We've been staying at this hotel annually for the last 4 years or so. We love the location and atmosphere, but there are some nuisances we wished could get fixed.
1. The hot tub was not hot this year - in fact it was cold! Two years ago, it was too hot to use.
2. The pool had to be closed for shocking and cleaning, which disappointed the kids some.
3. Our room location was ideal - beachfront with unimpeded view of the sunsets - but the ceiling fan didn't work and there was no cookware or flatware in our kitchenette. Also, plumbing problems plagued us, although having 2 full baths was helpful.
4. There was an appalling lack of clean towels, especially considering the fact that the hotel was not at full capacity.
5. The beach furniture could use some comfortable pads - the hard plastic resin makes for sore bottoms very quickly.

The staff were great, as always (especially Stacy and Patrick) and breakfast is usally quite good. You can't beat the location for the price, but the hotel needs to reinvest some money in maintenance and repairs.

The Tree House has been around as long as Negril has. Jamaica owned and operated, you meet friendly locals and are taken good care of. The free morning breakfast is ideal, as everything along seven-mile beach is priced for tourists and the morning fare is the same as you get at the Tree House. The location is perfect in the middle of seven-mile beach.

We made the mistake early on of returning our beach towels each day but after sleeping in and eating late we got down to reception to find out that there we no beach towels immediately available. The beach chairs are great but you need towels to make the slats bearable. We stopped turning our towels in and just hung them on our balcony overnight when they were wet.

In close proximity to the Tree House, Cosmos to the right is a close walk just past the all-inclusives. This was by far the best food for the money and not horrendously overpriced. Most of the restaurants have free pickup from the hotel and then you can walk back or hire a cab. Kuyaba, a good walk on the beach to the left of the tree house had great food and offered free pickup. Rick's on the cliffs is not within walking distance but again offers free pickup and then about $7pp return fare is normal. Rick's had the best snapper of all the places I ordered snapper at. Tamboo received good reviews from others, it's next door to Kuyaba, but the cheeseburger I ordered hardly resembled anything (including fast food) that I'm used to in the States.

Having been to Negril 6 years ago we already knew that there'd be less "value" compared with other places in the Caribbean. $200 USD per night could go farther or get nicer elsewhere, but we anticipated what to expect and were satisfied with a 2-bedroom suite only steps from the water. Speaking of which, did the beach change? I thought for sure the beach was wider back then. I looked at brochures and consulted with Patrick the barkeep (who makes killer concoctions) and he confirmed that the beach has eroded. In a way it's sort of cool! Your sunset dinner or breakfast coffee is literally right on the beach and the water laps up gently right to your feet. Breakfast is included, which really made things convenient for kids. Every place has their clientele and this particular week at Tree House had a lot of beautiful African American sisters seemingly getting their groove back. Perhaps that's the place to be, as they served grits and greens for breakfast. There's a wide range of Tree House activities at your doorstep- glass bottom boat snorkeling, parasailing, horse-back riding, etc. A final note, not only would I recommend going there because it's a great place, but the recent explosion of huge mega resorts is carving into the sustainability of the smaller (and now older) hotels, I believe. I know the allure of all-inclusives, but recommend you try Tree House instead.

Thank you Ms. Jackson and your team for a wonderful holiday. We have just returned from Negril and stayed at this little hotel, which we stayed at about 9 years ago. Nothing has changed. The breakfast is included in the accommodation, and its was wonderful, a choice of jamaican breakfast, and continental, with fresh fruit salad - a joy. The accommodation was extremely clean, although it could do with a refurb, but this is jamaica. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. The hotel is right on the beach and you can sit and watch the sun goes down, wonderful. They make every effort to clean the beach every day. The supermarket is about 5 miles down the road. The hotel, as all hotels is expensive to eat in, but we found a local cafe called Pilot, about 100 yards up from the Treehouse on the beach that, that sells excellent jamaican food. It is always best to buy your beers at the supermarket, as we find it cost about 330JA for 6, instead of about 150JA+ at the hotel.