CocoLaPalm was a good value. My girlfriend and I stayed in a "Deluxe" room, which contained a king-size bed, bathroom with large shower, tv, safe, frig (no minibar), and AC for around $90/night. As some reviewers noted, there were tiny ants here and there, but nothing to worry about. Overall the room wasn't great, but was fine.

The best thing about this hotel is its location on the beach. Perfect water & balance of sun and shade (provided by trees with big leaves). It offers an open-air bar & grill which is about 20 paces from the water, offering lots of mixed drink options (& red stripe of course) and decent food (we had our first jerk chicken here, and it was pretty good). For GREAT JERK, go to Best in the West, across the main street from CocoLaPalm. It was awesome. The hotel has an open-air restaurant also, which was usually closed for lunch (though it advertised both lunch and dinner) and wasn't much of a great option for dinner. But its breakfast was good and reasonable (the coffee they served was quite good - this coming from a picky coffee person).

Front desk and staff were all very nice. The guard at the entrance of the hotel will help you get a cab if you want one. You'll need one if you want to go down to Rick's or to the shopping areas down in "town."

This was first time to travelling directly to another country and it was different than cruising. Anyway, The Cocolapalm was clean and the front desk, Jackson was pleasant. We didn't have any problems checking in. Actually my packet with key was available upon arrival. The room (standard) was clean and efficient. It smelled fresh everyday we were there and the maid service always kept it clean. The only thing I didn't like was there are no hair dryers or irons available. When we requested an iron they were all out because of a wedding.
The restaurant was okay not a wide selection to chose from.
We only ate there for breakfast once.
Jamaica Limited Tours was able to provide tours for us on two of the days. The beach are gorgeous. You have you hustlers trying to get you everyday but they backed off when you say no.
There wasn't too much to do in the vicinity of the hotel. Next time I will stay at a larger resort all inclusive to not worry about being occupied and busy everyday. I would recommend the hotel if you really don't plan on staying in the rooms. It's clean and a good place to lay your head.

Just wanted to write a quick note about our trip to CocoLaPalm...
Let me start by saying that ALL the people we met at the resort were very helpful and very nice..This made our stay there very relaxed...just what we were looking for...
The food at the restaurant, and beach bar was good...maybe a bit expensive for the area but it was always good quality,and good portions.
The rooms were nice, we stayed in suite-E in the "annexed" section next door...good sized rooms,tile floors,good air...worked just fine for us.
The grounds are pretty, with lots of tropical foliage, flowers, and nice landscaping.
The pools and the jaccuzi were nice and well taken care of.
All in all this is a nice, clean, well managed resort with great staff.
It is in a great location in the middle of the beach making it a perfect base for walking trips up and down the beach.
I'd stay here again...and probably will... :-)

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.