True Blue Bay Boutique Resort

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Quick Verdict

True Blue Bay Boutique Resort is the most characterful hotel in Grenada and the cheapest route to a genuine all-inclusive on the island — with two caveats that need stating in the first paragraph, because everything else depends on them.

First: all-inclusive here is an optional supplement, not the default rate. You book a room — around $180 to $320 a night for two, depending on category and season — and then choose whether to add the all-inclusive plan at roughly $150 per person per day. That structure is genuinely useful if you are traveling with children who eat little, or staying two weeks and want to cook some meals in your kitchenette. It is a trap if you assume the headline rate covers your food and drink. Second: there is no beach. True Blue sits on a working bay near St. George’s University, with a jetty, boats and four pools, and Grand Anse is a 10-minute ride away on a shuttle that runs twice a day.

What you get in exchange is a hotel with a personality: hand-painted color everywhere, four distinct pools, an on-site Aquanauts dive center, a House of Chocolate bakery and ice cream parlor, up to three hours of free childcare a day, a yoga studio, and Wednesday Night Street Food at Dodgy Dock, which is one of the better nights out on the south coast whether you are staying here or not.

Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Cheapest genuine all-inclusive option in Grenada	AI is a paid supplement (~$150pp/day), not included
Four pools with distinct characters	No beach — Grand Anse is a twice-daily shuttle away
Aquanauts dive center on site	Dining on the AI plan centers on Dodgy Dock
Kitchenettes in most rooms	Bottled wine and bottled water charged extra
Up to 3 hours free childcare per day	Aircraft noise from the nearby airport
Real sustainability credentials	Occasional maintenance lapses in guest reports
House of Chocolate bakery on site	Three-star finish, not a luxury product

The Resort at a Glance

Detail	Info
Rooms	Published counts vary between roughly 62 and 82 rooms, suites, apartments and villas across eight categories — the property has grown organically, so confirm at booking
Restaurants	Dodgy Dock Restaurant and Lounge Bar, plus the House of Chocolate bakery and ice cream parlor
Bars	Dodgy Dock bar and the Rum Shop Bar
Pools	4 — including the Bayview Pool, the Cocoa Pod Pool and a dedicated lap pool
Beach	None on site. The resort fronts True Blue Bay with a jetty; Grand Anse Beach is about 10 minutes away by the resort’s solar-powered shuttle, which runs twice daily
Airport	Maurice Bishop International (GND), a few minutes away — close enough that aircraft noise is audible
Other facilities	Aquanauts dive center, yoga studio, spa, kids’ playgrounds, boutique
Chain	Independent, family-owned
Location	True Blue, on the south coast next to St. George’s University
Adults-only?	No — one of the island’s most family-friendly properties

Rooms and Suites

True Blue Bay has eight published categories across three acres of gardens, and they vary more than at a chain resort — this is a property that has been added to over decades rather than built at once. Every room is described as having a view, whether bay, garden or pool, and the common features across the range are pillow-top mattresses, spacious bathrooms, kitchenettes and private balconies.

Entry-level: True Blue Rooms and Cocoa Pod Rooms

True Blue Rooms are the standard category and where the sub-$200 rates live. Cocoa Pod Rooms sit in the newer Cocoa Pod building overlooking its own pool — the color scheme here is the resort at its most photogenic. Both are simple, colorful and comfortable rather than luxurious. Accessible Rooms are also published as a category, which is more than most Grenadian properties offer.

Suites: Water Front, Tower, Cocoa Pod and Honey Bee

Water Front Suites are the ones to book if you want the bay in front of you — this is a working harbor view, with yachts and the dive boat coming and going, and it is more interesting than a static beach view even if it is less classically pretty. Tower Suites trade waterfront proximity for elevation and wider views. Cocoa Pod Suites are the larger units in the newer block. The single Honey Bee Suite is the resort’s oddity — a one-off unit worth asking about if you want something distinctive.

True Blue Villas

Multi-bedroom villas for families and groups, with full kitchens. Combined with the optional all-inclusive plan, this is the most flexible setup in Grenada for a family of five or six: self-cater breakfast, add AI for the adults, and let the kids eat free from the children’s menu.

Our pick

A Water Front Suite for couples and divers — you are ten steps from the Aquanauts dock. For families, a True Blue Villa or a Cocoa Pod Suite next to the pool the kids will actually use.

