Truly Paradise

This resort is absolutely amazing on all levels. Everything is clean and well kept. The restaurants offer a good variety of food and we did not have any trouble getting reservations. We did however make our dinner reservations for the week upon arrival. Our favourite restaurant was Cappella's Italian Restaurant. The Nespresso bar was another favourite. The buffet was always accessible and offered a great selection of fresh dishes and made to order options. The staff is pleasant and appear to rea [... read more]lly enjoy what they are doing. Easy access to the beach and family side of the resort. We often walked over to the family side to get our gelato which was amazing. The pool was fun but we spent most of our days on the beach, where the sand was raked and cleared of seaweed every morning. Beautiful sandy beach with lots of sitting areas, lounging chairs, and cabanas. My husband and I were very happy with all aspects of this resort.

Excellent in every way!

This was our second time staying at a Melia Peradisus resort and we have decided that this is the only brand we will use for future vacations. The accommodations, the staff, the service, the food, and the value were the best we have ever experienced at any resort. Thank You Melia Peradisus Playa Del Carmen.

Wonderful resort

We had amazing service at all the restaurants and beach and around the pool. The fantastic food options did not disappoint. And the beautiful beach was well staffed and clean! We will definitely return to this resort again.

A few misses

Overall this is a great resort with amazing food and service. A few misses for us comparing to equivalent 5* Adults only resorts: 1) Upon check in, after a 12 hour travel day, they kept trying to up sell us to the Reserve. We just wanted to check in and grab dinner. 2) You have to go down and make dinner reservations every 2-3 days as you can only reserve for the next 2 nights. The times they had available for the good restaurants were 9:00pm or 10:00pm. So we ended up at a couple of restaura [... read more]nts twice just so we could eat before 7:00pm. We have never had to do this at a 4* or 5* resort. 3) The pool water is very cold and the music at the main pool is loud all day so hard to hold a conversation with anyone. 4) The infamous chair game - people place towels early in the morning and then don’t show up all day. 5) They have palapas around the pool, a few in the back are free but people grab them and chairs first thing in the morning. There are quite a few others around the pool that they want you to reserve and pay for. This made no sense to us as they all sat empty our entire stay. Just let people use them and stop nickel and dime-ing everyone. 6) Coronas and Gatorade are $6 USD and you have to pay for Red Bull too

It was just ok

I have spent my vacation at better resorts for less money. Overall I would give it a slightly less than satisfactory rating. What was not so great? Worth mentioning is we stayed on the adult side Garden view suite so can only speak to this portion of the hotel. The beach - lacked loungers and appropriate shading. A few cabanas were available at an extra cost and had to be reserved. The family area appeared to have much more of both. The pool - not enough loungers to accommodate guest [... read more]s. They were heavy, wooden, non adjustable and very difficult to move. There are also cabanas (way too many, that sat empty) at an extra cost. The water was very cold and not well used as a result. The Suite- advertised hot tub on balcony was in fact a jacuzzi bath tub with no running hot water. The pull out couch was dirty and very uncomfortable to sit in. The kitchen area had no plates, bowl glasses or utensils. The toilet made a hammering sound throughout the night, the water pressure cut out to nil on three occasions leaving us with no water to shower. Restaurants - Did not get a hot meal in the time we were there. Of the 10 restaurants we ate at all but two (Japanese and Seafood) had atmosphere. The rest felt like cafeteria style dining without the buffet. Scantly furnished, loud, and not very organized. The steak restaurant was well over priced with little to rave about. Steak was good if not slightly overcooked to order but the sides were all cold even after having them returned. What was good? The staff - excessively friendly, hard working and very helpful although we did have an incident with the front desk when asking for assistance with clothing that fallen off our balcony that we could not retrieve due to the swim out rooms below us. We had to take matters in our own hands after waiting with no resolve for over 24 hours for security to handle it. Location - Just a 20 minute walk down the beach to Playa del Carmen and 5th ave when there were a lot of vendors and restaurant to spend your afternoon among. South Bar - The go to bar for a before or after dinner drink. It seemed to be the most popular place to be.

The best resort!

