We stayed & Sandals Negril from 9/5/08 - 9/12/08.....it was just awesome! We went during Hurricane season & yes, Hurricane Ike was ever present! But we still had a wonderful time!
We stayed in the Romeo & Juliet Suite. The room was beautiful, the bathroom was huge with his & her glass bowl sinks, whirlpool tub & large standup shower. The bed was very comfortable. The suite had a fully stocked bar with all of our requests including a huge bottle of Crown Royal just for my hubby. The suite also has 2 flat screen plasma TV's. The pool outside is just perfect for 2 people & the patio has a nice lil wicker type table & chairs & a stand up shower to rinse off. The only problem was the location, guests staying on the 2nd & 3rd floors of the bldg in front of us could see directly into our pool area. Not much privacy in room 8103. The other rooms did not have that direct view....the suites are located in between the dive area & the gift shop at the end of the resort.
When we arrived, we were taken directly to our room by our butler, Mryon. Once in the room we found a chilled bottle of champagne & a tray of cheese, fruit & crackers waiting for us. Myron took care of all of our special requests to get our vacation started. As we left to explore the resort, he unpacked all of our luggage
We went to the beach grill & had some wonderful jerk chicken & then we met bartender Andrew.....he is the best! He always had a smile on his face & we so enjoyed talking with him. Have him make you a Silent River. You'll love it! He is very special to us!
Our other butler was Rory, what can I say about Rory? He went above & beyond to make sure we had the vacation of a lifetime, he took care of our every need & want...even special lil things we didnt ask for. He took us shopping in town when the beach activites were closed due to Hurricane Ike. He also went to the bank with us so we could get some more cash. He stayed right with us during our shopping excursion & handled everything beautifully. He served us dinner by our pool, candle light, white glove service, drew us a scented bubble bath with rose petals. He is the absolute best that Sandals has & we will request him everytime we go.
The food was great....the 4 C's was our favorite! Room Service always arrived fast & eating @ the breakfast buffet with the Egrets was fun!
We met some wonderful friends here on TA, we all went down to Beaches together for a lil day trip, that was fun. We couldn't stop laughing in the Lazy River.
Our friends were staying in the River Suite, when we go back, we will stay in a River Suite, the location & the big pool that is in front of the River Suites is what we really enjoyed!
All in all, it was a truly wonderful vacation. The Jamaican people are what will bring us back to Jamaica. They are so laid back & sweet. They remember you after they have met you once, they always engage in conversation & go out of their way to make you feel special & welcome. They all worked so hard to keep the beaches clean during Hurricane Ike as there was alot of seaweed washing up on shore, but the beaches were still beautiful! As the song goes......I had the time of my life!!!!!

We loved Sandals Negril. This was our 4th stay at a Sandals resort, and so far this is our favorite one. The beach and sunsets were beautiful. The view from our room was breathtaking. We overlooked the pool/beach area facing west for beautiful sunsets.We stayed in the Penthouse Beachfront Bedroom river suite on the second floor. The room was excellent with 2 flat screen TV and huge walk in shower and large bathtub too.
We also had butler service. This was our first stay with this service. I will never come again without BUTLER service!!! It was awesome. Ask for Myron and Bernard, they are great. If you have the butler service you do not have any worries. They reserve beach chairs for you (in the shade if you request) along with a cooler of red stripe and water. There is no waiting to eat dinner, you get reserved times and tables for all restaurants. They will make all tour/excursion arrangements for you. You don't do anything but relax.
Scuba diving is good. The dive sites are 5 to 7 minutes from the resort and they offer 930 and 1130 am dives, so you can sleep late if you want. I saw eel, stingray, starfish, lobster, crab, and nurse sharks while diving.
The food was excellent with lots of options to choose from.
I highly reccommend this resort!! Make your reservations today!!!!!!

We traveled to Sandals Negril in Sept 08. Having been to prior Sandals (Montego Bay & Bahamas, last visit 05) we were GREATLY disappointed with Sandals Negril. Our room was small, had ants and bed bugs as we got bit at night while sleeping. The food not impressive. Our room was outside the 4Cs so we heard EVERY noise made at the restaurant - and this was one of their better, more expensive rooms. The nightly entertainment is weak. We were not entertained or impressed by any of their entertainment options. There isn't much to do in Negril, most of the tours offered by the tour desk are in or around Montego Bay (1.5 hrs away). We enjoyed the zip line tour and the river walk (both 1.5 hrs away from Negril). IF we were to return, we'd stay in Montego Bay - the beach is just as nice as the beach Sandals Negril sits on... further down in margaritaville, the beach is much prettier than where Sandals is. The water activities we wanted to participate in were broken while we were there (8 days) (i.e. water skiing), the resort isn't all inclusive, they are constantly trying to sale you something and the snacks in your room are an additional charge, which is just absurd since you can leave the room and go to a restaurant for something to eat. It makes no sense to charge for those snacks. Photographers are constantly stopping you, which can be fun, but the pictures are well over priced. Their sunset pictures are pretty, but due to cost, we did not purchase any. The hibachi restaurant was not impressive, all meats were cooked to the same temperature. The only steak you could find on the resort was at this restaurant and they cooked it all the same - well done, I like mine medium rare. We were greatly disappointed with our stay and sent Sandals an email about such, the reply was full of excuses, not concern.

My wife and I went to Sandals Negril and had an absolutely fabulous time. From the time we got trough customs to the time we left we felt as if everything was great. We had a beachfront walk out room, which was good. The room was large with a big bed, tiled floors and a nice bathroom. The patio was ample and we were with 50 feet of the beach. We had a fairly standard room but they upgraded our status to concierge.
The Concierge is a nice extra...easy to make snorkeling arrangements, reservations etc. Saves you the hassle of having to do it yourself. Also you get the stocked wet bar with wine, beer (Red Stripe of course) rum, etc. The staff at Negril was AWESOME. Very friendly, from the gardner to the manager and everyone in between, service was great.
Although the beach in Negril is narrow, it goes forever. Very pleasant, well maintained and clean.
Food was excellent. We had breakfast served in our room daily. This was nice to not have to trudge down to the restaurant. We did a few off site excursions as well as some on site snorkeling. All was easy to coordinate.

The one thing that we thought was strange, though not a complaint, was that we thought in the restaurants we would hear more traditional Jamiacan/Island music. The one restaurant was Micael Bolton's greatest hits and another restaurant was the same but with Whitney Houston. That was my one gripe. Some more local flare or live music during the day would have been nice.

I would have NO problem recommending anyone to this resort. It is great value for your money and we truly had a great time.