Callie Bain

Review of Sandals Montego Bay

My husband and I came for our honeymoon. When we a...

My husband and I came for our honeymoon. When we arrived at the airport we were immediately taken care of after customs in a private sandals waiting area then shuttled to the resort by a very friendly driver. Upon arriving we were pleasantly greeted by the front desk and shown to our room. Our first impressions were this resort was beautiful and had a great beach location and from most areas/restaurants of the resort you were able to view the beach. We loved Tokyo Joes!! Our second favorite was the pizzeria on the beach. We also loved the omelets in the morning in breakfast area! There are 2 restaurants that require dress code and reservations, they had smaller portions and we enjoyed other restaurants food and atmosphere much better. The bar in the front lobby had amazing service and kept us entertained!! They have great shows in the front lobby at night we really enjoyed and after the shows we would end the night at the piano bar which we loved as well. Some things we were not pleased with were: the beach seating, most all seating areas you have to reserve (pay for). Beach side bar, we were suggested by friends to take a personal boat out for 50$ a person. Takes you snorkeling and to margaritaville and some local shops, our new friends said they took drinks from the bar and champagne for the ride. We thought absolutely and we book with another couple we friended. When leaving we were told they didn't have the supplies or time to accommodate us with drinks they were completely rude and we had other travelers by us when they were treating us poorly also complain because they felt they were rude to us as well. We told our boat driver and he went and got us drinks, he was fantastic!! And I do recommend the personal boat tour!! There is a "no tip" policy, however if you want to avoid having such bar incidence's tips I would recommend. And lastly if you take a excursion its best to take a taxi not a shuttle. We had a 2 hour excursion and was gone 8 hours due to waiting for others who had longer excursions and the shuttle ride which we happened to be the first picked up and last dropped off. You don't want to waist your day on a shuttle!! The excursion was great though, bob sledding and Zip lining!!! We made countless friends, some we still keep in touch with. Over all we really enjoyed our honeymoon trip the resort is simply beautiful! The fluffy sand and crystal water is fantastic! There is room for improvement however we would return to this resort happily!