Wasnt a 5 star

Grounds and rooms are clean. Food was decent however we were able to use Akumal and Tulum Bahai resorts aswell.which made the selections of food better throught the resorts. Pools we clean and warm. For some odd reason Saturday was mexican day and the resort was filled with mexicans but no other days on that week. Rooms are dated and needs updates, service is good however no poolside service and mixed drinks were hit or miss for quality. I would rate this place a solid 4 star.

Bahía Príncipe Coba

Basically it’s a beautiful hotel nice ROOMS cleaning stuff. We’re very nice and awesome but they might as well not have a pool bar. The service was terrible. The bar closes at six. It only serves cocktails until 430 and then you have to go up Top even if you tip them, they look right past you and serve their friends or maybe it was just people that speak Spanish because they certainly overlooked the white people.This wasn’t once I was there for 10 days. It was every time. as far as the food goes [... read more] it was okay they hardly ever serve bacon for breakfast very skimpy on that I don’t know that I would recommend this hotel.

Was disappointed after staying at the Tulum

Unfortunately we did not have a great time on his family vacation. We got to our room and I can’t say bad things about the room itself. It was odd to have 4 single beds for a family of 4 but that was the least of our worries. We stayed at the tulum resort in November and it was night and day better than the coba. We knew coba would be more budget version but we didn’t realize how much. First thing is the resort is much smaller as they took away some of the coba to make it the tequila adu [... read more]lts only. Secondly - food was absolutely terrible. There was no pasta stations, everything was 90% of the time empty at the buttet (chicken, bacon, hashbrowns. Fruit etc) Everything else was meh in terms of food nothing special. My family had pizza a lot, as it was the best option. The pool bar had a very bad smell. Almost puke worthy. Found it hard to get a drink as there was only 1 bartender. Also you could only order tequila shots, nothing else at the pool bar. You had to pay to visit the other resorts $100-200 per person for the day. I could go on but that is the big pain points. Safe to say my family will not be returning to Bahía Príncipe explore coba.

Fun times at Coba

I just returned from a three family trip with 5 adults and 5 “kids” ranging in age from 13 to 21. We were there from March 16-23 and here is my review. I will start with the bad and move to the good and luckily there are more positives than negatives to report . 1. Check-in. We arrived very late and there were a few families they knew were arriving at midnight and there was only one person at the desk and it was so slow - even without any unique requests it took hours and even though we had  [... read more]called, emailed, had our travel agent reach out regarding linking our reservations together our room was at the opposite end of the resort for our kids and the bed arrangements were all wrong. A bellman dropped everyone off in the rain at 2:00 am with no help to get into the rooms. The next day it took almost the whole day to get one room changed and it was incredibly frustrating. It was such a horrible start to our holiday but luckily service in all other aspects were great. They have to put more staff on at night when they expect a bus full of people to arrive with kids tired and needing to check in and sleep. 2. Food - the buffet had great service, lots of selection and the snack bar was great too when the buffet was closed. It was very hard to book à la cartes and impossible to link reservations across rooms for our family but the ones we did book were terrific. The signage at the buffet was always wrong and things are in weird locations and sometimes they would run out of items early but there was so much variety you could always have a great meal and the wait staff Thomas brought us trays of cappuccinos for breakfast with a huge welcoming smile - so nice! 3. Grounds and pools - Clean, lots of activities, well lit, interesting wildlife and I thought the size of the resort would be a problem but the trolleys run constantly and it’s actually easy and fun to use them to get around. It’s confusing to orient among the different resorts based on maps and not easy to understand what is and isn’t Coba but one adjusts! They kick everyone out of the pools at 6 sharp which might bother some people. I wonder if those hours are longer in the summer months when the sun goes down later. 4. Beach - I was so worried from the reviews that it was small and rocky or choked with seaweed and this was a pleasant surprise because the snorkeling off the beach was the best I have ever seen in Mexico. We could always find loungers and there was both towel and bar service at the beach and convenient bathrooms nearby. It might not have been as beautiful as some beaches in the area and you needed a trolley to get there but we loved it. Bring snorkel gear and water shoes and you will not believe your eyes! Schools of fish, coral, rays and gorgeous tropical fish - far better than excursions I have paid for in the past. We may return just for the snorkeling! 5. Entertainment was a bit quiet for our older kids but they loved it all the same and enjoyed paying 10$ extra to visit the nightclub next door at the adults only. There was certainly no need to upgrade to a better bracelet to access the other resorts in the complex. We didn’t have little ones but the ones we saw seemed so happy. Karaoke was fun and the kids liked the option to play pool and use the arcade (extra $ though) 6. Rooms smelled a bit musty when we arrived but we brought dryer sheets and misted them with essential oil and once the AC came on it was all fine. The rooms are dated but large and comfy and the hot water and shower pressure was great. I know some people found the beds too firm but not us and the wifi was strong and reliable so we could work a bit. 7. While normally I prefer a smaller beachfront resort this place was ideal for our huge group with different needs and I was pleasantly surprised once I was done dealing with the front desk! I hope this review is helpful and that you enjoy your time at Coba!

