Sandals Ochi Beach Resort

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

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The hotel

The largest in the Sandals chain, this adult resort offers two holidays for the price of one. Atop a fabulously verdant hillside you'll find the Butler Village, a collection of luxury villas with shared pools surrounded by bright flowers, and the Great House, which boasts a stunning main pool with intimate cabanas. Experience an evening of live music and old-fashioned cocktails at the first speakeasy bar in the Caribbean — but, do you know the password?! Jump aboard the "Hop" bus and head across the road to the Riviera Seaside and Ochi Beach Club, fronting a beautiful stretch of white sand with a boardwalk that extends out to sea. Enjoy a beachside cocktail, soak up some sun or sail the waves of the Caribbean sea on the infamous sunset catamaran cruise, alternatively, the resorts Playmakers will be sure to get the party started with various pool games! Perhaps pool volleyball is not on your agenda? — no problem! Scattered across the resort, you will find various quiet pools for a more relaxed vibe and don't forget, a sumptuous treatment at the Red Lane® Spa will help ease you into your tropical Caribbean getaway. The Amphitheatre is the entertainment hub of the resort, hosting live Reggae nights, Talent Shows and live dancers, the perfect way to experience and celebrate the Jamaican culture. Keep a look out for the daily 'Footprint', the resorts very own newspaper, highlighting the days events and activities.

Amenities

  • Golf
  • Kayaking
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving
  • Snorkelling
  • Tennis
  • Windsurfing
  • Honeymoon
  • Wedding
  • Bar
  • Evening Entertainment
  • Fitness Centre/Gym

Where is it

Just outside Ocho Rios, on the beautiful north coast of Jamaica. Transfer time from Montego Bay Airport: 1 hour 45 minutes.

Hotel information

515 rooms and suites. The Great House and Butler Villas are located on the hillside of St. Ann Mountains, perfect for a more private romantic setting. Guests can use the complimentary shuttle service to the Riviera Seaside and Ochi Beach Club which is located across the road and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and facilities.

All rooms include air-conditioning, satellite TV, complimentary WiFi access, telephone, iPod dock with alarm clock, private bath/shower, amenity kit, coffee maker, mini-bar stocked with bottled water, juice, soda and local beer, safe, iron and board, hairdryer and 1 king-size bed. All room types sleep maximum 2 adults. Great House Luxury Rooms overlook the gardens and mountains, and have bathroom with shower/tub combination.

All Inclusive of: Sandals resorts are Luxury all-inclusive; from luxury accommodation, fine dining, unlimited premium-brand drinks, transfers, tips and taxes, to a huge range of sports facilities and entertainment — it’s all included!

Riviera Bamboo Grove Deluxe Rooms are located on the first through third floors of the Harbour Club and overlook the lush gardens from the balcony, with bathroom complete with shower/tub combination.

Riviera Bamboo Grove Premium Rooms are located on the ground through third floors of the Ginger Lily building, and feature bathroom with shower/tub combination and balcony and porch, with views of the resort's pool and gardens.

Riviera Honeymoon Luxury Rooms have views of the tropical gardens from the balcony, and feature bathroom with shower/tub combination.

Riviera Grande Luxe Rooms are located on the top floors of the Harbour Club building. These rooms feature bathroom with shower/tub combination, sitting area and balcony with views of the tropical gardens.

Great House Oceanview Rooms are spacious rooms, featuring bathroom with shower/tub combination and balcony with views of the Caribbean Sea.

Honeymoon Hideaway Luxury Club Level Garden Cottages are located on the ground and first floors of the Riviera Cottages, and feature bathroom with shower/tub combination and large balcony with views of the resort's famous Banyan trees and gardens. These rooms include Club Sandals service.

Riviera Beachfront Club Level Rooms are spacious, airy rooms and feature bathroom with shower/tub combination and picture windows offering beach and ocean views. These rooms include Club Sandals service.

Poolside Club Level Villa Rooms, in an exclusive tropical retreat, on the first and second floors, features a king-size bed, full bathroom with a double sink vanity and walk-in shower, and access to your own semi-private pool.

Riviera Honeymoon Beachfront Club Level Rooms are open-plan spacious rooms, featuring bathroom with shower/tub combination, living area and large balcony with views of the beach and Caribbean Sea. These rooms include Club Sandals service.

Butler Village Honeymoon Oceanview One-Bedroom Poolside Villa Suites have an expansive bedroom and living area, bathroom with shower/tub combination and oversized balcony with views of the pool, gardens and ocean. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Riviera Honeymoon Beachfront Penthouse Club Level Rooms have enviable ocean views from their top-floor location, bathroom with shower/tub combination and large balcony. These rooms include Club Sandals service.

