Beautiful resort

Resort was amazing, we had a wonderful and already planning to go again.. The entertainment and activities were alot of fun, and food absolutely delicious. Rooms and grounds were always neat and tidy..highly recommend going to Ocean Coral Turquesa!!

3 star resort

The beach is very nice with white sand. You could walk in front of a lot of resorts. The grounds were kept very clean and they have several pools. The pool with the swim up bar had lots of activities and music most of the day. There is a relaxing pool which was nice and you could find a seat before 9am. There were no seats available after 9am so if you are going out for the morning you will not be able to sit by the pool for the afternoon. The buffet always had a great variety of food bu [... read more]t it was always barely warm. There were several items that were raw, such as eggs (even the omelet station which you don't notice until your at the table). The service tended to be slow with us not getting refills or dishes cleared for some meals. The room we got was not nice. The AC wouldn't go below 24 degrees. We did report it twice and both times were told it was working. It did feel cool when you walked in but it was 30 degrees outside. Sleeping at night was awful. The toilet has a glass door dividing it from the bathroom so There isn't much privacy. The staff were all friendly. Beware as soon as you are checked in they try to hand you off to timeshare people saying they will explain the resort.

Decent overall.

Pros: - small size, good for kids -comfortable beds (renovated room in building 9) -no one got sick - one of the pools gradually gets deeper (like on a beach) which is great for kiddos Cons: - cleanliness lacking (ants in rooms and lots of mosquitoes in room) - food (it didn’t make us sick but it wasn’t enjoyable) - pools were dirty (as opposed to the oceans in punta cana which were cleaned every day - slushy drinks were disgusting

Wonderful resort!

The resort has wonderful facilities, a quiet pool in the Daisy area for families, a middle pool great for lounging and the pool bar for those wanting to join in the social activities in the pool. Good bar service, great variety and quality at the buffet and great reservation restaurants- especially the Blue Moon. Friendly and helpful staff. It was quite windy while we were there so not much time in the ocean and quite an open shoreline. Did need to make sure to get out early to secure a spo [... read more]t but plenty of loungers for those who are in the Privilege section. Overall a great resort with great services.

Games Played at Check-In

When booking privilege honeymoon suite as a couple you would not expect to be assigned a room in the family section! Check-in took 90 minutes as we were not about to spend 10 days with families. We finally were assigned the room we booked and paid for. Then we were assigned a butler that was useless. Couldn’t book us in any restaurant unless it was 6 or 9pm, couldn’t book a bali bed, couldn’t give us a bottle of the privilege wine that was to be in our room. After one day of this terrible but [... read more]ler, we met up with the head butler, Brandon and what do you know? We got into all restaurants for the rest of our stay at 7 or 7:30, our friends received a bali bed for the week and I finally got the wine I paid for. The difference between terrible service and wonderful service is all in the butler. It was a terrible start to our 10 day vacation but then it turned around and ended up nicely. The beach had a lot of seaweed but they cleaned it up well each day. However the beach loungers were in very bad condition, they looked old and saggy. The El Beso pool was very clean, but very crowded. The loungers quite comfortable. Jose and Alexander were very diligent in keeping everyone happy with their towels and water. And the best pool server, Ricardo! He was very happy and excellent at what he does. Having said that, he is the only server around this pool…he was run off his feet!Restaurants were the big disappointment for us. Food was just ok, mostly just lukewarm at all restaurants. Service for the most part was slow. But, we realized that the restaurants are severely understaffed. I think that would be the big thing with this resort. Understaffing which seems to be why they can only seat half the tables. The buffet, in my opinion, was one of the worst Ive seen at an all inclusive for a long time. Definitely cater to kids. Where were all the vegetables? It seemed to be all burgers, hot dogs, pizza, fries and various pastas. On a positive note, this resort is clean, beautifully landscaped and well maintained but would we go back? No!

Good fun

We would recommend the Mexican restaurant for lunch and hitting the a la carte for dinner. The la carte fills up quickly so we needed to book at 8am when the reservation for the day opened up. And if you want a lounge chair be sure to get out there early. We had good fun participating in the events. The silent dance party was our favourite. A fun stay with decent food. We would go back and close to town.