A great resort for families!

We loved our stay! Nice shallow pool and beach for the kids, variety of foods and shows, and we really enjoyed the kids' club. The lobby was breezy and clean, and lots of game options for the kids. We would come back!

Would not return.

Would not return & definitely not worth the long drive from the airport. After a full day of travelling the shuttle driver said “no sleeping in here. I’ve been working 24hrs” and proceeded to splash water in his eyes during the transfer. Be prepared to be whistled in the pool all day long just for simple water activities with the family. And the pool closes so you’re whistled out by 5:45/5:50. No staff going around the pool areas offering drinks. Pools were a good temperature though wh [... read more]ich was nice. No welcome drink upon arrival. Long check in process even with no lines. Terrible room cleaning. Some days they would come and give fresh towels other days they’d leave you with no toilet paper and no water. Called the desk for water refill and they said “sorry we have no water until morning” Buffet was terrible. Same stuff for breakfast lunch and dinner aside from the odd change up of bigger items like omelettes and chicken. Omelettes and Pizza was by far the best. The burgers were mystery meat. No poolside snack trucks only two buffets for day time snacks. Mimosas are premade for breakfast and taste like juice. If you want in an a la carte you have to book before you even arrive at the resort as people book days to months in advance. Their response “check each day after 4pm for cancellations.” The app rarely worked to let you book even if there was a cancellation. Forget having the staff do anything remotely customer service focused. Anytime you asked for anything “extra” it was met with a no mam or like you were asking for a huge favor. The requests? Clean towels for the pool (some days they had none first thing in the morning even), cherries for your drinks? Non existent! Couldn’t access the ocean staying at coba unless you ventured to one of the other resorts which was no quick venture. Minimal family activities. Kicked the youngest out of the teen club as soon as he stepped in and could not play with his brother because he was “too little” but other kids younger then him would be seen going in and out. So rather than enjoying the free activities there If you want to do any kind of family games you’re paying an arm and a leg to enjoy the arcade in the sports bar. Pool, air hockey, fooseball all costs money. Basketball outside the teens club was the highlight but be prepared for them to take the ball away when they close the club. Minimal entertainment. Fire show? They want you to pay to go see sunset fire show. A few shows in the theater or Karioke and music at night were the only things.

First time to Mexico - Coba impressed!!

We chose Coba as a last minute trip unsure of what we would find based on some reviews, and we don't regret our decision for a second ! The hotel is large enough that even with many clients it never felt crowded. The lobby is huge with lots of table and chairs to have morning coffee or afternoon drinks. There is a coffee station where you can get your own or go to the bar and have cappuccinos, ice coffee etc. made for you. There are pastries located in the lobby, too, for a quick bite. [... read more] The pool area is quite large with lots of chairs. I did find the "towel/chair games" were played but there are so many chairs that even when arriving at the pool at 11 am or later we always found a good location, right next to the pool, to sit for the day. There is a self-serve pop and beer area near the pool bar for a quick drink. The pool bar (swim up and walk-up side) serve up delicious drinks - the only issue we had there was the staff -- they were great, but there was only one bartender on each side, resulting in long waits sometimes. The main buffet was excellent - always lots of food, and variety. They had everything from the freshest, best donuts we have ever had, to eggs at least three ways (on top of the fresh omelette station), to fruits, meats, desserts, and even tacos and other 'daytime food'. For dinner there was a lot to choose from - pasta 3 ways, rice 2-3ways, green salad fixings, meats - cooked or cold cut style, Mexican fare, several salads (potato, bean etc.), fresh buns, shrimp, and even nutella/cheese/ham and cheese sandwiches - and desserts and fruit. For lunch we ate at the snack bar by the pool. They had lots to choose from too. Freshly made pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos and cheese sauce, beans, fruit, ice cream cones and desserts. We ate at 3 a la cartes, Mikado, Nikkei Mashua and Hindu Restaurant Thali. The beef at the Mashua was so tender you could cut it with a fork. The service we had at all three was excellent, but the standout would be Christian at the Mashua. The food at Hindu Thali was about as good as I have had in Ottawa for Indian cuisine. Our room in block 20b was 'dated' but who cares, everything worked fine and was extremely well cleaned. We always had hot water, the fridge refilled, and fresh towels. The trolleys drive around all the time, there are 'bus stops' but they would also stop and let you hop on anywhere if there was room. The Sports Bar was fun at night -- there was always soccer, baseball, hockey, etc. on a tv somewhere in it. We watched a few NHL games there at night, and some of the Baseball Classic tournament. For those who don't drink alcohol there is a great little mocktail list (all of which were delicious) and 0.0 Heineken beer. They did run out of the 0.0 beer in the lobby and the sports bar (or never got a shipment that day?) and it was not offered in the buffet, snack bar, or 2 of the 3 a la cartes we ate at. Only the Mashua had it. As a non-drinker it was disappointing not to be able to enjoy a "beer" with my meals while my partner had wine/beer with his. All in all, I have to say we had a fabulous week at Coba. We thought of upgrading before we left but after a day there, we decided to save the money - we did not need anything more than Coba could offer.

