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Hotel overview
The Bahia Principe Grand Jamaica is a Victorian-style hotel located right on the beach of one of the most fantastic islands in the world, Jamaica. The 848 Junior Suites of this resort feature hydro massage tubs and beautiful views of the garden and pools or the turquoise waters of the ocean. Try different world cuisines and traditional Jamaican dishes in the buffet or in the specialty restaurants. You'll have fun like never before with all the activities and entertainment around its 3 lake-style pools or at the beach. Come and find your place in the paradise of Runaway Bay.
It’s ideal for:
Families who want to return home with plenty of memories from their exploration of a new culture and get the most from their visit to Jamaica, but with all the comforts of a hotel of this kind.
FREE, unlimited WI-FI throughout all areas of our hotels
Please contact the hotel for additional information regarding business services (gebgroupsbpjam@bahia-principe.com)
Choose from the international buffet, Gourmet Don Pablo, Italian Dolce Vila, Japanese Mikado, and the Knife Steakhouse.
Location
Runaway Bay - BeachProperty information
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Hotel details
Hotel advisories
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 - 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. The thermal circuit includes saunas, an ice fountain, sensation shower, footbath, cold-water pool, and indoor pool.
Ratings & reviews
TripAdvisor traveler rating
15368 reviews
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Jan 03, 2025Day 1 experience is absolutely garbage!
Day 1 of my stay. I paid a premium to stay in the “Luxury” side, which includes room service. I placed a call at 8:30 am for room service, ordering my breakfast, I waited for 2 hours and my food did not arrive! The iron leaks water. There’s brown spots on my sheets and the electric plugs don’t work! Again, this is JUST day 1!
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Jan 02, 2025Bahia Runaway Bay
This is a very nice resort, however as a so-called family facility, the constant access to cocaine from person who came in from the outside secure and gated facility is unacceptable. We spent time in your grill as well, and there was considerably less of this type of harassment. You cannot run a family facility, which is gated and secure and allow people from the outside to enter and sell hard drugs in front of children.. we spent several amount of money and do not feel that we received the proper value. This takes away from the hard-working staff who work extremely considerate and friendly..
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Jan 01, 2025Not a 5 start resort
We are a family of 4 and we came on holiday with other family. Hotel is outdated, rooms are whatever. Bathtub was disgusting and grimy. Lots of passing around from one employee to another to get information needed. Food was average. Some staff were lovely, lots were miserable. The beach is nice. You have to pay for shows. Would not stay here ever again spent way too much money for everything to be just average. It might be a 3 start hotel definitely no where near a 5.
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Dec 31, 2024Wonderful family vacation
Travelled here first week of December with kids 29, 16, 14, 11. Very clean and large resort with many stairs. Huge pool. Never had trouble finding chairs. Very nice, friendly staff. Helpful and attentive. No one ever had their hand out for a tip. Of course we tipped but weren't treated any different if we didn't. The guys on the beach selling trinkets and drugs were not bothersome. Just say "no thank you" and they move on. Beach is rocky on one side, sandy on the other but roped off so you can't go very deep at all. Food was ok...just ok. Typical resort buffet food. We never went hungry but were also never impressed. Was more expensive then anywhere else we'd been. Would only go back if discounted. The staff made it a good experience.
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Dec 30, 2024
Great Stay
We visited this resort on the last week of September 2024. We had some reservations prior to booking due to some of the reviews, however took a chance to book as it seemed to check off a lot of boxes, and we are extremely happy we did. Overall our stay was great! The good ….. We booked an oceanfront room and had the large terrace, we also had one of the most recently renovated rooms. The room was beautiful and the views from the terrace were spectacular. Cleaning staff were awesome and we came back to a clean and restocked room everyday without an issue. Every staff we encountered was warm and friendly. The beach on the grand side was perfect. Seeing as we came during low season we had no issues with finding a shaded spot. Some merchants would pass daily but weren’t overbearing. The lobster boat raft on the grand side is definitely worth trying! Lobster tails rice the works delicious! The pool was also good and clean. Again having gone during low season not all restaurants/ buffets were open (changed daily) however the food was good and always plenty to choose from. The lobby and village shops were also nice (however some items were really overpriced.. but it was to be expected). There were many recent reviews on roaches being all over the resort but to be honest we only ever saw two and this was outdoors. Nothing in our room, or in any of the restaurants. We were also very lucky during our stay there was barely any mosquitoes. (I did see them fumigating the pathways very early in the AM). Now for the meh - food was good but tended to be repetitive, this didn’t bother us much but I can see this being a pain point for others. The splash park was awesome however they closed it for part of our stay - this was unfortunate as it was part of the reason we chose this resort. The lack of a bar close to the grand beach was also meh… they had someone taking drink orders but this only occurred one day during our week stay… the bar that is setup on the beach is only for privileged club holders.. and the closest bar after that would be at the splash park.. a bit of a walk away from the beach and lastly as mentioned we came during low season so seeing repairs and renovations wasn’t a shock but during one lunch at Pisces restaurant there was a very strong smell of acetone or paint that become overbearing… which sucked when your trying to eat. Luckily this was only one occurrence. In sum - the good really overweight the bad - we truly did enjoy our stay and would definitely come back!