Sandals Royal Plantation Jamaica

We stayed at Royal Plantation September 1 – 8, 2018. This was our 4th stay at this resort and won’t be our last. We love this place more each time we visit! We have absolutely no complaints about our stay. It was as close to perfect as any trip we’ve had. Service and personal attention have always been great at this resort and was even more so this time. With occupancy only around 40% or less, the staff to guest ratio was even higher than what we have experienced previously and we enjoyed feeling as if we had the place to ourselves! Neil and Chase provided excellent butler service, fulfilling all of our requests and providing lots of little surprises throughout our stay. Our room was cleaned and serviced nicely twice per day. Our room service coffee arrived promptly each morning. We found the dining to still be the great quality we have come to expect. We received standout service from Michael, Adlin, Romeo, Hopelyn, and many others and enjoyed their smiles each day. We continue to enjoy the quiet atmosphere and laid back feel of this place. We are always able to completely relax and disconnect here. And even though the resort is small, there is still plenty to do. We split our time between the beach and the pool. My husband took advantage of the included snorkeling one morning and I participated in water aerobics several mornings. We had fun playing “shut the box” in the pub each evening and one of our favorite things was to grab a rum punch while watching the mento band perform on several occasions. We had our usual room in the West Wing, now called the Royal Monarch room, and again enjoyed the great views. While the rooms could use some updating here, there is a fine line of maintaining the charm and history of the resort versus modernizing the furnishings. We hope this is kept in mind for future renovations. And we hope that any considerations of adding over-the-water bungalows here will not come to fruition, as those have changed the atmosphere at other resorts. Sandals, if you are listening, your loyal guests would prefer that this place be treated as the historical gem that it is rather than to capitalize on the latest fads and marketing schemes. We are already planning a return trip to this wonderful place next year. We now think of it as our home away from home and cannot wait to go back.

Resort is lovely. Butlers that you pay for don't actually don't want to do any work! and say no to every request you make! Staff actually ask for tips including the man who folds the towels, I gave him an extremely handy tip! "don't ask for tips" very pushy sales trying to sell spa services at a rediculous mug off rate! beach butler's hint for tips. 12 red roses for $160! you can poke that where the sun don't shine. they let people selling a load of old toot try and sell to you on the private beach. although a lot of the people are friendly there seems to always be an ulterior motive to ask for money. Very poor service and won't ever visit a sandals resort again.

By far this was one of the best trips we have taken. We took this trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. In total it was 6 couples. Let me 1st say that our butlers Orayne Dacosta & Ricardo Wright were the pinnacle of our trip. They did not miss a beat in making sure we had what we wanted and even things we didn’t know we wanted. They even went above an excellent job and made sure the other couples in our party were good even though they had their own butlers that lacked in some areas. Now on to the resort. What I loved about is it is very quite but you have full access to 2 other Sandals resorts that are much livelier. The food was incredible. The view from the room was amazing. The resort offers so much that you really do not have to leave. We went out on the glass bottom boat, the hobie cat.... there is snorkeling <—- I didn’t partake & a few other activities to keep you busy. To get to the beach please be advised that you will have to go down a flight of steps. So if you have mobility issues getting to the beach will be a problem. As for the entertainment Jason did an amazing job of keeping us entertained. From the water aerobics, to karaoke at nite, to teaching us Jamaican dance moves, he really showed us a great time and for that we are truly thankful and blessed to have him look out for us. I feel like I can go on forever. To sum this up I would not pass on this resort! To have your own private butler who can be as involved as you choose him to be, to the delicious food, the amazing views, the wonderful staff members that cared for us, smiled at us, made us feel at home.... BIG UP, RESPECT BREDREN/SISTREN! —- and a special thank you to Michael who kept those fried plantains on ready for my husband & to the beach butler who never let our glasses become empty“Justin?” & the night bartender at the Wobbly Peacock we will forever remember your meritorious service.