Acoya Curacao Resort Villas and Spa: Dushi Massage

My husband and I stayed here for 7 days. Drivers are excellent workers. We went to buy our groceries and to the beach. Housekeeping and receptionist are kind and professional staff. Also Oh????? massage is Impressive! I love it. Thank you very much. We had a great time. Happy vaycay? cheers

Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao: Great Resort

This is a great resort! The resort is smaller than most and more intimate. Service is excellent. The food is very good, however selection is a little limited. The only thing I would like to see improved is the nightly entertainment. The quality and variety of the entertainment definitely needs to be improved.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Beautiful place

We stayed for 7 days and Curacao is absolutely gorgeous. The staff at the Sunscape hotel were amazing; very friendly and always helpful. The food was good, yet repetitive but well seasoned and fresh. The only negative for us was the beach. Not enough lounge chairs and shade. The beach is also divided by a rock wall which is nice because the water is calm BUT the water smelled. It wasn't an overwhelming smell but you can tell that the water didn't circulate. I love the ocean but was not excited t [... read more]o go to this beach. The upside is that one of their famous beaches, Mambo beach, is only a five minute walk off the resort with plenty of shops and restaurants as well.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Sunscape Curacao Resort

Starting withTammy who was wonderful. She gave all the information we needed in good time and even remembered the coupon for park and fly that we used. We had a great time there….the staff were all courteous and accommodating. There was always plenty to eat and drink! No rain until the last day when we were leaving for only 10 or 15 minutes. It was very warm all week and lots to do. Great entertainment nightly!

Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao: Mangrove resort

I have been to curacao quite a few times and this was my first time at the mangrove. My honest opinion I would give this a 3 star rating.we were on the ground floor and used our key to go through a patio door and had to move the curtains to get into our room. Rooms are dark no exhaust fan in the bathroom. Which made all our clothes very damp. Housekeeping was hit and miss. The beach is very rocky . They didn't rake the beach the whole week. Buffet food was cold and even the soup. The Italian re [... read more]staurant was very slow. Sat for half and hour and didn't even serve a drink. After waiting for 45 minutes we walked out .poor service. Barbecue restaurant had limited times for reservations 530pm or 900pm . Moat of the staff were miserable it seemed like they didn't want to be there.. Would not return to this resort. Would rather stay at the sunscape which is older or the dreams

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Lovely Resort!

The resort is very nice. Our first room was 7113, smells like septic but we had a new room two days later. Much better! The Oceanic Restaurant was fantastic! Good food and awesome staff. Italian was also good.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Great Vacation at Sunscape Curacao

We have just returned from a lovely week spent at SUNSCAPE CURAÇAO. Staff were amazing, kind helpful, personable. Special shout-out to KERRION ( day restaurant manager). She was amazing! Also special shout-out to Bryan ( bartender), happy single guy. Food was excellent, no complaints in that department. Room was large, clean and provided everything we needed during the week. Beach swimming was perfect, snorkeling even better. We did not spend time at the pools as water was so inviting. We sta [... read more]yed in buildings # 7, A/C worked fine, cold fridge, ocean view with Oceana restaurant right outside our door for drinks, etc. Entertainment was good. This is an older resort going through a facelift and certainly met our needs. Linda and Glenn

Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao: great resort great food

beautiful ocean view room fantastic food (lacks some variety) great drinks and pool overlooking ocean awesome for kids and families with waterslide park and regular kid activities Willemstad 15min walk or 2min cab ride away - great location of a resort!

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Aging poorly

The hotel is showing its age, many maintenance issues, broken or poorly working features. Food is bland and lacks verity and flavour. Staff is friendly and nice but overworked as the hotel is clearly understaffed. Issues during my stay went unresolved until the second to last day when management stepped in. Wifi was not working, coffee machine in exclusive section not working, AC in room barely working (couldn’t keep room below 25c even at night). Many restaurants closed, dance bar closed, the l [... read more]ist goes on. The beach is well protected and calm, great for kids and safe but no lifeguards. Also bring water shoes as there is an abundance of coral in the sand. The explorers club (for kids) is fantastic and was the best part for my children. The kids enjoyed everything but the adults are left dissatisfied.

