Starfish Trelawny Resort Hotel

I must say this is the best holiday i have ever been on.
I would recommend anyone to visit here!
If you want to come to paradise with a basic room and great food and amazing people this is for you. Id say this is the best location in Jamaica to visit for a great beach experience.
The hotel comes with a private luxurious beach with a wide range of water sports. The sea is crystal clear and as warm as a bath (i was there in October). The most beautiful scenery ive ever seen. There is a small sand island that you can walk to out into the sea (the water is shallow), you can sunbathe here and relax in hammocks. The sand is very fine and white with a great contrast to the turquoise sea.
The hotel is surrounded by dense greenery. The hotel looks abit dated and the rooms are basic but you dont spend much time in there only to sleep. The rooms are spacious and have great aircon and powerful showers and big comfy beds.
There is plenty of entertainment, miniture golf, pool tabels in the actual pools themselves, night entertainment, watersports, bars, internet, hot tubs and food and drink 24/7. Extra resturants that you can book into for variety.
The food is excellent, there is everything for everyone.

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we have traveled to a few places and done a couple of cruises and been to other third world countries but this one took the cake! we went as a group of 7 couples
1. Musty smelling room, had to have all furniture cushions removed to help reduce mold or musty smell
2. all the doors were "jimmied" looked like they had been broken into many times
3. toilest dont flush... none of the 7 rooms worked even close to proper. one toilet over flowed and soaked one couples luggage
4. Shower takes forever to get hot.. I mean like 10 minutes and then it does not regulate the temp like USA mandated showers so when the neigbor or your wife flushes you get boiled alive
5. took 3 days to get a key/lock for the security box in our room no place to lock up your passport when your swimming
6. on our first night the guy cutting up the jerk chicken wanted a tip and was crappy about not getting one.
7. the bar is good, but even though you could take the three bottles of liquor home with you, they were not worth the trouble. and this is the same liquor they use at the bar.
8. if you do want to go to sleep before 11:30 at night be ready to be kept awake from some bone head playing Elton John covers over and over on the piano with three or four morons from Irleand or europe singing "West Virginia mountain momma..."
9. The electric is flat out dangerous if you go check out how your alarm clock is hard wired into the oulet thru the back side of the outlet cover. if its that bad where you can see it you know its in total shambles behind the walls. place needs to be DOZED down
10. we are all about 33-36 year old love to drink and have a good time but none of smoke pot, be very forewarned that on the starfish beach you WILL have pushers hitting you up non stop 3-5 times an hour to buy there illegal goods. if you want to walk down the beach you must sign out with starfishes security, because its so dangerous
11. food was just OK nothing really special! Warning if you go there bring your own salt shaker becuase not one of theirs work and bring your own Heinz 57 ketchup because what they have taste likes tomatoe jelly..... seriously!! it isnt right
12. paid cash ($7.50) for 15 minutes of internet usage on there computer. i went to check out they still billed me for it and made me pay again. someone got a good tip. I feel they were dishonest with me
13. pool area was fine, the slide was fun
14 the hot tub was just plain scary.. looked like egg whites where floating in it.
15 took 3 days to get a beach towel. it did not matter if i went out at 7:00 Am it would be "no man come back in a hour man" and on and on with reasons why they were slakers
16 place was built in 1972 remodeled in 2000 and should be dozed in 2008 but when you see how the locales live you can see why this is still standing and they think its great.
17. Great Blue Mtn Coffee in your room this stuff is very good!!
18. The beach is very nice. except for issue in #10
19. They can mix a good drink with what they have
20. Bar tenders do not ask for tips
21. Elevator never broke down.but neither did the stairs...
22. plenty of odd male eourpeans wearing speedos for our daily comedy relief.
23. plenty of my fellow americans that seem to have refianced their trailer home to pay for this trip, and truly think this is world class entertainment. and rate it as a 4 star hotel.
24. Overall, if i would have known i would have paid an extra 4 or 5 hundred as a couple and had a better newer resort. the natural beauty of the Ocean, beach, booze, wifes company and palm trees made it bearable

