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Top Hotel!
Just got back. Agree with all previous reviews
We are: 50 year old parents, daughter 21, son 19
We always choose places where there is something active to do in the morning, then chill out in the afternoon.
Close to airport (no worries about noise as only 3 planes taking off per day)
Beach: Every part of hotel virtually on the sand! Beautiful sheltered bay with clean, level beach.
Pool: Freshwater. Quiet
Gym: Small but plenty! 2 x running, stepper, bicycle, full bench weights, aircon
Scuba: Friendly, efficient, professional dive centre few steps from all rooms! House jetty with dive boat. Can get choppy so take TripTone seasickness tablets!
Snorkelling: didnt do snorkel trips organised by Dive Centre. Only like to snorkel for half-hour at time so snorkelled from beach. Visability not great but still interesting.near rocks on right.
Other activities: Taxi to Seven Sisters Waterfalls. Can trek without guide but better with guide as path to lowest waterfall steep & slippery and stepping through streams. We met great 'Acrobatic guide' who took us up path. Sensible visitors rest on rocks or swim in pool under waterfall. Slight nutters jump off lowest waterfall. Total nutters climb path to top and jump off all 7 waterfalls. Only possible with guidance (husband and son lucky to be alive).
Other beaches:
Magazin Beach - snorkelling better due to small reef right on beach. Clearer water. Beach not as good because narrow/steep/unsheltered. Borrow fins/mask/snorkel from Calabash. We took taxi (10-min) to Granadian Rex Resort (top end of Magazin Beach), hired kayak from their dive centre and snorkelled/canoed along reef/beach. Another day we took taxi to Aquarium restaurant (bottom end of Magazin Beach), hired kayak and snorkelled/canoed around rocks.
Restaurants:
Rhodes at Calabash - smart dress, superior food & service
Red Crab (10 mins walk from hotel) - casual dress, superior food & service
Beach House (10 min taxi) - casual dress, superior food
Aquarium Restaurant (10 min taxi to Magazin beach) - casual dress, trendy like Nandos, club music)
Best thing about this hotel: QUIET - no crowds, no queues, no jostling for sunbeds or tables!
Plain gated entrance/reception but beautiful, luxurious, exclusive hotel behind!
Stayed April 2012
Reviewed 30 April 2012Congratulations to Calabash!
Guest Review
The hotel is wonderful with great staff providing an excellent service. The restaurant also serves excellent food so we were pleased we had gone for half board although I’m now going to spend the next few weeks losing the additional pounds I added despite using the gym while I was there!
Reviewed 26 March 2012An Expert’s Review
The five-star Calabash hotel’s thirty suites are split into five types and set in individual villas amongst manicured gardens. Just 15 minutes from st. george’s and five from the airport, the hotel is famous for its Gary Rhodes restaurant and is also home of the heaven and earth spa, set on the lush hillside above Calabash. Did you know? Breakfast at Calabash is served individually in your suite each morning, prepared
and laid out by your own maid! “I love the setting of Calabash. Although there are no private beaches in Grenada, the beach Calabash is set on really feels like one, particularly because of the lovely, relaxed beach bar."
“Gary Rhodes’ restaurant is a gorgeous, natural setting, with white flowers trailing down above the tables. Even if you don’t stay at the hotel, go to the restaurant for a meal – the food is incredible! My ground floor pool suite is fabulous. The bed is amazingly comfortable and a door leads outside to my plunge pool and an outdoor shower too. Calabash comes highly recommended for couples, it’s quiet and relaxed.”
Gaby Scholes, Hallmark Travel
Selling Long Hall Magazine - January 2012
Reviewed 16 January 2012OUR GRENADIAN HOLIDAY
We thought let’s have a holiday – a short pre-Christmas dash
I’d longed to see the Spice Island, so we booked the Calabash.
Whilst one can be disappointed with the places that you stay
The Calabash was splendid, almost perfect in every way.
Our plunge pool was delightful, our own private place to sit.
Whilst the personal service breakfast, has gone down such a hit.
Then there was the restaurant – culinary delights by Gary Rhodes.
With the waiting staff extraodinaire and the cocktails – we tried loads!!
One special waiter, Mike Patrice, was a poet on the side,
He shared his poem on Barack Obama, which he’d written with great pride.
His books available in reception, our own Grenadian poet,
Lo and behold his talent has rubbed off before you know it.
But we came to see the island for it’s special spice delights,
So off we went to Laura’s spice garden, where we reached dizzy heights.
The cloves and nutmeg, turmeric, now naming just a few,
Whilst Cinnamon to support diabetes – a cure we could use too.
Then off we drove to see the crater lake and spot a moaner monkey
Just one last thing by Fort Fredrick – where the sunset sky was funky.