Food and Dining

This is the part of the all-inclusive equation you need to look at hardest, because True Blue Bay is essentially a one-restaurant resort.

Dodgy Dock Restaurant and Lounge Bar

The award-winning waterside restaurant, open from 11am, and the venue for all three meals on the all-inclusive plan. It sits directly over the bay on a deck, does bar food and full menus, and catches the sunset. The kitchen leans Caribbean-fusion with a strong Mexican thread — the owning family has Mexican roots and it shows on the menu, which is a genuinely welcome change from the identikit international buffets elsewhere on the island.

The headline event is Wednesday Night Street Food: live music and local dishes from around Grenada, which draws a crowd from outside the hotel and is one of the better casual nights on the south coast. Sunday brunch and regular live music fill out the week.

The honest limitation: one restaurant means one menu rotation. Over a seven-night all-inclusive stay you will see the same room and much of the same list repeatedly. That is the difference between $150 per person per day here and $450 per person at Sandals Grenada with eleven restaurants.

House of Chocolate bakery and ice cream parlor

An on-site outpost of Grenada’s chocolate scene, doing baked goods and ice cream built on local cocoa. Grenada is a genuine bean-to-bar producer — the Grenada Chocolate Company is a landmark of the craft-chocolate movement — and the all-inclusive plan includes a House of Chocolate bakery credit rather than unlimited access. Ask what the current credit value is.

Bars

The Dodgy Dock bar and the Rum Shop Bar are both covered by the all-inclusive plan, which includes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Expect house pours, local beer and wine by the glass. Bottled wine from the list and bottled water are charged separately — worth knowing, because bottled water adds up fast if you assume it is included. Grenada’s rum is excellent and cheap, so the house tier is less of a compromise here than it would be in, say, Mexico.

Food quality verdict

Better than you expect for the price, more limited than you want across a full week. Dodgy Dock is a genuinely good restaurant that local people choose to eat at, which is the highest compliment you can pay a resort restaurant. But if you are on the AI plan for seven nights, plan on at least one or two nights out — and because you are two minutes from the airport road and ten from the Grand Anse restaurant strip, that is easy and cheap here in a way it is not at an isolated resort.

Beach and Pools

The beach — read this carefully

There isn’t one. True Blue Bay fronts a sheltered working bay on the south coast with a jetty, moored boats and the dive operation. It is attractive and it is where the sunsets happen, but you do not walk out of your room onto sand.

The resort’s answer is a shuttle to Grand Anse Beach, about ten minutes away — and it is Grenada’s First Solar-Powered Beach Shuttle, which is on-brand. It runs twice a day. That is enough for a morning-out-afternoon-back rhythm, but it is not a beach on tap, and if your mental image of a Caribbean holiday involves stepping off a lounger into the sea whenever you like, book Coyaba on Grand Anse instead. Taxis are readily available and inexpensive if you miss the shuttle.

Pools

Four pools, and they genuinely differ. The Bayview Pool is the main one, looking out over the water. The Cocoa Pod Pool sits within the newer accommodation block and is the family and kids’ hub. There is a dedicated lap pool for anyone who actually wants to swim lengths — rare at a resort this size and a small mercy for guests who use the pool as exercise rather than furniture. The fourth completes the set. Four pools for a property of this scale means you will always find a quiet lounger, which partly compensates for the missing beach.

Activities and Entertainment

Diving

The reason a lot of guests choose True Blue Bay. The Aquanauts dive center operates from the resort’s own dock — no transfers, no early taxi. Grenada is one of the strongest dive destinations in the eastern Caribbean: the Bianca C, a 600-foot cruise liner that sank in 1961 and is known as the Titanic of the Caribbean, and the Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park, the world’s first, created by Jason deCaires Taylor. Children’s diving lessons can be arranged. Diving is not included in the all-inclusive plan and is booked and paid separately.

Water sports and daytime

The all-inclusive plan includes water activities featuring kayaks, Hobie Cats and paddleboards — genuinely useful on a sheltered bay, which is calmer than open-coast resorts for beginners. There is a yoga studio (the Sankalpa studio) running classes, gardens to wander, and a boutique.

Evening

Live music at Dodgy Dock several nights a week, with Wednesday Night Street Food the standout. There is no stage show and no animation team. Because St. George’s and the Grand Anse strip are minutes away, evenings out are practical and cheap — which is not true of the Point Salines resorts.

