Deja Resort: good for the price

The hotel is right across a very good beach. Staff are really polite. The breakfast is decent! However do not over expect it! It's not a fancy place, rooms are small, its in a noisy area, one night we woke up because of a fight around! Above all restaurant is very expensive!

JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar: An Amazing Resort

Everyhing was great! Staff was very friendly, food amazing and the grounds and room were very clean. Will be visiting again. Great beach area too. The resort was full but you did not feel crowded. Lots of activities to get involved with if you wanted to.

Riu Ocho Rios: Amazing Resort

I loved this resort! The grounds were so beautifully groomed and clean, the staff are "top notch", the food was excellent especially the Main Buffet, the beach was so clean and inviting, the room was spacious and clean, the entertainment was so much fun. Cool Runnings tour was amazing! Next time I will try swimming with the Dolphins.

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: OK

We stayed in Villa 28, the room was very clean but had a terrible smell to it. We found if you left the sliding door open it helped. The buffet's were ok the food was always cold. Breakfast was the best meal. The Jerk Hut was great. The Jerk Chicken was amazing. The beaches were really nice and the staff were wonderful. The shows at night were really good.

Royalton Negril Resort And Spa: worth every penny

This is an older resort but don't let that bother you. It is in great shape, the food is great, service is good and the drinks and beach are wonderful. If there is any draw back at this resort it would be that there really is no large pool like you would find at other resorts. The resort does have a clothing optional section and beach but it is nothing to keep you away from this resort. If you are not into this then ask for a room at the other end of the resort and unless you go over there you w [... read more]ill not see anything you don't want to see. There is more on the beach at the resort next to Grand Lido but again don't look. The beach bar serves great drinks and wonderful tasting jerk chicken , jerk pork, jerk burgers, hot dogs etc. There is a cafe open 24hrs a day and they serve up great coffee and deserts to die for.

JOIA Rose Hall by Iberostar: Amazing Resort

This is an amazing resort. Very clean, staff so friendly, helpful. Food is excellent. Everything one would want is available. Restaurants all fantastic! Accommodations very comfortable, clean, ocean front a must. Multiple activities during the day and evening, or just relax quietly at the beach, pools or bars. Spa, game rooms, shopping all on site. Many water activities available. Beach cleaned daily.

Riu Negril: excellent resort

People friendly and very helpful the lay out is perfect the beach is clean both on the beach and in the water rooms clean and safe easy to walk from one area to another the pool was alot of fun at all times

Riu Ocho Rios: Fun in the sun

The hotel was very clean, the people were friendly and hard working. Entertainment was great. Food was fabulous!! The grounds were kept beautifully. No problem getting chairs at the beach. No complaints.

Riu Ocho Rios: Great staff, great food, good rooms

One week stay was wonderful. Food was excellent at all meals. The resort is very big and kept very clean. All of the staff were very friendly and helpful with any needs. We attended a wedding and were with quite a big group. A few people did say beds were uncomfortable, mine was fine. If funds are not an issue it may be smart to upgrade room as basic one is just that. Overall was a great trip and would definitely recommend to friends.

Sandals Jamaica Royal Plantation: Fantastic introduction to Sandals!

This is a beautiful little boutique hotel. Beautiful grounds with amazing staff! Quiet and utterly relaxing with full butler service, you can choose to be as pampered or as private as you want. This is our first hotel in the Sandals line, but it won't be our last!

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: Beautiful location, wonderful climate

The hotel is a beautiful location with spectacular grounds. The food is good, the service in the restaurants is good as well, staff are very polite and helpful but at times in the buffets they were short-staffed and seemed to be rushed and the trays were slow o be replenished (this was not our experience 4 years ago at this resort). There was a fair bit of pressure to "join" the Palladium Travel Club which was being pushed in the lobby daily and no way to show that you had already refused the op [... read more]portunity. The rooms are starting to show their age, light card switches are touchy, screens had rips, bathrooms had grimy edges, doors to patio and closets were hard to open. We were led to believe the resort had gone Non-smoking - but found that there were still ashtrays all along the main walkways which led to smokers congregating there, which meant our asthmatic friend had to run the gauntlet every day on the way to meals. Smokers also congregated at the Infinity Bar in spite of no-smoking signs posted there. If the resort is non-smoking, then the rule should be enforced. If not then say so and those with issues will make alternate arrangements.

