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Sandals Royal Plantation Vacations

4.7 - 731 Reviews
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
The Sandals Royal Plantation is the Caribbean’s most exclusive beach boutique resort for adults. Nestled atop a seaside bluff above the stunning Caribbean Sea, this resort presents the perfect setting to truly get away from it all. Located on two pristine, private beaches, each of Sandals Royal Plantation’s 74-suites enjoy direct ocean views and butler service. Amenities include a pool, three gourmet � la carte restaurants, 24-hour in-room dining, a 5-Star Diamond Award-winning Red Lane� Spa, non-motorized water sports, tennis courts, 24-hour fitness center and world-class golf nearby at Sandals Golf & Country Club. Sandals Royal Plantation is the perfect vacation spot for those who enjoy the finer things in life.
 
Location: Ocho Rios, directly on the beach, 90 min drive from Sangster International Airport.
Our Opnion

The Sandals Royal Plantation is a great resort for those looking for the same luxuries of an all-inclusive resort in a more intimate setting. The resort is staffed by an incredibly personable and attentive team. This is a perfect resort for adults and couples, looking for a quiet and relaxing place to enjoy the landscapes of Jamaica. The Sandals Royal Plantation is also a wonderful destination wedding option.

Important Info

This hotel welcomes couples aged 18 and over exclusively. Some restaurants may be open for certain meals only and limited visits may apply. Dress code & reservations may be in effect for some meals. Time restrictions may apply for water sports.

  • All meals (buffet breakfast, daytime and late night snacks)
  • Dinner can be a la carte (reservations required in some restaurants, dress code in effect)
  • Unlimited international, premium and domestic drinks
  • 24-hour room service
  • Butler service
  • Snorkeling
  • Kayaking
  • Sailing
  • Windsurfing
  • Hobie cats
  • WiFi
  • Daily activities
  • Nightly entertainment

  • 4 a la carte restaurants (International, Grill, French)
  • 3 bars
  • 1 pool
  • Outdoor whirlpool
  • 2 (lit) tennis courts
  • Fitness Centre
  • Red Lane Spa
  • Steamroom & sauna
  • Games room
  • Water Sports center (fee)
  • Dive shop (fee)
  • Tour desk (fee)
  • Golf course nearby (fee)
  • Gift shop
  • Island Routes tour desk
  • Laundry facilities (fee)
  • Wedding facilities (fee)
  • Complimentary property-wide WiFi
  • Butler service
  • Conference facilities (fee)
  • Currency exchange

All Rooms include:

  • A/C
  • 1 full bathroom
  • Telephone with voice mail
  • Air conditioning and ceiling fan
  • Satellite television
  • Hairdryer
  • Clock radio
  • Mini-bar
  • CD player
  • In-room safe
  • Iron and ironing board
  • Bathrobe for use during your stay
  • 24 hr room service
  • Butler service
  • Wi-Fi
  • Max occupancy 2 adults
Royal Orchid Oceanfront Butler Suite:
  • Four poster king size bed
  • Ocean and west beach view
  • Located on the first through third floors
  • Sitting area with an ornamental French balcony
  • Max 2 adults total
Royal Hummingbird Oceanfront Butler Suite:
  • Four poster king size bed
  • Ocean and east beach view
  • Located on the first through third floors
  • Sitting area with an ornamental French balcony
  • Max 2 adults total
Coconut Grove Plantation Oceanfront Suite:
  • Four poster king size bed
  • Ocean view
  • Sitting area with an ornamental French balcony
  • Max 2 adults total
Royal Great House Oceanfront Suite:
  • Four poster king size bed
  • Ocean view
  • Roman tub with separate walk-in shower
  • Sitting area with an ornamental French balcony
  • Max 2 adults total

Exchange Privileges - Sandals Resorts do offer exchange privileges at other Sandals Resorts. Please refer to www.sandals.com for more details.


Golf Bonus - Green fees at the Upton Golf and Country Club and transfers are included. Mandatory cart and caddies are an additional charge.

Wedding Packages - Wedding packages available, please inquire.

