Disappointed ,not new hotel,not 5 star hotel, more like 3 star hotel with poor management

Hi,18 of us came on October 17th to Sunscape Akumal Sun club and stayed for a week. Hotel has nice sandy beach but entry into water has sharp rocks ( hardened corals).Water is crystal clear. Maintaining beach is very poor,never seen anybody cleaning beach except accumulated sea weed . No one is cleaning around beach lounges that are old and fabric stretched so you could feel frame .Good thing is that they offer you and collect towels regularly .No guard rails on stairs to the beach, on [... read more]e man fell There is no sport activities or animation by the pool or on the beach.Also there is no entertainment except movie projected on the wall of hotel and disco that is too loud and near family section Hotel is advertised as new but in reality it is somewhat renovated.Main lobby and rooms are good, modern with wi-fi available throughout resort.Keeping it all clean is not the greatest. We had a lot of problems with room 2135 facing wall and open hallways looking into our room as well as having bolted doors to balcony that was non existing .There was no light bulb by bedside light,there was no working iron or slippers for sun club guests. We lost 3 days of beach and relaxing trying to fix that with sun club manager Lois.He was not ready to help with any issues.We asked to change room because I felt there was no privacy when you face open hallways and everyone going by can see in your room. Yes, there were some darkening curtains that didn't cover the whole window. Imagine that you had to close curtains every time you change or go to shower or bathroom, not very pleasant. By the way doors to bathroom and shower are glass and washroom and bath tub are together in one room. When we talked to Sun club manager Louis on second day of our stay, he said that there were no available rooms to change and yet we bypassed a group of 20-25 people waiting to get their rooms.His explanation was that they were booked and can-not give us new room, he treated us as ours was not booked. When I worked I was manager as well so I told him what was customer service, that first come get resolved problems first.I think he needs more management training with customer service and customer satisfaction to ensure customer coming and returning are satisfied. At the end after my demanding to change room 3rd day instead of 4th or sand me back with payed flight back home and full refund he offered another room the next day after 3 pm,which happened at 6:00-6:30 pm Another lost day of vacation,total 3 of 7 days staying. New room was not the greatest but was better than first one.What to say about service in the room?They started cleaning our room at 6:15 pm when we came to take shower and get ready for dinner. Beds were maid and floor cleaned but nothing else done. Bar fridge story is similar, not replenishing with soda water and beer what we asked for instead of coke,sprite and similar drinks full of sugar . On bright side, barmen by the pool on the beach and lobby were great,they were knowledgeable( the older ones), sorry didn't get their names but they were rewarded for their great service. Food choices and service was great in buffet.Food was also great at a la cart restaurants but slow service. We were group of 18 people, we paid the same price but some got great rooms with balcony and jacuzzi, some with just balcony and some with just basics like us plus with a lots of problems ( for the same money). In all honesty hotel needs more educating stuff and teaching them how to satisfy customers as well as to fix some problematic areas.