When in Jamaica, if you don't want to stay at an island property, you don't need to go to a hotel like the Buccaneer. Check out the Ritz, if you want fu-fu, hope you can afford it. I was always told that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

The Buccaneer Hotel is a quaint island hotel across from a small unpopulated beach and "no," it's not fancy. The water is beautiful, as it is everywhere in Jamaica. The rooms have clean linen and the bathrooms are clean. If you have a problem, just ask to have the sheets changed or the room freshened up. Better still, ask for another room! Maybe the maid missed that room. I always say that the people that really can't afford anything, but try to go first-class for 50% less are always the idiots to give bad reviews.

There's a restaurant downstairs that will cook you anything that you ask for and the food is good. At night, the restaurant doubles as a club. No, its not like a club in Vegas, but it's island music and its really fun to dance, drink and play pool. If you want to do something more -- just take a $5.00 taxi ride up to the "Hip Strip," which is about 5 mintues away.

If you don't want to be begged by the islanders, like I said before -- go to the fu-fu Ritz (if you can afford it).

I had a great time at the Buccaneer and yes, I rested well and didn't have red ants in my bed. How crazy is that exaggeration?? LOL!!

I stayed at this hotel from Dec 29, 2006 - January 3, 2007. This hotel should be leveled to the ground. Dirty floors. Guest can only have hot water from 7am - 10am, no small wash towels, red ants in the beds. The curtains in the room was so sheer that we recieved a knock on the door at 11pm from a locale club goer for sex. No clerk or security officer at the front desk from 10pm - 2 am. We found her at the bar next door with friends! Hotel mangers and staff unconcern about any issues a patron has experienced. Then when asked for a credit, was told our room was an upgrade and beautiful ocean view. Yes, view of the locales parting all night long and the old bar next door - which music played very loud until after 2am - everyday. One can only wonder what type of room we were supposed to be assigned. Contacted International Vacation, company we booked hotel through and was given the run-around about billing. I will never book with International Vacation and/or stay at Buccaneer Beach Resort.

I just left beautiful Montego Bay and stayed at the Buccanner Beach Hotel. Sure, I'd read the reviews... as usual they were w.r.o.n.g....
The weather was sublime. The staff was friendly and courteous, basically, you need to decide for yourself.
Let's get real. "Hello... Jamaica is still a third world country".
Did you come to spend all of your vacation in your room???
You're staying in a country where the median income is $200 -$300 a month. Again keep an open mind. I travel all over the Caribbean, I am sick of reading reviews about stinky rooms and mean people.
I don't give most review sites "thumbs up or thumbs down"... I give them the "finger"
So dear reader, decide for yourself.
My opinion:
Great Food
Great Staff
Great weather
equals
Great Bargain

My wife and I stayed at this place for 2 miserable nights. The hotel is at the end of street with several closed hotels, and I imagine that this one won't be open much longer. There were very few guests, who huddled together to avoid harrassment by the locals who were aggressively persistant.

The beach across the street had eroded away, so there was only a couple of corners of sand left. Sitting on the beach meant saying "No thank you" every 2 min as someone tried to sell you drugs or braid your hair. I went into the water, and a min later, some creepy dude trying to give my wife an "Aloe Massage", which meant he had a broken plant leaf and was spreading goo on her, ignoring her protests.

The room was dirty and small, and there was a gaping hole in the celing over the shower. The ocean view consisted of powerlines. The restaurant downstairs was decent, serving tasty local food, but at night they tried to turn it into a "club". This meant that from dusk to after 3am music was blaring through bad speakers for the bartender and 2 wasted individuals passed out in the corner.

Overall, by far the worst experience I have had in the Carribean of the 10 islands I have been to so far...