The most exquisite all-Butler resort to ever call the Caribbean home, Sandals Royal Plantation quite simply redefines luxurious island escapism. Sitting on a bluff overlooking not one, but two silky sand twin-cove beaches, the intoxicating sanctuary grants each of its 74 sumptuous suites heart-stopping views of the ocean and exclusive Butler Service. Bask blissfully on glorious golden-sand coves, where you can spend countless hours soaking in the sunshine and sipping on 'mangosas' delivered by unobtrusive Beach Butlers, or unwind with a relaxing treatment in the exclusive Red Lane® Spa.
Amenities
Golf
Hobie Cats
Kayaking
Sailing
Scuba Diving
Snorkelling
Tennis
Windsurfing
Honeymoon
Wedding
Bar
Evening Entertainment
Where is it
Situated just outside Ocho Rios, on the northern coast of Jamaica. Transfer time from Montego Bay Airport: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Hotel information
74 suites, all with ocean views and Sandals Butler Service. All suites have French balconies, custom-made mahogany furniture, air-conditioning, plush robes, iron and board, hair dryer, 32" cable TV, in-suite bar, complimentary WiFi access, CD player, 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults. Marquis Oceanfront Butler Suites are located in the East Wing, and are spacious rooms with living space.
All Inclusive of: Sandals resorts are Luxury Included®; from luxury accommodation, fine dining, unlimited premium-brand drinks, transfers, tips and taxes, to a huge range of sports facilities and entertainment — it’s all included!
Regent Oceanfront Butler Suites are located in the West Wing in an oceanfront setting. Each room has a marble bath tub and a living space.
Viceroy Honeymoon Oceanfront Butler Suites are located in the East Wing and are open-partition rooms separating the living space and bedroom, and feature a marble bath tub.
Monarch Oceanfront Butler Suites are located in the West Wing and feature a dining space and marble-laden bathroom.
Royal Monarch Oceanfront Butler Suites are located in the West Wing, and are larger open-partition plan rooms, separating the living space and the bedroom. Each room has a marble bath tub.
Grand Duke Oceanfront Butler Suites are larger suites and are located in the East Wing. These rooms are open-partition plan rooms, featuring bathroom with Roman soaking tub and separate walk-in shower.
Grand Duchess Oceanfront Verandah Butler Suites are located in the West Wing and feature a large, spectacular verandah overlooking the ocean. The bathroom features Roman soaking tub and separate walk-in shower.
Royal Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suites overlook the resort's East Beach. These suites feature a luxurious marble bathroom with large Roman tub and separate walk-in shower.
Imperial Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suites are located atop the resort's beachfront West Wing. These suites feature two walkout balconies, a separate living area, and bathroom with walk-in shower and Roman soaking tub.
Governor General Oceanfront One-Bedroom Butler Suites are located on the top floor of the beachfront West Wing. These suites feature a spacious living and dining area, separate from the grand master bedroom, bathroom with a walk-in shower and Roman soaking tub, and two balconies.
Villa Plantana is a unique expansive villa comprising of 1-, 2- or 3-bedrooms complete with its own swimming pool. Set above the resort's quiet East Beach, the villa boasts it's own separate driveway and stone walkway, expansive living and dining areas, bedrooms with their own patios, and a private pool exclusive to the villa guests.
Sandals Butler Elite Service:
Providing you with uncompromising attention of a personal butler trained to the highest standards. Beginning with lemongrass-scented hand towels, welcome cocktails and culinary treats upon arrival, a private resort orientation and a luggage unpacking service. You will then be supplied with a personal mobile phone to reach your Butler when needed. Your wish is their command! In addition, you will also have 24-hour room service.
5-Star Global Gourmet™ at Sandals Resorts brings new sights, sounds and tastes to all guests at each meal — of course, all included! 5 dining options: Le Papillon, Jamaica’s finest French restaurant with the most exotic choice of seafood and meat dishes prepared by award wining chefs. The Terrace, fine à la carte dining under the stars with authentic Caribbean and Mediterranean fusion cuisine. Royal Grill offers hearty and light favourites with a Caribbean flair in a beachside setting. The Wobbly Peacock Pub, British-style pub serving pub fare menu. 2 full service bars serving premium brand drinks. C Bar*, the only caviar and Champagne bar in Jamaica, serving the finest Osetra caviar along with exclusive Champagne. Tea Terrace serving daily afternoon tea with an assortment of scones and delicious pastries. Royal Beach Butler Service that brings full food and beverages right to your beach chair.
Nightly entertainment with live music band, piano melodies and cocktail parties. Jewellery making classes. Cocktail master classes.