Early Booking Bonus - This hotel offers early booking bonuses at certain times of the year. If early booking bonuses apply to your vacation, prices shown online have already been adjusted accordingly. Please inquire for complete details.

Some restaurants may be open for certain meals only and limited visits may apply. Reservations required and dress code in effect for a la carte restaurants. Time restrictions may apply for water sports.

Child pricing may only be available with select tour operators and valid for select dates and durations. Child pricing rules are subject to change without notice. Please contact one of our vacation specialists if you require assistance with child pricing.

Photo identification and/or credit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy. Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges upon check-in to fulfil.

Hotels do not condone unruly behavior, parties in rooms, excessive noise or any other actions that violate the hotels terms of use. Guests may be removed from the property at their own expense in the event of any disturbance or complaint from other guests or hotel staff. Escapes.ca cannot be held responsible for any guests who may be removed from the hotel due to a violation of rules.

What's Included

Vacation package bookings include the following:

  • Round-trip flights
  • Hotel accommodations
  • Airport transfers (see exceptions below)
  • Departure taxes (see exceptions below)
  • Tourist cards (see exceptions below)
  • Hotel taxes

All-inclusive resorts typically include the following options. Please see each specific hotels all-inclusive details for what is included, as it may vary from the list below.

  • All meals
  • Drinks (typically soft drinks and domestic beer, wine and spirits)
  • Daily activities
  • Nightly entertainment
  • Non-motorized water sports
Items not included:
  • Baggage fees (if applicable, see Supplier's terms on reservation page for details)
  • Resort and Environmental fees (if applicable) must be paid directly to the hotel
  • Travel insurance (mandatory if traveling to Cuba)
  • Airport transfers for packages to USA
  • Airport transfers for packages to Europe
  • Items of a personal nature
NOTE:
  • If traveling to the Dominican Republic with Sunwing or Signature Vacations, tourist cards ($10USD) and departure taxes ($20USD) are not included.
  • As of November 9, 2019 Los Cabos has implemented a non-mandatory tourist tax of $18:50 per person payable upon entry into Los Cabos.


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4.7 Google Rating
Based on 731 Reviews

The place to be great get away

Royal Plantations was a great resort to go and just relax. The grounds are small but still a great place. The rooms and grounds do need some TLC and from what I could see during my stay, it looks like they are doing their part to fix and upgrade the resort.

Everything about this place is amazing!

We stayed for 3 nights on a short vacation and fell in love with Sandals Royal Plantation. 74 rooms, all butler level, all ocean view, amazing food, wonderful vibes and really friendly staff and guests. Our favorites...the Jamaican Beef patties, the curry lobster, the coconut lobster and the coconut shrimp.

Sandals Royal Plantation has 1 pool, 2 hot tubs (104°) and 2 separate beaches. It has several restaurants and if you want more Sandals Ochi is next door!

Room: Bright with a traditional Caribbean feel. 4 poster bed, separate seating area, well stocked bar, wonderful view with a separate large tub area and large walk in closet.

Overall: We will return to Sandals Royal Plantation - this is our favorite Sandals resort and we LOVE Jamaica!

Tammy Doucette - Sundowner Travel

Absolutely amazing place. Super quiet and chill vibes, so if you are looking to party go to one of the ochi sandals, but if you want to relax and soak in the sun this is the place. Butlers were both amazing, we had Marvin and bebeato and they made our amazing trip even more special. They even went out of their way to do cool things like acquire us a coconut cup and have a bath ready for us after a long excursion.

My first trip to the island, butlers are really helpful and look after you. I didn't like the mobile phone to call your butlers (When on holiday I try to not carry a phone). But i suppose you need away to contact them.

First I'll start with how nice everyone was... everyone says hi and being from NY I'm not use to it😜 The rooms are a little out dated but nice. As for distance from airport it's pretty quick as long as it's not during rush hour...

Sandals Royal Plantation a gem of a resort. This boutique style hotel offers all beachfront suites with personalized butler service. There is even beach butler service! If you are looking for a small quiet resort look no further, this 1st class luxury resort will not disappoint. Impeccable service, entertainment, cleanliness and food quality.

