My dad and I stayed at the Coral Seas Beach resort from March 24 to 31 of 2007. This was my second time to Negril Jamaica. Last year I stayed at the Beachcomber resort down the 7 mile beach. We booked out trip through Onestop Vacations. I highly recommend them for booking your trip to anywhere in Jamaica. They were extremely easy to deal with.
The Coral Seas Beach Resort is a very nice well kept resort. The grounds are looked after very well, the trees and flowers look fantastic. The beach is raked every morning by the grounds keeper who does a great job. The staff at the resort are very friendly, the bartenders and waitress were fantastic. The drinks were very well made especially the fruit punch and the rum punch (my favorite). The food at the resort was good but they had a small menu. I thought that there were to many buffet dinners, having a few buffet dinners are nice to have but five out of the seven days I thought were to many. It would have been nice to have been able to pick from the menu a little more.
Our room was located on the north side of the property it was very nice and had a great balcony as well. Everyday our room was well cleaned and looked after. I wouldn’t recommend anyone having a room on the north side of the property unless you like getting up several times throughout the night and being woken up at 5:30 every morning. Next door to the Coral Seas on the north side there are many dogs, about eight of them. They will start barking in the middle of the night and wake you up unless you are a very sound sleeper but I’m sure anyone would wake up from that. At 5:30 every morning expect to be woken up by a rooster on the north side. It starts making its morning calls then and usually doesn’t stop until noon. I would suggest that anyone staying at Coral Seas Beach stay on the south side of the property and you shouldn’t hear that noise. Its to bad because there is not much that Coral Seas can do about this, its not there fault in anyway.
We noticed that the resort rents out Jetskis at the beach, it was hard not to notice that. The resort’s beach is not roped off like most of the other resorts are. The employees who rent the Jetskis out and there customers travel right through the swimming area very close to the swimmers. I am a certified swimming instructor/guard so I recognize this as very dangerous. Many people who were swimming complained to the staff about how dangerous they were being on the Jetskis. The staff did nothing about this at all, this continued on all week. I understand from residents around the area that it happens all the time. The Jetski staff would even travel down the beach and go into the roped off areas of other resorts to try and get people to rent them out. Several people we noticed walked down the beach and complained about that to the staff. The management of the Coral Seas were told of this situation by several residents and nothing has been done as of yet. I hope that the Coral Seas has a lot of liability insurance, I think that they just might need it. So swimmers you have to look out for yourself so you don’t get run over I really hope that they do something about this situation in the near future.
They have security at the beach front of the resort and they spend there days raking the grounds and making the property look great. That’s all security does though, they don’t provide much security. There are many occasions where the locals will try and sell you stuff, which is fine, you will get that anywhere in Jamaica. Most of the locals are great people and fantastic to talk too. Some of them can be rude and pushy, not many of them though, only a very small handful were that way. I think security should watch for these people bugging the resort guests and do something. Security at the resort will let anyone on the property and they really don’t do much other than sit most of the day and sometimes pick up a rake and clean the grounds of the property.
Overall this resort is very beautiful and is a great small place to stay. It is so nice t o get out of the Canadian winter and visit Jamaica. I will be back to Negril next year and I would stay at the Coral Seas Beach Resort again but on the south side of the property. I can’t wait to visit Jamaica again.
Blake Wallace and Ross Wallace
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Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Beach / Sun, Great food / Wine