Very Quiet Resort

We waited quite a few years to book Akumal Bay Beach & Wellness & booked it for our 20th Anniversary. The main reason we went there was for the snorkeling & although the ocean was stirred up we still saw turtles, lots of different coloured fish & some coloured coral. As for the resort the room was dated but the bed was comfortable & the A/C worked great, lots of hot water, good maid service & daily refill of water. We were in building 1 & it was quiet with a good view as per our request. It wa [... read more]s good to have our own chairs on days we couldn’t get a beach chair. The food at the Buffett was good & there was a good variety.we only went to 1 a’La carte. To solve the problem with getting a beach chair in the morning we were forced to be out there by 7 am. Not something we enjoy but it solved the issue. Other days we were usually able to get chairs by lunch time. We read a lot about the service in the restaurants before we went but found the service at one so slow we got up & left after 15 min when our order had not been taken. In the Buffett the service got much better after it was discovered that we tipped. At first we truly felt invisible. We wanted a massage but they were $120 US which is over 165 Canadian & we couldn’t pay that price for a 50 min massage. Being able to use the washer & dryer was nice. All in all we wouldn’t return but in 20 years have only gone to 3 resorts more than one time so that isn’t odd for us. The resort has no lights at the entrance to mark its location so our driver went past it & had to back up. They need to fix that . We found the resort very quiet & laid back, the beach is gorgeous & water amazing & for that we will go back to Mexico ! We love it there.

LOVE ABBWR

This is my favourite beach resort in the Caribbean. I love the food. Love the sushi bar and the a la carte gourmet restaurants.The rooms are spacious and clean, and every room has an ocean view. There are minor issues (our coffee pot leaked and was not replaced even though we requested it) but I know that the resort is in the process of renovating rooms. The staff are friendly and just wonderful. The grounds are beautiful. The live music every night is awesome. The location is spectacular. I lov [... read more]e it that the resort is small and intimate and is not a chain. You can't beat this place overall!

Beautiful Bay, Great Service!

This hotel is nice,the service is impeccable. I don't think it's a 5 Star, a 4! It's getting old and in need of repairs and upgrades. Our room wasn't ready until 3:25 p.m., after hours of travel it should be ready on time. The food is pretty good but they need to introduce a few more dishes to provide more varieties of food. Akumal and the beach are beautiful and the snorkeling awesome. I would have given it a five star but due to the need of repairs and upgrades I can't. I would reco [... read more]mmend this resort for a quiet vacation but it lacks enough entertainment.

Loved this resort

We are a retired couple looking for some r&r and beach time. We found it at this resort. It was quieter than other resorts we have been to, which was perfect for us. There was a live band every evening instead of cheesy entertainment. The food was great with lots of variety. The water was warm, no wind and little waves. The highlight of our trip was the turtle class with Alejandro, a very passionate biologist who educated us about the turtle population in the bay. This talk should be manda [... read more]tory for anyone staying there. The staff were all very friendly, quick to smile and helpful. Aurora always had a cheerful greeting and a hearty laugh at the omelet station. We thoroughly enjoyed our week there, and definitely want to go back.

Hotel Good! A.Canada..nope. Great resort. Air Canada huge disappointment

Staff was excellent. Hotel is a little tired. Not 5 star, 4 star might be a bit of a reach too. A lot of the infrastructure was old but the restaurants were good. Buffet was ample, I'm not sure what else you would need that they didnt have. Beach is nice .Really nice snorkeling and coral reef right off the beach, rays, fish and occasional turtle. Usual ignorant selfish people who book a chair and then dont use it all day. Toss the towel and take the chair, problem solved. Small resort, r [... read more]elaxing time. 3.5 to 4.0 star infrastructure with 5 star staff. Go in expecting this and you will have a great time. Relaxing vacation, I would go again knowing what to expect. Again...staff was amazing without exception... Resort is a long way from the airport. I have no idea where the Air Canada rep was at the airport but we walked around harassed by cabbies and excursion people until we saw an Air Canada Vacations bus and went and asked. A.C. rep was not on site for about 3 days for no given reason. Some small annoyances: theres a small tax ( like $1.10 us per day) you have to pay before checking out.. no big deal but still include it my costs.. CANCUN VISITAX!!! 224 PESO PER DAY. YOU CAN PAY ONLINE OR ...DONT PAY IT!! UNLESS THEY CHECK AT THE AIRPORT YOU DONT NEED TO PAY IT! IT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $125 CAD PER PERSON....BUT YOU CAN JUST NOT PAY IT ....

Amazing Resort. 5 stars. 100% recommend it.

