This resort was the absolute WORST place I could have ever stayed at. I eat at the resort one time and that was one time to many. I ended up eating everywhere else but the resort for the rest of the week. The rooms were old, had no properly working water and the toilet ran. The air conditioner dripped alot of water which we asked to have fixed..They did not fix it. The staff did not understand what a wash cloth was when my sister asked for one. The lamp did not work and a lock was broken on one of the doors. It was noisy all night and day long. The TV in the room also did not work. There were no ironing boards to use when we asked. I could go on and on but what is the use. Fully be aware that the resort is low end.

We stayed at the Coco LaPalm Resort and had a FABULOUS time! There were 12 of us there escaping the cold Wisconsin weather. We had six adults, two college, two teens and two elementary in our group and every single one of us had a wonderful time. We chose to pay for a private transfer from the airport and were happy we did it this time—just to arrive earlier and the Red Stripes awaiting us!! We had a FUN ride—we did stop at a market on our way to pick up Red Stripes & snacks that we kept cold in our rooms (we’d brought coolers for the beach). Checkin was a breeze for us. The grounds at Coco LaPalm are immaculate. The greenery is lovely and the flowers are pretty. The people working here are great in all areas. We had no issues while staying here. Our rooms were nice with comfortable beds, clean and more than efficient. We got up each morning and headed to the beach. My family all received the breakfast free with our package purchase. When I’d inquired about this in an email to the resort, I was told if you received the meal vouchers, depended upon who you booked with. All four of us received them as my kids must have been considered ‘adults’ as they were teens. The group with elementary did have to pay extra. We chose to ‘open a tab’ when we checked in—an option I had learned of from a prior tripadvisor member I talked to. This was the way to go for my family. Each morning when my son got his first frozen drink, they started the tab. At the end of the day, we just signed and got our receipt copy. If you have kids, I’d highly recommend doing this. There were no discrepencies and all of the food and drinks we purchased at CLP were great! We ate breakfast each day, lunch most days and supper one night. We loved the beach at CLP. We enjoyed seeing the ‘fresh fruit ladies’ and the ‘fresh fruit juice guys’. We enjoyed talking with the security guys and just hanging out. The ocean here is so lovely and calm enough for all of us to play as we chose. However, there was enough wave action that you could listen to the waves come it. We did jetski a few times ($20 pp for ½ hour), parasail ($40 pp), hairbraid ($20). There are floaty rafts already at the resort so we just used them (free) vs. blowing the ones up that we brought. Very relaxing floating the ocean. One day we took a private tour to the Original Mayfield Falls. We left early enough that we beat all of the buses that eventually arrived. We were the second group heading up the river, which was wonderful! We all enjoyed this. Not as large as Dunns River Falls but lovely and exciting enough to fit all of our groups’ ages. The drive there was fun too. A great experience for our kids to see another culture. We did the Rick’s Café one night and had a great time there too. We went early enough (3:00 pickup) to get a good seat before the crowds came, did our jumps, had some drinks, ordered supper and waited for sunset. Our sunsets at the resort were equally as beautiful, if not moreso but it was a fun evening. One thing we enjoyed about being at CLP was the way that the beach is the ‘highway’. We left our resort at night and walked barefoot up the beach to find our restaurant of choice. One night was Margaritaville, where we celebrated a 10 year old's birthday. They went above and beyond for all of us. Having traveled quite a bit, I would highly recommend this resort. It gives you the chance to ‘experience’ the Jamaican beauty, great people, awesome food, fantastic drinks. Because they allow you to run a tab, you can still get the ‘all-inclusive’ feel without losing the chance to venture out and experience the area. We’d all certainly stay here again in the years to come. Ya Mon’!! :-)

WOW

I went to Jamaica with two co-workers and we were debating where to staty for a week or two before we booked. After reading some reviews here and comparing prices we finally ddecided Coco La Palm would be our choice.

And what a good one.

The staff was amazingly friendly and willing to help us with any need. Chester, the bellboy, was a great help all week (we even seen him at some partys)

At one point my friend had fallen asleep while tanning and had some money hanging out of his pocket. A local "working" girl came and attempted to take it but fortunately the security of Coco La Palm came to the rescue and grabbed her arm before she reached the money!!! (about the only bad thing that happend on our entire trip) They do not play and take their job very seriously. If any of the vendors walking by stayed too long trying to sell you anything the guards would shoo them away very quickly.

The resort itself was excellent, the pools and hottub clean and the rooms immaculate. I would stay here again any day.

Some advice:
Ricks Cafe was awesome and had the perfect sunset view.

The Jungle while fun had too many "working" girls that were overly persistent, so much so I left. We were there early so maybe it's better (or worse???) later at night.

Margaritaville, which is only four or five resortts away was great. The floating trampolenes were so fun we went three days in a row. Also they had $25 all you can drink from 9pm-2am the Friday we went. We also helped Richmond College win the "College Drinking Olympics" during the day. If you've ever seen "Beerfest" I was the one who had to drink das boot....

I would also recommend the jerk chicken shack across the street from Coco. (just to your right if your looking away from the hotel) The food was cheap and extremely tasteful and the beer was cold.

Next door and directly across the street was a little shop run by Steve, an incredibly nice local. Beer was slightly more expensive then in town but if you factor in the price of a cab ride (plus tip) it may actually be cheaper. I'd rather support him then whoever owns the local grocery store anyway.

The only thing we regret is that we met some awesome girls from Amsterdam that were staying at Samsara, our other choice, but who knows. If we stayed their we proabaly would have met some girls that were staying at Coco....

Overall we had everything we were looking for out of our trip and our lovely stay at Coco La Palm.

First trip to Jamaica and it couldn't have better. Everything from the location to the cleanliness was absolutely perfect. All but just a few rooms(the 800 #'s) are very nice. The people who work there are friendly and helpful. The breakfasts are really good and only cost $5.00 for 2 after applying the complimentary breakfast coupon. There are many other places to try within walking distace along the beach. Chances 2 for1 lobster, Kuyubas and Margaritaville were great. Be sure to book a sunset cruise with Myrna, who walks the beach, on The Red Stripe . We had a blast. The sunsets were gorgious and when looking at our pictures we saw the famous green flash! The pools and hot tub were always clean and refreshing.The gardens beautiful and well kept. The Monday night welcome party and Sat. night beach party were so much fun and the Reggae band was really good. I would definatey go there again and highly recommend CocoLapalm to others.