Ocean Eden Bay: Not Impressed

For a 5 star resort i am thoroughly NOT impressed. My Husband and I booked our honeymoon at Ocean Eden Bay. I have had my eyes on this resort for close to a year after seeing a video online of it. The service is absolutely awful - we went to the buffet for pretty much every meal. Not once during our one week stay, did they bring our drinks the first time, we always had to ask a second time and most of the time it was just water we were asking for. As someone who has a severe seafood aller [... read more]gy, the cross contamination is terrible here, probably one of the worst buffets i have been to for it and the majority of the other restaurants menu is also seafood, thus why we opted for the buffet. Just about all of the staff members make you feel like you’re inconveniencing them by asking for something. The night of the foam cannon (Thursday July 20th) - my husband and i both (on separate occasions) witnessed the bar staff take a used cup off the counter, rinse it with some water in the sink and then proceed to make another person a drink with the same unwashed, unsanatized cup. The pools are also very dirty, tiles flaking off everywhere, cups just floating in the pool and at one point there was someones hair piece and fake eyelashes just floating around. The same night as the foam Cannon, my husband took a crab about the size of my shoe out of the pool - reading other reviews this seems to be a common occurrence. I understand where the resort is located and naturally these things may happen, but seriously?!? - all those people in the pool and this thing is just crawling around. As we were celebrating our honeymoon the hotel offered us a complimentary dinner on the beach, well they forgot about us. We wandered the beach for about 20 minutes the day we scheduled before proceeding to the lobby to see if maybe we were in the wrong spot. NOPE, just no one delivered the paperwork. - i will say, Nigel at guest services did absolutely everything he could to make this better, he got us in for a dinner at BlueMoon, & our server there was also fantastic. This was just about the only part of our stay that was positive in terms of the hotel. The hotel GOUGES for anything you need to purchase from the shops - they are charging $13 US (Almost $18 for my CAD people) for a bag of chips, if you go not even 5 mins off the resort that price drops to $3 US. I understand they need to make something off it but really a 400%+ markup? And finally, we went to the checkin counter to request a late checkout as our plane didn’t leave until 7pm, the lady at the counter was definitely not the nicest, they charge $10 USD per hour to extended check out (which was no problem) but they quite literally cut the bands off you when you checkout we came back to the lobby at around 2:50 (we paid to extend until 3pm as our bus left at 3:20) we couldn’t even get a drink while we waited as they cut the bands off - so if we didn’t pay the additional we would have been stuck sitting in their lobby for 3 hours as the services would no longer be available past 12. (In the past any other resort i have been to will let you continue to use services until your departure day of) Overall, not impressed at all, i have had better service from 4 star resorts. Im so glad we didn’t opt to upgrade to privilege and didn’t spend more money with them. Will absolutely be back to Jamaica, as it’s beautiful but never again to Ocean Eden Bay.

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Amazing Resort!

Everything was absolutely beautiful! Latoya and Carlyle at the pool bar were simply amazing! Nashville who helped us to our room was the nicest person ans always stopped to say hello in passing as well. The resort was clean and comfortable. The only thing we had trouble with was our air condition that was not working properly. Other guests we met said their rooms were freezing cold, however we did not have comfortable sleeps at night as the air-conditioner did not cool the room well at all.  [... read more]That was disappointing as we did let the front desk know. But it didn't seem anything was done about it.

Ocean Coral Spring: Scenic Resort

The grounds are meticulously groomed and showcase the best of Jamaica's top resorts. Modern appointments in rooms with a safari feel for a very comfortable stay. Pool area is a daily draw. Tasty restaurants, evening entertainment create family-friendly or romantic atmosphere.

