My husband and I stayed at Coco LaPalm in early May(we are upper 20's early 30's..FYI). It was my first time to Negril and my husband's second. We had arranged our transportation from Montego Bay to Negril through the hotel. The driver's name was Prince and was a great driver! There are definitely some crazy drivers in Jamaica and he was a great defensive driver. Upon arrival check in was quick and easy. Our room was clean but no frills as expected. Maid service was great everyday! I will say that if you are accustomed to staying at 4 or 5 star hotels (Four Seasons type hotels), this may not be what you're looking for. For my husband and I it was just fine, but we're not overly picky and usually don't spend much time in our hotel rooms.

The hotel grounds were very pretty. Very pretty lush vegetation. We did not utlize the pools, but they seemed to be nice. The best thing about Coco LaPalm is their beach! We walked up and down the 7 mile beach and in that area Coco seemed to have the largest nicest plot on the beach. Our favorite thing to do was to float on a raft in the beautiful, warm, turquise water in the mornings...SO RELAXING! The water is extremely calm in the mornings and in the afternoons it's still very calm. There were security guards all up and down the beach, which was comforting. The only thing that drove me nuts about our stay was the CONSTANT and I mean CONSTANT beach "vendors" approaching you to see if you wanted drugs, cigarettes, cigars, fruit, snorkel trips, parasailing, jet ski rides, etc. The first day it didn't really phase me b/c I would politely tell them no thanks, but by the 3rd day I had had enough! We were there for 4 days and I'd say you get approached 10-15 times a day if you spend a full day on the beach. If you have absolutely no interest in any of the items I mentioned above do not tell them "maybe tomorrow", b/c they will find you tomorrow and hassle you again. Even if you don't say maybe tomorrow they'll still more than likely hassle you again tomorrow.

If you're looking for Red Stripe, the bar next to Coco (For Real bar) is the place to get them! They are 100J's which is about $1.50. Great little bar to check out also down the beach is the Boat Bar. Dave and Baby Face are great! Extremely nice guys and they have a live band on Friday afternoons and evenings that is great!

We only ate breakfast at Coco and it was really good. I definitely recommend the banana pancakes! Coffee was pretty good as well. Didn't eat any other meals there, so can't speak to their lunch or dinner menus. A recommendation for restaurants would include Kuyaba, Norma's, Best in the West (jerk chicken stand across the street from Coco), Selina's(Sunday brunch). Everyone raves about Rockhouse, and my meal there was not as good as I had hoped. Beautiful restaurant and spectacular views, but my particular meal was not good, though my husband said his steak was pretty good.

All in all we enjoyed our trip to Jamaica and the Coco LaPalm suited us just fine. If you are looking for a non-all inclusive hotel in Negril this was a great choice.

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... :-)