Okay resort

The rooms were clean but outdated. Water pressure was low and couldn’t get the right water temperature. It kept getting scalding hot then turned cold. Food was okay but nothing to rave about. Staff were very friendly. Lots of sargassum but they tried to remove as much as they could daily

Great travel agent support

Thanks to Tammy for her great support in accommodating our request not to use the outbound flight included in our vacation package. Despite having an uncommon request, Tammy managed to make our vacation work seamless.

Average Resort

We enjoyed our time at this resort. The rooms were nice and the resort was clean. The pools are nice and so is the beach. However, initially our room was not what we had reserved and paid for and could not accommodate our family size. Guest services resolved this but this was frustrating when arriving very late after a long travel day. We also ran into issues booking dinners at restaurants, especially around New Years, they do not have the space to accommodate guests who are not a preferred m [... read more]ember (i.e. time share) UNLESS you spend money on wine...once you spend money on wine you will get into the restaurants. This shouldn't be the case. I wouldn't stay at a resort again that operates this way with tiered memberships around restaurant bookings.

DISAPPOINTING HOLIDAY

The resort sells itself as a 4 star resort with and Adult/Privilege option. We upgraded to the privilege option at the resort because we realized the standard we booked would be subpar. With the privilege they assign you a "BUTLER". Who is simply there as the gatekeeper to the al-la carte restaurants. YOU MUST BOOK through him/her to get reservations at restaurants. Checkin was quick and easy at the EL BESO front desk as we took a taxi and had no other groups were checking in. The room we requ [... read more]ested was remodeled and was clean and spacious. The view amazing from the 4th floor. As we don't mind walk stairs or taking the elevators. In fact, this was not a privilege room since we didn't have a hot tub on the balcony. The water pressure was weak. MINI bar was fully stocked with beer pop and water, booze not so much The grounds are beautiful, covered walkways, romantic pathways, lovely large pools 4 to be exact. 1 party pool one quiet and for kids and then the Adult section. No shortage of chairs no shortage of drinks. The privilege section had its own sunbathing area, which got full. still plenty room around pool. The beach was super. Wide super soft sand. Beach chairs were available under the palapas, but by afternoon on a sunny day not available.( we unfortunately had five days of cloud and some rain, so sunny days the beach was packed. The location of the hotel was great has you could walk for kilometers. The water was rough on most days so the water is not blue or clear, but this is Mexico. They did a good job, with an old MASSEY FERGUSSEN tractor, to remove the sea grasses that would wash up. The privilege dining area was new and very comfortable. The views awesome as it was next to the sea. and the AL FRESCO breakfasts and lunches were memorable. NOW THE BAD: THE FOOD was bad to mediocre and sometimes non existent. I give it an F. The al la carte breakfast and lunches were ok. PORTIONS small and often lacked flavour. Salt and pepper nowhere to be found. The coffee was like they used rebrewed coffee grinds even the espressos and other specialty drinks were yuk. AND Mexico has good coffee. The Buffet had no variety, small portions, and lacked abundance. For a 600 room hotel that had 80% occupancy there should have been many many choices. The food available had no flavour and was subpar quality. I'm in Mexico and wish to see guacamole at every meal. They had some at the buffet but it soooo SPICY even the locals didn't touch it. The a-la-carte restaurants were not much better. They get a C for overall service, the house wine was like vinaigrette and the salad dressing was like wallpaper paste or non existent, they get a B for presentation. They are renovated and new but lack ambience, the decor is mismatched and missing the WOW factor that they are trying to convey. SERVICE: ABSOLUTLEY the worst ever. The staff are great and friendly until u complain. The total lack of organization and service protocol is a joke. THIS COMES from management and not the staff themselves. You will have been greeted by three staff and still NO menu, NO coffee, and NO drinks. once you order you will again get one item from one staff another from another and down the line it goes. And yet ask for ketchup, nobody brings it. ask for a spoon nobody brings it. HALF the time we received only half of what we ordered. Like they are controlling the food you consume. The BUTLER thing is also nonsense. If you don't have one then you will never eat the al la carte restaurants. If you ask for a reservation on your own the answer will be not until 9.00pm, then you walk by at 7.30 pm and the place is empty. THEIR idea of trying to convey exclusivity wears very thin for people that want to relax and be not adhere to their schedule. I'm happy to give them advise on how to manage turnovers in a restaurant setting. ENTERTAINMENT: They have a great team and try to engage the kids alot. They do a good job as there are alot of kids all ages. The shows themselves, Amateurish. I give it B for effort but C for quality. My OVERALL opinion is I won't come back and I like to be a repeat guest. I paid 5 stair price and received 3 star service and food quality. The location is the best as it was close to the airport and PUERTO MORALES which is enchanting and has a great music scene and night life.  But my vacation is about service and food quality.

