Soco House

I honestly don’t mind the beach but I would rather have a pool so when I book a hotel that isn’t beach front but has a pool with loungers that’s what I expect. I’ve been doing the lounger olympics for decades now but never as bad as this. 6am and they are all gone and by 10am sometimes there aren’t even any rickety old deckchairs available. Your 1st option is a roof top bar with loungers but not 1 bit of shade and no breeze so is too hot for most people during the day the roof bar only opens 4pm till 6pm lots of stairs to get to the pool. 2nd option is the beach a 5to10min walk up the road and they give you a cool box with beer if you want, loungers aren’t great brollies are a nightmare in the wind and it’s not that flat and no public facilities. 7or8 rooms on the 1st floor have 2 loungers that people don’t use swap them with the rickety old deckchairs swap the roof top loungers with the deckchairs and you more than double the amount of loungers! Staff are first class exceptional and second to none (except for 1supervisor/manager) Food is Great if you can’t find anything to eat stay at home or go self catering. Rooms and hotel are absolutely spotless. We have loved this holiday, this hotel and the staff and everything about it, nothing is perfect and you can get past little niggles but the lounger issue has spoiled my whole holiday I know it sounds like an over reaction but it really has ruined an otherwise perfect get away.

Had a fabulous Christmas and New Year at the Soco House. The staff are incredibly friendly and really cannot do enough to help. The rooms are cleaned daily and new towels are provided. All rooms are pool facing. We spoke to one couple who were told by their travel agent in the UK that they had to pay extra for a pool facing view. Luckily, they did not pay it. The location is ideal. Less than 5 minutes to the beach and around 10 minutes to walk into the Rodney Bay bar / restaurant area. The entertainment put on for New Years Eve was excellent and serving Lobster for dinner was a bonus. The only downfall we can raise really is the lack of communication in the kitchen. My wife is Wheat intolerant, and it can cause an anaphylactic shock. Just a couple of weeks prior to travelling she had a cardiac arrest. We filled out a form on the front desk about the allergy when we arrived and told the front of house reception along with the restaurant front of house, but this was never communicated to the chef and so for the first week we were given food containing wheat even though the staff were told about the allergy. Managed to resolve though by speaking to Edmund the General Manager. Edmund immediately called over the chef and the Chef was more than accommodating for us. He took our dinner orders in the morning during breakfast and did a special meal for the rest of our stay. I have read many mixed reviews of this place, and our experience was overall very positive. Waiting times for meals were generally up to 10 minutes. there was one day where the kitchen had a staff shortage, and we waited 45 minutes for breakfast but we were in no rush so didn't mind. All of the staff were very friendly and always willing to stop for a chat. The sunbeds on the beach are a bit tired but if you ask nicely Val will let you use the nicer beds she reserves for tourists. A word of warning about the beach, you will get a lot of mither from the locals. The licensed vendors are fine but then you get the strays trying to sell you ***** / beer / coconuts / grass hats / mangoes / cocktails.....its none stop. you also get them asking for beer, food & money. You tell them know but within half an hour they return and try again. We have no reservation in recommending the Soco house. Also due to plane issues lots of people were being sent to the Soco house from the airport as their flight had been cancelled and the hotel, they were staying in was fully booked. Everyone we spoke to said that the Soco house was better than the hotel they had come from. We left the hotel with lots of new friends & great memories. The other guests and staff were all wonderful.

This was a small boutique hotel and the price made it affordable as St. Lucia has always been way out of reach with my budget. Our room was adequate, however all rooms on the 2nd floor do not have any balconies or access to an outside sitting area. We were on the 2nd floor unfortunately. The restaurant was our biggest issue. First off let me say that I am a go with the flow, easily pleased, hey I'm at the beach so don't sweat the small stuff kind of person. But .....Every meal is a la carte and only changes every second day for each meal. So if you don't like anything on that menu, you are out of luck for 2 days. I can always eat pasta if nothing else but everytime it was made with hot sauce. The time between courses was way too long, sometimes up to 40 minutes from your salad till your main course is received and it is cold. I get the idea not having buffets at ever meal however once in a while would be good. Lunchtime could be more laid back with better choices. No entertainment means this is a very quiet place. More entertainment is needed. My husband doesn't drink alcohol so there was very little options for him with regards to beverages. The general manager (Edmond I think his name was) was going around on a regular basis asking if things were ok, however little was done. If there was an issue. Won't be back here, should have paid more money and stayed across the street at the Bay Gardens Resort where we heard the food was exceptional.