Families and childcare

This is where True Blue Bay quietly beats resorts three times its price: up to three hours of complimentary childcare per day. Add outdoor playgrounds, the Cocoa Pod pool, kitchenettes for baby food and midnight snacks, and children under 12 eating free from the kids’ menu when parents are on the all-inclusive plan, and it is an unusually workable family base. What it lacks is a structured kids’ club program and a beach — see our best all-inclusive resorts for families guide, and note that Royalton Grenada is the island’s answer if you want a water park.

Spa and Wellness

There is a spa on site and a yoga studio running regular classes. The all-inclusive plan includes one complimentary spa service for stays of seven nights or more, which is a nice touch rather than a wellness program. Treatments beyond that are charged separately.

This is not a spa destination — for that, Coyaba’s Premium Plus tier with a daily body treatment, or the spas at Spice Island and Calabash, are the serious options. What True Blue Bay does well on the wellness side is the softer stuff: yoga, quiet pools, gardens and a genuinely relaxed atmosphere.

What’s Included vs Extra

Important: True Blue Bay is not all-inclusive by default. The standard rate is room-only or room-with-breakfast. All-inclusive is an optional supplement of approximately $150 per person per day — confirm the current price when booking, as this is a published rate rather than a guaranteed one.

Included when you add the AI plan	Extra cost
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at Dodgy Dock	The AI supplement itself (~$150 per person per day)
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at the Dodgy Dock bar and Rum Shop Bar	Bottled wine from the list
Children under 12 eat free from the kids’ menu when parents are on AI	Bottled water
Water activities — kayaks, Hobie Cats, paddleboards	Premium and imported spirits
One complimentary spa service on stays of 7+ nights	Diving with Aquanauts, and dive courses
House of Chocolate bakery credit	Additional spa treatments
Use of all four pools	Excursions and island tours
Up to 3 hours of childcare per day	Airport transfers
Twice-daily shuttle to Grand Anse Beach	Motorized water sports

Drinks on the plan are house pours and wine by the glass. Grenadian government tax and service charge are applied to hotel bills — confirm whether your quote includes them.

Pricing and How to Book

Price ranges by season

Season	Period	Room-only, two adults	With AI plan added (2 adults)
Low	Late August to mid-November	$180-220	approx. $480-520
Shoulder	Mid-April to mid-August	$200-260	approx. $500-560
High	Mid-December to mid-April	$260-320	approx. $560-620
Festive	Dec 21 - Jan 4	Top of range	Top of range

These are planning ranges based on an August 2026 snapshot of published rates and operator listings, with the all-inclusive column calculated at roughly $150 per person per day added to the room rate — not a live quote. Rates change with season and availability — confirm the current rate and exactly what’s included before you book.

Run that math before you commit, because it is the whole decision. Two adults on the AI plan at True Blue Bay land in roughly the same nightly territory as a garden-view room at Coyaba on Grand Anse, which includes all-inclusive by default, has two restaurants and three bars, and is on the beach. True Blue Bay is unambiguously the cheaper choice room-only; it is not automatically the cheaper choice all-inclusive.

Best time to book

Grenada’s dry season is roughly January to May and drives high-season pricing. Book three to four months ahead for that window. Because Grenada sits at 12°N, largely below the main hurricane belt, the late-August-to-November low season is a real option rather than a gamble — and this is when True Blue Bay’s room-only rates are at their most compelling.

Where to book

The resort’s own site publishes the all-inclusive offer terms most clearly, which matters when the plan is optional. It is also carried by Expedia, Booking.com, Air Canada Vacations and UK dive specialists like Regal Diving and Dive Worldwide, who package it with Aquanauts. If you are diving, price the dive-package operators first — they routinely beat a room booking plus walk-up dive rates.

Compare True Blue Bay against the island’s true all-inclusives in our Grenada all-inclusive guide.