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: Beautiful property, uneven maintenance & food

This is huge complex located halfway between Montego Bay and Negril (gorgeous beach). It is a lovely property and facility but this being eroded by uneven maintenance of rooms - esp air ducts and plumbing, patio doors. Although billed as a non-smoking property, huge ashtrays invite smokers along all major corridors of the facility - right outside restaurants and their patios and all major facilities of the resort. This is not a good place for asthmatics (perhaps Palladium would consider a smokin [... read more]g only area in future developments). Food in the à la carte restaurants is superior but service is not superior to that available at the buffets (Ocea stands out as a particularly good server). That said, bread in all areas is very good (kudos to Garth and the rest of the baking team), ditto offerings at the carving, omelet and pasta stations. Labeling at the buffets is often very misleading. Bar staff are almost uniformly charming and efficient. The Miss Lou coffee bar is a lovely evening spot with excellent coffee and dessert offerings and staff - popularity suggests adding another machine to deal with the demand as guests discover it. Too bad the felt topped-tables were not reserved for card and dice players. Other resorts we have used serve coffee in select pool bars in the early morning although this is partially offset by excellent coffee packets offered in our junior suites (although artificial creamers are not great). We were disappointed that the craft 'market' was available only on Friday nights - the night we arrived after a long day of travel. Jamaica Tour excursion staff was helpful - esp when we got ill due to mold in the air ducts/filter in our room. Caroline of Air Transat staff was helpful getting us another room; ditto Kerry at reception. So ... I would offer a qualified recommendation to friends: this is a lovely resort but don't go if you are asthmatic and if you go, be prepared to immediately request a change of room or equipment if it is not up to your expectations - better CAN can be had but you need to make yourself clearly 'heard' by service staff assigned to your room or to client services at reception. This could be more but the resort is more like a 3.5-star right now.

Catalonia Montego Bay: Incredible vacation at an incredible resort

- The food could not have been any better - The staff were so friendly and genuine - The beach was absolutely beautiful and well maintained - The rooms were very clean and comfortable to stay in - 9 minute drive from the airport in Montego Bay Overall an excellent experience and a reason that I will most defiantly be returning to Jamaica!

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: Amazing resort!!!

It was a great place and staff was awesome, especially Sunny(David Talbot)!! Entertainment was excellent, food was good and there was some walking but it was welcomed after all the food we ate and drank!!

Riu Montego Bay: For pool goers only

The resort was average - specialty restaurants were low to average, the beach was horrible and the amenities were average. The servers were below average: tables, were not cleared quickly, no special service even when tipped nicely, and 15 min waits in the a.m. for coffee. We normally choose vacations for beach and food - we were very disappointed. The highlight of our vacation was spending time at the pool bar where the servers were outgoing and entertaining.

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: Lovely holiday

While transfers and facilities were wonderful, along with excellent staff, there were a few less than stellar aspects. A great variety of food in the buffets, but food was never hot! Very little true Jamaican food to try either, even on Jamaica Day. A la carte restaurants were so, so with the steak and Italian being the best of those we tried. Excellent in hotel service from Air Transat rep, Caroline and two off site excursions (combo tour Black River, YS Falls and Appleton Rum Estate) and Zipli [... read more]ning were excellent value. TourGuide Nicola was the best! Biggest disappointment was the entertainment. Sound was so loud couldn't stay even with ear plugs! Dancers were good but a nice band or a dance evening or some other variety would be welcome.

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: large resort, too big for my liking.

my main concern was our room smelled musty, somewhat dated, torn window coverings, resort in whole was very impressive, beach very nice, service was good, area in whole seemed safe, few families with children.

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: Beautiful resort

Resort was clean, lots to do. Staff very friendly and accommodating. Food was great. Beautiful beaches. Loved the adult only beach. Disappointed the adult only pool area wasn't bigger. Excursions offered were priced fairly.

Beaches Jamaica Negril: Family loved it!

It was a great vacation. My husband and two children (3 and 5) had a fantastic time and did not want to leave. The kids club is great. I felt safe leaving the kids there with the certified nannies and they had a great time. My husband and I therefore and a few lunches to ourselves which was nice. The people who worked there were very nice and great with the kids. It was a relaxed atmosphere with kids having fun around you. The beach is nice. I did not use the pools, although my kids and husband  [... read more]did. The kids loved the shows. For an all-inclusive, the food was good. It was a great place to go if you have kids. I would not chose to go there if I did not have kids with me though as I thought it was really geared towards them. We go on vacation two or three times a year and my husband said it was one of his best vacations.

SeaGarden Beach Resort: Charming old world Jamaica

Returned to the SeaGarden again this year. Staff and food were excellent. Thank you Shanika! :) Disappointing was being banned from the cove side beach for a private all day affair. Sunday's buffet was the most badly handled meal with terrible line ups, food and plate shortages. However the hotel did an excellent job accommodating those unable to leave Monday due to cancelled flights. Special thanks to the gentleman who took us to see the Macaws and Blue. Hope to see you next year!