Sandals Royal Curacao: Sandals Royal Curaçao

Before I start on the vacation, I want to give some appreciation to our TripCentral rep, Beth. She is personable, professional and polite. She had been to the resort as an agent but told me SRC is her next vacation location. Our booking went very smoothly and Beth was able to confirm room availability through her ACVacations contact so we were able to secure our second choice. SRCuracao was our first trip to a Sandals resort as well as our first time to Curacao. The island is beautiful (we too [... read more]k a day long private tour and saw it all). The weather was superb 35C every day and comfortable 27C nights. SRC is a top notch resort. The food was gourmet quality at most of the restaurants (special mentions are Vincent’s, Butch’s, Zuka). The three food trucks had so many great choices that you would have to stay for weeks to try all their dishes. The grounds are beautiful and immaculately kept. The four pools are at the perfect temperature and cleanliness. The staff make the resort very pleasant. Great choice for our vacation.

Acoya Curacao Resort Villas and Spa: Good Resort

This hotel is a good bargain for the price, the room was nicely setup. The hotel staff was pleasant and helpful. The pool was clean and good for a dip or to hang out by. Cant speak much to the food as we only ate one meal here. Our one meal was good. We used this hotel as a 'homebase' for our vacation. We rented a car and went out every day. The location works well for this, only a few minutes away from Willemstad and some beaches. I would recommend this hotel and Curacao is just an am [... read more]azing island in general! Best beaches!

Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao: Great resort

We received a free upgrade to an ocean front view room upon check-in. The room was spacious, good storage, clean and had a very comfortable bed. The full sized toiletries in the bathroom was a nice surprise. The resort was overall very clean and the staff worked hard. Great selection of food at the buffet, & lots of drinks to choose from. The favourite was the smoothie bar frozen smoothies & alcoholic drinks. The biggest negative of this resort would have to be that the entire property allows s [... read more]moking, and EVERYBODY smokes here & isn’t respectful of non smokers and second hand smoke. No matter where you sat outside or at the pool everybody was smoking and you constantly smelled cigarettes due to all the ashtrays readily available. As a non-smoker & allergic to cigarettes/gets migraines, this was a major downfall and I wish they had a smokers section, or a smoke free section. Water slides were fun. Short 10 minute walk to downtown. Overall the only complaint was the cigarettes being allowed everywhere.

Acoya Curacao Resort Villas and Spa: Comfortable stay

Acoya Hotel and Villas is nice. Since every person has a different opinion on what's nice let's break this down. Renting a car is a must. At least for a few days. We didn't mind taking the bus until we got our car. The grounds are not on the ocean. So, if you want to hear and see the beautiful waters of Curacao this place is not for you. BUT...you can walk there. Keep in mind its hot and its approximately a 20-to-30-minute walk to Mambo Beach and the Sea aquarium. Worked for us. Could use slig [... read more]ht updates but nothing serious. Standard room is quite small and no patio or terrace. Deluxe room was perfect for us and what we paid!!! Bed was perfect!! Everything is VERY well cared for and clean. Front desk staff is excellent.!!! Every employee on site is very nice. Pool area is also gorgeous and well cared for. Restaurants are nice but pricey. Every night they have this fun waterfall show and there was various enjoyable entertainment during the week. It is a bit of a strange set up in terms of where your deluxe room is. Basically, it is a room within a villa. Doors to other rooms are locked off. the only thing we felt was a little weird was having to walk past someone else's terrace to get to ours. No biggie everyone is nice. Note...we only had "neighbors" for a night and then no one else was in the villa so I can't comment on noise etc. This property is very central and easy to navigate around the island from here. The entrance is gated and very safe. We are very chill people and enjoyed our stay there. Hope this helps!!