Compared to Nearby Resorts

vs Coyaba Beach Resort

Coyaba is the direct comparison and, for most travelers, the more sensible all-inclusive. It sits on Grand Anse, includes all-inclusive in the standard rate, has two restaurants and three bars, and lands around $250-450 a night for two. True Blue Bay beats it on room-only value, on kitchenettes, on childcare and on personality; Coyaba beats it on the thing most people fly to the Caribbean for, which is a beach outside your door. If you want all-inclusive and a beach, book Coyaba. If you want flexibility, self-catering, diving from the dock and a lower floor price, book True Blue Bay.

vs Sandals Grenada

Sandals Grenada is the other end of the market entirely — adults-only, 225 rooms, eleven restaurants, premium spirits, unlimited included scuba diving with PADI instruction, on a private cove at Point Salines. At two to three times the nightly cost it delivers a genuinely comprehensive product where nothing is metered. The interesting overlap is diving: Sandals bundles it into the rate, True Blue Bay charges for it. Divers should run both numbers, because a week of daily two-tank dives narrows the gap more than you would think.

vs Calabash Hotel and Villas

Calabash is a five-minute drive away at Lance aux Épines and occupies the opposite pole: 36 Relais & Châteaux suites, three restaurants, a private beach and children under 12 accepted only over the festive fortnight. It is the adult, quiet, food-focused Grenada. True Blue Bay is the family, colorful, hands-on Grenada. There is no overlap in the audience, which is exactly why the island works — see our full Grenada guide for how the pieces fit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is True Blue Bay all-inclusive?

Not by default. All-inclusive is an optional supplement of approximately $150 per person per day, added to a room-only rate. When you add it, it covers breakfast, lunch and dinner at Dodgy Dock, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at the Dodgy Dock and Rum Shop bars, water activities, a House of Chocolate bakery credit, and one spa service on stays of seven nights or more. If you book without adding it, you are paying for every meal and drink separately.

What kind of drinks are included on the all-inclusive plan?

House-brand pours, local beer and wine by the glass, plus soft drinks and juices. Bottled wine from the list and bottled water are charged separately — the bottled water point catches people out. Premium and imported spirits are not included. Our guide to whether all-inclusive includes alcohol covers how this compares elsewhere.

Does True Blue Bay have a beach?

No. The resort fronts True Blue Bay with a jetty and a dive dock but no sand. Grand Anse Beach is roughly ten minutes away and the resort runs a solar-powered shuttle there twice a day; taxis are cheap and plentiful otherwise. If a beach outside your room is non-negotiable, this is the wrong resort.

Is there aircraft noise?

Yes, at times. The resort sits on the south coast close to Maurice Bishop International Airport, and guests do report hearing air traffic. Grenada is not a high-traffic airport, so this is periodic rather than constant, but it is a legitimate consideration if you are a light sleeper. Ask for a room away from the approach side.

Is True Blue Bay good for families?

It is one of the better family options in Grenada at the price. Up to three hours of complimentary childcare a day, kids under 12 eating free from the children’s menu when parents are on the all-inclusive plan, playgrounds, four pools including a family-focused one, kitchenettes in most rooms and multi-bedroom villas. What it lacks is a beach and a structured kids’ club — Royalton Grenada has both, plus a water park, at a higher price.

How many rooms does True Blue Bay have?

Published figures differ. Some sources list around 62 rooms, apartments and villas; others put the total closer to 82. The property has expanded in stages across eight named categories, which likely explains the discrepancy. We could not verify a single authoritative number — ask the resort directly if the answer matters to you.

Final Verdict: 7.8 out of 10

True Blue Bay Boutique Resort is the most likeable hotel in Grenada. It is family-run, deeply local, seriously committed to its sustainability program, and full of things no chain would ever build — a chocolate bakery, a Wednesday street food night that locals attend, a solar-powered beach shuttle, four pools with four different personalities, a dive center on its own dock. For divers, for families on a budget, and for anyone staying two weeks who wants a kitchenette and the freedom to cook, it is the smartest base on the island.

But the score reflects two hard limits. There is no beach, and the twice-daily shuttle is a workaround rather than a solution. And all-inclusive is an optional $150-per-person-per-day supplement centered on a single restaurant — which, once added for two adults, puts you in the same nightly bracket as beachfront resorts that include everything as standard. The value case here is strongest room-only or on a light meal plan, not on full all-inclusive.

Book it if: you dive, you are traveling with children on a budget, you want a kitchenette and flexibility, you are staying long enough to want to cook, or you simply prefer a real hotel with a personality to a resort product.

Skip it if: you want to walk out of your room onto sand, you want the all-inclusive price on the booking page to be the price you actually pay, or you want variety in your included dining — in which case Coyaba and Sandals Grenada are the resorts to compare.

For the full island picture, read our guide to the best all-inclusive resorts in Grenada.