Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort and Spa

The hotel is not a 5 star and has a lot of positive as well as some negative. It is a large hotel but I don’t think it is good for seniors or peopled with disabilities. The rooms have amazing whirlpool tubs but getting in and out is difficult. There needs to be a step of some kind. The showers leak onto the floor in most rooms. Water pressure is great, rooms are nice and comfortable but need a bit of tlc. (I only saw rooms on the Jamaica side and not on the lady Hamilton side) The staff - some are amazing and some aren’t. Like most places. There are numerous beaches and pools. Very nice and clean. Never had a problem getting lounge chairs anywhere at any time of day. Food is very plentiful and you won’t go hungry. Comparing it to other resorts, it’s not 5 star quality but it’s good. It’s nice that you don’t have to make reservations except for the Japanese dinner show. We only waited once and it was at the steakhouse on a rainy day. Bars are also plentiful and the service is quick. They do need to put a bar in the lobby where the reps are. We did a few excursions and booked through the Air Canada rep for two and the store on the corner for one. Having taken some different as well as the same trips in Jamaica from other resorts I found the excursions to be of lesser quality. We were trying to book excursions we haven’t taken before and nobody wanted to discuss them. For some reason they all seemed to be pushing specific excursions. Extremely frustrating but not as much as the people trying to push the spa and time shares. We did go the spa. The massage was well worth it. The spa facilities were ok, not great. The lazy river should have a different name. Very misleading. No current, no tubes to float in. Basically a pool that has a path to the part of the pool that’s outside. Air Canada needs to take “lazy river” out of their ad. It’s also not free ($35.00 US) and not worth paying anything for. The resort overall is nice but not 5 star in my opinion. The resort has an activities board but I never saw much going on. There was nobody going around trying to recruit people which was a little sad as I always enjoy that. I only saw one of the night shows and it was good. All in all I had a relaxing vacation, ate too much and did a lot of walking.

Besides all-inclusive awesomeness, the nightlife was awesome. As a college student at a D1 school, I would have to approve of the “good vibes.” DJ_FRASSBOX at the Oogie Boogie Nightclub was awesome and really got the crowd going and he really wanted everyone to take advantage of the best opportunities at this resort. Definitely recommend following him on Insta if you have any questions, he’s very knowledgeable about all of the great opportunities the resort has to offer!

This was our first stay at the Palladium. We visited with our four kids. The staff were very inviting and friendly. They went above and beyond with the daily cleaning of our rooms, showing that they really did care about our stay being they best it could be. The food was awesome and our kids loved every meal, which says a lot. The drinks were always good, and the bartenders were hilarious. Even though we did go off on an excursion, there really was no need, as just staying at the resort was more than sufficient. Highly recommended!