Great House One-Bedroom Butler Suites feature a large living room, two TVs, bathroom with shower/tub combination and an oversized balcony with views of the gardens, pool and ocean. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Butler Village One-Bedroom Poolside Villa Estate Suites are located on the ground and first floors of an exclusive collection of villas, each with large living room, bathroom with shower/tub combination and French doors leading out to the semi-private pool. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Butler Village Oceanview One-Bedroom Poolside Villa Suites are located in prime positions from which to enjoy views of the ocean, with airy living area, bathroom with walk in shower and private patio or veranda leading to a shared bluff-style pool deck, with 180 degree views of the Caribbean Sea. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Riviera Beachfront One-Bedroom Butler Suites feature large living room, expansive bedroom, bathroom with a sunken Roman-style whirlpool and walk-in shower, and an oversized balcony with ocean views. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Butler Village Honeymoon Romeo & Juliet One-Bedroom Villa Suite with Private Pool Sanctuary are unique rooms and feature it's own walled courtyard, large bathroom with walk-in shower and sunken bath tub, lounge and fully-equipped kitchen, and Roman-style private pool with water feature, outdoor rain shower and a hot tub. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

One Bedroom Poolside Butler Villa Suite features its own living area with a television and fully stocked premium bar, a separate bedroom with a king bed, a full bathroom with walk-in shower, and patio or balcony access. You also have access to your villa’s own semi-private pool. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Located within Butler Village, Villa w/4 One-Bedroom Butler Suites and Private Pool were designed with groups in mind. Each one-bedroom suite features its own living area with a television and fully stocked premium bar, separate bedroom with king-size bed, full bathroom with walk-in shower, and a patio or balcony to enjoy quiet mornings amidst lush gardens. All suites within the villa have access to a private pool with lounge chairs under shaded umbrellas and 24-hour in-room dining. These suites include Sandals Butler Service.

Club Sandals Service:

  • Dedicated Club Sandals Lounge accessible 24-hours with Club Sandals concierge available 8:00am–10:00pm daily to assist with excursions, restaurant reservations, spa bookings and anything else you may need.
  • Preferred Club Sandals Lounge check-in with chilled towel and Champagne upon arrival.
  • Weekly hosted activities such as cocktail parties, martini evenings, wine tasting, snorkelling and exclusive Island Routes tours.
  • In-room stocked mini-bar with a selection of spirits, beer and wine as well as soft drinks, juices and water.
  • Room service available from 7:00am–10:00pm daily.

Sandals Butler Service:

Providing you with uncompromising attention of a personal butler trained to the highest standards. Beginning with lemongrass-scented hand towels, welcome cocktails and culinary treats upon arrival, a private resort orientation and a luggage unpacking service you will then be supplied with a personal mobile phone to reach your Butler when needed. Your wish is their command! In addition, butler guests will also have access to all the Club Sandals amenities and weekly activities, as well as 24-hour room service.

  • Booking Bonus:Book by 30 Sep '26 to receive up to 60% plus off accommodation. plus up to £725 off per booking for stays between 12 Aug '26- 30 Sept '26.  Subject to change. Blackout dates apply. Offers may not be combinable. Any applicable offers have been calculated into the prices shown. Terms and conditions apply.

5-Star dining at Sandals Resorts brings new sights, sounds and tastes to all guests at each meal — of course, all included! 16 dining options: Le Gourmand (classic French cuisine, breakfast and dinner, reservations required for dinner), The Jerk Shack (authentic Jamaican Jerk specialities), The Southern Table (buffet breakfast and lunch, à La Carte cuisine from the American South for dinner), Tapas on the Riviera (mixture of international flavours, open till late), Vista Gourmet/Sky Terrace (Buffet breakfast and lunch, à la carte Seafood menu for dinner), Valentino's (Italian cuisine, dinner only, reservations required), The Reef Terrace (Caribbean), Manor House (Jamaican), Dino's Pizzeria (wood-fired pizza oven), Great House Café (jerk pork and chicken, sandwiches and salads, open till late), Neptune's (Mediterranean dinner only), Kimonos (entertaining Teppanyaki, dinner only, reservations required), Soy (sushi bar, dinner only), Kelly's Dockside (à la carte cuisine, dinner only, reservations required), The Mariner's Seaside Bar & Grill and Bella Napoli Pizzeria. Chocolate Buffet night once a week. 11 bars and cocktail lounges including 3 swim-up pool bars, The Rabbit Hole speakeasy bar and Ethel's Piano Bar. Please note: Restaurants are not all open every night.

