Beach Club

We just spent a week on this lovely island for our annual mother/daughter getaway. Likes: *No kids! This was heaven, as it made for a peaceful trip for us. *Right on the beach with beautiful views - we were on the 2nd floor *Beautiful, heated pool. It's small, but the infinity pool with the lookout to the sea is gorgeous *Breakfast in the morning a la carte was yummy - beautiful menu and juices/coffees *The staff were wonderful and it was no problem to dine there for any meal and have the kitchen cater to my daughter's food allergies. We had dinner there twice and it was delicious. *The private beach for guests only. Even though it wasn't yet school holidays, Hamilton is busy, much busier than Hayman Island. The private beach for guests only was perfect. Loved the hammocks on the beach too. *There is so much to do on Hamilton Island and so many dining options, where you can just charge the meal back to your room. We could have easily stayed there longer than 7 nights. *also loved the midweek cocktail night to meet fellow guests. Suggestions to make it better: *The rooms need an upgrade for the prices charged. They are not luxurious enough and are a bit drab. The beds are too hard and the pillows just aren't comfortable. Hayman's rooms and beds are much nicer. *Having cold water in our room was an issue. We were told to use water from the tap in the bathroom if we wanted to make tea or coffee. Maybe in a 2 star hotel this is ok, but not in a 5 star resort with those prices. It wouldn't be hard to have water in glass bottles in the frig if you are trying to be eco-friendly. This should be available for guests, especially if we are arriving in the room after a long day of sightseeing and swimming, etc. I know you have the taps near the bar for guests, but not everyone wants to go out to the lobby if they want water in their room. *The plastic bottles that were given were awful. The water never stayed cold if we took them out. You need insulated bottles, like what Hayman gives their guests. *Unfortunately there were no beach bags given to guests, like what Hayman does, so we sadly had to carry our Hayman beach bags everywhere with us. Again, for the prices charged, a suggestion is to have insulated Beach Club water bottles and Hamilton/Beach Club bags in the rooms complimentary for guests. It's advertising for your resort, so worth the expense I would think. *Watersports was crazy - we almost didn't get to use them because it was packed out with tons of people from all the resorts and we were told we needed a booking just to use a Hobie Cat? The conditions are tidal and sailing is not always available. When it finally was, we felt we had to pile into a queue with a madhouse of people. A suggestion would be to have private watersports just for the Beach Club guests only. It would make the resort feel more exclusive this way, rather than feeling like you're standing in a long queue for a ride at Disneyland. Thank you Beach Club. Looking forward

Nothing special. Service was basic, nothing to make you feel special. Check out at 10 is not great when you sre vacation

After a lot of researching and reading reviews we booked our visit to Hamilton Island staying at Beach Club. I don’t know what has taken us so long to find this gem! We absolutely loved staying here. The location is perfect, the service was fantastic (shout out to Oli who was awesome), the room was amazing and the food and cocktails were great. Waking up to the sunrise and the best breakfast you could imagine was a treat. We loved being right on the beach and the infinity pool, which I believe was heated, was beautiful. I loved the Aesop products, the drink bottles and the champagne they left for us to celebrate our wedding anniversary there. I found the team here to be really friendly and engaging with the guests. Most were travellers but obviously used to working in hospitality. Nothing was too much trouble. The only criticism I have, which is not Beach Club specific, is the beer list everywhere on the island is very limited with no craft beers. Lucky my hubby loves Stone & Wood! We did hire a buggy even though it wasn’t really needed but we enjoyed having the freedom to explore when and where we wanted. If you’re trying to decide whether to book or not, do it - you won’t regret it!