Very Misleading

We booked this resort because our dear friends have been to it 4 times and loved it!!! Wow, where to begin! We spent the first day of our stay trying to get there. Between long layovers and connecting flights and very rude people butting in line, we didn't get our room until 5:00 am the following morning.(we were the last ones to get checked in out of two bus-loads of guests) there were only two people on the front desk out of 5 or 6 stations. After the majority of the guests were done with c [... read more]heck-in they would stay at the front desk and exchange money and hold up the line even longer with absolutely no consideration for the rest of us still in line, instead of getting their money the next day when there wasn't a long line-up. The food was quite disappointing. we were under the impression the food here in Mexico and especially this resort was phenomenal from reading other reviews. Most of the food at the buffet was COLD and tasteless. Most of the signs for what type of food dish it was were very seldom changed so you never really knew what was in that container. And again the rudeness of people butting in an already formed line was disgusting. The only food item we found that was actually good was the homemade pizzas which you had to stand there and hover until the cook put them on the counter before the vultures would again butt in line and take sometimes 5 or 6 slices of each pizza. My wife has shellfish allergies and was very worried of cross-contamination of the food because guests would go from one station to another using the same utensil to dish up their food. On a couple of occasions I took some sliced processed meat to make a sandwich and when I took one slice off the pile, what was underneath it was green. The beach for our resort was very short and rocky, not that it was the resorts fault. the water inside the roped-off area was only about thigh high and you weren't allowed to go outside the ropes. The pool was ok but again not very deep anywhere. I could stand on my knees and still had my head and neck out of water. The resort had postings all around the pool and even made announcements not to reserve lounge chairs at the pool but if you went to the pool after 9 am forget getting a chair. Towels on every single chair. After the first couple of days, we would skip breakfast and go to the pool just to get a couple of chairs in the shade. The swim-up bar a lot of missing tiles on the front face of the bar which made that area very sharp and rough. The worst part was the same people every day would line the bar and stay there for most of the day, so getting a drink was a challenge. There was two pools side by side, the pool without the swim-up bar was for recreation(tossing a ball or frisbee) The other pool was supposed to be a relaxing area to have a drink and relax. Several times I had to go to bar and get a new drink because a football or frisbee would knock the drink out of my hand or hit me in the head causing me to lose my drink. TO PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN RAN RAMPANT: Your children are your reasonability, not the resorts. Our room was nice and comfortable, but seemed that unless we tipped the room maid more money than we normally tip, our room wouldn't get cleaned until around 4:00 pm. once we started tipping a lot more, our room was cleaned before 11:00 am. ???????? (hint: learn how to make art with the towels on the bed once in a while. It goes a long way with the guests) From my perspective this resort is grossly under-staffed and in need of some minor repairs. Also try to live up to your reputation for great food. I informed the resort that we were celebrating our 41st wedding anniversary and didn't even get a chocolate on our pillow. OH WELL. We will not return to this resort. Sorry!