Nightly entertainment, theme nights, beach parties, cocktail parties, disco and piano bar.

5 main swimming pools, 1 scuba pool, 22 hot tubs across the resort. Largest Red Lane® Spa* in the Sandals chain and Red Lane® Fitness Centre. Volleyball, floodlit tennis courts, basketball, croquet, giant chess, table tennis and shuffleboard. Unlimited green fees at Sandals Golf & Country Club (free transfers, caddies mandatory*). Scuba-diving* (free for certified divers, fee applies to others), kayaks, snorkelling, windsurfing, Hobie cats, paddle boards and aqua trikes.

SnapShots photo shop*. Gift shops. Laundry/dry-cleaning service*. Exchange Bureau. Island Routes tours and excursions desk*. Complimentary WiFi access in all room categories. Complimentary shuttle service to Riviera Seaside and Ochi Beach Club.

Good general access for guests who are able to walk short distances and can manage up to six steps. For more information and contact details please check out our Special Assistance page

3 nights.

*Denotes local charge.

Dress code: evening dress code for gentlemen states that smart trousers or jeans, long or short sleeve dress shirts (with or without collar) and dress shoes or sandals must be worn. Shorts, t-shirts, trainers, flip-flops, hats and caps are not permitted in the evening.

Please note: please ensure you have adequate insurance to take part in adventurous activities.

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Image of the Tripadvisor rating Sandals Ochi Anniversary Trip

Aug 30, 2026 Shawna H

Sandals Ochi has been fun! The Manor Pool is the most exciting pool we have been to at Sandals properties. The vibe and entertainment was great! Whoever is in charge of entertainment, well done! From the pool games, music and employees to the amazing lounge singers, piano players and musicians. The best we have seen at Sandals! Our Sandals driver… Read more
Sandals Ochi has been fun! The Manor Pool is the most exciting pool we have been to at Sandals properties. The vibe and entertainment was great! Whoever is in charge of entertainment, well done! From the pool games, music and employees to the amazing lounge singers, piano players and musicians. The best we have seen at Sandals! Our Sandals driver Brian made the late Sunday evening arrival so smooth and kept telling us all about each Parrish we drove through. Our restaurant servers, Jadday, Devini, Chadroy were wonderful. Jordan went the extra mile and even ran upstairs to catch us when my husband accidentally left something at the table. Our favorite restaurant is Le Gourmand. Food was so good we dined there two times. The hostess Janelle so sweet and inviting. Dasha was our server the last evening and made the experience perfect! Bartenders Ashton, Crystal, Danelle and Tabajay were spot on with the drinks and conversation. Ashton always made sure to have Red Stripe in the bottle for my husband every night. Danelle was so nice to take some wonderful pictures of us at sunset last night that will make our memories last. Went to the beach side for diner one night and Davian was so nice to walk us to the hotel lobby to meet our butler when we arrived on the hop. Definitely want to give a special thanks to Zoe at the manor poolside bar. She is amazing and hope Sandals keeps her for a long time! Our butlers Demetra and Sheldon made the entire vacation, always going the extra mile and because of them we booked Caribbean Cay to see them again. Speaking of booking, Latoya at Island Insiders (loyalty) well she is a special lady. I got a slight ear infection and the nurses station and on call doctor took care of me - so happy they were there. After telling Latoya about it one day as she visited with us at the pool, she took the time to check in on me the following day. That is truly caring for Sandals guests. We would love to book with her every chance we get! Thank you Sandals Ochi for a nice 40th anniversary week! Already looking forward to our next Sandals vacation in April 2027! Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Service excellent food a let down

