Jamaica

The beach here is the best in Jamaica. Staff and accommodations great. Speciality restaurants are good. At least this time they had a small tea spoon for my lamb at grill restaurant.In general the food went down from last year. No pig roast at beach party or sushi at pool dinner.

Overall stay was fine.

Upon arriving to the resort, we were met with most polite bell boys. They made us immediately feel like we were part of a bigger family. Although we couldn't check in as we were early, the bell boys pointed us to all the restaurants available to us where we could go and eat. Once we got to our room, we were met with cupcakes on a covered plate wishing us a happy 25th anniversary. Very nice gesture. Food is amazing and we were never disappointed. Drinks were awesome although they could use a drink menu. Resort overall is very well maintained. The resort host, Billy, was the best host we have had. Made everyone feel welcome. He kept reminding everyone that we are 1 large family meaning there is 1 love (referencing Bob Marley's songs). Even at the night shows he would come up asking how everyone was doing. The Bob Marley, Michael Jackson and Steel Drum shows were amazing. Overall this resort is easily a 10/10.

We stayed for 7 days on the Luxury side in April. The resort is very clean, the grounds are amazing, people were fantastic. The food was good, booked 6 a la cartes and enjoyed all except the Italian. It was ok but not our favorite. This is not a five star resort. For the price we paid, it was fine, we won't return. There are other resorts that are more our vibe. Lots of shade at the pool, always loungers available. Beach is quiet and nice for relaxing. This resort is huge, lots of walking and stairs. Elevators didn't work the entire week in our building. We used the staff elevators or walked to the next building. Being on the top floor this wasn't great.

We stayed one week at this hotel. We were on the Lady Hamilton side in a signature suite with partial view of the ocean. The rooms are lovely - however our bathroom initially was not cleaned even to the hotel's standards. The staff returned that evening and cleaned the room. No other issues after that. Food was great and staff were amazing. I would definitely return.

Hotel is good. Can see that there are a lot of details that need to be addresses - poor painting, cables exposed, wires exposed. Lots of staff agrees with you just to shut you up. Some servers are great, while others are just slow and lazy.

Gorgeous beach and water, literally steps from the rooms, no matter where you are on the resort. Quality of the food was excellent. Staff are extremely welcoming, attentive, responsive, and kind. Extremely safe! Security patrols all hours. The sunsets are breathtaking! The spa is stellar, worth every dime. The water sports selection is excellent, equipment in great condition and the staff ensure you are safe. I would highly recommend this resort.

The hotel was a little dated but the pool and staff more than made up for it. The buffet was always well stocked. The walk from the room to where everything else was rather long (made for quiet evenings).

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Riu Montego Bay. At ours (& our travel agent's) request our room was on ground level & right next to our friends' with whom we traveled. Except for one day of rain, (lots of rain! Even the staff was commenting on how much they got), the weather was perfect. The hotel itself was very nice with 5 pools, lots of seating around each and probably one of the best buffets we have encountered amongst our yearly trips. They had a very expansive variety of foods, lots of spice for those who like that and many options for those, like me, who don't. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. We did have a few hiccups (ie: toilet flooded our bathroom, room key not working one day, mini bar not working another day & one instance with the room safe). Every issue was dealt with immediately with no repeat issues with any of them. (We have to give a shout out to Suzie, Allison, Charlotte & Shanika for their above & beyond service & assistance - re: the flood & moving us to another room on the other side of our friend's room) Our room was cleaned daily & done very well. The staff was also very friendly & helpful. I did a massage at their spa: the spa was warm, welcoming & my masseur was outstanding: shout out to Brihanna,(I did a 50 min relaxing massage: with taxes it was $148.35 USD). We spent most of our days at the beach where chairs were plenty & there were options for shade amongst some of the natural trees (no man made palapas). The water was warm, with some seaweed so if you don't really like walking on that, just bring some water shoes. The only 'knock' on the beach we had was that it wasn't a long stretch that you could go walk along for a longer stroll but it was still beautiful. You weren't bothered up front and personal by locals selling items but there were anywhere from 3-7 males on kayaks selling their "wares" (it was a front really for selling weed). They were there daily & every time someone came down to the beach, they would whistle at them to try to get them to go over to them. It wasn't overly bothersome & once you told them no, they didn't harass you. We went April 13th-20th, so the hotel was maybe at 80% capacity but it no doubt is a popular choice for "girls' trips" as the ratio of women to men was probably 10-5. Lots of large groups but all definitely having a great time. We even went to the resort shows (something we don't normally do) & they were very good, the staff were very talented. Best show of the week was probably the Steel Drum band (Silver Birds?). We did one round of golf at Cinnamon Hill - we didn't bring our own clubs on this trip - rentals ranged from $30-$60 depending on the level of clubs you wanted to use. We had a 1:15pm tee time ($90 pp with cart). Staff were very friendly. Due to the heat & time of day, we were pretty much the only ones on the course; we didn't come across any other golfers the entire 18 holes. Unfortunately we also didn't see a drink cart & learned at the end of the round that the drink cart person had gone home. The only knock on the golf course was that they really push having a caddie. On White Witch course it's mandatory but not at Cinnamon Hill. BUT, the score card doesn't even provide a layout of the course (they want you to take a caddie) and we probably wasted close to 30 mins looking for some holes. Overall there are some very picturesque holes (the 5th hole has the ocean as a backdrop-just stunning) & the course is quite challenging. We still had an enjoyable round. All in all, we'd rate the trip an 8 out of 10. This was our 3rd trip to Jamaica, once to Negril & to Montego Bay(both of those were well over 10 yrs ago). We would probably come back here but not until we experience other regions or countries.

Was expecting a lot more from a Royalton since we had heard so much good about it from reviews. Certainly not what the rating is at for this resort. Very disappointed. For an adult only resort i sure saw a lot of kids on our side without restrictions, so not sure why it is called adult only resort. No free first aid either, why? Pool bar personal, access to drinks, service, cleanliness ,etc. was the worst that i had ever experience after visiting 40 resorts in my life. How do you run out of Pina Colada, water, ice, rum, etc. before 2 pm? Service around pool was minimal, i saw 1 waiter for 2 pools on one day, unacceptable for a 4.5 called resort. Also and finally, at reception we were begged to sign up for a sales pitch of 2.5 hours to join their club at a minimal cost of 40k the next morning and didn't seem to appreciate much a no as an answer, i was not there to sit in an office on my first morning away from minus -25c that's for sure. Overall rating should be more of a open 3.5-4 not just adult only. Just hate to have to say it but, not going back!