Average Resort for the cost

We recently stayed at Ocean Coral and Turquesa for two weeks over the Christmas Holiday. The airport transportation wasn’t very friendly or good. When we arrived at the hotel, we tipped the driver three dollars Canadian, which we thought was fair as other passengers didn’t even bother to tip. The driver insulted us saying that he doesn’t accept “metal” and demanded that we provide him bills instead. Off the Start we did not have a good experience and found that to be quite rude as we didn’t have [... read more] any American money at the time. The reception was quite friendly and it brightened up our day. We had to wait until 3 PM to check into our room, but we were able to enjoy the amenities of the resort. Overall, we found the rooms to be quite dated, although adequate. The king size bed was extremely hard and almost felt like we were sleeping on a brick. The maid service was quite good and we did tip our maid as we now had American money. Overall, the food was actually quite good at all the restaurants and the buffet. Although the buffet was quite repetitive and was pretty much the same food every night with minor differences, it was still quite good and we enjoyed it very much. The one thing that we found foolish was the first come first serve at restaurants so you could not make reservations for those restaurants and you have to break up your day and wait in line 30 to 40 minutes prior to the opening of the restaurant. They gave priority to The upgraded Privilege customers who were permitted to make reservations at first come first serve restaurants. They often held at least HALF the restaurant tables empty just in case others from the privilege would book. I really think they should just get rid of this waiting in line process and just have all Reservations. If they want to give priority to privilege then that’s fine but at least we should be able to book a reservation so we don’t have to queue up in a line for 30 to 40 minutes. A bit of a downer was my wife suffered an injury on the fifth day of our trip at the pool on a broken tile inside the pool. It caused a gash on her big toe while walking into the pool as her toe got caught on a sharp broken tile and she required 17 stitches at the hospital. Although the staff was very nice and seemed to be sympathetic, they did not really offer much to compensate us for the loss of basically the rest of our trip due to disrepair of their pool. The hospital doctor ordered my wife could not go into the pool anymore and could not go on the beach as it could infect her injury. So this caused a bit of depression on our part because we were unable to enjoy the rest of the trip as we should have. Although accidents do happen, I believe something could’ve been done to mitigate the fact that their pool was in disrepair and was the cause of her injury. On another note, the beach had a lot of seaweed on it however we noticed that this was one of the only resorts in the area that actually use the tractor to try and get rid of it and clean up the beach so this is definitely a plus for them. However, we would recommend Water shoes for the beach. The shows provided by the animation team were fairly average as we have been to other resorts that have provided better entertainment. This would not be such a big deal if the location of the resort was closer to the town or other amenities around. Also, they shut their indoor theater and all the shows were outside. Given the season it did rain a fair bit so they had to shut some shows down. They did not have a disco, although you could go to the pool area where there was a DJ, but unfortunately, they needed a little bit more nightlife at this resort. A bit of a letdown on the entertainment and dancing part. The taxis to travel to other places were all triple the price even the resort was aware of this. Thus the extra cost was quite big as the resort is fairly secluded. Serving staff was a bit aggressive when it came to tipping. We tip and feel this is important but it should not be aggressive to make guests uncomfortable. The Gym area was terrible. It was misrepresented online. Tiny gym could not accommodate hundreds of people - fail marks on this. OVERALL, the resort is average. Quality wise we would give it a 3 star.

Very nice resort!

Aside from some checking in line up everything else was amazing! The system is bit messed up, we got the bands right away but we had to line up for activating the room key. Instead of 3 pm we end up getting the room at 4.30pm.