Aug 30, 2026 Cat111 Leicestershire

Currently at Sandals Ochi and this is also our first time at a Sandals resort. The Good Stuff…. Our butlers Marsha and Stacy are amazing and really go out of their way to make sure we are looked after. Albert the bar tender is also fantastic and makes the best cocktails in my opinion on site. Service overall is good and everywhere is spotless.… Read more
Currently at Sandals Ochi and this is also our first time at a Sandals resort. The Good Stuff…. Our butlers Marsha and Stacy are amazing and really go out of their way to make sure we are looked after. Albert the bar tender is also fantastic and makes the best cocktails in my opinion on site. Service overall is good and everywhere is spotless. The gardens are beautiful and it is easy to find some privacy and find your own corner or even your own pool as there are so many to choose from. Singers are amazing. NV1 rooms are really comfortable and worth the money and feel very luxurious. Love the fact that even the loos have aircon. Beach is really beautiful with no seaweed and clear waters. The not so good… We really didn’t rate the food much…we are foodies but have had better all inclusive food elsewhere… the French and the Italian were the best out of the bunch … Kelly’s dockside was a disappointment… food was bland and not very tasty. I didn’t rate the food in Kimonos either… if you are really into your food and your flavours you will find the food overall here disappointing. It feels like it is mass catered food… frozen burgers etc… sweet wood prawns and beef brisket was good however but we struggled to find anything else we would rate as good for lunch… pizzas had really cheap American style cheese on them which we didn’t like and Mariners was really disappointing… jerk chicken quesadilla was cheap plastic cheese inside and not a hint of jerk on the chicken… it really was tasteless and I could rustle up a much better Greek salad myself… very basic. Cocktails are really poor… only Albert seems to be able to make one. I’m yet to find something that I am enjoying to drink cocktail wise in most of the bars. Even when we ask for exactly what we want and how we want it to be made the bar staff seem to have really poor skills at getting it to taste good. A lot of mixers being used instead of fresh ingredients like proper lime etc.. which is clearly to save time but if you like a proper decent cocktail other than the sickly sweet concoctions for the mass tourists then you will struggle. The lady at the water sports is rude. When you walk over to the hut and ask about anything she is so dis interested and you are made to feel like you are interrupting her day and her conversations with the rest of the guys in there. I asked about the glass bottom boat trip and she said you have to book a day before as places are limited so I couldn’t go that day. I pushed it and asked if there were any places left and eventually the guy said he’d look…. There was not a single person booked on!! She knew that but was clearly being purposely difficult … if you don’t like your job and you don’t like dealing with people then you shouldn’t be there. They seriously need to do something as we heard other people complaining about the team there and how grumpy they were whenever anyone asked to do anything like the hobie cats… management seem to have had lots of complaints about them but their attitude is still the same. Overall we won’t book again as the food and drinks are such an important part of a holiday for us and it just wasn’t there for us… having said that you get what you pay for and it was incredibly good value for money and I guess that is the trade off. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Excellent Relaxing Vacation

Aug 25, 2026 Kara N Hillsborough, New Hampshire

My husband and I just returned from spending a week at Sandals Ochi, we had a wonderful, relaxing vacation. We were celebrating our 26th anniversary and the staff went out of their way to make it special. We stayed in a butler villa on the hillside. Our butlers, Richard and Jason were so kind and helpful always going above and beyond to make our… Read more
My husband and I just returned from spending a week at Sandals Ochi, we had a wonderful, relaxing vacation. We were celebrating our 26th anniversary and the staff went out of their way to make it special. We stayed in a butler villa on the hillside. Our butlers, Richard and Jason were so kind and helpful always going above and beyond to make our stay memorable. The room was always clean and stocked with everything we needed. This was our 10th trip to various Sandals properties, staff are always nice but the staff at this resort were exceptional, stopping to say hello and see how our day was. Shout out to Zoe at the pool bar who was so nice to talk to and went the extra mile. Keisha helped us book our next trip and was a pleasure to speak with. This resort has something for everyone, plenty of entertainment day and night as well as quiet spaces if that's what you're looking for. We will definitely be back. Read less
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Aug 22, 2026 Adam N

Wonderful staff. Relaxing time. A few people stand out our Butlers Richard and Jason were very attentive. Zoe from the pool was always smiling and went the extra mile daily. On our last night had the pleasure of being surved by Junior who was amazing and full of energy.
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Manager Daniel was amazing

Aug 20, 2026 Doug C

My girlfriend and I stayed at Sandals Ochi from August 10–17, and I have to give a huge shoutout to Daniel, one of the resort managers. He was absolutely amazing from start to finish. He checked on us every day, genuinely cared about our experience, and always went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. Even with how busy he was… Read more
My girlfriend and I stayed at Sandals Ochi from August 10–17, and I have to give a huge shoutout to Daniel, one of the resort managers. He was absolutely amazing from start to finish. He checked on us every day, genuinely cared about our experience, and always went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. Even with how busy he was managing the resort, Daniel took the time to personally check in with us and was even there at checkout. His professionalism, kindness, and genuine care for guests really stood out. He is a truly great guy and a huge reason we would come back to Sandals Ochi. Daniel is an incredible asset to the resort! Read less