Quirky beachfront hotel with offshore bar opened in '93 in a little fishing village on the south coast of Jamaica. It is on the sea, and some of its 29 double bedrooms are as close to it as you can get. Guests who come here do not want to travel with the general all-inclusive crowd but want to go somewhere they feel free to do whatever they want. Upon arriving at Montego Bay airport a driver will be waiting to take you across the beautiful island of Jamaica, and right away you will realise that Jamaicans have a different time frame to anybody else.

Pleasure is important to Jamaicans, and your desires will be of great interest and concern to them, so if for instance you want to hurry along so you can strip to your bikini and plunge into the limpid sparkling water, or if you want to dawdle along the route sipping icy Red Stripe beers and tasting a searing jerk pork or pepper shrimp, it's all up to you. 

Upon arrival at Jakes there is no signing-in procedure, only a smiling face saying:  "You must be John & Eliza, let me show you to your room - unless you would rather visit the bar first." And your room will be like no other room you have ever stayed in. Whether it's the sea lapping at your porch or bathing in the old claw-footed bathtub filled with aromatic oils under the stars, or sleeping under a tent of mosquito netting, it will be different.  As will tasting new spices under the trees where Chris grills your lobster - it's going to be different.  But your comforts will be pandered to: In the soft pillows and the crisp white sheets, the piping hot water in your outdoor shower, in the massage hut, in picnics packed for day long excursions, Jakes is small enough to give each guest individually what they love best.