Mangrove Beach Corendon Curacao: Lovely hotel great location

But…. So the hotel rooms are clean, well decorated and large. There are two parts to this hotel. the Rif - which just opened. And the original Corendon which is where we stayed. Both beaches are protected by a break wall - which makes swimming safe for families with relatively calm waters. Overall the beach at the original hotel is better. It’s larger than the Rif’s beach and here is the most important part - you don’t have one of the 2 daily 15 story cruise ships towering over you while you’re [... read more] laying on a lounger or swimming - and completely blocking the view! Don’t get me wrong - you can still see the ships from our beach too but at least it’s not directly in front of you (turning your ocean view into an ocean liner view.) You can still see most of the horizon from the main hotel. They come in 2 at a time Monday to Friday and stay from around 8am-6pm so you only get two days cruse ship free. . If you’re a pool person this may not bother you. We stayed in the part of the resort furthest from the ships so it was fine. The Ala carte restaurants were good - hubby said the bbq was fabulous. We didn’t try the sushi, but the Italian and seafood were also quite good. The buffet was redundant and lacklustre. And strangely had the pasta chef only cooking at lunch not dinner. Food quality was good. But it seemed only half the restaurant was set up to be used so choices were… like I said average and not abundant. Def not up to the standard or choices one might find at say a riu. The location is great 10 min walk to downtown, we made the trip a few times. The staff was okay - there was often a scramble at the buffet to find a clean table that’s been set up. Staff doesn’t serve you at all- they only clean up and put down place settings. There’s a drink and coffee station available with everything from coffee and juice to pop, wine and beer. The smoothie bar was fun and beach bar staff were nice but slow. The front desk staff was helpful, for the most part. I did order towels one day and they never showed up. The towel bar had an attendant but the one that was there the most was to say the least- disinterested. Though there was an older lady there one day who was super nice. The pool is lovely but I’m a beach girl so I barely used it. They only have one shop on the property and it’s pricy. I had to buy two T-shirts, a bathing suit, a brush and sunscreen (my luggage was delayed (thanks air Canada and Pearson.) and it was over $230 American. And they weren’t anything special. I paid less the next day when I went to Victoria secret in town and bought underwear and another t-shirt! They have a fun water park play area that’s part of the resort it’s up near the entrance - we didn’t use it but if our kids were there it would have been fun. My step mom was with us and she uses a walker and sometimes wheelchair and it was very wheelchair friendly. And they were kind enough to put her on the main floor close to the beach and amenities.. and were able to move us next to her the next day, Overall it’s a decent place. Maybe 3+ star to 4.

Dreams Curacao Resort Spa and Casino: Winter Vacation to Dreams Curacao

We were pleasantly surprised with our trip to Dreams Curacao in January 2024. The service the staff at the hotel provide was good. Our room was a bit dated but it was clean, everything worked and was well maintained. Clean beach towels were provided every morning at the pool, The resort is not to far from the airport maybe a 20 minute drive. Our room faced the ocean on the 5th floor with a magnificent view. At times it was noisy at night time but never past 11:30pm.

Acoya Curacao Resort Villas and Spa: Great Resort!

The resort was great for our trip. We rented a car to explore the island so mainly came back to the resort during the evening. The room was clean, comfy bed, nice sitting area outside. The shuttle to the beach, groceries, and downtown was convenient. Definitely book a massage at the spa, it is well worth it. The grounds were clean and well kept.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Should You Upgrade?

