Melia Cayo Coco: Very happy with resort

We would definitely return to this resort. Beach is absolutely beautiful. They do everything they can to make your stay enjoyable. We stayed in a lagoon room which was very nice. Grounds are very well kept. Only complaint is the cats. On the bus to the resort we are told not to feed the cats or dogs because they are wild but people feed them so they are around the eating areas looking for food.

Melia Las Dunas: Fantastic Resort!!

This resort was amazing. It was surrounded by nothin but friendly resort staff. Not to mention a very clean resort ! Funtastic resort ….Beaches were out of this world beautiful and water was goregeous. we went on a Catamaran tour with a lobster dinner was great! met some really kool people from Nova Scotia.

Melia Internacional: A happy stay

Beautiful lobby area. Beautiful pool area. Beautiful beach. Nice rooms and bathroom, very spacious and clean. Lots of sun chairs and umbrellas. The Cuban people we encountered were all friendly and helpful.

Melia Las Antillas: Nice Size resort

The staff are extremely nice and friendly as we have always found while in Cuba. There were a few shortages but unfortunately this was expected due to Covid. We happen to be in Cuba on "Cuba Day" and a huge outdoor luncheon was happening with an abundance of food, drinks, dance and music. Not too many mixes for drinks and wine was only in the A la carte restaurants which was a bit of a disappointment. All in all a good time and love the size of the resort, it is not too big and not too small.

Melia Jardines del Rey: Just OK

Just returned. Some staff were exceptional, some not so good. Front Desk and Swim Up Bar and Bell Boys were excellent. Other staff were lazy. Even if you tipped service was not great. Gounds are a mess. It's not the workers fault. There are not enough staff. After my 3 dozen trips to Cuba I will not return to this resort. Lots of food shortages. The vegetables that were not covered in sauce were cold. No butter all week. Food was not labelled. Many rocks on the beach for the first 6 fe [... read more]et when you get in the water. After that, lots of seaweed. Sometimes no beer, or no sprite or no coke or no wine. No pasta all week. Weather was great.

Paradisus Princesa Del Mar: great beaches, lousy showers

The staff and service were great. The food was the worse I seen since coming to Cuba, now my 9th time. I feel for the people of Cuba as there supplies are meager. This shows in the food offered. Even the ala cartes were less perfect thn they used to be. Having a cold shower because they are saving power will cost the tourism industry money in that no one will come.

Paradisus Princesa Del Mar: Revirw

The cockroaches in the buffet and restaurants were disgusting. I would not recommend or go back! When we called front desk for help with our bags upon checkout no one came. Pools also needed to be cleaner

Melia Cayo Coco: Awesome stay

We traveled to Melia Cayo Coco March 24 for one week vacation and loved everything about it. Resort is not very big but beautiful, clean and very well kept. Staff was very friendly, did everything to make visitors welcomed and happy, always smiling. Food was amazing, beach was one of the best we ever seen. We had nothing to complain about. We planning to returning soon again. Thank you from bottom of our hearts for beautiful vacation.

Paradisus Princesa Del Mar: Liked the Resort, Sunwing - a big dissapointment

Beautiful resort, staff do their best to make everyone happy, weather was amazing, beach is beautiful. And all this gets ruined by Sunwing. We confirmed with the rep there that on the day of departure, we are supposed to be in the lobby with our luggage at 5.50 (bus supposed to pick us up at 6 pm). We were waiting from 5.50 until 6.30, then I called Sunwing, they put me a hold, I waited for 15 min and I decided to stop waiting. We called a taxi and left for the airport at 6.45. Now I need two th [... read more]ings: 1. Where to send my taxi receipt for reimbursement 2. When I get the phone bill, who is reimbursing my call to Sunwing? And by the way, if we did not take a taxi, we could have missed the plain, the lineup for luggage checkin was 1h45m

