My daughter and I stayed at Starfish for 5 days in March 2006 during her spring break. We enjoyed our stay there and the weather was pretty good...82 and partly cloudy. A couple of days the wind was too bad to sit at the beach so we hung around the pool. Our room was large, freshly painted, and very clean. The staff at Starfish are very friendly and helpful eventhough the front desk help is a little slow. Food was above average at the buffet, but the italian restaurant was excellent. Even though we had to pay a surcharge, it was worth it. Bamboo Village next door was alright. Our guide said it best, "85 huts and if you've seen one, you've seen them all." My daughter got her hair braided there for $15. Drinks at the Starfish were excellent. If you buy a large wooden mug from the vendors, they gladly fill it up for you. The "sports grill" near the pool had good food from nachos and cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches, hamburgers, chicken burgers, fries. All pretty decent. The activities for young people (teens) was good. My daughter met some kids while watching some of the fun competitions they had down by the ocean. Entertainment at night was good, not top notch, but entertaining. Don't get a room by the star pool...you'll be blasted by the speakers down below until around 11:00 at night. Be prepared for the goats on the roads on the way to the hotel from the airport. Also don't be alarmed at how the Jamaicans drive. Scared the pants off us. All in all, take in some tours. Go to Dunns River Falls and go on the Luminous Lagoon ride. All worth the money. Don't forget your camera!!

do not waste your money - hotel was clean, staff friendly -BUT if you want to go plastic heaven then the Starfish is the place for you. Plastic Chairs, Plastic breakers ok for the day time but in the evening as well I don't think so. it is so very tacky in every way Butlins aboard. But having said all that the beach is lovely if you like security guards. But you must go the Dolphin Coven & Dunns River absolutely fantastic - but do make your own travel arrangements go out of the hotel and agree a price with a taxi guy there make sure that he has air con in his car - you wont get ripped off and you can do both the trips in one day as they are right next to each other. We paid $80 return trip and the driver will wait for you. GOOD LUCK. I am going on hols again with my daughter in a fews weeks time to Tunisia hope I have better luck.

Our family went in July of 04 The resort was in bad condition. The pools were filthy. The food at the buffet was similar to Cafeteria food at a rest stop.

Our room was humid, the A/C did not work properly and the blinds would not shut. We notified management several times but no help.

We booked for a week and ended up leaving in 3 days and going to the Ritz Carlton. When we informed management we were leaving early due to the poor conditions, they called us a cab, no offer of refund or remorse.

Save your money,this trip ended up costing us a fortune, we got no refunds and had to pay $450 a night at the Ritz (only place we could find with a vacancy)

Well, I read a lot of reviews and some of them should maybe think about what country they are in. The Starfish Trelawny was very good. Yes, it is only a three star but, the people that work there are a five. The fun you have is up to you. You can lay around and enjoy the great feeling of being relaxed at a very clean Resort or be busy and do many things available. We went to Bamboo Village daily just to mingle with the Jamaicans and had a great time doing that. The Jamaicans are very friendly and just like any other country your going to get the rude ones but, from wherever you come from around the world your going to reieve the same attitudes. So you people that drink your Lattes and wake up to strawberries for breakfast move on to the five stars. We went in Febuary 2002, and enjoyed evey minute of every day and just thought of the all the SNOW we left behind. We are now going back in 2005 for another 9 days of great summer weather and great Jamaican culture. The food was very good we are average people with thooughts that if you are eating food you would eat at home it must be all right. The food was your everday meals like Turkey, mashed pot, veges, ham, all different every night and always plenty of it. Breakfast was a very wide assortment of foods as well as fresh fruits avaiable at all times. So, if yu are readin this think about your lifestyle and where you come from this is not a wealthy Country. Will go back again, and again.
Make sure you wear water shoes in the Ocean there is a lot of Sea Urchins and Kayak out to the Reef it is absolutely beautiful it is straight out in front of the Resort. Stay away from the Jamaicans on the right of the Resort not very safe.