My boyfriend and I stayed at the Doctor's Cave Beach Hotel from 3/12-3/16/06 and had a great time. We didn't spend any time at the hotel nor did we eat there (food was expensive for such a hotel), but sleeping there was great and the maid service was very good (fresh sheets and blankets with well-washed towels each day).

Concierge was decent, but the activities desk was AWFUL! We ended up taking the Jamaica Tours Dunn's River Falls tour, not the one offered by a hotel. While we travelled in a luxury tour bus on our trip to Ocho Rios, the one from the hotel took a VW-esque van and charged $60 pp instead of our $50 pp. If you want to tour the island, I suggest going to another hotel to book your tours.

All in all, the location is great (so close to the Doctor's Cave Beach (entrance fee $5 pp), make sure to get the umbrella and lilo (raft) for $5 extra per item). Very close to Margaritaville, Town House (a very good restaurant), and Marguerites (the most expensive, but the most romantic with best choice of wines and seafood, but I'm biased because my boyfriend proposed to me there!!!).

Have fun in Jamaica! You'll love it!

I stayed at this hotel with two other girls during our college spring break. It was okay for spring break because there were plenty of other spring breakers with all their parties and excursions. The pool is right next to the bar so that is convenient. The food at the restaurant was pretty good and authentic with dirty rice and jerk chicken. However, it was not very safe. So if you are a parent booking a hotel for your son or daughter's spring break, I would suggest against it. One day I came back from the beach and found a note on my suitcase with a phone number of a guy who worked at the hotel. Freaked me out a little bit! There was also a vent in the shower that went out to the hallway where I could hear people talking while I was showering. I had a good time but if I were to go again I would pick a different hotel or a different area of Jamaica entirely.

Stayed at the Doctors Cave Beach Hotel in September, 2004, which allowed us to experience the real island atmosphere rather than the all-inclusive compound. Wonderful place and people. The beach is a short walk across the street, beautiful sand, blue, blue water, and nice palm trees. (a previous reviewer saying there are no palm trees on the beach must have been on a different beach).
Great beach bar, and Margaritaville is a minute walk. Some MoBay hustling on the street, but not bad, much worse downtown. Beach is monitored closely, no problems there at all. We have been to some of the best beaches in the Caribbean, this one really surprised us - beautiful!!!

Highly recommend the hotel for anyone - garden view room for adults, pool view for those spring-breakers. And don't miss the Blue Mountain coffee - best in the world. Also take a day trip (taxi) to Negril (Caves area and 7-mile beach) - well worth it. Hire a driver who will stay with you and bring you back -very reasonable price, we had 4 couples in 1 van and were comfortable.

Don't be fooled this hotel is nothing like what they advertise it be. We booked for a king size and they gave us double beds, when we complained they moved us to another room which it was two double beds pushed together. The staff was terrible and don't know their job any thing you ask they dont know.
Continental breakfast is bread and butter, you have the choice of coffee or tea though.

I would not encourage anyone in their right mind to stay there, the place needs serious rennovating.

Not a hotel to stay no way.