If you like rest and relaxation this is the place to be. The staff was a top notch.

Wish we had an espresso machine like all the other sandals resorts have. Also maybe red strip lemon.

From arrival to departure everyone is overly attentive to ensuring that the guest is the number one priority. All the staff goes out of their way to make sure that they personally acknowledge the guest and ask if there is anything that they can do for them. The staff is a direct reflection of the leadership at the resort. And our Butlers, Gladstone and Sherill were wonderful! Words can't describe the attention to detail that they took to make sure we enjoyed ourselves. From the restaurant staff to the other Butlers and all of the entertainment staff, and even the housekeepers and cooks and servers, we were blown away from the love and compassion they have for the guests. Nixon, Biggs, Gladstone, Sherill, Arnold, Courtney, Crocodile, Junior, the pool servers, the beach servers, the water staff, the groundskeepers, everyone we met and talked to were the best! Alex, Brandon and Nataki were a 15 out of 10!

We had a lovely time at the Royal Plantation hotel, staying there for 10 days over Christmas.

The staff was lovely, our butlers (Anthony and Robert) were great and overall everyone was welcoming.

The food is good, as long as you stick to local cuisine. The drinks selection is also good as well as the activities.

Marine life for snorkeling is a bit scarce as one probably needs to go to the Devil's Reef for diving so manage your expectations.

Lastly, the hotel is a bit dated but for us it didn't matter much as we rarely spent time in our room and just stayed on the beach all day.

The PERFECT Boutique Resort/All-Inclusive for adults in Ocho Rios 💚

The only complaint I have with this resort is that the live entertainment is too loud. There were a bunch of us there all sayig the same thing. The music was too loud. They are not performing to a huge venue so the music should be softer. When i sit in the French Restaurant it should not feel like i am sitting front stage of a rock concert

Very nice experience. 5* luxury. Butler and smartphone available for top quality service. Top catering, I recommend the French restaurant. Spa and massages very very good but the price quite expensive. The extraordinary sea view room. A little strict on schedules. 8 p.m. max to be able to have dinner. And excluded from the most pleasant areas if you are a smoker. As a result, there is an elderly clientele and it is not very atmospheric. Ideal for rest.
Champion supermarket 5 minutes drive for power adapter.
We will definitely try a Sandals again.

Unfortunately, we had a lot of rain. There needed to be organized activities in the event of rain indoor. Cooking lessons, drink making lessons, bar side bingo, trivia could all easily be done at this location. Karaoke.

Absolutely beautiful! Even with the rain during our trip we still had an amazing time relaxing together. I see some people mention the rooms being date but honestly I loved the rooms, they were charming and made me feel as though I’m in a tropical place. The staff couldn’t have been more pleasant, from the moment we arrived to the day that we left. My only complaint is the food - we would have loved more Jamaican cuisine! The jerk shack on Ochi closes pretty early so we only had it once. Would love to see more Jamaican food & music here on Royal Plantion!!

The rooms were a bit dated but so am I!! The cleanliness of our room started out great but went down hill from there.

Service was a mixed bag. Some areas were great while other areas could use some help.

Location wasn't bad, it was more the traffic that came along with it. Getting there took much longer than expected and trying to get to excursions was also a very long bus ride in gridlocked traffic. Wish we had known it was such an issue this time of year.

Another Great Experience With Sandals! Amazing service, good food, best place to kick back and relax! Definitely a bigger resort in Ocho Rio compared to Negrils Location. But still some of the best service you'll receive from a resort! Thanks To the team at Sandals for another Great Vacation.

My husband and I had a wonderful time at Royal Plantation celebrating the beginning of our honeymoon. You can tell that this resort is older and in need of some renovations- however we loved the charm and felt right at home in our room. We spent a ton of time relaxing on our patio loungers as well as on the beach. There was always plenty of chairs on the beach and it was so quiet and peaceful. One thing that needs to be improved upon is food- we are foodies and weren’t super impressed and enjoyed the food at Sandals Dunns River more. So if you’re idea of vacation is quiet, relaxation, and not much going on (like us), this will be perfect for you! All in all, we loved our stay here and understand why people come back year after year.

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