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Bad attitude

I have traveled a lot, and I have been to this resort a couple of times, and the attitude there is getting so much worse. I brought family with me, and I was so embarrassed. There were a few kind and professional people. But most of the staff was rude and acted like they hated there job. Miserable and disrespectful. We came in so happy but by the time we left I swear the attitudes were rubbing off on us. It's the only class of people that act like they hate to work. Guess what guys...here in C [... read more]anada we have to work to and sometimes alot more tougher jobs. I pray to God you get over this " Slave mentality." We all have to work hard. We won't be coming back for a very long time!!! There are other places that show way more respect and common curtisy. GOD BLESS

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Bad attitude

I have traveled a lot, and I have been to this resort a couple of times, and the attitude there is getting so much worse. I brought family with me, and I was so embarrassed. There were a few kind and professional people. But most of the staff was rude and acted like they hated there job. Miserable and disrespectful. We came in so happy but by the time we left I swear the attitudes were rubbing off on us. It's the only class of people that act like they hate to work. Guess what guys...here in C [... read more]anada we have to work to and sometimes alot more tougher jobs. I pray to God you get over this " Slave mentality." We all have to work hard. We won't be coming back for a very long time!!! There are other places that show way more respect and common curtisy. GOD BLESS

Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton: PAID FOR 4.5 STAR HOTEL FOR UNDER 3 STAR

Must read before you book. ‘Don’t waste your money.’ We want to share our unsatisfied experience with our recent stay at Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton in Jamaica. As you know we paid for 4.5 stars hotel, however the hotel and in general the resort was below 3 *. Starting with the distance from the airport to the resort as per the Website suppose to be about 30, minutes, but we were stop in several other resort to drop off the guests and we reached our resort after an hour and 45 m [... read more]inutes. On our second day the AC units start leaking water in our room and half of our room was flooded. We called for help and the maintenance guy told us that he will inform the management to give us another room nobody showed up, we went to reception, there was no report about the issue in our room. The staff didn’t want to help, we asked to talk to manager no one want to talk to us. We wait the entire morning until late afternoon to change our room and spend the rest of the day repacking or stuff to move to another room. We waste one day of our vacation. The condition of the room the cleanness in no way close to 4.5 start hotel, extremely uncomfortable beds. The beach was full of seaweeds floating all over the beach. The evening entertainment shows was very boring with 10 dancers and just changing the outfits and the same dance over and over again. Food was okay, the excursion price was outrageous $165 American per person.

Dreams Rose Hall: Excellent food and location

This was far from our first time to Jamaica. Food options were extensive, and very tasty. Coffee shop was fantastic. Staff and food and drink options were top notch. Staff at most were very pleasant and helpful. Hotel is mid sized, and easily walkable. Hotel rooms well appointed, but could use a refresh here and there, and in parts of the hotel in general. Although towel cards were not distributed to us, we kept being asked for them. This is a outdated practice that should be scr [... read more]apped. Shelter from the sun was also an issue. Although more umbrellas have been on order for many months, awnings and other options could be looked at for other areas in the meantime. Lazy river/slides are awesome. Evening entertainment was so/so. My only real negative is the expected tipping, everywhere. More than any other hotel in Jamaica I’ve ever been to.

Grand Decameron Cornwall Beach: 3.5 stars

This resort is located in the central area of Montego Bay. The location is wonderful, close proximity to the strip & airport. However this hotel could do better, especially in relation to the food. I found the buffet constantly empty and the food wasn’t being replaced (at one point 8 buffet tray warmers were empty by 9am and not replaced before breakfast closed at 10:30). One thing I could say is that the housekeeping staff were incredible and consistent. Food is 3.5 stars Cleanliness 4.5  [... read more]stars Staff friendliness 4.5 stars Resort rating 3.7

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: amazing resort

I loved everything about the hotel. From how we were welcomed to how we were treated ( specially Jason G. the Buttler who I will highly recommend because he did an amazing service, Lory the waitress that attended to my room(26704) during my stay and everyone on duty for my room's services. Room cleaning was always impeccable. The hotel is really beautiful more than I really expected. I loved the entertainment teams, the food quantity and variety is a plus too. the little small issue I will [... read more] say sometimes, the food room service can be a little bit late at times but they are doing their best. I understood. Another little small issue is refusing the guest entry for a late arrival for a la carte restaurant, if they can be a little bit understanding for maybe up to a 30 minutes late arrival.

