Swept Away Resort

By All-Caribbean User from huntington beach, ca • watch out for construction.....

Overall Rating: 6   Location [10] • Room [8] • Service [6] • Value [8]

Have visited Swept Away about ten times since 1990.The last two visits 03 & 04 our vacation was ruined due to construction and hammering for up to ten hours a day,when complaining managment did nothing to stop the noise.The only time the noise stopped was when a wedding was taking place.While the hotel has alot to offer on a prime location in negril we can not go back..Before booking the 04 visit ... [more]we had asked about the constuction and we were told it was finished..What a shame..Mr Priest. [less]
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By dcinsider1 from Tacoma, WA • Wonderful, quiet resort

Overall Rating: 8   Location [10] • Room [10] • Service [8] • Value [8]

My wife and I stayed here in late July during hurricane season. It rained almost daily, but usually less than an hour and most of the day was bright sun, pretty hot (93 deg F, 80% humidity), so the weather worked out great. The resort upgraded us to Beachfront Suite at checkin spontaneously - a wonderful room, beautiful, simple without glass windows (screens & louvers).
We had no pr... [more]oblem with availability of the resort's sports and instruction, although the watersports staff were not really inclined or skilled at instruction above beginner level (cat sailing, windsurfing). Cool classes like speaking Patois, cooking Jamaican, etc. It's a good place for honeymooners, but a bit quiet for me - couples tend to not interact much, the opposite of a couples Club Med. But the resort is much, much classier than a Club Med -wonderful thoughtful things like room service, free minibar, frozen drinks from a beach cabana bar. It's the only resort on Negril that has preserved the palm trees on the beach to provide natural shade when it gets too hot, and has chosen amazingly beautiful xeroscaping within the resort rather than golf-course grass like the others.
Frommer's told us that Swept Away was on par with Sandals with better food. We were disappointed in the food. No better than a Club Med with less variety. Most of the food was just mediocre, although there were some great exceptions. No topless bathing either (the resort is very American in many respects, including most of its customers).
Overall, though, a wonderful experience and a very class resort. [less]
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By All-Caribbean User from Charleston, SC • Why go anywhere else!?

Overall Rating: 10   Location [10] • Room [8] • Service [8] • Value [10]

Spent a week in December 2003. Beautiful resort - you should spend the extra money to get a room on the beach - these rooms have screens and louvred blinds - no glass and lots of sea breeze. We enjoyed the jerk chicken and red stripe on the beach at lunchtime, and learned a little Jamaican cooking to bring back home. The people were very friendly - the activities staff was great. We took advant... [more]age of some excursions, but have decided that next time to just bask in the sun and snorkle! Will definitely go back to Swept Away. [less]
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