This hotel was definitely not a 5 star I would rate it a 2/3...no internet....no TV....wrong rooms...the hallways were dark (dangerous for women)....the airconditioner in my sons room did not work very well...i wasn't expecting 20 marriage proposals from the staff!!!! The staff seemed to need more customer service training. The experience left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Riu Negril: Stunning resort
Loved everything about the resort. From the friendly staff to the delicious food. Our room was always cleaned never did it slack. Definitely would come back to this resort!! The beach was beautiful!!!
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Couples Negril: Amazing resort!
We were at this resort in July and we enjoyed it. The resort is small and we didn’t spend a lot of time for walking around to get to the restaurants, beach or room. The service and food were amazing. The best thing for us was that we had a lot of activities included: snorkeling, glass bottom boat tours, water skiing, kayaking, catamaran, transportation to different places. The beach was very nice. I would definitely recommend this resort to my friends and family.
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Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: First family vacation amazing
The hotel was beyond amazing, we stayed 10 days at the Grand Bahia Principe Jamaica and we loved it. Check in was a breeze and the ladies at the desk were so friendly. After checking in we were shown to our room by a bell man. The room was great for our family. The view was amazing, it was all breathtaking. The food was great we loved the food . The service at the restaurants were good one waitress stood out as she helped us at the garden grill for breakfast, her name is Shadeen she is the best.[... read more] The pool vibes is lovely and we loved the area for kids. The beach was cool to chill on especially when the sun was going down. Alot of negative reviews shown on TripAdvisor but we didn't experience all other people are complaining about. Our mini bar was stocked daily too. Would we go back? Of course we would. Would we recommend the resort? we would definitely do. Thank you Trip Central. Our trip was amazing. Jamaica no problem!!
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Catalonia Montego Bay: Great resort best bang for the buck
Furniture was a little worn but the resort was clean and lots of amenities. We plan to go back soon. Staff was friendly and helpful. The reception area underwhelms but the beach makes up for it. Food was good. Always one dish on buffet that was awesome.
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Jewel Runaway Bay Resort: Best!
Amazing resort, amazing beach, amazing waterpark, amazing food, and most importantly, amazing people!
Coral reef right in front of the hotel. Throw some bread in the water and you will be swimming with hundreds of beautiful fish. Better than going on any snorkeling excursion. As for excursions, highly recommend Dunns River Falls and Konoko Falls.
FYI's: Drive from airport is about 1:45 ish; get your beach towels early bc they run out, most excursions serve jerk chicken only (two that we[... read more] went on); bring water shoes; atm machine right on resort; waterpark also open to the locals (who are very kind) so it tends to get pretty busy during the day, slows down after 4, stays open til 6; beach area is very windy but the breeze feels nice; hot but not humid; quiet resort; only restaurant w AC is Caribbean, however no need for AC bc of the breeze; only need reservations for one restaurant (tapanaki/Japanese); no strict dresscode; 3 pools, main pool no swim-up, infinity pool does but its pretty shallow and often full of kids (strange they would have the bar there🤷â€â™€ï¸); great entertainment, always something to do
Definitely returning! Thanks for a fantastic time... IRIE
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Sandy Haven: Exactly what we wanted!
Sandy haven is a small luxury resort so don’t expect big fancy restaurants or a fancy pool. However, what you do get is a clean and spacious room and access to one of the most beautiful beaches. I was pleasantly surprised by how cute the room is. It’s super clean! The AC was wonderful and the room didn’t feeel or smell humid or sticky. I would 100% come back to Sandy Haven.
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Riu Negril: Breathtaking Experience
This hotel was such a great place ! The staff was so welcoming, the food was amazing and the hotel was so up to date. I’m so happy I didn’t listen to the negative reviews because there was nothing wrong with this resort !
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Grand Decameron Cornwall Beach: FANTASTIC resort
This is the best resort I have ever stayed at! The beach is stunning and well kept. The rooms and public areas are immaculate. The food is delicious and plentiful. There are many activities all day long so you never get bored. The staff are super friendly, especially Genius Williams in the kitchen who always had a huge smile for us. I would definitely visit this resort again.
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Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall: Average
The hotel was average in terms of amenities and food. I did not like the constant up-sell for liquor and $5 for coconuts is absurd. I would not return as I booked an Adult only resort and was disappointed that adults at the Ziva had access. The buffet dinners were oddly themed. Jamaica night 3 times in the week when there was a Jamaica station every meal. I loved the Brazillian and French restaurants, service and meal quality was very good.
