Lord Nelson Hotel & Residences

The Lord Nelson treated us very well. We stayed one night at the beginning of our trip and two nights at the end. It’s about 10 minutes from the airport, beachfront, and within easy walking distance to Cecilia’s High Point Cafe and Garden Grill/Gather, and a small grocery. It was spacious, clean, and comfortable. Jerry was welcoming and helpful, and we were allowed to check in early and leave late. Beach towels are provided! If you are looking for the resort experience, this isn’t it, but if you are looking for reasonable prices and friendly people, this is it. And Alvin Goodwin will pick you up at the beach and take you snorkeling!

Firstly, if you are thinking of coming here you will need a car. We paid $30 US to get to here from the airport by taxi, literally 3 minutes. Secondly, bring the local currency. We bought US dollars, when paying they did a mental conversion from ECD to USD for us using who knows what rate and then gave us the change in ECD. Half the time we didn’t know what we had paid?? Thirdly, be aware that there is an additional payment to be paid on arrival at this hotel. The apartment we stayed in was comfortable enough, there were a few issues but they were sorted quite quickly. Neil the hotel manager is very pleasant & helpful. Although the description says it’s fully equipped, it’s not, we had to buy a bottle opener, tin opener, fish slice/burger flipper and baking trays to name but a few things in order to cook our meals and we needed them as we had to cook almost every night for 15 nights. There is nowhere to store your valuables on site, but we did not have any problems. The apartments are situated on the beach and the sound of the sea is lovely to listen to. However, the beach is not very wide and most of it is covered in old seaweed and debris, 3 sun beds for whole complex and a couple of wooden bench tables. There are much nicer beaches on the island if you explore, my favourite being Long Bay. There are 2 restaurants within walking distance along the beach, BUT, they are not always open and you need to book in advance. A bit pricey too, in our opinion. One of them shut at 9pm, they were practically standing over us, while we were eating, waiting to take our plates away. There is a little shop along the beach, although it is a bit hit and miss as to when it is open and it has a limited choice. If you have a car, there are supermarkets not too far away where you can get most things. There is a bus stop at the end of the drive, the bus will take you to St John’s where you can catch another bus to other resorts, beware, the last bus back from St. Johns is 5:30pm ish and taxis are very expensive. Buses are a cheap way to travel, but slow, as the roads are not great and there are many stops. St.Johns has a market and a designer shopping street where the cruise ships come in. If you want places to go and things to do in the daytime and evenings try English Harbour, Jolly Harbour or Dickenson Bay as there is much more there. There are also lots of lovely secluded beaches on Antigua if that is what you are looking for. If you want peace, quiet, total seclusion and to lose a few pounds come here. The people of Antigua are very friendly and helpful and it is safe to go out and about.

This accommodation was excellent. Located very close to the airport and nice and quiet albeit out of the main season. We had a seriously large two bedroom suite for the two of us. All staff very helpful and kind. Especially Feona who handled our booking. We ordered external food to be delivered to the room and the venue provided us on payment two very seriously large lavish continental breakfast trays. Found this on *********** at last minute. Our British Airways flight from Antigua to Aruba was delayed almost 23 hours so this venue came to our rescue. Thanks very much.

We stayed here while visiting our son who is studying at AUA Medical School. It is super close to the school and convenient. The room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The staff was welcoming, professional and courteous. We will definitely stay again.

we had a 2-bedroom apartment w/ a beach view. amazing setting to catch a sunrise, have coffee, and do some yoga on the beach. the beach is small and not ideal for an entire day but it looked great for wakeboarding and the location is a 20-minute drive to some of our favorite beaches on the island. stock up with a few provisions (especially on Sundays and Mondays when places tend to be closed) and the setup can't be beat. it was very comfortable and Neil was especially helpful.

We had a superb, large 2 - bedroom apartment. with a lovely patio for looking over the sea. It was a shorrt walk along the sand to 3 bars/ restaurants and a small shop. It was perfect for 4 of us and certainly very handy for the airport. Neil was a gem right from our arrival.