El Greco Resort

“Great Budget Hotel”

I booked this hotel knowing it was not going to be 5 star, but for a budget hotel, I was impressed. The room was clean and comfortable. There was a bar fridge. The tap water is safe to drink. The hotel pool was a little run down, but clean and nice to swim in. Doctor's Cave Beach is right ac... more

I booked this hotel knowing it was not going to be 5 star, but for a budget hotel, I was impressed. The room was clean and comfortable. There was a bar fridge. The tap water is safe to drink. The hotel pool was a little run down, but clean and nice to swim in. Doctor's Cave Beach is right across the street. For every 2 nights' stay, you get one free day pass per person to the beach ($5 to get in). El Greco is not at street level. You have to walk through an enclosed bridge to another hotel and take the elevator down. Then you cross the street and are at the beach. I actually really liked this set up because it eliminated noise from the street. Doctor's Cave Beach was lovely. It is not huge. You can walk from one end to the other in about 5 minutes. It was not crowded when I was there. You can rent lounge chairs and umbrellas. There is lots of trees for shade, so you don't need an umbrella if you don't want one. The water was not rough. I could go about 20 feet from shore before it was over my head. There were floating trampolines a bit further out. The water was over my head, but not hard to swim out to and they were fun to play on. El Greco provided towels to bring to the beach. You can exchange them for fresh towels at the concierge. Breakfast was included with our room. There is a choice of Jamaican food or American food. The American breakfast was bacon, eggs, waffles, etc. The Jamaican food was chicken, liver, fish, potatoes, etc. I chose the Jamaican breakfast both days I was there. It was fantastic. It wasn't food I would normally eat for breakfast (meat and potatoes are more a lunch/dinner food for me), but I am so glad I tried it because the flavours and tastes was wonderful. The front desk staff were not very friendly. They were extremely slow checking us in, stop a few times to do other tasks like answer the phone and book a new reservations while we were left waiting. The cleaning woman was very nice. The concierge was very friendly and helpful. He brought our towels straight to the pool for us and walked to the beach himself to get extra passes when the front desk ran out. I would come back to El Greco again. If you are expecting a luxury hotel, this is not the one for you. But if you want something clean and convenient, this is a perfect place.

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“Not again”

We stayed for one night we rented a two-bedroom Suite with full kitchen big place. We were dropped off at the office and had two wheeler suitcases to block d which was a ways away. Advertisers beach pass but when we ask for one for an hour or so they said you had to book for two nights to receive... more

We stayed for one night we rented a two-bedroom Suite with full kitchen big place. We were dropped off at the office and had two wheeler suitcases to block d which was a ways away. Advertisers beach pass but when we ask for one for an hour or so they said you had to book for two nights to receive this. In the one Suite the tub wouldn't drain properly so you were standing in 6in of water when you took a shower. The pool has cracked and missing tiles in it and needs some work. The metal umbrellas around the pool are from the 60s and are dangerous to be around. The free breakfast came very fast and was very good. Probably will find somewhere else to stay next time I don't recommend.

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