Does not fit with our ideal Mexican vacation

Staff were great and food and general service was really good. As this was a family vacation with sons and grandsons, it was a fun time. Grandsons enjoyed the kids club.. Pool water and jacuzzi were so cold, we couldn't much take advantage of the water. Even the grandkids didn't seem thrilled with the water. The ocean-front beach was accessible by a 10-minute trolley ride and so inconvenient. I was a bit disappointed in the rooms and setup with getting from the villas to the resort ameniti [... read more]es. Our rooms were really cold and even though we started out with 2 blankets, one disappeared - we don't like to complain!

Great hotel

The property is really nice. The staff are awesome and food was also good. The a la carte restaurants should get booked ahead of time (download the app) it’s not on the beach but just a short golf cart away. I stayed at COBA side and there is only 1 bar at the beach that we were able to order from - silly if you ask me. Giving 4 stars because there is always room for improvement

Amazing Vacation Resort

Absolutely amazing resort, great food, awesome staff and the grounds are so beautiful. It was paradise. Everyone was helpful and friendly. The entertainment was top notch and always exciting to watch.

Amazing Vacation Resort

Absolutely amazing resort, great food, awesome staff and the grounds are so beautiful. It was paradise. Everyone was helpful and friendly. The entertainment was top notch and always exciting to watch.

Average All inclusive Resort

The hotel is a little dated but is generally in good condition. The buffet was reasonable but light on bacon, and they always had some stuff to make tacos, but never all in one place. The kids program was great. The beach access wasn't that good because we couldn't eat at the Akumal beach area so we couldn't stay there all day and the beach sand was a little rough. I was told that I had access from Coba to the Tequila restaurants, but we weren't able to access them. The cost to add a person [... read more] mid booking was astronomical, so we paid for an extra room.

Great resort and staff.

Great resort, landscaping and staff. After staying here at the Grand Coba at least 5 times over the last 20 years, the food quality has diminished with several food stations empty and the same food selections daily. Al Le carte restaurants are near impossible to book as members of the more expensive resorts on the property are allowed advanced bookings prior to arrival. We were only able to book 2 out of the less popular al le cartes out of 4 on our 10 day holiday visit. That said we still en [... read more]joyed the resort and staff during our stay.

Bahia Principe Coba Tulum

The grounds at this resort were well maintained the staff were very busy and friendlly we ate at the Japanese ala carte and the food was very good the buffet food was okay good as can be at any resort we were not allowed to go to any of the other resorts to enjoy their amenities unless we paid twenty dollars a day at other resorts in the area we could enjoy their amenities for free this resort only had one big pool years ago you could swim in any of the other pools at the other resor [... read more]ts on this property we were disapointed with the beach area the beach area assigned to Coba was kind of small with over crowded beach chairs our room was okay but the bathroom needs to be refurbished low water pressure in the sink and shower when taking a shower, the water goes everywhere as the shower doors are not long enough to hold back the shower spray the floor mat gets very wet and water gets on the floor all round the shower

Lousy

I have stayed at Bahia resorts maybe six times. I was very disappointed this time, the television was not working, no fan, noisy etc. The people were very nice. I don't know why has the quality dropped.

Amazing place

This was my bday trip. Moving forward I will only book with trip central! No complaints at all. The food was the only thing questionable but you can buy local restaurants and they are amazing. Overall best bday ever

Great Resort for all ages!

We had a great time with our family at this resort. The food was great, along with the activities and the entertainment. Everyone from my one year old up to my grandmother had a great time. They had something for all ages. I would definitely recommend this Resort!

Good resort, so sorry service

We enjoyed the resort itself-the pools, waterpark. But the beach was far away. In order to have access to other resorts and use their bars, pools, waterparks and restaurants, we had to pay extra. We enjoyed the grounds. Staff were not helpful. Lots of confusion. Sometimes we had to ask several times, if you tip, you get better service. Guest services were often not available. We got more information from other people. Even though we loved the food, the entertainment, the animals-I would not go t [... read more]here again due to poor service and attitude.

Wonderful FamilyTrip

Before leaving for the trip we were a little concerned by some of the negative reviews we read, however we were pleasantly surprised. The rooms were a little dated and could use some fixing up but the entertainment and food made up for it. The fact that it was not on the beach was irrelevant as the shuttles made it very easy to get there and we never had trouble finding chairs, the line for the bar was always long so we just brought drinks with us. The New Years dinner and party was beyond [... read more] our expectations! The resort is very clean, the grounds are absolutely beautiful and the people who work there are so happy, friendly and so helpful. After touring the entire complex of resorts we will definitely be back to try out either the Tequila or the Tulum resorts for no other reason then the Coba is geared to families and small kids which we do not have.