Iberostar Waves Paraiso Beach: Second time as good as first

We just returned from a week’s vacation, and our second time was just as good as the first. We were given a corner room on the second floor with a tub...that was lovely. We arrived at the resort early in the morning and were worried about checking in, but Oscar greeted us with a smile and said, “welcome home”, and checked us in and provided our wrist bands and told us to go and enjoy breakfast. The food, oh my God, the food was so good. I was exposed to foods I’ve never eaten before such [... read more] as ahi tuna, giant clams, tuna tartar, and four different kinds of passion fruit to name a few examples. I had to exert an enormous amount of self-control every day to stop myself from overeating. I went to the gym twice, and the treadmills were in perfect working order. Again this year, we took the hobie cat out one afternoon, and that’s a real treat to be able to do that. There is good shopping at the onsite mall, and my husband bought a beautiful belt for himself at a fair price. We walked everywhere, but the electric cart drivers offered us rides steady. We never had to walk very long or far without a courteous ride offer. The grounds are so beautiful, the drinks and the service at the pool, the restaurants, and lobby bar was excellent. Even though we are regular everyday people, the staff went above and beyond to treat us special. The morning of our departure, as we were waiting for our shuttle to the airport, a lovely young man named Jodis struck up conversation. When he found out we were leaving, he said to us, “remember, this is always your home”. What a warm and generous thing to say. The only thing I could give back is to tip, and tip I did, to everyone. And to everyone who works there, thank you for your gift of a wonderful vacation experience. God bless!

Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda: Pretty good for the Price

The rooms and food were pretty good. The bar the black and white was one of the few things we didn’t like. Lots of walking to get to the beach but we didn’t mind. There’s a blue lagoon 15 min walk down the beach that is pretty awesome and free to see. Overall a good spot.

Bahia Principe Explore Akumal: Lovely stay

The food and service at this resort was excellent. The grounds were very well kept and it was a beautiful resort There was also a very nice children's area both at the beach and in the hotel. Although the resort was huge there were continual shuttles going to all the other Bahia hotels on the property. All of the service personnel were very friendly, courteous and helpful. The beach was unfortunately very small and limited in terms of swimming. Two members of our group had rooms that were very d [... read more]amp and mildewed. The air conditioning did not seem to function well. We would stay again but would request a room where the air conditioning worked well!!

Iberostar Waves Paraiso Beach: Fantastic experience

Recently visited the Iberostar Paraiso Beach for a week stay. Beach was beautiful, golf course was amazing. Food, drinks were all fantastic. Iberostar staff were always friendly and very accommodating.

Ocean Coral and Turquesa: GREAT VACATION

MY SPOUSE AND I HAD AN AMAZING VACATION. THIS RESORT IS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GREAT STAFF. THEY ARE RESPECTFUL, KIND, VERY WELCOMING,GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR SHOW/PERFORMANCE "GREASE''. IT IS WELL WORTH IT. THE A LA CARTE DINNERS ARE DELICIOUS AND THE BUFFET. ONLY THING THAT WOULD NEED IMPROVEMENT IS THE HOUSEKEEPING. THANKS FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE RELAXING TRIP.

Barcelo Maya Colonial: Great resort

This is a great family resort for all ages. Clean, friendly, good food, perfect beaches for swimming or snorkeling. It was our first time in Mexico, we will definitely return. The grounds are beautiful and well kept.

Akumal Bay Beach and Spa Resort: Snorkel-fest ! - Akumel Beach and Wellness Resort

Great beach hotel with views -our room (in the 4000 block) was a few minutes walk from reception but literally 25 metres from the sand Great choice with loungers in the busy snack bar area, beds by the pool or along the quieter sections of beach The free snorkelling on the hotel beach with coral reef and turtles eating grass in the shallows was an AMAZING bonus. For better coral and fish, swim out a few hundred metres and it was incredible!. Rise and Shine and Hatha Yoga classes were r [... read more]eally good, lasted over an hour and lots of ability levels catered for. Aquafit good fun at 11am daily and keeps you from feeling guilty! cocktail and waitresses in main bar very good; live music to 10:30-11pm every night had good atmosphere; more suited to 40+ ages Downside: service at breakfast in main buffet not so good; not very organised and waiting ages for coffee. Rooms very plain and ordinary, but clean Food overall very good. LIMA restaurant menu a bit restricted and wished Pelican snack bar had cold cut sandwiches and baguettes as a bit limited to fried options. Would recommend - loved it all!