Great Resort Worth every penny

My wife and I had a great time here, we stayed in the Privilege section. We received lots of upgrades and spent our time in Privilege restaurant and pool area for adults only. The resort was big, well maintained and lots for us to do. The food was excellent at all restaurants and the buffet. Drinks were great as always and with privilege we got premium alcohol. It may not be a fancy high end resort, but we are easy going and this was perfect for us.

Wonderful Resort

The Ocean Coral and Turquesa exceeded all my expectations! The grounds are gorgeous, great pools and have every amenity you’d need or want, including a bowling alley! We were there as a family and kids were beyond happy there. The rooms were lovely and kept spotless. Food was great and lots of choices. Most of all, we appreciated the amazingly kind and friendly staff. They were the best!

Amazing Resort

We had great time , room always clean ,, food was great service was excellent , beach was beautiful, shows amazing love it all ,, overall service was excellent and friendly people in all areas from buffet breakfast, to lunch , to beach area , Hamburger area, fries and beer,,,dinner restaurant,, outside shows and lobby shows was beautiful , thank you very much . Already recommended to family , and friends,, Please don’t mention my full name or email address

Amazing Resort

We had great time , room clean ,, food was great service was excellent , beach was beautiful, shows amazing love all ,, overall service was excellent and friendly people in all areas from buffet breakfast, to lunch , to beach area , Hamburger area and fries ? and beer,,,dinner restaurant,, outside shows and lobby shows was beautiful , thank you very much . Already recommended to family and friends,,

A decent 4 star resort

My husband and I stayed at the adult-only El Beso side in mid-April in a prestige ground level room in building 2 and here are the pros/cons of the resort: Pros: - SERVICE WAS OUTSTANDING EVERYWHERE! Best I've had. - Spacious, updated room with large patio and lots of quiet and peaceful surroundings - pools are beautiful and we could always find a chair - grounds are kept up beautifully - close to the airport Cons: - beach was full of smelly sargassum (seaweed) and the ocean was ro [... read more]ugh and appeared "dirty" from the seaweed. The resort cleans it up a few times a day but it doesn't help much due to the massive volume of seaweed. We did not use the beach at all for this reason, but the hotel has great beach chairs and shade. This is clearly not the resort's problem so this won't be reflected in my review. - food was not great and I've been to 12 different caribbean all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, DR, Cuba, Jamaica, Aruba and Nevis. Received raw chicken at one a la carte (like actually raw on the inside), and a blue rare steak at the italian restaurant when I ordered medium. Buffet was not great, and I enjoyed the food much more at a couple of other 4.5 star resorts in Mayan Riviera previously - drinks aren't great...liquor is watered down (we did several taste tests with no mix) and I did not enjoy many of my drinks

Perfect family holiday!

This resort has wonderful service, it's very clean, the rooms are large and the beds super comfy! Its about 30 minutes from the airport and there is not much nearby but you can go to Puerto Morelos in a taxi in about 10 minutes. We went on a catamaran tour to Isla Mujeres which was excellent. I traveled with my 16 and 13 year old sons who loved the resort especially the pools and wildlife around the resort. It was 32 celcius every day. Shows and daily entertainment were fantastic. The food was t [... read more]he best I have ever had at an all inclusive resort, especially the authentic Mexican Restarant Hacienda Girasoles. We left with some awesome professional photos that we purchased from the photo company inside the boutique. Memories to last a lifetime!

Great place

A very comfortable and stylish complex of buildings, pools and walkways. Rather narrow, but pleasant beach with umbrellas and sun beds. The water at the shore not very transparent due to waves stirring the sand. Some floating seaweeds. The coral reef about 1 km off the shore, available by motor boats on snorkeling trips, around U$ 65 per person. Also kayaks and catamarans for rent (free). Enough restaurants and food to please anybody. The resort located within one hour from Cancun airpo [... read more]rt. Other attractions are situated further down the coast. Can be reached on a excursion form the hotel, taxi or a rented car.

Loved almost everything!

Great staff, beautiful pools and lovely rooms. The beach is nice, but the water isn’t great for swimming because of the seaweed, although the staff tries their best to clear it. The only disappointment was the food at the Mexican restaurant. I would recommend this resort and would go back again.