Ocean Eden Bay: Awful time at Ocean Eden Bay

My husband and I had an awful time at Ocean Eden Bay. We spent over 7000k and then upgraded to privilege on day 4 (of 10) in the hopes of getting some service. we also tipped in USD 5’s since we arrived but yet, the level of service remained just ridiculous. - room was totally dirty, other people’s makeup marks in bathroom, fingerprints/handprints and things on all flushes, switches, patio doors not wiped down, etc. left paid cleaning staff extra 20usd three times with a note asking for a f [... read more]ull cleaning - finally I was there and I showed the cleaner all the marks around the room. I never used the jacuzzi tub during our stay cause I never felt like anyone wiped it down. - we don’t drink that much. My husband likes baileys in his coffee. We like coffee. We couldn’t get any but then we saw it in the privilege lounge. So we paid for privilege. For one day, he got baileys in his coffee, but the next day, the bottle ran out. For the next three days we would ask for it and get a sugary substitute. Like, it’s the one thing we asked for. We are Canadian, we don’t need to be waited on hand and foot. But the one thing we asked for, no one could bother getting. - apparently with privilege you get a butler - we had one for the two days , again, we don’t need much, so didn’t really see him other than the first hello and exchange of WhatsApp numbers. - in the middle of the night, around 130am, water comes rushing down from the ceiling lights in our bathroom. All electricity is gone. We walk to the late night restaurant to ask for help. They call front desk and maintenance. Over half our later, Maintenance comes to the room and another person comes to move us to another room. - new room is a swim up room, the room smells very very badly of mold and no one ocean view - finally around 3 we sleep, at 9am we are woken up by front desk to say we can stay in this new room until noon. Doozy fall back asleep. Butler knocks with welcome - are we X people, no we are not. Now I’m hungry, but we have no keys. I start texting our butler, nothing, I wait. I go get some food before breakfast is over. Still nothing from front desk or the butler on what is happening next. - I go to front desk, I wait in line, I ask to talk to manager, she says we can have a new room with an ocean view and that someone will bring us keys. No one ever came. We gave up and just waited to get the hell home. We paid luxury prices. Once in the privilege lounge, the food was good. The mattress in the room was good. Everything else was a massive disappointment and huge waste of our money. This trip was important to us for many deep reasons and unfortunately, other than swimming in the ocean and feeling the sun in our faces, it was not a healing or rejuvenating experience. It was frustrating and disappointing.

Ocean Coral Spring: Amazing resort but beach needs a lot of work

Me and my husband spent two weeks here in June 2023 and the resort is beautiful and the staff are amazing. However, we were very disappointed with the beach . It was very rocky. It needs alot of TLC. We are from Toronto Ontario

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Amazing resort! amazing views!

We stayed at the Luxury Bahia Principe. Grounds are kept very clean. The pools are awesome! Beaches are clean. Restaurants good food! Service excellent! The only comment I have is lack of entertainment - there are entertainment but not throughout the day. So we had to go to the neighbouring Grand Bahia Principe to join some fun and games. But overall, I would still go back to this resort.

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: BAHIA PRINCIPE ( poor) RUNAWAY BAY

It's a three star our stay was a disaster...thanks to ALICA DAWSON our room was like the pit stop of the car race...NOT THE PLACE TO SPEND MY 45 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY...WE WASTED OUR MONIES ...WASTED OUR TIME ...OUR 45 ANNIVERSARY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FANTASTIC....WHAT A DISASTER IT TURN OUT AT YOUR PLACE

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Very nice resort

Hotel room is very nice. Service is fantastic. However, the beach is full of rock, you will need to navigate carefully to get into the water. The water is very clear and you can see the bottom of the sea. For the hotel: It's loud at night , not the hotel's fault. It's just other guests that always talk loudly in the corridor at night. They should get rid of the carpets on the hallway in some buildings, very old and smelly.

