First
timers to Jamaica
and
Couples Swept Away
12/27/06-1/3/07
We arrived in Jamaica and headed to the Couples lounge. It
was full of guests waiting to be whisked off to Couples. Met
a few people from the Couples message board. We were offered
drinks and waited for approx. 15 minutes for our bus to
Couples Swept Away. Bus ride to the resort approx. 1½
hrs.
Arrival/check
in at CSA-
We were handed cold washcloths and offered
champagne.
Beautiful open-air lobby and the Christmas decorations were
still up. Check
in process went very smooth, given keys to our room and our
bags were delivered to our room within 5 minutes.
Room
and grounds-
Got room that I had requested through our travel agent
(heard great things about this room on the message
board). Atrium
room #1117 was more wonderful than we ever
imagined.
Beautiful porch/patio area with hammock and built in couch
area, first floor, loved the fact we could walk right out
the back door and be on our way. The bed is large and there
are lots of pillows! Good size bathroom, large
shower, very tiny bugs around sink area, walls, and floor
and red ants on patio. Hey it’s the tropics, what
do you expect? Shelved closet space-pretty good size: safe,
iron, ironing board, extra pillows and a large umbrella
inside. There
was an air conditioning unit with remote control,
screens/shutters on all windows, except there is glass on
the windows in the room that face the atrium. Partial view of the sea
and love the sound of the waves crashing, we could hear it
from our patio.
We left items on the patio our entire stay and nothing was
ever disturbed.
The grounds
are beautiful and kept up nicely. So many different palm
trees, pretty flowers and plants. We were overwhelmed with
the beauty of the resort.
At one point
we had a stopped up sink and it was fixed
immediately.
Food/Restaurants/Bars-
Feathers-
A 5 star experience from the minute we walked in the door to
the time we left, each time. Service, food and ambiance
at Feathers was outstanding. Our favorite
restaurant!
Christopher, on our 2nd visit to Feathers, remembered us
from earlier in the evening when he saw us taking pictures
of some of the local, lizard wildlife. He made a joke about it at
dinner and we had a blast. He was a very
attentive.
The Palms-
Enjoyed the breakfast and lunch buffets, wide variety of
foods offered.
Service was good but refills on drinks were a bit
slow. We
enjoyed having food choices and I would say this is our 2nd
favorite restaurant.
Lemongrass/Thai-
This restaurant is above The Palms. The food was really
good. Our
favorite part of this dinner was the Lemongrass Cooler, a
non-alcoholic tea like drink and dessert, the banana tempura
and ice cream.
You can also get the Lemongrass Cooler from the Martini Bar
located just outside of Lemongrass.
Patios Patio-
Decent service, not our favorite menu
selections.
Some of the food was overcooked but I did enjoy the
soup. The
side dish I received was not as listed on the menu and we
weren’t told that it was going to be something
different.
No biggie!
Teresa was a good waitress. Had breakfast here the
morning after our dinner on the beach because Jelita, who
was our server for our beach dinner told us she worked at
Patios and to come see her for breakfast. Enjoyed the breakfast
food and once again we give Jelita an A+ for
service.
Cabana Grill-
Fantastic experience! (beware of the honeybees by the drink
machines) We had the snapper and jerk chicken
sandwiches.
Enjoyed the appetizer for two (various foods like calamari,
spring rolls, conch fritters, etc). Patricia was always very
nice and helpful. We ate here quite a bit
and enjoyed it every time.
Seagrapes/Veggie bar-
Tried the sweet potato chips with 2 types of dips that I had
heard many rave reviews about on the Couples message board
and they were right. Very good! Had a smoothie
but it was not very tasty. Service here could’ve been
more attentive and helpful. Went here again a few
times during our stay and had much better service, great
veggie burger and snapper plus the banana smoothies were
good. We found
the service to be faster if we sat at the tables and not at
the bar area. (beware of the honeybees by the drink and ice
cream machines)
Our favorite
bars for non-alcoholic drinks were the swim up pool bar,
where Duke made us the most awesome blended fruit punch
smoothie and at the Aura Lounge bar. Great service and tasty
drinks.
A few people
on the Couples message board ask if the Couples Swept Away
all-inclusive resort is worth it if you don’t drink and we
are here to tell you that it most definitely was worth it to
us.
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