Melia Jardines del Rey: Amazing beach...BUT

We were told food/condiments/ toilet papers supplies are very limited at Cuba. But, my friends staying at Melia CAYO COCO the same week has no such issues at all. Our hotel (Melia Jardines Del Rey) supposed to provide one single-roll toilet paper and one 2-litre bottle drinking water daily per room (no matter how many people stays in one room). But they are not replenished on a timely/regular basis. Our room has been skipped daily supplies for at least 3 days. The worst day we had cal [... read more]led 4 times to their #700 Room service centre for help, but no action was taken by the hotel. We finally complained to their manager at Customer Service Centre to resolve one of the room service problems. Based on our experience of missing toilet paper and bottle water problem, we didn't even bother to raise the concern again for the other 2 days of missing supplies. Hygiene problem: The main buffet tables has a lot of flies hanging around. I noticed that the table mats are not cleaned properly before serving the next customers. Toilet paper supply is replenished daily regularly. Service : poor. Coffee corner service at the main lobby is horrible. One coffee server had sneezed at my coffee cup while he was preparing the coffee for me, He didn't even bother to make another cup and just handed over that coffee with his "big sneezing", to me. Limited food varieties at main buffet: Almost same kind of food and cookings are served on our 7 days of stay. No pure juice and only orange/pine-apple drinks are served. Limited supply of milk at breakfast. Exceptions of the week: There were only 2 meals of hot dish of pasta and 2 meals of fried rice. 2 meals with a small roast pig. One roasted ham served only for less than 20 minutes and the rest was returned to the kitchen. Our previous 3 times in other Cuba locations had been a wonderful time for our vacations. Melia Jardines Del Rey setting and environment is good, but the room service/supplies and food quality are not up to my expectation.

Melia Las Americas: Great Resort

Everything was well kept and very clean food was plentiful rooms were big and clean since I had to wait for a room they up graded us to a suite which was great on the part of the resort, just one small complaint the wait for drinks around the area where the entertainment was sometimes was very very slow.

Paradisus Rio De Oro: Another fantastic trip to Paradisis Ro de Oro

Just got back from the Rio de Oro for the 17th time and it was one of the best yet. The staff are like visiting old and new friends and accommodating in every way possible. They overcome any shortages, which are beyond their control, with innovation. The bathrooms in the rooms have been beautifully renovated and the grounds are beautiful inspite of the draught they had been suffering. Many of the guests are return customers who know a great vacation spot when we have found it.

Paradisus Princesa Del Mar: Disappointed, 3 star resort at best

The Good: 1. Beach was beautiful and well kept 2. Pool was clean and great as well 3. Japanese restaurant was by far the best food and experience, wish we booked all 3 a la carts there! 3. Definitely book the private Havana tour, the tour guide was fantastic and the restaurant by the El Cristo statue was by far the best food. We had the surf and turf. 4. The singer for the lobby bar on Wednesday night was absolutely great The Ok: 1. Half the staff were friendly and warm, the other hal [... read more]f not so much 2. Gaviolta tour agent was helpful for excursions The Bad: Room: 1. Do not pay for ocean view... All shrubs and trees are over grown and block 98% of the view. 2. There was NO hot water for showers all week long. That was for all the guests we talked too as well. 3. Fridge was only stocked one time for the entire week we stayed. By stocked i mean... 2 beers and 1 orange pop total 4. The sink leaked all week and by the end of the trip the AC broke and also leaked from the ceiling. Entertainment: 5. Shows were very amateur and seemed dis organized. Shows at 5 star hotels are usually much better. 1 show had teenagers that at the end of the routine ripped of there clothes to there under garments which seemed inappropriate and unnecessary especially givin' there age. Food: 6. Most of the food was terrible even for Cuba standards. I've been to Cuba 3 times now and this was the first time by far I have experienced this. 7. They ran out of food on a couple occasions leaving the only options deli meat which was ... smoked ham, boiled ham, fried ham ... You get the picture 8. A la carts were a huge disappointment other than the Japanese. No options and portions were so small we always ended up at the buffet to try and fill he gap. 9. The main gym had a leak and was closed. There was minimal equipment and space in the aerobic room as a result. 10. Paid over $200 for a couples massage and it was a waste of money. The message was terrible, unprofessional and tables were extremely uncomfortable. Overall, it was a huge disappointment and would not recommend staying here. Experience was so bad that it will be the last time we come to Cuba.