On landing in Jamaica the heat was a welcome alternative to the rain of the UK. A shuttle bus met us to take us to the resort; the hour long journey to the resort was a total eye opener, driving through dirt roads edged with shed like buildings, that were people’s homes made me feel uncomfortable.
On approaching the resort from the roadside it looked like we had entered the gates of Butlins at Skegness, the decor was dated and I feared the worst. To my surprise once inside the resort I felt elated, the reception area was lovely and the initial pool area inviting.
Once we had gotten refreshed we made our way towards the beach, now this was breathtaking.
The hotel has its own private island for bathing on, which we took advantage of during our stay.
Overall the food was above average and the resort and its staff a pleasure to be around. You can tend to feel a little restricted though as straying from the confines of the resort is not advised.

Rooms smelly and mouldy. Mostly friendly staff. We had mountain view room and had a very noisy air conditioning unit outside our balcony and complained and were moved to a sea view room.
Wouldn't use the hot tubs although they were cleaned regularly. It wasn’t unusual to find condoms floating in them they are very secluded and are used a lot at night time by the guests, must be because the evening entertainment put on in the hotel is rubbish and repetitive.
AI does not include premium brands. Food is OK in the buffet style restaurant but gets repetitive if you are staying for two weeks.

Spacious accommodation kept to a good standard of cleanliness by the daily visits from the cleaning staff.
The food was excellent with a good choice of different nationalities and local dishes. You will not go hungry here! The staff at the resort were really friendly and helpful, even down to the grounds man.
There was a good range of activities and entertainment for all ages. The beach belonging to the resort was very good and cleaned daily. I would certainly visit this resort again.

OMG!
The circus staff and kid coordinators were top in their game. They were amazing.
Last Visit: September 2007Great for: Families
No were on the website does it state - we have hot water. The sliding glass door was off the track- 2 days it didn't shut and for the rest of the trip if was about an inch from shutting.
The smoke out bug machines were activated 2 times a day with no warning, so the kids had to breathe the smoke with no warning to get the kids inside.
My 5 year old daughter wanted to get her hair braided, so the lifeguard told me that she was going to see "Jean" he didn't say - hey I am going to take you daughter in a bikini without shoes out off the resort to the bamboo shack village 1/2 mile away for 3 hours.
When I was scared and upset the answer given was- she is smart - don't worry. Guest relations looked at me blindly. The security guards let her off the property without parent consent. You have to sign a waiver to take out their jet ski but they can take your kid without authorization. hmm a little backwards.
Let me see - The unlimited beer- had mould in the cups from the dirty tap.
The music was thumping until 2:30am where the TV in your room would not cover up the noise.
The rooms stunk; I brought 2 air fresheners because I read the reviews of past travellers.
That didn't do it. Plus the mould on the ceilings and in the vents were dripping. While we were out one night - they repainted over the mould which made it hard for the kids to sleep. The smell was unpleasant.
The staff was excellent! Especially for the kids.
The guest relations and reception would have been more helpful by just being a voice recorder. No one would give me the managers name even when they over charged me and I wanted to just pay double and leave.
The taxi driver wanted to charge me extra for him having to wait since the front desk didn't have their stuff together. He was yelling at me - that he did no such thing, my daughter was scared and crying, and at that point we just wanted to go back to the airport and not end up in pieces in the jungle for annoying the taxi driver.
Would not do it again. But won't forget it.
My daughter had a blast and we got to spend quality time together.
The skating ring, rock climbing, jogging in the morning, exercises were none existent or completely closed. The weekend Jamaicans on the day pass were obnoxious and smelled the facilities up.
This is no place to go without children- but watch out or they will be taken.

