Looking to read a detailed review of Spice Island Beach Resort before booking your next trip to Grenada? You’ve come to the right place!
Boasting an enviable address directly overlooking Grand Anse Beach, Spice Island is a jaw-dropping luxury resort on the Caribbean island of Grenada.
I spent 2 nights in a luxurious suite at the hotel. My review of Spice Island Beach Resort features info on the award-winning luxury hotels accommodation options, spa services, restaurants, and on-site amenities.
Book A Luxurious Holiday at Spice Island Beach Resort
Spice Island Beach Resort is a local family-owned luxury hotel that sprawls across 8 acres along Grenada’s idyllic Grand Anse Beach.
Located a short 15 minute drive north of Maurice Bishop International Airport, the resort is ideally located on the southern end of the island, a stones throw from many of Grenada’s most popular tourist attractions.
Ranked as one of the best luxury hotels in Grenada, Spice Island Beach Resort, was originally built in 1961 as the Spice Island Inn.
In 2000, the property underwent a 6-million-dollar transformation, and the Spice Island Beach Resort was born. Ten rooms were added and additional amenities were built like the spa and restaurants. Today, the resort boasts 64 luxury suites, 17 of which have their own enclosed plunge pools.
With its own intimate sense of place, the romantic resort provides more than a change of scenery, artfully blending elite all-inclusivity with an island lifestyle to curate an unpretentious and exquisite luxury experience.
Relaxed, yet not completely casual (there are dress codes one needs to pay attention to), the resort fuses the Caribbean’s chilled out vibe with exceptional service, local cuisine, and unique experiences that incorporate authentic Grenadian culture.
Checking In At Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada
Spice Island Beach Resort guests can arrive to Grenada in style by booking luxury airport transfers provided by a handsome Bentley.
Upon arrival to the resort guests are greeted by smiling Bellmen, who escorts you to a breezy reception area. Skip through an impressive courtyard crawling with eye-popping bougainvillea to find an open concept lobby, where the waves are but a stones throw away.
Once seated you’re offered a signature welcome cocktail (sparkling wine muddled with local sorrel) and chilled oshibori towel service. Once refreshed with your room keys in hand, you’ll be escorted to your room by reception staff who offer a helpful orientation of the resort property.
The resort’s designer, Kobi Karp, had a vision for the property to create a natural outdoor/indoor connection, ensuring that the hotel blends into its lush tropical environment using muted colour palettes, intricate tiling, the use of plants and contemporary furnishings.
Over the years the hotel has welcomed several members of the English Royal family. There is a photo archive of their visits on property, which is very popular with British guests and fans of The Crown. Prince Harry shared a picture of his visit at the resort on social media, standing in front of a pool villa placard that reads “Royal Ginger.”
Spice Island Beach Hotel Review Highlights
Grenada offers a slice of Caribbean paradise similar to Hawaii, Bali and Phuket, offering an endless array of jaw-dropping accommodations. The island is a very popular destination for freshly married couples looking to book a romantic honeymoon package.
Before booking your trip, here are a list of highlights that make Spice Island Beach Resort in Grenada stand out from the rest.
- Spice Island Beach Resort is one of the most luxurious 5 star hotels in Grenada. Many of the rooms are priced at over $2000 USD a night so it’s the kind of place couples visit for special occasions like anniversaries, honeymoons and weddings.
- The resort is fully inclusive, featuring premium label drinks as well as breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. The all inclusive experience here is top drawer, from ice buckets of champagne in your room to endless craft cocktails by the pool and multi-course fine dining menus.
- The resort features a variety of luxury accommodations, from chic beachside suites to intimate pool villas.
- The resort is located on one of the island’s most famous white sandy beaches, Grand Anse. Guests are encouraged to walk to Morne Rouge Beach, affectionately called BBC Beach by locals. It’s a half mile white sandy beach that is easily accessible yet never crowded, so that some days you may have the beach all to yourself. Be sure to visit Plywood Beach Bar to sip a thirst quenching Grenadian rum punch.
- The Residents Lounge is a great place for guests to play board games, watch sports, and access a library of complementary books and movies.
- If you’re a fitness fan looking to workout on holiday visit the resort’s Cybex gym, located within the spa.
- By the beach there is a yoga pavilion offering classes to those who need to stretch and meditate such as Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, and Hatha.