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Riu Palace Tropical Bay: Perfect Week in Negril
The hotel grounds were fantastic! Everything was layed out perfectly with entertainment/bars/pools/restaurants all in the center of the resort. Loved that our walk from our room (1102) to the beach was less than 2 minutes and less than 4 minutes walk got us to the buffet. The staff was great and always accomodated whatever it was that we needed. Loved having our coffee after meals in the lobby cafe/bar. The beach was very clean and there were always beach chairs available. We spent the entire we[... read more]ek on the beach and never got to the pools but the pools looked clean and were well maintained. Lot's of great entertainment at the pools during the day as well! We had an excellent waiter who would bring us drinks on the hour to our beach chairs during the day! Room service was quick and easy to access. You would never want for anything there! The buffet food was great and had lots of selection. We walked up and down the 2 miles of Bloody Bay almost daily and enjoyed meeting different vendors along the beach. We did walk over to the Riu Negril resort as well but when we realized that their lunch buffet was outdoors (on an extremely hot day) we turned around and went back to the Air Conditioned buffet at ours. Although this resort is an hour and a half away from Montego Bay, it was well worth the long drive to this beautiful oasis. My fiance and I are considering returning next year for our honeymoon!
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Catalonia Montego Bay: Beautiful resort
An amazing hotel. Clean, well groomed. Beautiful pool. Great food. Entertainment was amazing. Staff very accodamating. Something to do for everyone. Time to go to holiday inn for your next holiday. Enjoy your trip
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Bahia Principe Explore Jamaica: Gran Bahia principal
Everything and all around was amazing blast great sweetcleacalm special cool peaceful good fresh friendly staff consistent caring informative updates tasty safe homely heavenly accommodating clean calm
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Jewel Paradise Cove: Jewel Paradise Cove - A Hidden Gem!!!
The hotel is about 80 minutes from Montego Bay airport and after our flight landed we went through customs which I'm sad to say was horrific and then sat on the bus for well over an hour before we left. It was frustrating because we were so tired from a long day of travelling and of course the heat but when we arrived at the hotel we were welcomed with a refreshing drink and a cold towel which was really nice. Check in went quickly and smoothly and we were in our room in no time. We did not have[... read more] bracelets at this property but did have towel cards. The rooms are spacious with lots of drawers, a nice size closet, a king size bed and a modern bathroom. The mattress was very firm to firm actually but you are only in there to sleep so no biggie. The shower was very big however as other reviews mention it did leak water on the floor. Not a huge problem as I found turning the shower head to the wall significantly reduced the amount of water that ended up on the floor. After unpacking we roamed around the property and we honestly have never been greeted by so many people as we have here. Every worker on the resort said hello in fact the lifeguard grabbed us menus and told the waitress we were waiting to eat. Unbelievable service. All staff we encountered from the entertainment crew to servers/waitress/waiters, maids, cooks, groundskeepers all were extremely friendly. Special thanks to Merric Adam's for our delicious omelettes and friendly smile/conversation every morning. There is a water slide on the property, a number of jacuzzis, a disco and a gym. The property is well manicured and smaller than what we are used to but was well mapped out and easy to navigate. One downfall is there are no elevators. We were on the 3rd floor and carrying our luggage up and down was tough so if you have mobility issues make sure you request a room on the 1st floor. The food was delicious from the Jerk hut on the beach to the buffet and the a la cartes. Our favourite a la carte was Japanese and a shout out to Blackie Chan for cooking our amazing meal as well as his entertainment. The drinks were quite tasty and I have to say my new favourite drink is Jamaican Jam - yeah mon lol. We did not do any excursions as this is our 5th trip to Jamaica but if you have never been to Jamaica I would recommend visiting Dunns River Falls and also a day trip to Negril to Rick's Cafe to watch the cliff diving and also the pristine beaches on the 7 mile. Overall we really enjoyed our trip and would recommend this resort to our friends and family. We hope to return very soon.
I couldn't find one thing wrong with this hotel and location. The hotel was spotless. They clean your room in the afternoon and turn down your room everynight. The security was great! Felt really safe. Every floor had its own buler! Food, food and more food. Outdoor buffet at the pool for us that don't want to get changed or cover up. Huge in indoor buffet. A la carte were quiet and intimate and also the dinner buffet has a different theme every night!! The luxury side had the option to eat at [... read more]the deluxe side of the resort. The entertainment was ok but could have lasted longer then 11pm but they had golf carts shuddles to the village where they had a disco and kereoke every night. The drinks were made fast and I was never obligated to tip. Overall a great trip!!
