Kuyaba Hotel & Restaurant - Negril, Jamaica

A wonderful experience instead of an all inclusive resort. The rustic cottage was exactly that, this is not a big resort but all the bedding and bathroom linens were always clean. Shower was great, A/C worked great. Enter into one bedroom with the kitchenette attached, another bedroom with two single beds and then the bathroom. |This cottage has wooden floors and walls with some mold in the corners if you look really closely. It's an solid structure and we were very happy there. ||Kitchen had a propane stove we did not use. The fridge and freezer worked well, the coffee maker eventually made a pot, needed a cleaning for sure. We picked up juices, fruits, and beer and used our fridge to keep cold. Worked well. Restaurant was good and also walk out onto the street in the evening for jerk chicken and lots of options on the beach during the day for vendor food.

I can't speak to the rooms as we just came for dinner but we really enjoyed the restaurant. The happy hour was great ! The staff was so incredibly friendly! I was here with my 3 year old twins and they treated❤️ us so well. The food was good and the drinks were great!

I have returned to this hotel many times (7 or 8?) The landscaping is lovely and very well maintained. There are also two large cages, each with a parrot. The hotel is located on the beach and has a beautiful restaurant with a wonderful view of the water. It's a perfect place to watch the sunset. It's a relatively short walk to town from the hotel. Across the street from the hotel is Times Square, which has a number of gift shops. About a block from Times Square is a very small store that offers some essential food and beverage items, as well as some very good Jamaican patties. Kuyaba is not fancy, but I return there every time I come to Jamaica because it's very pleasant, with its convenient location, friendly staff, great restaurant, and lovely grounds.

Hospitality training must not be a requirement to work at Kuyaba. I’ll begin with the staff being totally bleak as if they are miserable at work. Perhaps moral is low. The front desk Candy was most kind and helpful but the male front desk worker was short with us and clearly showed annoyance when we asked any questions or tried to have any conversation. We avoided him but it made for an uncomfortable stay. I’m still not really sure what the “security guard” on the beach does as he only provided chairs for us once. The most friendly staff were the room service ladies and the male grounds keepers sweeping and cleaning. They smiled and greeted us everytime. The AC in our room did not work. Hot water rarely came in and the one time it did it lasted 10 minutes at most. There are no coffee makers or microwaves in the rooms and food service was a long wait no matter how empty the dinning area was. A good solution to that is eating elsewhere with friendlier efficient staff. Though this establishment is not at 4 or 5 star hotel the basic standards are lacking. I would say you get what you pay for but unfortunately this stay was worth much less.

I try to never leave bad reviews but honestly the view is beautiful and thats it !!! I ordered lobster pasta too be sure and it was a disaster no seasoning nothing …costumer service waitress bad as well …rather eat at some other little restaurant on the beach it will be cheaper and great food same view

Great location on seven mile beach. Service and food at this property are amazing. Beach area is perfect for your beach destination. Cozy vibe, no frills get away. It was the stew peas for me.

We had a wonderful celebratory dinner after our son proposed to his girlfriend here! Miss Gayle, Miss Cunningham, Joanna, and Brittney all worked seamlessly to make the moment unforgettable! The ambiance and location are unbeatable. This moment was priceless, food was delicious, and staff excellent in every way.

I spent 2 weeks in Negril, the first at another 5 star resort down the road. The second week at Kuyuba Resort. This is an absolutely beautiful, resort with lush greenery and ||excellent food in their restaurant as well. ||This review is an accolade to Beach Security Daquan.|| I arrived at the beach early morning as I always do and was greeted by a tall man who introduced himself as Beach Security, his name is Daquan. Daquan is a tall, ||handsome Jamaican, he got me a lounge chair, planted an umbrella for me and then delivered a side table. He sat behind me in the shade of my umbrella when he was ||not helping the other guests. At one point Daquan jumped up and went to he aid of an elderly woman who had fell into the water by accident, claiming she had too much|| to drink. Daquan helped her to a chair, helped her with the contents of her phone, removing her SIMM card and battery, requested one of the restaurant servers to bring ||a bag of rice to dry her phone, a few minutes later, a toddler about 2 to 3 yrs ran down the beach toward us and headed into the ocean, no Mom anywhere. ||Daquan ran after the toddler picked her up as she entered the water and held her gently while looking for parent who was now running up the beach frantically, ||and then thanked him, and Daquan went back to the elderly woman who was still a little rattled from her ordeal. Within the next hour a 10 week old little puppy came ||struggling up the beach dragging a big thick heavy wet rope that was tied around his neck, inhibiting his movement, was removed by a waitress from the restaurant above, we watched as the puppy did a happy dance, so happy to be free of the weight and Daquan gave the hungry puppy the rest of his lunch, and then water of which he drank ALL of and ate ALL that was put in front of him.||No one else seemed to notice this amazing, pleasant, kind man securing the beach and keeping everyone safe and happy. I also had trouble getting my laptop to connect to the hotel internet with the code I was given, and Daquan solved all of those problems for me, and got it all to connect and because of Daquan I was able to have internet as well.||After 3 days with Daquan always sitting near me, we had many wonderful conversations about our views on everything happening in life. ||Day 4 Daquan was put on night shift security. I asked for a lounge chair from the new guy, eventually it came. Then I asked for an umbrella, he said you don't need one you're in the shade, something about too windy, and there were no side tables brought to anyone on the beach that day either. As the shade left me, I asked for the umbrella, but unfortunately, the new guy said, "there were none left". ||I went to my room to get a small small umbrella that I brought from home. ||The next day before Daquan left to go home in morning after his all night shift, he put MY lounge chair in the spot I always sat and put his T shirt on the back indicating it was taken. I recognized his shirt and new that was MY chair and sat down. The New Guy, came and said: "I saw that you forgot your Tshirt here yesterday and I new that it was yours, and I put that chair out for you with your shirt on it". I knew this was not true, and he was trying to take credit for something I knew Daquan had done and I said "No, this is Daquan's shirt, he put the chair here for me before he went home".||Daquan put the chair with his shirt on it every day till I left. ||I think Daquan needs to be the daytime beach security instead of the night shift, as everyone missed him and Daquan was the talk of Kuyaba resorts beach guests every day that he was gone and that the New Guy was so hard to find most of the time.