I would first like to say we did make the best out of our circumstances. The location is beautiful and the waters are crystal clear. Just not impressed with the upgrade, amenities and many services. The Air Canada tour package ‘Beach Escape with Sea Turtles’ for $85 USD per person to see flamingos in the wild, swim with Greenback sea turtles, visit a couple of beautiful beaches and a seaside beach lunch was worth the money. It was more reasonable than the resort packages. We also went for an [... read more] introductory scuba dive through Ocean Encounters for $135 USD each. I use to dive but let my ticket lapse. My wife had never dove. It was a spectacular dive. We saw a coral reef rebuilding project and many varieties of sea life. Our dive instructor Leroy (from Netherlands) was excellent instructor. We visited Willemstraat via local bus for $4 USD each return fare ($2 USD one way). Willemstraat is an old colonial dutch town with colourful buildings, a bridge that pivots sideways, a free local ferry, shops and markets. Very colourful and artistic town. We never felt harrassed by anyone, especially in the town centre market. Below we have summarized (sort of) our Sunscape Curacao Resort experience. The resort overall is in serious need of maintenance and repairs. Below summarizes issues with different areas of the resort. What made much of our stay tolerable were some of the staff. Of whom I will mention by name later on. When we arrived in the Sun Club Office/Reception, along with several others, we had to wait over 1/2 an hour to be registered as Sun Club Members. General patrons were checked in at the main front desk within a very short period of time. In fact, after the general patrons were checked in, the staff from the main front desk came to assist the Sun Club Reception. We were told the resort was recently acquired by the Hyatt brand ad that they were going through a change. Our friends in room# 8213 had an ocean view with King bed, quite spacious with large balcony. Their bar had champagne, beverages and a fruit plate. Our room# 8216 was a partial ocean view, a tiny triangular balcony (with barely enough room to sit) and was stocked with 4 different cans of pop and 2 - 1/2 sized bottles of beer. Neither couple received robes. Robes were part of this package. Our room was quite dated and warn. Stains on the pillows and dresser counters not clean. Debris from past patrons still on balcony (burnt match sticks and crumbs). The bed was musty and smelt unclean. We politely complained to Timothy the night manager. He said our rooms were the same. I said that it may be considered that from his point of view but that we felt it was most definitely not. Timothy gave me a difficult time and insisted they were at 100% capacity. We’ve had yet to see this as appears sparse with patrons. He finally agreed to change our room the next day, around 5pm. I asked to see the room first before moving. The next day after 5:30pm, we received a new room on 3rd floor room# 8303 (from room# 8216). We lost a sofa, still had same same balcony size, a slightly better view. We went from an Eastern view to Western view. We benefitted by not having a morning sun glaring on us while eating breakfast. The room was cleaner. The bed wasn’t musty but sheets still had stains. We did receive 2 robes and gained a wall bottle opener. We still weren’t happy but decided that we didn’t want to waste our vacation on room changes. Our friends requested a room change a couple of days later from room# 8213. Our one friend developed a leg issue which left her struggling to get up and down stairs and walking long distances. The next day around 5:30pm, they were given a ground room# 6102 in non Sun Club member area. They still had access to the Sun Club privileges. Their room had a modern toilet that flushed without holding down the tank lever for 1-2 minutes. Such an embarrassing situation in the morning when it takes a long time to flush. Overall, their room was actually not much different than ours. We have no idea what the Sun Club room upgrades were. House Keeping Issues - Refilled in room coffee station only 3 times. Our daily mission while walking to an amenity was always to ask a housekeeper …when we can find one…for coffee, cream and sugar. - Bathmat was removed towards end of week and never replaced - One morning housekeeping didn’t wipe off or sanitize our in room dining table. The table was sticky from breakfast room service. Spilled juice etc. - Overall, daily housekeeping cleaning wasn’t fantastic. A few days we had sandy floors. Dining - The restaurants have varying policies on dress code. We were told by a security staff that what we were wearing was not appropriate for the ocean front grill on our first night. My wife was wearing a skirt and a tank top. When we returned, people wearing ‘Rock Band’ type T’s and casual shorts were allowed in. Even people were let into buffet with bathing suits on when the sign clearly stated ‘No Bathing Suits or Bare Feet’. Very confusing. - Wait times for restaurants are more than 90 min. Except for Hititsu Teppanyaki Bar you can’t make reservations, so you have to wait around the other restaurants after you place your name on a list. The buffet was also a bit of a wait. Apparently they are short staffed at some restaurants so wait times were often more than a couple of hours. - The food wasn’t great. Portions at A La Carte restaurants were quite small. Once waited 2+ hours to receive a full sized plate loaded with only 1/5 of it in salad and small entree. Quite frustrating. As to order more would again take quite awhile to receive. The Italian restaurant, Da Mario’s, Teppanyaki at Hititsu Teppanyaki and the buffet were the worst. - Da Mario’s pasta was Al Dente but most sauces were terrible and seafood over cooked and dry. - Teppanyaki at Hititsu was not Teppanyaki. It was more like a stir fry. Tiny pieces of chopped pork, beef and chicken served with stir fried rice, scrambled eggs and stir fried frozen vegetables is not Teppanyaki. Not flavourful. - For breakfast, fresh OJ at buffet and concentrate most other places including room service. Da Mario’s Italian restaurant’s A La Cart breakfast had instant (much like Tang or Sunny D). Oddly, Da Mario’s served ham & cheese crepe with chocolate sauce drizzled all over the plate. - Buffet always late to open. One morning we had to meet in the hotel lobby by 8am for an excursion and almost didn’t have food to eat. However, I met 2 older couples (Eastern European) who barged in at 7:20am (I was in the front of the line) and they turned to me and said “We’ve been here 4 weeks and they are suppose to be open at 7am so wait if you