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Shaw Park: Shaw Park, Ocho Rios
Arrived last Sat night, went to room put luggage inside changed got ready for dinner, go to order a drink and they have NO COKE, NO RUM, CANT GET BOB MARLEY DRINK, CANT GET A DIRTY BANANA the only alcohol they had was GIN, VODKA or PEACH SNAPS WHEN THEY DIDNT RUN OUT OF THAT!!!! and went back to room. Next morning get up go for breakfast and took a walk around the resort and started to ask questions and come to find out NO SWIMMING POOL or ENTERTAINMENT AND NO BUFFET AND AGAIN NO RUM THAT WE WE[... read more]RE TOLD......come to find out after our third day they DO HAVE WHITE RUM HIDDEN UNDER THE COUNTER BUT NO COKE TO MIX WITH!!!! Not to impressed at all. Come Wed night around 11:30 I woke up to the smell of smoke and a gas type fume and soaked in sweat cause our Air Conditioner STOPPED WORKING and went to the front desk to get asked if there was a problem......I said yes my air conditioner stopped working and Im very hot and cant sleep....he replied we had a little issue...I said what is the issue he then replied by saying there was a FIRE.....AND NO ALARMS WENT OFF AT ALL!!!!!!!! NO INTERNET NO CABLE NO WATER!!!! ALL NIGHT NOTHING BUT HOT UNCOMFORTABLE ALL NIGHT. He said he didnt want to alarm anyone and will attend to it in the morning. Me being half asleep I went back to the room and my husband asked me why does it smell like smoke and some type of gas fume for and I told him there was a fire but its out now and we went back to sleep;. The next morning my husband went to get ready and washed up and blew his nose and NOTHING BUT BLACK CAME OUT OF HIS NOSE FOR OVER ONE HOUR!!! My husband has COPD and has trouble breathing and to breath in smoke for over 10 hours ISNT GOOD FOR ANYONE NEVER MIND HIM WITH A LUNG DISEASE.....my husband went up to the front and asked them whats going on and they said they would be relocating us and they did around 9:30 and they moved us all the way to block three where there is nothing!!!! We then had a long walk to get to the bar...if you want to call it a bar if we wanted a drink and where we had to eat breakfast lunch and dinner.......OR FOR TEA TIME!!! Was not impressed at all for paying 2860.00 for us to go on a terrible trip and may I add its my husbands first time with me in 23 yrs....my forth time and I have never experienced any thing like this before. One day there was only 4 of us tourists on the WHOLE RESORT. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY BORING TRIP.
They had buffet when the tourists came off the cruise ships for lunch or dinner and WE DID NOT KNOW TILL WE WENT TO EAT!!!! The only two times one person was singing to music was when they had people come from the cruise ships. The only thing good was the food!!!!! Everything else sucked and I wouldn't go back if you paid me to!!!! The store we had to walk to, to get some COKE and PEPSI was 15 mins away. And NO SHOPPING AROUND CLOSE FOR GIFTS!!!!! Again NOT IMPRESSED ONE BIT!!!
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Riu Negril: Ya Mon Jamaica
We recently stayed at the Riu Negril the resort was amazing. The people are the best
part of Jamaica. Curtis and Natalia took really good care of us at the Main Bar making
our trips a positive experience that we always looked forward too. The Resort always
has events happening if you like to keep busy or you can either hang at the pools
or the ocean. The Food was great with lots of variety. My only disappointment was the
view of the Large Resort on the one side of the Riu which I was not ex[... read more]pecting. I will
be returning to Jamaica Soon
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Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall: Great resort!
The grounds are immaculate and very well laid out. Love that there is an adult side as well. Service was great and everyone was very friendly. Beach is great too with enough loungers for everyone. Would go again!
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Excellence Oyster Bay: Amazing hotel!
Can't say enough about this hotel. The grounds are immaculate, all around you see ocean everywhere you turn. The cleanliness exceeded my expectations, the staff was on top of their game. Food was great, lots of options. My husband and I were very impressed with this resort and do plan to go back.
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Sandals Dunn's River: Great Service, ok food
This hotel is located in Ocho rios, first thing you need to know is that is 2 hours away from the airport so my first recommendation will be, leave on a weekday, airport isn't as busy and you get faster to the hotel.
The hotel is pretty, and big enough. Have 1 buffet restaurant and 3 special ones. You only need to make reservation for the Japanese restaurant and you can do it the first night you arrived. The others restaurants are big enough and you can get it in no problem.
The Platinum rest[... read more]aurant only allows dressy clothes, long leave shirt and dress shoes for men and women can were a nice cocktail dress.
The food in all of those restaurants are very good, very tasty and full of flavour.
But what is absolutely amazing is the service. EVERYBODY is friendly, respectful, no one push you to do anything you don't want (like participate on the hotel activities).
This is the most valuable thing this hotel have.
I will recommend a couples massage, we had one and it was fantastic.
The beach is very pretty, like any other Caribbean beach.
P.s if you go to the Italian restaurant ask for the lamb chops, best thing ever!!