Next day we flew to the Grenadines, spotting turtles by the score,
Then we did some snorkeling, saw pretty box fish we adore.
A rainforest hike with Selwyn, was the order of the day
After which a relaxing session in the spa – what can one say!!
As Sally and Sue relaxed us – “watch the fishy in the bowl”
I thought I’d died and gone to heaven – but my head was in a hole.
Then off onto the private garden tour where we saw a heliconia or two,
All different species of Orchids winning awards at Chelsea – as you do!
Next stop we hit the diving school, the Scubatech run by Sabine,
We booked some dives in “Art by Nature” – which simply should be seen.
Of course, there was “Fish Friday” – a great Grenadian tradition,
The locals go, the music plays and of course there’s been lot’s of fishing.
So we sailed out from the Prickly Bay direct to the Gouyave pier,
This was the first trip for a while – it had been closed for a year.
Oh what a sunset, what a night, we really could say more,
Grenada is so wonderful – there is so much here to adore.
Still one last trip to Carricou is waiting as a final treat,
Then back we go to colder climes – snow sometimes can be neat!!
But in our head great memories from our Grenadian days and nights,
Where we dived and snorkeled came and saw those special spice delights.
Julie Badon
December 2011
Suite 20 at the Calabash
“A Gem in the Caribbean”
We recently returned from a memorable holiday in Greneda. This truly magnificent hotel imust be one of the best we have ever stayed at anywhere in the world. Our suite was amazing right next to the beach and immaculate gardens. The breakfast 'maid service' provides a great alternative to the normal dining room breakfast buffet with everything served fresh and to order by your personal maid. Rhodes restaurant is quite superb and serves the finest food you could imagine with great attention to detail. The management and staff are all welcoming, friendly and very keen to ensure your stay is a memorable experience.
This is as near to perfection as it gets and we will certainly return.
Room Tip: The 'west side' suites are closest to the lovely beach.
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“Fabulous Calabash!”
First impressions Wow!...last impressions WOW!!! This trip was way beyond our expectations.From the moment you arrive you are taken care. Our Suite(33) was all we could wish for. Sandra serving our breakfast on our terrace every morning...Beach Bar is a delight with all the team taking great care of drinks and food.The beach is as good as private. Canapes are served every evening delivered to your suite at 6pm......Then dinner in the Rhodes Restaurant. There you are looked after by Maitre d 'Michael and Assistant Maitre d 'Sherlyn. Food is excellant with a menu to please everyone.Indra Head of Reception and all bookings keeps front of house in order! If you get time don't forget the Spa where Sue will give you fab treatments.. Lastly we must also thank General Manager Clive Barnes for his welcome and his hospitality.
Stayed October 2011, travelled as a couple
Reviewed 31 October 2011“Wonderful hotel!”
I loved this hotel from the moment I arrived; the staff are so friendly and seem are genuinely happy to help with anything that is asked of them. The rooms are beautifully finished with lovely artwork and simple, fresh colour schemes. Spotlessly clean throughout, the bathrooms were lovely. The beach feels very private and safe and there is a great watersports company right on the beach offering everything from snorkelling to diving. The food both in the beach restaurant and in Rhodes restaurant was fabulous. There was a really great Spa with superb views out to sea. I would return in an instant and highly recommend it for a great holiday.
Room Tip: All the rooms are lovely but I would suggest treating yourself to one with a plunge pool.
Reviewed 31 October 2011“Perfect setting, luxury and great food combined”
The Calabash gives you that instant 'Oh, isnt it wonderful' feeling'. The rooms are spacious with your own sitting areas and everything you might wish for , many have their own private pool and the beds are wonderful. The beach is almost private and has a beachbar com lunchtime restaurant right there.
Breakfast...well you have that served on your own balcony or patio and to your heart's content. The staff just can't do enough for you. At night the Rhodes restaurant comes alive. The food is outstanding and the setting is wonderful. It feels magic.
And of course if you can tear yourself away , there is the whole of beautiful Grenada to explore. All very well worth a visit.
Stayed October 2011, travelled on business
Reviewed 31 October 2011“The best in Caribbean - Heaven on earth!”
I recently went to Grenada and stayed at the Calabash. The Calabash is a very beautiful hotel with extra-ordinary staffs. The staff were very very helpful, and were more than eager to go out of their way to make your stay more comfortable. They even allowed me to take along with me a book of my favorite player, Frank Lampard, as I was in the middle of reading it and was loving it.
Grenada was a very beautiful place and Calabash made the entire experience AMAZING.... The location and beauty of the property, coupled with the extra ordinary service and super friendly staff, made my trip something I would cherish for a long time.
Stayed July 2011, travelled as a couple.
Reviewed 1 June 2011