So, we traveled to Akumal Bay Beach and wellness resort for 7 days in July 2023 as a family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids aged 5 and 6.5 years old. I would 100% recommend this resort to everyone. We absolutely loved everything about it. The staff were friendly and polite and would go out of their way to make your experience memorable. All greet you with smiles and are helpful. The food is great with options for everyone. On our 7-day trip, we were never disappointed with any meal at the buffet, ev [... read more]en for kids. The beach was good as it wasn't rocky and the kids were able to enjoy it well. The rooms are spacious and we never felt crammed in the room as a family. We had opted for the cheapest room (junior suite) and it came with 2 double beds, a sofa, T.V., a balcony with ocean and pool view with a jacuzzi tub on the balcony, and a spacious closet space with a toilet and shower. The water pressure in the shower head was a hit as usually in even some expensive hotels the shower head seems to be clogged with very slow water pressure. The resort is about 1.5 hours away from the airport which we didn't mind since we had the provision of shuttle service to and from the airport to the resort. We loved every minute spent there and would definitely love to visit them again.

Our favorite place

Finally able to get back to ABBWR after the covid years and AirTransit dropping the resort. Booked thru Air Canada, chose Premium Economy which was pretty good altho no extra bag allowance like AT. And they do not combine weight of luggage as AT does. For example, i am usually a kilo or so over, hubby kilo or two under. AT takes it. AC makes you open up your suitcases at the check-in and move till both at or under weight. Really? Ride to resort long. Makes way more sense to drop off the fu [... read more]rthest people first as the highway is not designed to make frequent stops. So they start down the highway from the airport and have to cross all lanes 5 times to enter all the resorts. Very time consuming but we suck it up. Check in easy and we got the room we requested; ground floor bldg 1. Forgot despite being there 5 times how badly the rooms are furnished. they are nice looking but completely not functional. you get 2 12" drawers and hangers so high up i couldn't reach them (but i'm really short). Nicely designed bedside tables and room table are lovely but useless. They are planning a reno, i sure hope someone puts thought into storage so your room doesn't look like a cyclone hit it the whole time you are there. There are 3 shelves where the safe is. And yes, add a full length mirror!!!!! ladies like to check out their outfit before dinner. Seeing the top of my head isn't enough! Food was as usual, good but not excellent. I love you don't have to reserve your specialty restaurants. If you go by 6pm, you can get it. If you wait till 8, you will probably have to wait. Snorkelling right off the beach was excellent. Saw rays, and a turtle. If you go down past the snorkel frenzy at Akumal public beach, there is a little cove which is where we saw the best underwater show. Akumal town itself is the same, a couple lovely stores and some practical ones where you can pick up stuff you forgot or souveniers. 5 minute safe walk on the beach. Nice and low key. Sargassum was bad a couple days and fine on others. Noticed that last time we were there when sargassum was really bad, ABWWR had excellent cleanup where Secrets was awful. This time, Secrets was doing a fantastic job cleaning up the seaweed where ABWWR flailed a bit. It is what it is. All in all still my favorite place for the size of the resort, the low key atmosphere and 10 second walk to the beach/ocean.

Wonderful resort

Beautiful place. Amazing staff. It was our first time in Mexico and we can’t wait to go back to Akumal Bay Beach Resort. Weather wasn’t great (very windy, couldn’t snorkel every day) but it didn’t spoil our vacation.

Best Ever we have been to

This will be the best resort you will ever go to. The food is top notch. Whatever you need the staff will find a way to accommodate you with no hesitation. It is certainly geared to a forty plus age group and if you are in n that age bracket this resort is for you

Not a 4.5 star anymore but the price is

The maintenance requires a lot of improvement boards needed replacing on the decks, to the point of being dangerous. Serious lack of beds on the beach, requiring people to wake up at 6:00 am to reserve with a towel. Food was good but lacked variety, stupid things like the orange juice in the morning was so watered down, especially my last day, out of 7 days 2 were not watered down. The pool was not clean top four inches of the walls were greasy with suntan lotion and algae This was never the cas [... read more]e before. Ceiling fans in the lobby were not working and turned off, or one in two working. AC in the rooms working but no control over temp it was cold or off. I expected things to be different after covid but not to this extent. There is a great attitude from the staff in general, grounds are kept pristine but chairs not stained, taps in the room were mismatched. I realize they suffered a lot during covid but example a couple from england reserved a year ahead because there was a kid's club, which was great in the past, but when they arrived it was closed. I would be hard pressed to say I would return after 4 visits.

We don't tell everyone...

ABR is a small resort on a wide white sandy beach where one goes to relax and snorkel. It is not a party place. It is family friendly. Most of the staff have been there for years. Many of the guests have been coming back for years. You can talk to anyone there, even if you don't have a language in common. When you come back to ABR and the bell captain gives you a hug and says "Thanks for coming back" you know that you are at home again.It's a long rive from the Cancun airport, but it is entirel [... read more]y worth it.

Great food and beach

I like the hotel grounds as it was not too big and actually connected by beach to a public access beach connected to public transit along the highway. Akumal town across the highway overpass on land side has news stories that include shootings but I was there is the main street in daylight to buy fruits so your experience may vary. As for the hotel itself, everything was clean and the only thing left was to to soak up the sun and enjoy the meals and drinks provided. There is an all day snack bar [... read more] but I think the chicken from the lunch and dinner buffet is the best. Also there are sea turtles nearby off hotel grounds available for snorkeling available for 500 pesos but try and negotiate down and go in a group with Mexican customers for a cheaper and longer tour.