want to but we’re eating”…. Loved them! I followed them in. No issues. - Ice cream bar rarely had someone on duty. One time we waited over 20 minutes. Staff from the kitchen saw us, walked away, never to be served. Sun Club Member Issues Pool - Can’t swim in any pool after 6pm. Never experienced that before at a resort. We did out of defiance even after security verbally said to get out but never returned to enforce. We were quiet and respectful. - Also, tired of pool cleaning in Sun Club being done last. They start the general area around 5am….I know this because I was up to work out at that time…. Then they would clean ours last starting around 8:30-8:45am which lasts anywhere up to an hour. So my wife and others couldn’t do laps unless up early. Pool gets busy after 9am. Yes people could rise earlier but it’s a holiday. Our Sun Club pool area should be completed first. - There was supposed to be to be an adults only hot tub. We finally found it. It was not heated. Cool water like the pools. Our friend loves hot tubs but not able to enjoy it this vacation. Sun Club Bars - Premium Top shelf Alcohol is always limited, not top shelf (Jim Beam, Absolute, Dewars). We always joked that it’s Top Shelf because those bottles were literally on the top shelf. Ran out of Bailey's after 3 days. So 3 days of good morning coffee. Very limited alcohol selection. We have a SunClub bar by our pool and no Baileys or many other ‘Top Shelf’ alcohol that the lobby bar has. Always have to go to Lobby bar, which is a fair distance away, wait in line to get what we want. - The Sun Club bar for premium alcohol has a short window. Closes at 5pm. So if we take an excursion that day, we’re out of luck. We had to go all the way to the lobby bar to get ’Top Shelf’ access. Unlike the pool bar, the lobby bar you are required to wear a shirt. So that added more to our journey. - I may seem obsessed about this but No Baileys 4 days in a row! The last 4 days. Entertainment - Lounge Bar (by entertainment area near scuba centre) for dancing always closed. Suppose to be open 11pm-2pm. Apparently we heard from staff that since COVID, this lounge has been closed for 3 years and only recently updated on web site. When we booked it hadn’t been updated. Very misleading and disappointing. We love dancing. - Rock climbing wall was much smaller than web site shows. - No batting cage. We asked and everyone looked at us like confused. - No movies on the beach. Sun Club Customer Service - Calling SunClub Concierge is extremely challenging. - Tried calling for maintenance, gave up. Went to Sun Club office to request unclogging of bathroom sink & repair faucet handle as handle comes off. A couple of days later a maintenance man came by to unclog our bathroom sink. Faucet was never repaired. - None of the chairs throughout Sun Club area had seat cushions for patio/balcony chairs. Called to request balcony chair cushions. On the line for 15 minutes, only to hear they will pass the message on to house keeping. Never to receive them. Later that day while walking to another resort area, we spoke to housekeeping staff. We gave our room number with a request for 4 balcony chairs seat cushions. The cushions came a couple hours later, only to receive 2 cushions. We gave up and settled with the 2 seat cushions. - Stocking our room fridge was always an issue. We had it stocked twice in the entire stay. One of those times was when we arrived and the other occurred when the room service bar attendant was rolling past our suite. In the beginning of our trip I called daily for a few days. The phone would ring 15-20 minutes. We gave up. Even complained to Sun Club Office. They would write things down but nothing was done about it. We gave up. Room Service - Our first morning, the breakfast room service app was not usable. We could scroll through it and navigate but the actual ordering could not be preformed on the app. We ordered by calling. Took a long while to answer. However we did receive breakfast in 30 min. The poached eggs and toast were great. The fresh melon was as well but the addition of sliced ‘canned peaches and pears’ was very odd. Odd reflection of fruit in a tropical place. One day ordered 1 poached egg and received 3 poached eggs of which 1 had 1/2 an egg shell still attached. The last few day we were told 30-45 min. Waited 1 1/2 hrs and only received 1/2 our order. No cream & sugar for coffee. Dinners were delivered within an hour so no complaints . Sun Club Beach Front - Often sewer gas smells permeated while resting on beach. Very unpleasant. - No resort Wifi available on end of beach in Sun Club area. The day before we left we went to the Sun Club Office to arrange to have an extra hour late check out. They normally charge for this but Ariela arranged as a complimentary request. The next day Zaraya made sure our keys were coded for this request. There is a guest suite that is complimentary but this was more of a convenience for us as the shuttle pick up was 2pm. Ariela and Zaraya provided the best service for us in Sun Club Office. The last day when we were packed and waiting in front lobby for our shuttle to the airport, I met the hotel GM, Oswaldo. He proceeds to ask me how our stay was. By this point I had complained enough. So i didn’t get into details. I did say our stay was not pleasant but many of the staff were very nice. I mentioned the staff we had the best encounters with; - Zoraida - Sun Club Pool bar tender. Sweet woman who went out of her way to have the hotel purchase bitters for our Old Fashions. It took the hotel nearly the entire week to get it but on the last day we had it. So we enjoyed 2 Old Fashions before we left. We tipped her. - Quella - A floating bar tender. We had her at several bars and she was excellent. Great personality. We tipped her. Oswaldo went on to say that he was flown in from Cancun and that the resort has just been acquired by Hyatt and that there are many changes to be made. I told him that I use to in the hotel industry as a pastry chef and I understand much of what goes on. This was not impressive. He said for me to answer survey when sent. So this much of this will be copied and pasted in my various reviews. I know this is a long review. I had to condense it as best as I could. There are other details I could mention but this is enough to get a picture of our experience. Most people we spoke to at the resort had the same issues and other problems as well. Like I stated in the beginning, we made the best of a bad situation. Never arguing with anyone. Always trying to find resolution maturely. In no way do I blame Trip Central. Our agent Candice has always provided excellent service.

