Sandals Negril Beach All Inclusive Resort and Spa - Couples Only

Last year me and my wife celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary at Sandals Negril, and just knew we had to come back again this year to celebrate our 26th with them. WHAT AN AMAZING TIME AGAIN !!!!! When we arrived at the resort we were greeted with friendly smiles and service. Orlando showed us to our room, which was again the Paradise Beachfront Grande Luxe Club Level. Our room had been recently refreshed with new paint and amenities. While it was requested for us to have our previous room number, and to have our guests traveling with us as neighbors, it did not happen, which was very disappointing. ( last year was on 3rd floor, this year on the 2nd floor which didn’t have as great of views as the previous year ). But we understand that it can not always be, so we accepted, and still had an amazing time. Orlando was great through the week as well. He always checked on us when he saw us to see if there was anything he could do to make our stay more comfortable. The food was always great, with lots of options for us, as we are picky eaters. One of the greatest things about breakfast, is that we got to see Olivia again and hear that she was promoted within the resort. She is such an amazing asset to have. She always greeted us with a smile, and conversations about our families or ones that turned into having a laugh. We always looked forward to seeing her smiling face in the morning to get us going. During the day we mostly sat by the pool and engaged with the entertainment teams pool games ( I won 1st prize for the slogan game ) and 3pm volleyball. The music was upbeat and made the atmosphere inviting. Because of the games played and volleyball, we were able to meet some great pool friends that made lasting memories and some new friendships. As for the restaurants, we ate at Bayside, Perla, Kimonos, Sundowner and Barefoot Grill. No matter where we ate, it was always delicious. During our hibachi dinner, the gentleman who was cooking was entertaining and had us laughing while we ate, but also made some great food. Now for the MAIN REASON we enjoy and returned specifically to Sandals Negril….the entertainment group !! Enough cannot be said about Odane ,King James, Lady Skye, Lady Blue, Antonio, and Izzy. Their energy, voices, engagement with guests and their over all personalities are EXCEPTIONAL Without them there, I am not sure we would have returned. They treated us like family when we interacted with them. They made us laugh, get off our butts and move, and kept us going all week. The nights shows are a perfect end to the day, and we didn’t miss one again this year. We even won the Dating Game night !!! We were sorry to see that Lady Skye did not do the water show this year. Her voice is heavenly, from her soul and powerful and what made last years water show one that we will not forget. This years vocalist was just missing the same energy and talent that we saw in last years show, and it was a little lackluster. PLEASE PUT SKYE

I love negril sandals was so great and beautiful the people are beautiful. The land is wonderful which with culture and pride can’t wait to go back going to book 2 more trips. Just love the island and everything it has to offer with good food music.

We stayed for 10 days in the club level longshore beachfront walkout room as a couple for a vacation. It was the perfect room for us at the quiet end of the resort. While we loved everything about our stay we will miss the people the most. Employees that made their mark include sweet Monique in the coffee shop (I’m already missing my iced honey latte), Daynia who seemed to work across most restaurants and King James from entertainment team. We enjoyed walking the beach every day up to Beaches and back, stopping and talking to locals along the way (shout out to Mike and his 2 pups). We enjoyed some lobster from Iko at Fireman’s Pit, had Sledge sing us a song and daily visits from the kitties, little ginge was my favourite! Brava was most definitely our favourite restaurant! The steak was amazing. Kimonos the first night we went was great, big portions and entertaining, but a different chef the second night not so great (seemed nervous & did not engage the group and everything drenched in soy sauce). Barefoot was the most serene with great views morning and night. Sundowner took far too long to serve so we gave that a miss. The buffet was always great and staff accommodating. We did find some mixed communication from staff, for example being told we would need to pay for snorkelling if we didn’t join the exclusive Club trip (you don’t). Another staff member told us we can’t reserve front row sunbeds only butlers (you can and lots did). I was also told when I asked a staff member in the Club office as I eat gluten free just to notify the servers when I arrive at restaurants, but Daynia shared that I should speak to the culinary desk to understand the menus better. Watersports rules also not clearly explained and differ between who you speak to. Mostly though service is spot on and you are made to feel very much at home. One small niggle is that I normally enjoy daily use of a spa with my partner and we hadn’t realised they were separated male and female. We ended up going three times and on the first my partner said the steam room wasn’t working, and sauna didn’t get hot. My second time I found the steam room not to work for me and on the third neither was working. I told staff and they were aware and said maintenance were coming to fix it but I couldn’t understand why they would let me go in if they knew. We didn’t overly mind because we enjoyed lying on the beach. We didn’t use the pool at all as it was a bit too cliquey around that area for our liking as it’s very small. You can’t swim at the beach which we hadn’t realised as the area you can go in is very small but again it didn’t bother us too much. We don’t normally care for entertainment either but couldn’t help wanting to watch and King James did a good job at entertaining and getting us involved! Everyone was friendly and we felt very much at home. The staff at the excursion desk also go above and beyond trying to make arrangements that work best for you and thankfully we enjoy