Hotel Overview
Preferred Club amenities include private check in/out, private concierge service, private pool, complimentary newspaper in room daily, complimentary internet access in suite, sun bed and soaking tub on terrace, upgraded minibar service, upgraded bath amenities, and complimentary computer access in the Preferred Club Lounge which serves daily continental breakfast and afternoon hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, exquisite desserts, fine liquors and complimentary computer access.
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Montego BayProperty Information
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Hotel Details
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General Policies & Fine Print
Check-in Policy - Hotel requires a credit/debit card authorization or cash deposit upon check-in for incidentals; this will place a hold on your funds.
Convention Policy - Individuals attending a convention cannot book this property for their stay. If found attending a convention, guests may be subject to higher room rates upon arrival.
Hotel Spring Break Policy -Spring Breakers are not permitted at this Hotel. A student group consist of those that travel without parent or a responsible adult in each room. This could refer to but not limited to high school or college students booking multiple
rooms. The hotel reserves the right to deny lodging to any reservation of this type.This hotel cannot guarantee a spring-break-free environment.
Transfer Policy - A price may display when children stay free, if your vacation includes transfer to your hotel.
General Information - Room taxes and service fees are included in vacation price.
Minimum night stay restrictions may apply.
Reservation changes may not be permitted unless authorized by the hotel.
Customer Ratings & Reviews
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating
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Don’t come!
Here at the moment staff on strike and very limited food and drink. What disappoints me is not enough SENIOR Hyatt staff around to deal with upset guests just leaving it to junior locals who are trying their best. If you are coming in the next few days cancel and go somewhere else would be my advice
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Staff on strike! Do not come.
Do NOT come. The hotel bar staff are currently on strike. The hotel also has scaffolding and building work going on. Roofs and walls are being repaired with scaffolding all over. Drilling and banging all day. The staff are in chaos. There are protests outside and skeleton staff trying to serve drinks. We are packing and leaving.
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EXCITING!!!!
Lovey Resort I Love How Friendly The Staff Were Food Was Great Especially The Jamaican Buffet It Was Pretty Good I Had A Wonderful Vacation Shoutout To Sky,Kenzie I Can’t Remember The Host But You Guys Are Amazing I Enjoyed The Beach Party Entertainment 10/10 Love You Guys
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Secrets Wild Orchid - Montego Bay - Jamaica - Worst Hotel in 20+ years. Don't go
This has to be the worst holiday we have had in the 20+ years traveling to Jamaica. The Hotel reviewed as 5 star on website it is definitely not, no more than 2 at most. We booked as I was retiring this year and had visited Royalton Blue waters in May. Check in was a shambles and staff were ignorant/rude as we arrived after 7 due to the traffic in Montego Bay being backed up due to rain, a 20 minute trip from the airport took 2 and 1/2 hrs not what you want after a 9 and 1/2 flight. We were dropped off at the reception for Secrets Wild Orchid but as we were Preference this was also an issue with the Receptionists. Awful. We asked where the Buffet was only to be told they did not do Buffet at night. Nightmare as we had to queue 1st of many during holiday. Next day we found out that the building next to our was getting scaffolding put up to paint the exterior. They could not have made any more noise if the tried to. They should have started with the outdated rooms. So found out that the TUI rep was visiting on the Thursday so opted to wait and find out what was going on and ask for a Hotel change. Franziska was the rep. She had a queue waiting for her. After an hr got to speak to her only to find out TUI knew about this and the hotel were claiming enhancement and not renovation what a joke. So she took our claim to be moved. We received an email from TUI asking for £2634 + £50 for admin + pay for taxi which would be around £150. what a joke. So we were stuck in this shambles of a hotel as we had paid in Excess of £9k to get here from Scotland we were not prepared to pay anymore. After a couple days it quietened down but then when we were in the room we heard the Scaffolders again only to find them outside our room on the patio. I went straight down to reception only to find the receptionist rude and unfriendly so asked to speak to a manager. She arrived 20 minute later so I took her out and showed her what was happening, she apologised and found us another room. What a nightmare. I received a call from a Manager the next day Richard Nixon and all he would do was apoligise not what we were looking for and told him we could not wait to get out this hotel and back to Scotland. The Hotel references 9 Restaurant's. Only 5 open every night with the same menu every night. These were shared with the Secrets St James Hotel on the same site. The hotel does not have any quite place to have a drink at night no Foyer. The Piano bar was a joke as they only had 1 barman at most 2 when they could be bothered for the 2 hotels as St James shared this bar. When we checked out the receptionist asked for our view on stay. She did not like our reply and asked us to score the hotel we told her 0 she called her manager but she did not arrive to speak to us then the receptionist marked us down as a 7 so they were not interested at all. Glad to be back in Scotland and will be back to Jamaica but certainly not to Secrets now we know why they call it secrets as they do not tell you how bad it is
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Average overall with a few wonderful high points
Initial impressions of resort? Average presentation, cold reception in lobby area and by UVC rep. Room was not ready even though we were not early. We were ushered out to lunch at the poolside restaurant which was average. The food at this resort did not compare to food at other Secrets properties I've visited, esp. Mexico. The UVC rep insisted we contact her thru WhatsApp and seemed annoyed when I asked her not to walk away until I could confirm the WhatsApp handle for her. Customer service in general was not friendly. That said, I'll proceed with highlights. We had great service all-around at the Frenchrestaurant. We had great service by many in the morning buffet, includingShattayvia and Alicia whose friendly face was a constant we looked forward toseeing. We were delighted to end our trip with a most charming experience withAntoniel Flowers in the buffet area. Such a gentleman and such attentiveservice! The highlight of the resort was ourTepannyaki dinner our last night with Chef Romaine. He was a HOOT! SO funny, sotalented, and frankly just charming! He and Alvin at the central pool bar werethe highlights of our trip! Hands down most memorable customer service! Another memorable touch, the violonist and celloist - just wow! They were so talentedand such a joy to listen to. I would be remiss not to mention Ann-Marie,Amstar Rep. She was awesome! So friendly, warm, and engaging! She helped usbook a fantastic and memorable dolphin cove tour. The other Amstar reps didn'tseem too interested in talking with us so Ann-Marie's smile, light and energywere refreshing. Reception by my UVC on-site representativewas as usual pushy, uncomfortable, and oddly sarcastic at this property. Sheseemed to be talking poorly of me each time she saw me, not realizing howobvious she was. Did not appreciate that at all. Pretty over UVC altogetherwith how they force the initial welcome meeting onto you within hours ofarrival to every trip. If I saw the value of renewing, I could easily findthem, yet they try to push you into every meeting and this one tried to guiltme into a meeting and ignored my request that she respect my 'no' to furtherdiscussion. The beach outside was beautiful and pools well-kept, our bathroom flooded from above the last night (apparently a mid-wall plumbing leak), staff were right on it. You can request free snorkeling equipment in the mornings 9 and 10am but we kept either going too late or weather conditions didn't allow for viewing. If you bring your own snorkeling equipment, there are some fun fish (and even an eel) to see on your own nearby.
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