Quarter Deck: Being experienced travellers (third time in Jamaica), we would compare this villa to a 3-star resort at best. Our stay was off to a bad start when we found a cockroach in the main bathroom, had no hot water for our first day and found an ant-infested kitchen. The water problem was taken care of the next day, and we never found other cockroaches, but the ant problem remained throughout our stay (in the kitchen as well as in other areas). The bathrooms have been recently renovated and are nice, but the rest of the villa needs a lot of tlc. The beds are extremely hard - never complained of beds anywhere but these were simply uncomfortable. The gated area off the patio was great since we didn’t have to worry about our little one venturing outside to the pool. The villa is located close to the main gate, so depending in which bedroom you sleep, the noise could be disturbing for some. Overall, we felt uneasy during our entire stay. Staff: Evadney (cook) and Jennifer were great. They made sure we were well taken care off and prepared some wonderful meals (our favourites included goat curry, festivals, ackee and salty fish, pumpkin soup and, conch fritters and soup). Grounds: The beach area, which was at a short walking distance was beautiful. The winds were very strong during most of our stay (we even had to leave one afternoon because sand was blowing in our faces). The wind did die down the last three days and it was much more pleasant. There is a nice running trail (with some steep hills) that take you around the compound that I enjoyed. It’s a gated community so it’s very safe - they even returned my husband’s wallet after he had dropped it during a walk. We had no issues with the sandflies, but there were lots of mosquitoes which prevented us from going outside at night. Conclusion: Would we stay at Quarter Deck Villa again? Absolutely not. Would we consider going back to SilverSands? Maybe.

We enjoyed our stay at Quarter Deck. The property is located about 5 minutes or less to the beach. The service we received from Ms. Jennifer was exceptional. The only downside is that the property needs to be modernized. I would also suggest as part of the modernization that air condition be installed in the living room. It was very hot in there. In spite of all that, we had a wonderful stay.