Bahia Principe Explore Akumal: Beautiful resort

This resort is beautiful. The lobby and grounds and landscaping is the reason I can say that. The food is the best part of this resort. So if great food is on the top of your list for vacations this is the place! The rooms are ordinary. Nothing great. The room we stayed in 5606 the bed is very firm and for my arthritis not good at all. The resort is very large but has excellent carts coming every few minutes or so to to you where you need to go! The beach I give as 2-3 star. Not wide. And furt [... read more]her reduced by being full of chairs. There are no waves really at this beach. And the sand is not powdery soft if that's important to you. The people were absolutely lovely and respectful and kind. We were introduced to our "butler" on day one Armando I believe his name was, who said he would be there for anything we needed, however we asked him for help wt needed, he didn't do it, later in the week another thing we asked help with, with the usual I'll get it done reply and didn't do it again. Either there are too few butlers and he's spread thin or just isn't great at his job. Not sure. Not impressed by this part of the service of this "luxury" resort. Been to other luxury resorts in the past that outshine this one in this respect of service. Overall wt enjoyed our stay. And would recommend this resort to others. BC of the beach not sure if we will be back.

Barcelo Maya Caribe: Nice resort but too big for us!!

The beach was beautiful and we were always able to find a lounge chair.The pools were sparkling clean. The grounds immaculate with mature palm trees throughout. But if you are expecting a tasty mimosa with your breakfast forget about that!! Alcohol is only served at 11 am, some bars only at noon. I’ve never experienced that on any resort!! We tried a couple of a la carte restaurants and at most they were acceptable but we’ve had better at other resorts. There was no live entertainment ot [... read more]her than the 9:30 pm shows. So in the evenings before dinner or after there wasn’t much to do. There was a DJ playing on the stage in the mall on a large TV screen which was great entertainment for the children dancing up on the stage but definitely not of interest if you are a senior looking to relax and enjoy your before or after dinner libation in a comfortable chair listening to some nice music. We found the “mall” very commercial. Who wants to walk around indoors at a mall when you can do that at home! Sports bar was OK. Bowling alley in there, but very pricey at $15 per person for one game. I felt everywhere you went it was a money grab. For families with children that wanted to use the theme parks you had better keep your credit card handy as there was a charge for mostly everything. At the newly built adults only section they closed the buffet at 4 pm. leaving people to either walk a good distance or take the shuttle bus to the other hotels in search of something to eat. I would say this resort is more geared to families with young children or young adults who enjoy going to the Sports Bar or Discotheque in the evenings. So as a whole we would not consider going back to this resort.

Ocean Coral and Turquesa: Great family resort!

We had a great time at the resort, there was lots to do and plenty for the kids! The weather was beautiful and the Ocean was great most days, a few days we had a bit more seaweed if the wind had picked up. Otherwise, it was calm and clear :) The food was not great but not bad! The buffet seemed to run out of quite a few things and it was very hit and miss. The breakfast was mostly good and the lunch was great but the dinners were just okay. Not a great selection. However, we did go to the Italia [... read more]n restaurant that was outdoors TWICE and it was fantastic! Service, food and ambiance ! Unfortunately, with an 8 month old it is not easy to do the a la Carte because her bed time is so early. Because you cannot make reservations we would only end up being able to eat later at night which did not work for our little one. I would end up having to leave early completely or walk her around and come back to my cold meal. If you have older kids or are going with adults than I highly suggest doing the a la cart instead of the buffet. We also went to the Mexican and Route 66 a la carte which were great! The teppanyaki was okay, not great compared to other resorts we have been to. Service on the resort was great, everyone was very friendly! Wait, not everyone. The front desk was horrible lol never picked up the phone and we had issues with our thermostat, leaving our room very cold at night. They would keep telling us they were coming but didn’t. Same with our bed situation they said they would fix and didn’t until the 4th night. I am a firm believer of the phrase “kill em with kindness” but apparently in this case we had to get pretty upset before they did anything lol The pools were also great (all three) We all enjoyed them including the kids :)

Barcelo Maya Riviera: Heaven on earth

This hotel was like being in heaven. I would highly recommend this hotel and or all the Barcelo hotels in the same complex as it is the best location I have ever been at for a vacation. The food, the staff, the bars, the rooms where out of this world. Oops I forgot the pools as well

Sandos Caracol Nature Resort and Water Park: Awesome familynresort

So many things to see and do at Sandos Caracol. Our family of 4 (kids 7&10) took advantage of cenote and river swimming, ocean and pools were great. Food was very good and night shows. Water park kids area was under construction which was unfortunate. Water slides were fun for kids, just a few slides for adults. Lots of jungle and animals throughout the resort which is one of the main reasons we chose it as well as many activities. Eco superior room with bunk bed was awesome. Will definitely b [... read more]e on our list to go back.

Grand Palladium Kantenah: Missed

I was looking forward to seeing this beautiful resort but was unable to make the trip. Due to the lack of all info relayed to my husband and myself of the restrictions to the Option Flex South insurance when selling it to us. I awoke the day of flight with a severe case of Vertigo unable to move. Missed the 3hr window to reschedule due to lack of info from Marlena Bielak

Grand Sunset Princess: Amazing Resort!

