The royalton white sand in Montego Bay Jamaica was the worst hotel I ever stayed in . They are liars you pay for one room and get another, i arrived at 2:30 didn’t get a room until 9:30 pm , they put us in someone else’s room and then asked that we wait in the lobby the next morning to be moved to another room that had a twin size bed and a full size . We paid for two queen size rooms . I can go on and on but prefer to send email to management in New Jersey
We booked this trip in early 2021 and as it got closer, we were nervous about the increase in COVID cases and some of the reviews made me second guess our decision. Just a couple of days before we were scheduled to leave, I almost canceled, but I am so glad we did not! I think this property has a lot of bad reviews but I think it is all about what you expect. If you are looking for a 5 star property, this is not it. If you are looking for a quiet family getaway then this is where you want to go! After about 14 hours of travel we arrived at the White Sands report. We were exhausted. I did not know until we arrived that we had DIamond CLub service. We were quickly brought to the lounge and checked into our room. Our butler, Nicola, brought us to our room and gave us an overview on the resort and pointed out some of the the things we needed to know. She also helped me get all set up on the Whatsapp so we could communicate. She had already made us dinner reservations for that night which we were thankful for. Our first day we realized the phone did not work and our tub did not have a stopper in it. We went down to spend the morning at the beach and when we came back up to our room both of those items were taken care of. There was only one time we had to ask twice for the mini bar to be refilled. One time a man came up to bring us soda for the mini bar and then saw we had kids to ran to get them some juice to have in the room. Our other butler's name was Romaine and he was always great to make sure we were taken care of as well. We arrived on a Saturday evening and the resort was slightly busy on Sunday which caused be some concern but after that day it was so nice and quiet. There were times we were the only 4 people at the pool. Each day, Vinessa, helped us out at the pool and learned out names and my girls' favorite drink (make sure your kids try the fuzzy squirrels)! It took us a couple of days to discover the Sands Grill as we had just been going to the buffet for lunch but it was so nice over there to eat on the beach. Melrose and Ronaldo were so great over there and the buffalo chicken strips had a really good sauce. Our favorite restaurants were Zen and Grazie, we ate at both of these twice during our one week stay, All of the staff at Zen was amazing, they made it so fun to eat there. We had the same waitress both times at Grazie, her name was Deandrah (I might have that spelling wrong), We liked her so much! She even made sure to get our girls' their fuzzy squirrels with dinner. We ate at the buffet for breakfast and a few times for lunch. It was fine, it was your typically buffet. The staff was great. There was an older man who worked the kids section of the buffet ( I think his name was maybe Dezroy), our girls just thought that section was the best and he was so kind and helpful. Once day my daughter was in line with me to get something and he came up to ask if she needed help getting her food. It was hard not being able to help yourself at a buffet but I understand the restrictions. The only night we participated in the night entertainment was the beach party night (Friday) because our girls were just so tired after dinner it was usually an early bedtime. We were able to watch most of the show from our balcony which was very nice. We were the 2nd building in from the beach on a corner so we had a great view. We did order room service once (the continental for 4 people plus a pastry basket) and after waiting over an hour we only got 1 bowl of cereal, 1 piece of bread, and a couple pastries This was really the only disappointing thing during our trip. Room service can be nice for breakfast so I was bummed this didn't work out. One the day of our departure, our shuttle was late but our butler stayed with us to make sure we got on and had a way to the airport. Overall, we had a really nice stay at this resort. The meals at the restaurants were usually good. We liked being able to stop for ice cream whenever we wanted. We never made it to the Sports Bar. Our room wasn’t huge but it was fine for us for the week. With having kids (ages 4 and 7) that went to bed early, it would’ve been nice to have a 2 bedroom suite so I would suggest that to other families. Our room was always very clean, the housekeeping was top notch! It was always nice to come back from dinner to see our bed turned down and our girls enjoyed the chocolate they left. I would absoutely come back here again!…
We came and stayed at the whitesands for a week and had the most amazing time. The food was incredible, the resort is stunning, but most of all the staff here are lovely. They have been hugely attentive and a special mention to Narrica and Anna-Kay from the diamond club lounge who have made our stay just incredible. We've been to stay at lots of resorts all over the world, and the people make the place, the Royalston and Jamaica in general has just been perfect. We will be back!
Lovely place, the staff are amazing especially the entertainment team, snow, DJ ja ja & Kimron! The resort is very scenic, the staff are very attentive and helpful. The nighttime entertainment is excellent. Would highly recommend
Great drinks and service food is great also Anthony very attentive and great on drink choices it was a small trip with me along with my family and there wasn’t a dough moment around every staff at this resort vinessa also kept our drink coming on the pool side kezena,raniel and limes ha thank for your service.
Fabulous time at White Sands. Particularly enjoyed aqua fit with Daniel and Kymani. All the staff were very friendly. David looked after us at martini mix bar. Beach was good and not much seaweed. Great for kids with water slide, lazy river and kids water play area.
Perfect chilled family holiday with a one year old! Plenty for him to do, aswell as the adults 🍻 We have Not had a bad meal which is great. Everyone is so friendly & the vibe team are a lot of fun and make you feel so welcome :) The only room for improvement would be that the Whitesands rooms could do with a bit of tlc… other than that, would recommend for a family holiday 🙌🏻
My family and I stayed here from 5/16/2022-5/20/2022. This resort should be shut down. You can see so much wear and tear. It doesn’t fit in with other Royalton resorts at all. From the rooms to the customer service. The people that work here except a few have bad attitudes especially the women. I stayed at the Royalton Chic Suites in Cancun last year and had an amazing time. I was truly disappointed starting at check in. We didn’t get into our room until close to 6pm. Diamond club had only 1 person doing check ins and we didn’t even receive a welcome drink. I had Diamond Club at the Chic Suites and was happy with my decision to pay the the extra money, at white sands it’s not worth it at all I didn’t see any reason for spending the extra money. I also slipped and fell getting out of the adult pool and the nurse didn’t even check my toe out until I complained the next day. She seemed to have an attitude when I went to her office. I had an incident off the resort in Cancun and when I got back to the resort they handled the situation completely different. I’m going to stop the review here because it will take me a long time to explain everything that was wrong with this resort. Royalton should shut this places down it needs to be remodeled completely and staff needs better customer service training. This hotel is 3 stars at best nothing about it was 4 stars. I feel robbed of my money.…
Snow and the rest of the staff was amazing , the service that they provided made our stay so much better after a Rocky start. It made today that much better. My brother and i played volleyball and it was so much fun
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