Shower worked fine. Would stay again. My wife talked to the manager about their choice of liquor and they did provide Stoli vodka. There is no whiskey but they do...

Check in was fast and easy. We got room 303 which was nice. Air conditioner worked great. Bed was good. Shower worked fine. Would stay again. My wife talked to the manager about their choice of liquor and they did provide Stoli vodka. There is no whiskey but they do have scotch. There is only 1 beer choice which is Banks. Pool was fine. Great snorkeling on the beach. They do have loungers at the beach as well as at the pool. Food was great and changed every 2 days. I would definitely stay again.

Love every bit of the experience at this hotel. I were treated with respect and staff were so welcoming it felt like home away from home. Will love to visit often.i recommend this experience 👌. Beautiful room beach front top tier food service awesome bar cocktail experience with staff.

Amazing hotel. Small and friendly. Only 24 rooms. So everyone got to know each other. Michelle was outstanding. Always smiling, always helping and even when she was at the end of her shift always had time for everyone. Shanice in the restaurant was smiley and giggly. A pleasure to see...

Amazing hotel. Small and friendly. Only 24 rooms. So everyone got to know each other. Michelle was outstanding. Always smiling, always helping and even when she was at the end of her shift always had time for everyone. Shanice in the restaurant was smiley and giggly. A pleasure to see her. Shane and the bar staff were all cheerful. All the staff were lovely and kind. Get a high floor room if you can. Downsides - no lift, very few accessible plug sockets in room, too few sunbeds and of poor quality. But none of these things would put us off returning.

We stayed for 5 nights prior to a cruise on Royal Clipper. We had stayed at the hotel in 2018 and so knew the layout. For accessibility reasons, I emailed the hotel beforehand to request a room on the same level as reception to minimise stairs, and this was provided....

We stayed for 5 nights prior to a cruise on Royal Clipper. We had stayed at the hotel in 2018 and so knew the layout. For accessibility reasons, I emailed the hotel beforehand to request a room on the same level as reception to minimise stairs, and this was provided. On arrival, we had a lovely welcome from Linda on reception. Check-in was quick and simple, with a glass of fizz, and our luggage was taken to our room. One of the housekeeping staff had to show us that one remote was to switched on the TV and the other was to change channels, etc. An information leaflet or booklet in the room would be useful to explain this, plus a list of the available TV channels and also that the telephone could be used to make free local calls. In 2018 we were upgraded to the room behind the reception desk which benefitted from the shower room being between the bedroom and the street, and so muffling noise. Having read reviews commenting on loud early morning noise from the road, I took earplugs. However we really heard little, and it certainly didn’t disturb us. In fact the bed was so comfy, I wished I could have taken it home. Our room was well looked after by Truly, who kept us supplied with English Breakfast tea! Previous reviews had also mentioned the shortage of sunbeds. We had no trouble getting beds by the pool in the morning on our first day, but could not help notice that a couple reserved beds opposite us with their belongings, and did not go near them until late afternoon. The same couple had beds on the beach and also monopolised one of the tables and chairs. On our last day, some ladies did have the courage to remove the couple’s belongings, much to their annoyance when they eventually returned. Hurrah! However, the hotel should take a firmer line on this. It wasn’t a surprise that we needed to book a time for dinner each day, but sometimes the staff responsible for this could be less than friendly. Although the meal choices can appear limited at first glance, the waitresses are happy to take requests for amendments to the kitchen. This was particularly evident at breakfast where the menu options look fixed, but are in fact, very flexible. Rayna and Sheqila were both happy, smiley and friendly waitresses and we looked forward to being served by them. Unfortunately one waitress (wore glasses) let the hotel down; we never knew her name as she just mumbled grudgingly at us. Shane and Zach were wonderful, friendly and efficient bar tenders. Shane’s “special” rum punch was a particular favourite. We missed Michelle’s rum tasting in 2018 and so made sure we were there for it this year. We were joined by only 2 other couples, which was disappointing, but she still made it fun and we were able to taste some very different rums. Last, but certainly not least, we cannot praise Shaniqua highly enough. My partner was experiencing some chest congestion and, on checking out, I just happened to ask whether the pharmacy would be likely to sell inhalers. In the UK, a doctor’s prescription would be needed. Without any prompting, she rang the pharmacy at the supermarket and arranged for me to collect one. That was truly amazing service. To conclude, almost all the staff had the Soco Hotel are friendly, helpful and efficient. Coupled with an amazing location, we can recommend this hotel to those who want a small, quiet and child-free holiday.