Well, Star Fish is a great hotel, its beautiful beach, lovely pools, and location is perfect.
On arriving from the airport though we found our room was not ready, we had to wait an hour before we got it, which isn’t great when you hot and tired!
We didn’t have enough towels and called 3 times before we got any and that was only when we asked to speak to the manager!
The staff are great they are the most polite and helpful people I have ever met!! Peter, Damien, Craig, and Ricardo the photographer were the best they made the stay so much fun!
Do the Dunns river cruise its out of this world!! One of my best days there! We mixed a lot with the staff and most of them became our friends they teach you a lot about Jamaica and the best places to go partying!
Marguateries is great on a Thursday - ladies night and Friday its open air club with the dj Dj booth is inside a shark’s mouth, that’s crashed through the side of the wall! Clubs very hot so dress light and you will find the bathrooms cooler than the open air clubs coz they got aircon!
The food was great a lot of variety and the staff are happy to serve you if you like, if not it’s all buffet style anyway. There are also great restaurants for the posher nights; Damien is great in the restaurant near reception!
We had my cousin’s birthday party there and he helped me arrange it at short notice a true star!!
It’s a great hotel, facilities and staff are 5 stars even though it’s a 3 star place!! I would definitely go back!
P.S those of you that are not brave enough to venture out to the local clubs which are the best!! There is Bubbles Club at the resort it had a good reggae night but all other nights are a bore!! Mixing with locals guarantees a great holiday! Just make sure it’s the nice locals!

We went to Starfish Trelawny on July 31st for 2 weeks and all I can say is that it was our best holiday ever for anybody of any age.
The rooms are basic, but you are not using them much so it doesn't matter. The entertainment crew are amazing and very friendly especially Huie, Chad & Kevan. The bar staff were also amazing, they were always rushing around to help you. They are all very friendly, every one comes up to you and says respect.
There are so many different activities to join in with like rock climbing, trapeze, trampoline (never open while we were there), mini golf, tennis, table tennis, basketball, hockey & many more.
The food was great, but every time you went into the buffet the waiters came along and started pouring water into your glasses, they didn't ask and even if you said no thanks they didn't care.
The beach was great, but people sometimes come along to try and sell you drugs or other items. There is a gift shop in the hotel, but during the day you can go to the Stools and get things cheaper. If they say 10 say I only have 5 and they will give it to you.
It only rained twice while we were there and I would advise you to wear lots of sun cream. I went on 3 trips, all were very good. First we went on the Glistening Waters tour which is a boat trip. They take you to a place were if you go into the water it glows up around you, it was fantastic and was a strange feeling, it is the best place for that in the world.
The Dunnes River Falls were amazing, some parts are really hard to climb, but it was great. We also went Tubing which was good, but because it was in a rainforest it rained most of the time and we were frozen. Also go to the beach and ask for Captain Bruce who will take you out on a catermaran, it is wonderful and gets you soaked!!
Be warned everyone asks for tips! We wish we could go back again if we just had the money.

Fantastic. It was absolutely fantastic. I cried all the way from the hotel back to the airport. None of my family wanted to go home.
Check-in with the hotel was a bit slow but that was the worse part of the holiday.
Rooms were adequate and clean - cleaned daily. Although we had to get use to the air conditioning.
Facilities at the resort were well labelled and plentiful. We did not even give a thought to coming off site and had to tear ourselves away to go to Ocho Rios.
The staff were so pleasant and happy and could not do enough for you. The entertainment crew and the circus crew were fantastic. You have to go on the trapeze and join in the quizzes, you'll have such a laugh.
There were just so many games and activities to get involved in and my younger son loved kids club too.
Guess where we going on holiday next year. See you soon Kevan, Chad, Hurtland, Philip, Damien and the rest of the crew - be ready for us!

Our first time to the Caribbean, a wonderful holiday and we did not want to come home.
The rooms were very clean and a maid cleaned them every day, also put towels on the bed in a pattern of a heart or swan. The staff were wonderful and friendly.
2 swimming pools, Jacuzzis (not that you want to go in these when it's 90 degrees), the beach is kept clean and there are plenty of sun beds.
The food was wonderful and we were spoilt for choice!! There are surcharges on the other 5 restaurants but we found the all inclusive restaurant always had enough to choose from.
Dolphin experience is wonderful, a must for everyone. Also the Irie Adventure which is a 3 in 1 trip. The rep Pauline for Thomson was really helpful and friendly, yeh mon!!!!
Wonderful place, would go again if we had the opportunity. Plenty more of the world to see though.