Excellent Resort

The resort is a home away from home. Perfect blend of rainforest and the beach. Cozy cottage and beach decor. Amazing staff that goes out of their way to make their customers happy. Taster food, clean beach not so crowded and the wellness programs and activities were awesome. Special thanks to Irem, our Yoga teacher, Lizbeth the PR manager( she made us feel extremely special and comfortable) and Alexandro who was the activities Center employee. He was very helpful, friendly and made our stay ext [... read more]ra special showing us passion for turtles and sustainability. Loved this place, will surely go back again soon!

A place to relax

This was our second time at this resort. The last time was in 2016. This time was much the same. Although there are some things that were different that the resort had no control over like the massive mounds of seaweed on the beach and bad weather ( only 4 days). We appreciated how hard they worked to remove the seaweed every day. Some days it seemed like a losing battle. But when there is no seaweed event the beach is one of the best anywhere, and the snorkeling is so awesome here! The room wa [... read more]s much the same as last time although this time it felt a little tired, but still very clean and nice. The safe was temperamental at times and they sent a repair guy one day. It worked as long as you don’t rely on seeing the numbers on the digital window, so we managed. No big deal. The food is really great and the staff are amazing. We would recommend this resort and will probably return.

Somewhat disappointed

Except for the past two years, we travel south yearly to all inclusive resorts and I always do my research before booking a resort. Most of the reviews about ABBWR are correct. The service is top notch, the grounds are beautiful, snorkeling is great right off the beach, there are no reservations required for the à la carte restaurants which are good and you never have to wait long to get a cold drink. Some of the things that were disappointing are the dated rooms which are large and kept clean  [... read more]but with faulty a/c, tv and thin walls; cold food at the buffet - unless you stand in line at the egg, meat or pasta stations, pretty much everything else will be cold. This can easily be fixed by having a better system to keep the food warm. The structures on the beach for shade don’t provide much and the pool beds are old with stained and dirty coverings. All in all finding shade at the beach or pool is difficult. The beach chairs are used, dirty and some are broken. Investing in new beach chairs and mattress covers would solve the problem. The larger pool isn’t that large and was not always kept clean. It is true that the staff are this resort’s greatest asset and probably why people return. Would we return…..probably not. The reasons: screaming and crying kids with parents who don’t seem to care or notice their poor behaviour, one puked in the pool, two had a big fight in the middle of the pool, the family next door to us had 2 kids who were fighting, screaming and throwing tantrums all the time. I think the father had enough one night, he left and arrived at 2:30 am, slamming the door and waking us up. We book a trip each year to get away for some rest and relaxation. This was not the most restful or relaxing vacation we’ve ever had which is why we would not return and have decided to only book adults only resorts from now on.

2nd time still great

We stayed in building 2 again. Close to everything. The rooms all face the Ocean and have a jacuzzi on the balcony. Very basic rooms that are very clean and worked for us. Just in the room to sleep and shower. The Buffet always has a variety and nobody will starve here. I gained 10 pounds. All the restaurants are good but we love the Rodizio. No reservations required at any of the restaurants. Alux was also excellent. You have to get a cappuccino in the morning from Wilberth. Very funny man. Ma [... read more]in pool bar had Duceli and Marbella cater to our drink wishes. The Best Service ! Live bands for entertainment every night. Raymond starts the night at 7pm to get you warmed up for the bands at 8:30pm. All the staff here are excellent. Sorry to anyone I missed mentioning. We love this resort and will be back again.

Beautiful resort

Fabulous resort with exceptional service Stayed in the Jr Penthouse Suite - AMAZING! Good choice of foods at the buffet restaurant Always had available clean towels & lounge chairs at the beach/pool. My husband and I will definitely return

Perfection

This resort is amazing! Food and drinks are top quality. The employees are attentive and very outgoing. All rooms are ocean view with a tub on the balcony. There are sea turtles down the beach and a few shops worth visiting. Only complaint is the distance from the airport, not so bad if you do your own transfer. The resort is on the smaller side so you can easily distance from others during covid. Highly recommended!

Great beach and great service

Hotel was nice and staff was excellent. Buffet food was OK but the restaurant food was amazing. Bar service was superb. The rooms could be nicer as the toilet area is not very private and some of the electrical outlets did not work. We got locked out of our room and they needed to fix our door lock and our room was not cleaned at all on one occasion. When we spoke to the front desk it took them a long time to get someone to clean it but it was finally done around 9pm that evening. The slidin [... read more]g door to our patio would not lock and I explained to front desk but it was never fixed. They need different locks on those sliding doors for sure.

Beautiful place, awesome staff

Hotel and grounds were very nice. That beng said, there were hazard areas at the resort where there were loose boardwalk boards and sliippery areas. My wife slipped in the room coming out of the shower. There is a marble step as you leave the shower and she put her foot on it, slipped, fell, and broke her arm and 2 ribs. All this could have been avoided with anti slip strips which were in other locations. They did offer us a free week as compensation. Food was very good. Beach location was am [... read more]azing.