2 freshwater swimming pools, 1 outdoor Jacuzzi and 1 freshwater plunge pool. Red Lane® Spa*. Pool table, board games, day and night tennis (2 courts), tennis pro available*. Aquatrikes, glass-bottom boat, kayaks, windsurfing, paddle boards, Hobie cats and snorkelling. Scuba-diving* (free for certified divers). Complimentary green fees and transfers to Sandals Golf & Country Club for all Sandals guests (caddies mandatory*).
Laundry/dry cleaning service*. SnapShots photo shop*. Gift shop. Complimentary WiFi access in all room categories and public areas with unrestricted number of connected devices.
3 nights.
*Denotes local charge.
Two people in love over 18 years only.
Dress code: evening dress code for gentlemen states that smart trousers or jeans, long or short sleeve dress shirts (with or without collar) and dress shoes or sandals must be worn. Shorts, t-shirts, trainers, flip-flops, hats and caps are not permitted in the evening.
Please note: please ensure you have adequate insurance to take part in adventurous activities.
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Relaxing at its fineat
Nov 8, 2024brentandlibbiCalypso, NC
Sandals Royal Plantation is an amazing Resort! Breathtaking views, luxury accommodations, great dining and beverage options, and wonderful entertainment!! This resort checks all boxes if you want to relax and be pampered. What it lacks in size, they make up for in service. All the staff at SRP are amazing!! Each staff member goes out of their way…
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Sandals Royal Plantation is an amazing Resort! Breathtaking views, luxury accommodations, great dining and beverage options, and wonderful entertainment!! This resort checks all boxes if you want to relax and be pampered. What it lacks in size, they make up for in service. All the staff at SRP are amazing!! Each staff member goes out of their way to be sure each guest are taken care of minute by minute. From the GM, Omar constantly walking through the property engaging with all guest and staff, to our butlers, Andre and Johovan, taking care of our every need. This is truly our home away from home. Thank you again to all the staff at SRP!!
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The perfect location for relaxation
Nov 7, 2024ChrisSandalsYoungSomers Point, New Jersey
We spent 8 days at the Royal Plantation from 10/19-10/26. You will not find better service and friendly employees anywhere. The staff takes its lead from the GM Omar who is the most hands on GM I have ever interacted with. The resort comes with a butler and we had 2 taking care of all our needs for the week. We traveled with 3 other couples and…
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We spent 8 days at the Royal Plantation from 10/19-10/26. You will not find better service and friendly employees anywhere. The staff takes its lead from the GM Omar who is the most hands on GM I have ever interacted with. The resort comes with a butler and we had 2 taking care of all our needs for the week. We traveled with 3 other couples and we were so well taken care of we barely had to think for ourselves. Our butlers were Richard and Duwayne. They were exceptional and always there to make sure our vacation was relaxing and stress free. The food was top notch. The chef was also very accommodating to our dietary needs. The men played golf at the Sandals course and had a great time. Our caddies Andrea and Travis new exactly ever break on the greens and were even helpful giving tips and swing fixes. High tee daily was a favorite for my wife. We wish more Sandals resorts would incorporate this. The resort only has 73 rooms so there is plenty of room on the beach and no fighting over chairs. The beach butlers keep the drinks flowing and food coming all day. The rooms are small and basic but we don’t spend much time In The room so that is not an issue.
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Returning to our Jamaican Familt
Nov 6, 2024funtimes52Salt Lake City, Utah
This was our 7th visit. Every visit has been different but familiar. We consider the staff our Jamaican family.
We are excited for the renovations new paint colors on the exteriors, and Jerk Shack to be completed in the next 6 months.
Upper management Omar, Marvin, Lancelot and Chef Martin are the best! House and beach butlers make every visit…
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This was our 7th visit. Every visit has been different but familiar. We consider the staff our Jamaican family.
We are excited for the renovations new paint colors on the exteriors, and Jerk Shack to be completed in the next 6 months.
Upper management Omar, Marvin, Lancelot and Chef Martin are the best! House and beach butlers make every visit special. Thank you Biggz, Alrick, Orayne, Coombs, Robert, Gladstone, Marvin, Romane,Delgado, and Trevardo.
Great bartenders Collin, Garnet(crocodile) and Jr. Special thanks to Tresell who kept the drinks flowing.
Our room was always nice and clean thank you Monique and refrigerator stocked thanks Christopher.
The people at the front desk and the Gift shop are fun and helpful Megel was awesome.
Beach and pool areas are alway clean and well kept plenty of beach towels, even with all the rain. One day the rain started pouring and we had all our beach stuff on the chairs, my husband went to go get them and the water sports had taken and put the items under cover. Everything was dry. Great people.
The food servers have a special place in our hearts. We are greeted each morning and Lunch by Stephanie, Sherika, Tianna and Vayna.
The evenings were special as well greeted by Nicole served by Chevron and the new trainees were super helpful.
It is the people who work at this resort are the reason we continue to vacation at Royal Plantation.
We love the beaches both East and West side always plenty of loungers. The pool is well maintained and nice as well as the hot tubs.