We cannot recommend this resort enough! The attention to detail at Paradisus La Perla is truly phenomenal. We stayed for 7 nights at the Reserve, and spending the extra for the Reserve was very worth it. Eduardo was our personal concierge, and he made sure we were looked after every single day - he booked our restaurants, and excursions for us. He organized a surprise for our anniversary, and birthday, from cake to decorations in the room, with the bath drawn with rose petals. Truly amazing at w [... read more]hat he does, and we cannot thank him enough! Angelo at the Fahrenheit Pool, reserved a cabana for us every day and we had poolside food & drink bought directly to us, he's the loveliest person. The two entertainment guys made the pool and nightlife a lot of fun and inclusive for everyone! Mathieu at South Bar was incredible, best cocktails and so friendly. All the servers at each restaurant were outstanding (especially at Sante, the Reserve restaurant). The food was so good, we went to a different restaurant every night, and the buffet had a different theme nightly! Our room was spectacular, we had a gardenview suite, which included a tub on the balcony and in the room, king size bed, full kitchen & living room, and the AC was an amazing relief! Everywhere we want we were greeted by friendly faces. The resort itself is stunning, the architecture, the plants, the walkways, the beaches, the shows, the level of service - truly a 12/10. Also this resort is within a 20 minute walk along the beach to Playa del carmen, which was perfect for day trips and some nights out! We will be back again! Thank you to all the staff that made our trip extra special.

Average food

Beautiful resort, well-maintained. However, we were disappointed with food selection. This resort is appropriate for older age group, certainly not a party resort. Also, the entertainment is limited. The beds are too firm, didn't get a good sleep. We wouldn't return to this resort.

Wonderful Spot!

The resort was fantastic! Beautiful rooms, pool, and beach. All of the food was fantastic, both the restaurants and the buffet. Loved the koi and the turtles in the main area of the resort. Both the family side and adults only side had tons of fun activities to go to. All the staff were kind and friendly. East walk to the town of Playa del Carmen but there was lots to do on the resort and we didn’t feel bored just staying there most days.

Beautiful resort

Beautiful resort. Service was up and down. Some servers were great others not so much. The biggest downfall were the dinners. The food at most of the restaurants was not great and not as good as other resorts that we have been to in the area. Fuego was by far the best restaurant but still a bit hit and miss. The menus sound good but the execution is surprisingly bad.

Loved this resort

We were impressed with this resort and we were happy we chose it on the recommendation of our trip central agent. We had a junior suite which was quite spacious, double sinks, large shower with 2 shower heads. We tried all the restaurants that we were available to us at La Perla and on the family side and were impressed with the food. Every employee we encountered was friendly. There is a large pool where the games and music is played but if you prefer, there is also a quiet area pool. O [... read more]n the negative side, there is not enough shade at the pool or the beach and the umbrellas they do have need replacing, imo. Some are ripped and some have mildew on them. Overall we would return.

Awesome hotel BUT

We had an amazing time at Paradisus La Perla. The resort is just the right size. The rooms were amazing. The buffets were a bit small and diversity was lacking a bit, but the many À la carte made up for it. Nightly entertainement was just enough, but we were disappointed to find our everything was closed after 1AM. The sales team has an agressive way of promoting their membership programs, which impacted the service we received; amazing at first but decreased once we decided not to enroll in th [... read more]eir Circles program. After that every nice gestures from the hotel staff felt like a scam, or a way to get us to spend membership points or enroll, which was a bit unfortunate. Would still definitely go back. Proximity to Playa Del Carmen cit center was a big plus

Areas to improve but overall great time

Flight good, transfer service to resort was not coordinated well, resort itself great though clearly still recovering post Covid times. Transfer service for travellers arriving from different places resulted in only one transfer logged for one of the travellers. I unfortunately was the other person. Felt stranded at airport trying to explain situation, and again same situation at the resort. My last 24 hours at the resort was spent in high stress.

Lovely resort not a great experience

The hotel grounds was amazing. Truly we could not imagine a more amazing decore and atmosphere. Our concierge service was awful. We heard some people had good experiences with their concierge. We really did not. We would have rather had our own control. He would not share with us our details of all of our dinner reservations in a summary, we had to ask him each morning and we would get attitude from him like we were annoying him. The first room we were put in was not the level that we booked. [... read more] The resort did make up for this by giving us a free upgrade when we went to talk to them about it. However we were told we would be moving rooms at 2 on the Tuesday. My wife and I waited 2 hours until we decided to go to the pool as we were waisting our day waiting around. Finally at 530 they were ready to move us. We moved into the new room which was beautiful until the roof started leaking. We had to use our wine bucket and ice bucket to catch the water and lay out towels. It took 2 days for the resort to fix this after we brought it to their attention. I will say we had some really amazing wait staff and bartenders. They were alot of fun and truly amazing at what they do. They made our experience great overall. We may have just had an overall unlucky experience. The resort showed alot of promise and like I said earlier the resort itslef was amazing. I would recommend to a friend but with a warning of some of the things we had. We would consider giving it another chance for sure but we would alos be very open to trying somewhere else next.

