Sandals Royal Plantation Ocho Rios

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Villa Plantana
Villa Plantana
Royal Cafe and Grill
Marquis Oceanfront Butler Suite
Royal Monarch Oceanfront Butler Suite
Royal Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suite
Royal Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suite
Regent Oceanfront Butler Suite
Grand Duke Oceanfront Butler Suite
Grand Duke Oceanfront Butler Suite
Villa Plantana
Villa Plantana
Royal Cafe and Grill
Marquis Oceanfront Butler Suite
Royal Monarch Oceanfront Butler Suite
Royal Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suite
Royal Oceanfront One Bedroom Butler Suite
Regent Oceanfront Butler Suite
Grand Duke Oceanfront Butler Suite
Grand Duke Oceanfront Butler Suite

The hotel

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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Image of the Tripadvisor rating Small resort with a high level of service

Dec 26, 2024 gary b

Royal Plantation trip report - December 15-24 We arrived through Ian Fleming Airport, I highly recommend it for your next SRP/Ochi/SDR trip. The resort is as quaint as ever, and there was a very high level of service from every employee at all times. The stand outs for us were our butler team of Marvin and Bebeato, and Gator the pub bartender. The… Read more
Royal Plantation trip report - December 15-24 We arrived through Ian Fleming Airport, I highly recommend it for your next SRP/Ochi/SDR trip. The resort is as quaint as ever, and there was a very high level of service from every employee at all times. The stand outs for us were our butler team of Marvin and Bebeato, and Gator the pub bartender. The pub a/c is still out, and Omar the GM said it will be a while because they are shipping in a new unit. Speaking of Omar, he memorizes each guest couple and greats them and asks after each. Impressive. Food was always good to great. Beach butler service was always good to great. As usual, the team gets you any off menu items you want with a day’s notice, the jerk chicken wellington and the meat pies were the best. We went to Ochi for dinner and the Rabbit Hole one night, there was a service issue with one person but otherwise great. For some reason the singer Lady Sachet (sp?) sang more lounge songs than 20s and 30s music. Dunn’s for Zuka and the Rum Club was also great. I would have liked more time to explore Dunn's, the rooftop bar looked great and seemed underused. Friday night there was an off resort issue, we were third floor of the East building, and the parking lot party off property was very loud with lots of base, and kept going until after midnight. The soft reno of the East building rooms is great, except the fancy glass half divider for the bathtub allows the water to freely bounce out onto the floor. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Fantastic hotel!

Dec 19, 2024 DanaElenaN Bistrita, Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania

Oraine and Safyia, the best butlers. Omar, the manager of the hotel does his best. The French restaurant is exquisite.
Image of the Tripadvisor rating It's like "coming home", but better!

Dec 18, 2024 LPC04 Colorado Springs, Colorado

This was our 5th trip to Sandals Royal Plantation, and it truly feels like "home". The GM, Omar, runs a beautiful ship. All the employees are so welcoming and friendly. We get top notch service from our butlers (Carlos and Bebeato), our favorite spa ladies (Camille and Diana), and the superb bar staff (Junior, Garnett, Delano, Trishell). The beach… Read more
This was our 5th trip to Sandals Royal Plantation, and it truly feels like "home". The GM, Omar, runs a beautiful ship. All the employees are so welcoming and friendly. We get top notch service from our butlers (Carlos and Bebeato), our favorite spa ladies (Camille and Diana), and the superb bar staff (Junior, Garnett, Delano, Trishell). The beach butlers (Daniello, Trevardo, Romaine) bring such joy and service to the beach - which is a nice perk specific to this location! It's so nice to see the same staff trip after trip - Hushane (do the caviar/champagne with him!), Joseph and Shenia at Le Papillion, Taj-A at the Royal Grill, Vanya at the Terrace, Nataki and Orian with entertainment....I could go on and on about the amazing employees! We split our time between the golf course and diving in the mornings, so we can't leave out the awesome bus drivers (David, Omar, Winston) who get us to and from those destinations in a safe and fun manner. The dive team at Ochi next door, as well as the staff at the Sandals golf course are also fantastic! It's really a lot of the little things that add up - like when our luggage didn't arrive, Doneil and Lorna in the gift shop helped set us up with everything we needed and even hemmed clothing for us on site! When we had an issue with a small leak in our room, management went above and beyond to ensure the matter was addressed. This resort still has that old world, quiet charm with personal service that I hope never goes away. Our travel agent, Mike with Dream Makers Vacation Services, always makes sure our special requests are taken care of and the trip plays out flawlessly - highly recommend if you are looking for a Sandals specialist. We have several more trips booked with them at Sandals in the future as well! Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Birthday perfection

Dec 18, 2024 ayolask Gainesville, Florida

My husband and I take a yearly trip to get away from work and the stressors of daily life around my birthday. The team at Royal Plantation made this birthday incredible. Omar is amazing remembering every guests name and their celebratory reason for being there (mind you, everyone who stays here is usually celebrating something!). The food is… Read more
My husband and I take a yearly trip to get away from work and the stressors of daily life around my birthday. The team at Royal Plantation made this birthday incredible. Omar is amazing remembering every guests name and their celebratory reason for being there (mind you, everyone who stays here is usually celebrating something!). The food is incredible, the chef outdoes themselves every time! The teams are incredible. We were blessed to have Bebeato and Carlos. No stone went unturned for us. Our Beach butlers Danielo and Trevardo took care of us exquisitely. And we cannot say enough about the entertainment staff (Alex taught us some Jamaican moves!)and the bartenders at the WP - Javaine, Junior and Garnet were out of this world. We def. left wobbly a few times :D Anyway, we loved the place so much that we booked to come back. We usually never return to the same place because we want to check out other sites, but this place is too special not to return. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Best one yet!

Dec 10, 2024 KrisandJoyceF Slocomb, Alabama

What a wonderful week! We have been to several Sandals resorts but never a butler resort. Wow is all I can say! The resort is a small resort however that is a plus. The beaches were small but nice, there are two sides of the resort, both have a beach. The grounds were beautiful as is the case with all Sandals resorts. The food was delicious… Read more
What a wonderful week! We have been to several Sandals resorts but never a butler resort. Wow is all I can say! The resort is a small resort however that is a plus. The beaches were small but nice, there are two sides of the resort, both have a beach. The grounds were beautiful as is the case with all Sandals resorts. The food was delicious however servings were kinda small however you could order as much as you like. The staff were excellent! From the GM Omar to the servers all were exceptional. A few I would like to mention are our Butlers, Adrian “Bigs” and Alrick! They were so attentive and met our every need. Garfield at the front desk was always willing to help. The beach servers Danielle, Tara, Trevardo, Devoy never had us waiting for anything! My wife went to the spa twice and said it was wonderful! Her masseuse was Shirley who she said was amazing! So many others that I wish I could recall. There is also a shuttle that takes you to the other resort Ochi that’s worth the ride! I mean it’s only five minutes. Room service was great also, always right on time! I could go on and on about how great everything was so I’ll just say we will return again soon! Read less