Just came back from the Rose Hall Suites and had a great time. The food is excellent with the choice of 5+ a la carte restaurants - all fabulous. The beach is cleaned often, the service at the pool and the beach very fast and with a smile! The only thing about this resort is that it is family oriented so if you don't want crying babies and families with kids I would recommend you stay at an adult only resort. There is however, plenty of room ro spread out so the kids did not bother us at all. The snorkling right at the beach was great and ther is plently to do if you want to kayak or go shopping (free shuttle every hour).

We were lucky enough to be given an upgrade to the Suites from the regular hotel upon arrival. This allowed us access to the Suites hotel and the regular hotel. The upgrade is worth the extra; the grounds, pools, beach, rooms and amenities are just that much nicer in the Suites. Both of the resorts are beautiful. Being a newer establishment, the resort has that modern, clean and luxurious feel. The food was excellent - we loved the steak and the gourmet best. The pools and bars are wonderful as was the service we received from all the employees. It is clear that the people who work there are satisfied employees (apparently all employees are paid about the same and are given good bonuses when the resort is full). What we particularly loved about the resort was walking around and finding new and exciting new places to sit and have a drink or just relax. There is a fun cigar bar, a great little billiard room, a number of wonderful music venues and a good number of family-friendly settings to just sit and sip some of the good stuff. This was our first time with Iberostar and we will definitely consider booking into one again. It was our second trip to Jamaica and we loved this resort more than the last (which I have reviewed and gave a very good rating).

We stayed at the resort from Feb 3 - 10, 2012. We went with a group of 35 for a friend's wedding. The hotel is a short 20 minute drive from the airport.

ROOM: Our room was ready upon arrival we stayed in a king, ocean view room. The room was very clean. It was spacious with a lot of closet and dresser space. The bathroom had a large soaker tub and a stand up shower. The vanity has double sinks. The lighting in the bathroom is not the best it was hard to see when applying make-up. The king size bed was very comfortable. We didn't watch a lot of TV but they had most american stations and some canadian ones. My favourite part of our room was our balcony with the ocean view it was definitely worth the upgrade we spent a lot of time relaxing on the balcony it was very nice. The room was cleaned everyday and there is also a turn down service each evening which was nice.

FOOD/RESTAURANTS: We ate at the following a la cartes: Aunt Ruby's (Steakhouse), Cajun, Mexican, Mediterranean. We also ate at the buffet. We were not able to get into the Japanese restaurant we were put on a wait list. We did not go to the gourmet as the menu did not appeal to us. The food was ok at all of the above mentioned restaurants. My husband and I actually preferred the room service the chicken nuggets are awesome and the club house was delicious. All of the food was well prepared and none of us got sick from the food.

POOL/Beach: The infinity pool is beautiful! The water is very refreshing and cool. The bar staff in the pool are the best. By the third day the bartender knew our drinks and would say "the usual"? Favourite drinks: Miami Vice, Rum Talk, Dirty Banana, Rum Special, and Red Stripe Light. We had no issue get lounge chairs by the pool or at the beach. The beach is nice they have a lot of tiki huts for shade, no issues for getting a good spot. Servers also went to the beach to take drink orders.

SPA: We went for a couples massage the price was a bit expensive $110 for a 50 min swedish. They have a wet area in the spa which is open to all guests and is complimentary it was very relaxing: sauna, steam room, two roman baths, jacuzzi, bubble bath, and a cool bath not overly advertised not many people in this area which was great.

ENTERTAINMENT: Crazy Kenny, Kiki, Xena, VIP, OMG, Happy Feet made our stay very pleasurable. These people work hard and make everyone have a great time. The shows were a good laugh and the activities by the pool were a lot of fun. I believe the entertainment staff deserve more recognition as they were a highlight of our trip.

EXCURSIONS: Our group didn't really part take in a lot of excursions my husband and I did Dunn River Falls and 9 Miles (Bob Marley's Home Town) we did both on the same day as a package deal... it was meh. We enjoyed the falls and we brought water shoes with us, the staff at the falls were very pushy for tips and selling of merchandise. The meal included was very basic a drink, some chicken, and sweet bread. Our tour guide was not very informative and fell asleep for a part of the bus ride. The ride to get to 9 mile was on rural winding roads not good for a person who may get motion sick. Most of the tour was spent in the bus driving about 4 hours in total. We did the para-sailing offered on the beach it was a lot of fun and the price was comparable to what you would pay in North America.

Overall I would recommend Iberostar Rose Hall Suites it is a small, clean resort with very friendly and accommodating staff. We've been to Cuba and DR the people in Jamaica are lovely and very friendly it also helps that it is an english speaking country. Downside this trip was one of our most expensive trips due to the fact Jamaica is more expensive then other countries we've been to I do not think we would return to Jamaica as we could get the same type of vacation for a lot cheaper elsewhere.

We recently stayed at the Rose Hall Suites. We had a great vacation. We travelled with our 1.5year old son, and the resort was perfect. Firstly, the resort was only about 15-20 minutes from Airport. Upon arrival to the hotel, check in was quick and we were in our room within 10 minutes. The resort is a great size when travelling with children. Everything is fairly close..the restaurants, beach, pools. The infinity pool is amazing! The restaurants were good. The buffet had a different theme each night, (ie caribbean, italian, japanese). The Japanese restaurant was very good..i never thought I would enjoy Japanese food in Jamaica, but I thorougly enjoyed it.
The rooms were a very good size, and we did not upgrade our room, and had a perfect view of the beach and pools. We had a crib for our son, and their was more than enough room. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly.
We had a fantastic time, look forward to going back and will not be staying anywhere other than the Iberostar!!