Amazing swim out

We left on the 20 July for 10 days We opted for a swim out reserve Which was amazing especially when you want to relax and not be in a crowd or to lazy to go out the room wich was very clean but a bit damp a lot of humidity very good service as well for the food It was lacking the breakfast buffet and lunch was good a lot of choice on the reserve side but we had to reserve for restaurant witch was limited so we didn’t Like that because we paid prime dollars to have accès to other r [... read more]estaurants witch were not included in a normal package because They have the reserve for adults only That’s what we had we always travel and book on a resort for adults only we see the difference when a hotel cater for family and adults not the same standards and we book for 10 days so if I would recommend it yes but if you usually go for adults only They are a lot of good choice to choose From so I would give it 7.5 for food A 10 on cleanest a 9 on service Hope it will help you to choice the perfect place for your vacation

Waste of my money!!

Honestly I went in with high hopes and came back highly disappointed. Keep in mind I’m in my late twenties so I was expecting more people in my age group and it felt like a retirement home. Food is a 5/10. One buffet for lunch and breakfast. Dinner has more options but everything closes at 11 and one “bar/club” that closed that 1 am. No nightlife or entertainment really at the resort. Drinks taste watered down. One main pool to hangout at and the beach is absolutely disgusting at this time [... read more] of the year (I went July 13-18) this year. Left the resort a few times which make this trip worth it for me but never again…

Fabulous resort!!

The service in this hotel was seamless from the moment we arrived till when we left, we were treated like VIP’s. The Covid protocols were fairly strict-all hotel staff wore masks. Masks were required in the buffet restaurants except while eating. All the public areas were meticulously cleaned and sanitized. Our suite was spacious and all mechanics functioned perfectly. Housekeeping was meticulous in cleaning and sanitizing our room. The food choices were excellent-buffet,seafood,steak and up [... read more]scale if you so desired. The food was tasty and well served and the wine choices were broad. The beach and water was overgrown with seaweed due to climate changes but the hotel cleaned it everyday throughout the day making beach walking a good experience. The pools were excellent-spotless and you could always get a spot by the pool.

Great Vacation

Overall the resort was beautiful. Upon arriving my wife and I were a little concerned as the drive to the resort was a quite scary. The location of this resort was not the greatest. Once we arrived to the lobby, we were greeted, very professionally. I had asked if there were any upgrades to the pools side view, as we didn’t want to look at the garden. We were told the cost to upgrade was $800 US, crazy. We refused, then they dropped it to $600, we refused again, and the prices was dropped agai [... read more]n to $200, so we upgraded. We met people at the pool who payed $600 to upgrade, not fair. The food at all the restaurants was amazing. If you like entertainment by the pool, then this is not the place for you, it was very quiet. The beach was very dirty, water was not clear at all. One more thing that was a little disturbing is they had a private function the occupied half of the pool deck for two days, extremely limiting the space for vacationers to lounge.

Great Resort but had a couple of issues

Good service, great food, but had an issue because there was a down duvet on the bed and I am allergic to down. It took a few days to figure this out because it is a low allergy version. I got very sick after 3 nites. They changed the duvet once I brought it up , but by then my vacation was ruined. They constantly are enquiring about food allergies at the restaurants, it would have been nice to be alerted to this down duvet by a simple card on the bed. Other issue was a drunk banging on  [... read more]the door next to me trying to get in their place without a key at 1:30 in the morning. I would be happy if they shut the bars down at midnight so that I could sleep better. The doors are also very loud when closed (they slam shut by themselves). Still like the place a lot.

Nickle and dimming resort - Paradisus La Perla

A heads up - Paradisus Junior Suite means the following: first floor, facing the garden which in reality a concrete wall with some wild short vegetation in front of it. the worst part, on the other side of the concrete wall is the parking lot. Also, after paying over $4,000 for 7 day stay, we cannot get a coffee machine in our room as only the prestige level get one of those in their suite. The resort workers keep pushing room service for all your needs as it cost $5 USD for each delivery. [... read more] The adult side is so quite, boring, they only offer aquafitness at noon and dance class at 4 pm.

Amazing staff

I will return here just for the service. Alfredo and abdeal on the royal service side went above and beyond for my friends and I. Super polite and very efficient. Best service I’ve ever received at a resort and this will be the reason I return. I admire people who take pride in their work !