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Good resort

Grounds well kept. Beach area very clean. Water crystal clear. Lobby area well kept. Entertainment ok. Food good. Pleasant staff. Beach bar only accessible to visitors with upgrade on the part where the beach was nicest.

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Amazing Resort!

This is our 3rd time at this resort and we absolutely love it. It has a lot of activities/entertainment for adults and families with young children. The staff is super friendly just very personable. The kids club is awesome! The buffet has a selection that anyone would enjoy however the carribean food is very very good! I have no complaints about this hotel at all and the price is just right. Can't wait to go back next year! Sandy :)

Riu Montego Bay: Amazing Resort &staff

Where do I begin, from the pleasant staff to the amazing entertainment every day was great. I had the most amazing wait staff Horace at breakfast, so friendly and knew exactly what I drink in the morning. Wonderful and pleasant night waitress Abbigale. Hotel was always clean and food very tasty. Can’t see myself visiting any other hotel in Jamaica. Thanks to u all. ❤️

Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Awesome resort!

The hotel was great service was great food was great everyone was helpful the manager Carlos went the extra mile to ensure we had a pleasant stay we enjoyed our stay here and would certainly go again!

Bahia Principe Escape Runaway Bay: Amazing resort

Our vacation was spectacular, loved the resort, amazing food and our butler Keith made our stay very special! It’s our second time there and would certainly go back again ! I would recommend this place to all our friends

Ocean Eden Bay: Would rate 4.5/5

Ocean Eden Review From The FANTASTIC FiVE - this is a long review but worth reading! Girls trip 2023 !! Had a blast !! Overall we will definitely return. We arrived on my birthday and let me tell you, it was an entire week of celebration! WHY we WILL RETURN: ENTERTAINMENT! Blue Team were amazing from water aerobics, Jamaican dance lessons, Pool Foam Party ,Bob Marley Tribute Dinner Show , Jamaican Dance Show , Silent Dance Party just to name a few there was always something going on. D [... read more]emeil, Rosbel and Mr Fresh were great. They spent a lot of time touching base with us individually to ensure we were having a great time! FOOD and PEOPLE! A wide variety of food available at the Captains Quarters Buffet. The people working in the buffet made our day special EVERYDAY! To name a few - Cajay, Althea,Shekera and Tocaya with their amazing smiles. We saw Cajay run over to another restaurant to get us cherries that we requested in our drinks. We were fortunate to meet Two of the most Amazing Supervisors Mellonie and Zacharey. Mellonie brought me a special bowl of oatmeal every morning because I can’t eat the sweetened oatmeal provided. Zacharey got us a reservation at the steakhouse when it was all booked up. Ate at La Locanda (Italian) Blue Moon (twice) , Steakhouse , Sugar Cane (West Indies), Sakura(teppanyaki) and frequented Mikes Coffee Bar for lattes and treats. Enjoyed all! Espresso martinis were enjoyed daily at the Lobby bar with our server Alecea who always made us smile. Too many great people to name them all. THE PEOPLE who work at Ocean Eden make this a GREAT PLACE to stay!!! Opportunities for Improvement: No place is perfect and Ocean Eden certainly has some room to improve. One of our rooms was not ready till after 6 pm and we didn’t get the room we booked. We were supposed to get a sofa bed in one room and didn’t get this. The Front Desk staff was not overly helpful. Having said this, she was one of only a few who didn’t try their best to please us. When we approached one of the managers , Earl, our concerns were heard and he compensated us by giving late checkout at no extra charge. 2 of the staff at Guest Services didn’t put much effort into getting us in to the Bob Marley Tribute show. Luckily, our server , Daniel, at Blue Moon , was able to get us a table. Rooms were a great size but lacked attention to detail which is disappointing given this is a new property. The pool did not appear to be cleaned for the entire week, again, disappointing since it is so beautiful. We would expect it to be vacuumed daily since it is heavily used. All in all, a a beautiful property with great entertainment , plenty to do and good food. And I’ll repeat that most of the staff were absolutely amazing and make this resort well worth returning to.