The loyalty team helped us with our next reservations!
Can’t wait to return!
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Another year with friends and family at SRP
Nov 1, 2024jenniferrX1201LT
We made our yearly trip to Jamaica and our home away from home. The best part of the vacation was connecting with our Sandals family.
• Water Sports team: Fabian, Tivawne, Lloyd, Wade, Chad Wayne, Jovan
• Beach Butlers - Trevado, Daniello, Romaine
• Bartenders and Servers - Junior, Juvaine, Delano, Romaine, Trachelle, Garcia, Chevon,…
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We made our yearly trip to Jamaica and our home away from home. The best part of the vacation was connecting with our Sandals family.
• Water Sports team: Fabian, Tivawne, Lloyd, Wade, Chad Wayne, Jovan
• Beach Butlers - Trevado, Daniello, Romaine
• Bartenders and Servers - Junior, Juvaine, Delano, Romaine, Trachelle, Garcia, Chevon, Sheena
• Entertainers - Alex and Brandon
• Butlers - Andre & Johovan, Adrian & Alrick, Chase, Marvin, Cheryl & Gladstone, Tamar, Bebeato
• Food and Beverage managers - Lancelot and Hushane
• Guest Services - Marvin and Roshane
• Photoshop – Rodrigo
• Island Routes tour desk - Darren (Ochi). We met Darren several years ago when he was working at the Plantation before he transferred to Ochi. Each year we track him down to say hi and see how he is doing. This year he found us while we were ordering pizzas and Jerk Chicken.
• Shuttle driver - David
We love spending our days sitting on the beach (water sports side) interacting with the guys from water sports and the beach butlers. They take the time to share their culture with us. They take excellent care of us. They are always very polite, happy, respectful, and engaging. They are very concerned about us and do everything possible to make sure we feel welcome and enjoy our vacation. We will continue to make this trip each year to SRP as long as we get to see our family. We hope this never changes.
A special thank you to ---
• Roshane - He was there when we needed assistance on our first night. Our room keys were not working. He went above and beyond to get our keys working. I think he made 3 separate trips between our room and the front desk to get the keys working.
• Marvin and Lancelot – these gentlemen also went above and beyond to deliver our 'special request'.
• Johovan (our butler) - he went to the store to get me cranberry juice when the bars ran out.
We also enjoyed a great night of entertainment at the Rabbit Hole (Ochi) courtesy of Lady Melissa. She was wonderful.
We were happy to meet and engage with the new GM, Omar. He is very approachable and a needed change.
For the bad ...
• the restrooms on the water sports side of the beach were out of order the entire time. We were there for 10 days and each day we had to walk up the stairs to the other side of the property for a restroom break. I had heard they had been out of order for at least 3 weeks prior.
• AC was not working in the Wobbly Peacock most of our stay. It was temporarily repaired on day 7.
We booked the Viceroy room. Several improvements to the rooms were nice, but the money spent could have been put to better use (i.e. fixing the AC and Restrooms or adding another restaurant/bar or designing a better way to get down to the beach).
Room improvements - wall paper, changed artwork, upgraded mirrors in the bath, partial glass surround for the shower replaced the shower curtain, changed the furniture in the sitting area. In my opinion, the glass surround for the shower was a waste. It did nothing to control the shower spray. Each time we took showers, we used two towels to soak up the water. (So much for being environmentally conscious.) My husband wants the comfy chair and ottoman back in the sitting area.
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Nice but not my cup of tea!
Oct 29, 2024msnorth1966Dumfries, United Kingdom
Booked this holiday 2 years ago. Beautiful views, very clean and staff are very helpful and can't do enough for you. Omar the manager is a real gem, mingles with guests, knows their names and was even taking lollies to guests on the beach yesterday! You don't get many managers like that.
Our butlers were great especially Richard he always seemed…
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Booked this holiday 2 years ago. Beautiful views, very clean and staff are very helpful and can't do enough for you. Omar the manager is a real gem, mingles with guests, knows their names and was even taking lollies to guests on the beach yesterday! You don't get many managers like that.
Our butlers were great especially Richard he always seemed to know where we was ad always surprised us with iced coffees and food.
That's the good points, now the not so good.
Avoid shopping trip this is pre arranged at certain shops, we was heavily pressured into buying items and I don't like that. They said rum could be carried on plae it couldn't husband had to put it I his rucksack and it had to be checked in. When we got to Gatwick 1 of 3 bottles were broke.
Our cases had been tampered with Jamaica end, husbands luggage strap had disappeared and the front of my case had been opened.
Very limited food, ended up eating sae things on restaurants, they had a jamican night which was very good.
Went to Ochi but very noisey.
Pool tiny and certain guests go down very early ad get all the best ones but nothing is done about it, this group are known as the VIP's as they go all the time, how dull going to the same place.
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Relaxing at its fineat
