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Aerial view of Round Hill Hotel and Villas nestled on a forested peninsula with a sandy beach, clear turquoise water, and pool area below.
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Top 10 Five-Star All-Inclusive Resorts in Montego Bay

Round Hill leads the open luxury scores and sells the meal plan as an add-on. Excellence Oyster Bay is the highest adults-only score among the open resorts, in Falmouth. Hotel Riu Palace Jamaica, Ocean Coral Spring, and Ocean Eden Bay follow.

Top 10 of 18 qualifying resorts·Ranked by our team using real guest ratings and what's included·How we score·Last reviewed October 2026

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Eight five-star resorts are active and not open, including Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall, Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall, and the two Sandals resorts scheduled for December 18, 2026. The quick facts count them. The table leads with open resorts. Luxury scores set the order.

October 2026 review: 10 open of 18 active five-star resorts in Montego Bay. Eleven of the 18 are adults-only. Round Hill sells the meal plan as an add-on. Quick facts also count JOIA Rose Hall, Sandals Caribbean Cay, Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall, Jewel Grande Montego Bay, Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall, Secrets St. James, Secrets Wild Orchid, and Sandals Montego Bay, which are not open. Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Caribbean Cay are scheduled for December 18, 2026. The others have no reopening date listed. Sampled two-adult From rates for the open resorts ran from $363 to $1,156 a night, median $456. Round Hill led the luxury scores and sat at $1,156. Royalton Hideaway Blue Waters sat at $363. The table's From price is per person.

Quick facts

Counts and the price span use every resort that qualifies. The table uses the same order as the cards below. A missing price or feature reads Not listed.

Qualifying resorts
18
In this table
Top 10 of 18
Adults only
11
All ages
7
From price
$182 to $578/night pp
Top 10 of 18 qualifying resorts.
RankResortAreaAudienceScoreFromKey feature
1Round Hill Hotel and VillasMontego Bay, JamaicaAll ages9.3From $578/night ppNot listed
2Excellence Oyster BayFalmouth, JamaicaAdults onlyNot listedFrom $295/night ppSwim-up bar, 3 pools, 11 bars
3Hotel Riu Palace JamaicaMontego Bay, JamaicaAdults only8.3From $222/night ppSwim-up bar, Waterpark, 3 pools
4Ocean Coral SpringCoral Spring, JamaicaAll agesNot listedFrom $222/night ppSwim-up bar, 2 pools, 5 bars
5Ocean Eden Bay - Adults OnlyCoral Spring, JamaicaAdults onlyNot listedFrom $254/night ppSwim-up suite, Swim-up bar, 2 pools
6Iberostar Selection Rose Hall SuitesRose Hall, JamaicaAll ages7.8From $238/night ppSwim-up bar, Waterpark, 3 pools
7Royalton Blue Waters Montego Bay, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive ResortFalmouth, JamaicaAll ages7.8From $234/night ppSwim-up bar, Waterpark, 3 pools
8Royalton Hideaway Blue Waters, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort, Adults OnlyFalmouth, JamaicaAdults only7.7From $182/night ppSwim-up bar, 3 pools, 5 bars
9Hotel Riu ReggaeMontego Bay, JamaicaAdults only7.4From $196/night ppSwim-up bar, Waterpark, 2 pools
10Iberostar Waves Rose Hall BeachMontego Bay, JamaicaAll ages7.2From $183/night ppSwim-up bar, Waterpark, 2 pools
  1. Aerial view of Round Hill Hotel and Villas nestled on a forested peninsula with a sandy beach, clear turquoise water, and pool area below.
    No. 1. Round Hill Hotel and Villas
    Montego Bay, Jamaica
    Five-star★ 4.6 (723)From $578/night ppFive-star Palmprint 9.3/10

    Iconic Jamaican luxury resort.

    Round Hill is a gated estate west of Montego Bay holding 36 hotel rooms, five suites and 27 privately owned villas. It has been Jamaica's quiet-luxury address for decades. The beach is protected and calm, there is an infinity pool with villa pools scattered above it, and the atmosphere is deliberately hushed: the recurring note from guests is the service, and the recurring warning is that nobody comes here for nightlife.

  2. Two-story beachfront resort building with white columns and balconies, lounge chairs and umbrellas on sandy beach, palm trees, and pool visible.
    No. 2. Excellence Oyster Bay
    Falmouth, Jamaica
    Five-star · Adults-only★ 4.9 (17,312)From $295/night pp

    Beautiful private peninsula setting.