- The resort also offers family-friendly activities like tennis, cycling, scuba diving, sailing and weekly guided fitness walks and hikes.
- Non-motorized sports include snorkeling, hobie-cats, paddle boards and kayaks.
- On a hot day guests can be found relaxing on comfy sun loungers at the hotel’s meandering resort-style pool or on the beach under swaying palm trees.
- The hotel’s spa is the perfect place to enjoy a relaxing morning or afternoon of pampering, from soothing massage to invigorating body scrubs, and refreshing facials.
- The resort features 2 restaurant concepts, the romantic Oliver’s Restaurant and more casual Sea and Surf Terrace & Bar.
- Guests enjoy live entertainment 5 nights a week, ranging from vocalists to full bands, and steel orchestras on Fridays.
Accommodation
The most important question you have to ask yourself when reading a Spice Island Beach Resort review is, “what type of accommodation would I like to book for my holiday.”
The luxury boutique resort in Grenada offers 64 suites and retreats, offering an array of chic features such as private pools, outdoor dining terraces, four poster beds, beach hammocks, whirlpool tubs and garden cedar saunas.
Comfy beds are wrapped in soft Frette linens while bathrooms are outfitted with sweet-smelling Molton Brown bath amenities. White marble bathrooms boast oversized bathtubs and rain showers.
All inclusive benefits extend to the mini bar, which is stacked with quality tea, Nespresso pods and a parade of soft drinks (be sure to try the Caribbean pink grapefruit soda called Ting). Have fun sipping from the many rum mini bottles (from passion fruit to coconut and sorrel flavours), which can be enjoyed on ice or with a cold can of Coke, Ginger Ale or Soda.
Turndown service takes place each evening. Attendants turn down each room, offer light housekeeping and leave a complimentary amenity to delight you before you doze off to sleep.
If you like swimming in the sea we recommend booking one of the Seagrape Beach Suites. After walking through the bedroom, pulling back the sliding doors and stepping out onto the backyard terrace the views really do take your breath away.
The gentle waves are but a stones throw from your own intimate patio outfitted with an outdoor dining table, day bed, two loungers and a hammock.
If plunging in a pool is more your thing elevate your stay at one of the Royal Collection Pool Suites. These uber-chic pool villas are perfect for couples on a romantic holiday looking for both intimacy and privacy. They also boast Swedish-style cedar saunas.
Janissa’s Spa
Ranked as one of the top spas in Grenada, Janissa’s Spa is the best place to pamper yourself on a beach break holiday.
The spa at Spice Island Beach Resort is nestled in a tropical garden oasis. A full suite of signature treatments await to pamper and indulge the senses with an array of natural and organic treatments designed to rejuvenate body, mind, and soul.
The spa features 5 well-appointed treatment rooms, as well as a couples massage studio, open-air rain showers and a cedar sauna.
We suggest booking one of the spas’s signature treatments, which includes a chocolate body wrap, seaweed wrap and hot stone treatments. Many of the treatments incorporate local herbs and spices that grow on the island.
The spa also offers a wide range of hair services including cutting, styling, extensions and colouring.
Spice Island Beach Resort Restaurants
No review of Spice Island Beach Resort is complete until you’ve had an opportunity to wag your finger down the menus from the hotel’s two restaurants.
Known as the ‘Spice Island’, food plays a large part of any holiday in Grenada. At Spice Island Beach Resort, guests enjoy a fully inclusive hotel that provides a luxurious five diamond dining experience.
Guests can sip from an extensive wine and champagne list, with a complement of premium liquor brands for those craving a tropical craft cocktail. You’ll also enjoy live entertainment 5 nights a week, ranging from vocalists to full bands, and steel orchestras on Fridays.
Oliver Restaurant
Located just footsteps from the rolling waves of the ocean, Oliver Restaurant offers an upscale fine-dining experience with a menu that fuses authentic Grenadian and Caribbean cuisine with international favourites.
Each morning hotel guests line up at Oliver Restaurant for a sumptuous continental breakfast buffet. Skip along the endless buffet table and you’ll find tropical juices, fresh local fruits, pastries, yogurt and cereal, oatmeal and a la minute eggs like omelettes, eggs benedict and a traditional full English breakfast plate.
A la carte breakfast items include chocolate doused waffles, guava and mango topped pancakes, and vanilla scented French Toast. If you’re keen to enjoy a local taste of Grenada at brunch we suggest ordering the Fish Creole, Salted Codfish Souse or Black Pudding.
