Dreadful experience, beachfront room, nothing special, small beach therefore crammed, like a Motel 6 with wooden furniture, 20 years out of date, felt like a holiday camp, nowhere peaceful, quite down market, 2-3 star hotel. The private island is tired and shabby. The world and expectations have moved on. On the plus side the food was OK, comfy bed and most of the staff are very good with one or two chippy exceptions.

We stayed at Sandals Montego Bay this February & went to the Sandals Royal Caribbean, which is next door to go to the Thai restaurant for dinner one evening. It was dark so we didn't really see much of the resort other than what we could see from the end of Sandals Mo-Bay. People who had reservations for dinner on the island were taken by "dragon boat" to the island. It didn't dissapoint. The view was lovely & the meal just as good. We had the "sampler" meal, which had a bit of everything. We figured we would get that & really enjoyed it. There were things that we shared & others we wanted to keep for ourselves. I liked the Sandals Mo-Bay but would be interested in visiting this resort again to try other restaurants & to spend a day experiencing other aspects of the hotel.

We stayed in the most expensive suite. Grande Honeymoon Swim-up suite which was everything we had hoped for. The only issue was the pool temperature which was too cold. The butler service is worthless. It's actaully frustrating! No butler phone given to us until we demanded it from management. Even then the phone was not answered by the butler on several occasions. We were given the basic room service menu to order from. Later in our trip we found out we could order from any of the restaurants and have it delivered to our room. This service was never disclosed to us by any of the staff including our butler. It seemed they directed us away from any amenity that required effort on their part. We ended up eating most of our meals at the buffet and the food quality was poor. The property is beautiful but we won’t be back. $1,200 per night is better spent elsewhere.

I stayed at Sandals Royal Caribbean in December 2011. I had been to a few other Sandals properties and loved them but this one BY FAR is my fav!!
first of all they have a private island! how awesome is that? it has a pool, and pool bar, a snack bar, a Thai restaurant that is delicious!!
some of the rooms are directly on the beach, literally you walk off your little porch and you are on sand!
The staff are amazing :) They remember everyone! They are so friendly and entertaining.
The food is great any kind you can think of, nightly shows that are so much fun.
and it's so close to Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Carlyle you can go visit those resorts too if you decide on a change of scenery for a bit