Sandals Royal Curacao: Good impression but room for improvement

Overall, the trip was good. My wife and I have been to dozens of all-inclusive resorts in every country imaginable, and I'll provide a quick primer of what was lacking relative to other top-end experiences. This isn't meant to be critical, but informative so that you know what you're going to get. There is not enough staff at the bars and restaurants. period! This is not to say that staff isn't pleasant and helpful, but you wait extended periods for anything. This is the result of the "no  [... read more]tipping policy" at Sandals, as there is little incentive to speed things up. This also applies to housecleaning and in-room amenity services. On two separate days our room was left without cleaning, and we were at the pool by 8am until 4pm every day. Our AC didn't work in the room, and they sent maintenance to our room 5 times to fix the issue without any solutions. It was disappointing that they didn't even offer to switch our room, as the nights were muggy. Food was good (especially dinners), but they lacked some basic items that other top-end resorts offer. I noticed this most at the breakfast buffet. Drinks were good, but they routinely ran out of premium alcohols, or you had to go to another area of the resort to get "your drink". This might seem picky/snobby, but it was annoying that I was the one travelling to get my drink of choice on vacation. I also noticed that they filled premium bottles with non-premium booze, thinking people wouldn't notice. Not the end of the world, but sketchy. Staff allows guests to reserve pool chairs at the crack of dawn (6am/7am) with towels. The issue with this type of behavior is that many people do not return until 11/noon, which is pretty disrespectful to those that want to enjoy the morning. Gym and spa were good, as was evening entertainment. Don't miss out on the food trucks, pizza and dessert snacks. The trip was decent.

Sunscape Curacao Resort: Ok

The resort was clean food was ok but the service was terrible. Had to wait for at least 5-10 minutes to be served with just a glass of water. Staff not at all pleasant. Some days, there was a shortage of plates, cutlery. I could not believe that maple syrup was watered down. I certainly would not recommend the resort to my family and friends

Sandals Royal Curacao: Amazing resort!

It was truly a vacation to remember. The food was the best we ever had at a resort. The staff were welcoming, polite, and so helpful. Did not meet one person that was having a bad day. The weather was perfect. A breeze and sunshine for 7 days. Not a drop of rain. The grounds were maintained daily. Only negative is if you cannot walk far, it is a big resort. Walking from one end to the other was quite a distance. The bakery made the best crepes. It was more than we expected. Can’t w [... read more]ait to go back!!