Visit Oliver Restaurant in the evening and you’ll be dazzled by a wildly romantic ambiance and impressive multi-course menus, which changes daily so every night there’s something different to feast on with friends and family.
Nightly menus include a choice of 3 appetizers, 2 soups, an intermediate palate cleanser sorbet, 3 entrees, 2 vegetarian dishes and a “lighter option.” Highlights on the menu during our visit include Green Banana Rosti with paprika roasted potatoes and mango salsa, Rib of Beef with yorkshire pudding and parsleys potatoes, and Barbecue Shrimp with turmeric polenta and shellfish sauce.
Sea and Surf Terrace & Bar
Exuding a toe-in-the-sand vibe, the casual Sea and Surf Terrace & Bar features a menu of authentic local specialties, available each day during the lunch hour.
Guests love to enjoy a midday meal here paired with breathtaking views of the ocean while relaxing on the Sea and Surf Terrace’s outdoor deck. It’s location next to the hotel pool makes it a popular spot to enjoy a midday bite while taking a break from sun tanning or cooling off in the lagoon.
The Sea and Surf Terrace menu refreshes weekly, featuring a nice mix of local Caribbean flavours and Western favourites. The menu is divided into Appetizers & Shareables, Salads, Sandwiches, Main Dishes and Desserts.
Highlights from the menu during our visit include Shrimp Cocktail, BBQ Ribs, Papaya Smoked Bacon Salad, Curried Chickpea & Chicken Roti, Steak Churrasco and Blackened Fish.
Each Sunday hotel guests and in-the-know locals gather at Sea and Surf Terrace & Bar for an authentic Caribbean barbecue buffet.
Enjoy a bowl of local Callaloo Soup while forking through fresh salads like Creamy Green Banana, Cucumber & Sour Cream, and Seafood (featuring massive chunks of prawn, scallop and lobster).
At the barbecue snatch perfectly grilled baby back ribs, chicken legs, shrimp & scallop kebabs, tuna steaks and spicy sausages. The star of the show were the mouth-watering sides, including cheesy Corn Pie, curried Butternut Squash, and seasoned rice.
Fun Things To Do In Grenada
It’s important to take a break from sunbathing on the beach to explore all that Grenada has to offer! If you’re keen to visit the top attractions in Grenada we suggest booking with Ashton Taxi and Tours.
Friendly and knowledgeable guides craft a bespoke itinerary based on your interests that can be enjoyed in a half or full day tour. Ashton the owner is enthusiastic about showcasing his paradise island to visitors and has an impressive knowledge of indigenous plants, fruit trees and spices.
- Grand Anse Beach: A stunning stretch of white sand beach lined with restaurants and shops, perfect for relaxing and enjoying water sports. Umbrellas Beach Bar is a popular spot known for its casual ambiance and delicious cuisine.
- BBC Beach offers a more quite and laid back atmosphere than Grand Anse Beach and is preferred by locals. Be sure to enjoy a sundowner cocktail at La Plywood Beach Bar.
- Fort Frederick: This historical, French-built fort sits atop a hill, offering scenic views overlooking St. George’s and the south island. Locals gather here to watch fireworks on New Years Eve.
- Annandale Waterfall: Grenada’s most famous waterfall is surrounded by lush greenery with a small pool to swim. If you’re feeling thirsty enjoy a tropical cocktail at nearby Wild Orchid.
- Belmont Estate: Grenada’s famous cocoa plantation is perfect for curious chocolate lovers. Hop on a fun tour of the grounds and cocoa making facilities then check out the museum and eatery.
- River Antoine Estate Rum Distillery: located on Grenada’s northeast coast, this historic distillery has been producing rum since 1785. Guided tours walk you through the rum making process, from harvesting of sugar cane to fermentation and bottling.
- Savvy Sailing Adventure: owner Danny offers fun sailing excursions to snorkel the famous Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park. Tours are offered on a beautiful wooden 43′ Petite Martinique sailboat. We suggest the sunset cruise, where guests snorkel in the afternoon and finish the trip as the sun splashes across the horizon. Order a rum punch and nibble on local snacks like banana bread, cheese cookies and sausage rolls.
Spice Island Beach Resort Contact
Grand Anse Beach, 1-473-444-4258
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