This resort was AMAZING! The food was very good although the buffet was sometimes only warm. I found a microwave and would warm up my food. The A la carte Restaurants were very good. I loved the Fundue but at the Steak House, the steak was hard I loved going to the pool and the ocean. The beach had no seaweeds at all. The workers were very polite made things easy for us. I would absolutely return to this resort.

Iberostar Waves Paraiso Beach: Awesome resort!

We thought this resort was very nice! We were happy with our family suite, the maids did an awesome job picking up after us each day and making it feel like home for us! The pool and beach were awesome as well. One thing with little children is that the resort was very big and we had to do a lot of walking everywhere we went.

El Dorado Seaside Suites: Paper thin walls

The grounds are nice and tropical. I do not recommend staying in the infinity building. The views were beautiful but you can here everything, your neighbour s tv, talking, walking in the hall ways. You hear everything. The floors in your room were always wet due to condensation. The swim up pool was too cold, so we never used it. I. recommend to stay on the palm side, the only down fall is that it’s hard to get chairs or Bali beds unless you want to get up at 6am. A lot better on the infinity [... read more] side. The bars seems to serve you there knock off liquor. So hard to get Kailua at the bars. Don’t understand why they would not stock Kailua since that’s were it’s mad in Mexico. The main pool bar poured there knock off coffee liqueur in the kailua bottle thinking we wouldn’t know the difference because we asked for it everyday. We were so tried looking for it, we went into town and bought our own Kailua. There was 3 bartenders that were awesome they would go search for it. Nigel Sanchez, Jose Angel & Victor Manual Ucan. Melissa, head waiter in the Mexican bar did her best to accommodate us. We found her to be head and shoulders above any other Maitred’’s. The entertainment in the day was terrible. We did enjoy the food, no complaints there. We did not have a bad meal in any of the restaurants.

Barcelo Maya Grand Resort: 1st timer

It was ok, a lot of walking on concrete, rooms were breaking down (ie; cracking plaster, grout falling apart and blackening, rivets loose on sliding door lock, alarm clock broken, etc) Food very bland, and restaurant food no where near 4 1/2 star. Employees ignore you when they can't figure out what your saying, and they all want a tip "their life depends on it" Employees need training for how to treat people of different ages. 1st timers need to be given more awareness of all the "extra cos [... read more]ts", and you need to ask for everything or you don't get anything, meanwhile you don't know what to ask for. Felt we were being scammed by the Sunwing employee trying to get us to upgrade our excursion by lying about what time the bus left. Gabriel told us the cheaper excursion left at 6am, and the upgrade left later, but when we booked, the cheaper one all of a sudden now leaves at 9am. Just trying to get us to spend more money. A lot of waste every where you go, and no recycling. Language barriers annoying, especially the employees at reception and guest services. It was beautiful, grounds were nice and we'll designed, nice flow, mostly clean and we'll maintained. General staff mostly kind and polite. Free WiFi was almost useless, and 2 km away from our room. We were bored by day 4, probably will not do another all-inclusive.

Dreams Sapphire Resort and Spa: Beautiful Resort - Definitely 5 star

I had such an amazing time at the Now Sapphire resort. I do not have any complaints. The staff was so nice, always smiling and happy, no one was aggressive or pressured you to buy anything. The beach was amazing and they did a great job at keeping up the the seaweed. The kayaking included in my stay was awesome and so much fun. The spa was beautiful and very professional. And the food was AMAZING! The staff at the restaurants were so friendly and made me feel very welcomed. Also at night time t [... read more]here was barely any mosquitos or bugs. I LOVED every minute I spent there and I will most definitely return to this resort in the near future.

El Dorado Maroma: Pure heaven

If you want a quiet, relaxing, intimate vacation with gourmet food and amazing service and people then this is your place! We just returned from a week here and definitely our fave resort ever visited. We’ve been multiple times to excellence resorts in Mexico and Dominican which are 5 stars and we like this resort by far. It’s boutique but has everything you need and more. THe beach is the best ever and because it has a man made island out from the shore the waters are calm and warm for swim [... read more]ming. Several restaurants to choose from with gourmet foods. You can reserve a spot if you want but not necessary if you go before 7pm. Amazing nightly entertainment like magician, reggae and fire show on the beach etc. The people go out of their way to make you happy and feel pampered. Grounds are impeccably kept and rooms are spacious and modern. Can’t wait to return!

Royalton Hideaway Riviera Cancun: Great resort

Food and restaurant options are abundant. Lots of pools with swim up bars. The beach was just ok. Hotel rooms are excellent and service was also great. There wasn’t enough night life around the resort. Not really a party resort.