    Excellence Oyster Bay is an adults-only, all-suite resort on a private peninsula near Falmouth, for couples who want a secluded, polished beach week. It is a place to stay put rather than a base for Jamaica, about 39 minutes from Montego Bay's airport and east of Rose Hall, with water on three sides and nothing to walk to beyond the gates. That isolation is the setting most guests come for, and the reason the resort has to carry the whole holiday itself.

  3. Hotel Riu Palace Jamaica
    No. 3. Hotel Riu Palace Jamaica
    Montego Bay, Jamaica
    Five-star · Adults-only★ 4.5 (2,713)From $222/night ppFive-star Palmprint 8.3/10

    Airport proximity

  4. Curved pool in foreground with colorful water slides, splash pad, and multi-story play structure at Ocean Coral Spring, forested hillside behind modern resort buildings.
    No. 4. Ocean Coral Spring
    Coral Spring, Jamaica
    Five-star★ 4.7 (25,079)From $222/night pp

    Clear 24-hour all-inclusive evidence

    Ocean Coral Spring is a 24-hour family all-inclusive on Jamaica's north coast, for parents who want a water park, a lazy river and a lively resort. A quiet beach is not what it sells. It is about 40 minutes east of Montego Bay's airport in Trelawny, with 513 rooms on five floors, one large pool feeding the lazy river and slides, a buffet and seven a la carte restaurants, and bars from a piano bar to a bowling alley. The plan runs around the clock and so does the resort.

  5. Multi-level turquoise pool with palm trees, loungers, umbrellas, and thatched bar structure at Ocean Eden Bay resort, with white building and hillside beyond.
    No. 5. Ocean Eden Bay - Adults Only
    Coral Spring, Jamaica
    Five-star · Adults-only★ 4.7 (16,077)From $254/night pp

    True all-inclusive product

    Ocean Eden Bay is an adults-only all-inclusive on Jamaica's north coast, for couples who want a lazy river and a modern junior suite. It sits on Mountain Spring Bay about 45 minutes from Montego Bay's airport, with two pools, a swim-up bar, that lazy river, and the run of the adjacent Ocean Coral Spring's facilities. The rooms and the pool scene are what it does well, and the beach is not the reason to come.

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    No. 6. Iberostar Selection Rose Hall Suites
    Rose Hall, Jamaica
    Five-star★ 4.8 (9,942)From $238/night ppFive-star Palmprint 7.8/10

    Suite size

    Iberostar Selection Rose Hall Suites is an all-suite family resort at Rose Hall, for families who want a lazy river 15 minutes from the plane. It has 319 suites, seven restaurants and six bars, an infinity pool, that lazy river and a children's water park, with a beach shared across the Rose Hall complex and Iberostar Waves next door open to guests. It is the Suites rather than the Grand, which is a separate resort with a history of its own.

  7. Luxury Junior Suite with an ocean view
    No. 7. Royalton Blue Waters Montego Bay, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort
    Falmouth, Jamaica
    Five-star★ 3.8 (2,674)From $234/night ppFive-star Palmprint 7.8/10

    Water park and lazy river

  8. Luxury Room Ocean View
    No. 8. Royalton Hideaway Blue Waters, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort, Adults Only
    Falmouth, Jamaica
    Five-star · Adults-only★ 3.8 (4,376)From $182/night ppFive-star Palmprint 7.7/10

    Adults pool

  9. Hotel Riu Reggae
    No. 9. Hotel Riu Reggae
    Montego Bay, Jamaica
    Five-star · Adults-only★ 4.3 (4,188)From $196/night ppFive-star Palmprint 7.4/10

    Infinity pools

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    No. 10. Iberostar Waves Rose Hall Beach
    Montego Bay, Jamaica
    Five-star★ 4.7 (13,742)From $183/night ppFive-star Palmprint 7.2/10

    Beach

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The seal next to a resort is its Palmprint: a 0 to 10 grade for how well it delivers on this list's promise, the same mark you'll find on its full profile. The details of what we weigh, and what disqualifies a resort outright, live in how we score. Lists are re-reviewed as ratings and policies change; this one was last checked October 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Which five-star resorts in Montego Bay are open?

Ten are open, led on luxury scores by Round Hill, Excellence Oyster Bay, and Hotel Riu Palace Jamaica. Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall, Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall, JOIA Rose Hall, Jewel Grande, Secrets St. James, and Secrets Wild Orchid are not open and have no date listed.

When do Sandals Montego Bay and Sandals Caribbean Cay reopen?

Both are scheduled for December 18, 2026. They are adults-only, in Montego Bay, and they are not open yet. Sandals Caribbean Cay is about 10 minutes from Sangster (MBJ). Sandals Montego Bay is about 5.

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