Melia Las Antillas: A fine getaway

Visited in April 2023. I find that people have outsized expectations when a dollar is spent, but there is a reason that Cuba is a thousand dollar vacation and other islands and resorts are double and triple the cost. Flying out of London is brilliant and both the flight there and return were both bang on time and we even arrived early. A 2:50 flight to leave the cold and snow and find 30 degree temps is also brilliant. A mix-up at the airport waiting for someone who had a tough time in cu [... read more]stoms meant a delay in getting to the hotel but check-in was easy as was finding the way to a beverage, food, and the room itself. I did upgrade which included an extra night in a fancy restaurant, a lobster dinner, late checkout, a robe, a bottle of rum (500ml), and an ocean view. FYI, there are no ocean views- although you can kind of see it from the VIP Lounge on the 5th floor! I also received 70 hours of wi-fi and it actually worked the entoire week- the best wi-fi experience I have had in Cuba. The lobster dinner was also the extra night in the fancy which I do not think was explained well enough and was ambiguous at best. I also had to ask for both the rum and robe, but all good, the concierges were great. The other bonus was that all of the reservations for the fancy were made for me, and while I needed to change the times, that too was very simple. The lounge itself had snacks, drinks, books, and usually, someone hanging out. The beach was great as always, Varadero is known for it, and the ocean was warm and clear. We did have a red flag one day after what must have been an overnight storm that I did not hear- 5-foot rollers which were pretty cool, and the tide came up an extra 40 feet so there was some detritus on the beach for the next few days but it did make it easier to find shells if you like that! I walked down to Pardisus that day and saw how lucky Las Antillas was as we still had a beach to use- a few other resorts had water right up to the one row of loungers or their beach bars. While the lifeguards did not allow people to go in at our beach past the shins, further down it was fine as lifeguards were not present at other resorts. The music/fun could get a little loud if you stayed by the entrance to the beach, but if you moved down to the end, no issue at all. Volleyball every day at 11am but for one when only 2 of us showed up. It was the only extracurricular I participated in but the bocce was always full, paddle boats were going out, wind sailing, and of course, all those games around the pool. The restaurants; to me, the best was by the pool. The omelets in the morning, burgers in the afternoon and late evening (or early morning depending on how long you stayed at the disco/lobby bar). or the Cuban restaurant that needed reservations- which I did not find out until my last chit was used up, if I had known, I would have skipped Romantica and the Italian. I always found something at the buffet although I was surprised at the lack of choice of fruits. Breakfast was the usual- omelets or fresh cooked eggs if you wanted to wait, pancakes/french toast etc. Now that I write this, I realize that I did not go to the buffet for lunch at all! Desserts were always aplenty no matter the time of day, and even after the reservation restaurants, I went in to the buffet for desserts. One disappointment, in the Romantico...do NOT be tempted by the creme brulee. I do not think the French translates at all- no carmelized sugar, and the custard was just not good, more like a very cold flan than a brulee. The disco was so so- the dj was unspectacular and stuck on Mambo #5, Cher, and other 90s hits. It is only open from 11pm-1am. The lobby bar was great and open all night- a good view, excellent entertainment, and fast (for the islands) service. Same with the pool bar and the bar that was on the way to the beach but not on the beach. If you are looking for a party, this might not be the resort, although again, in my experience, Cuba might not be the place for that anyway. This was my fourth visit to Cuba and I will say that without exception, everywhere that I have been, the staff has always been great- Miguel at the disco, Yanet at the burger bar, etc...very nice people who will try their best. Overall, you could tell that the place had been closed during COVID- two years I was told, and they just reopened in November. Improvements are being made- paint, plantings, general maintenance, and they are even building a juice bar right by the pool. My shower had pressure, the bed actually made me want a new bed at home, the maid service was super as well. I would go back for sure as the price was definitely right (even with the single supplement). I know that people are talking about supply issues at the moment and I heard stories of places running out of beer and butter, but I did not see that at Las Antillas.

Paradisus Rio De Oro: Very good

Well kept grounds and manicured shrubs, very helpful staff at the pools and the beach, food is good but not excellent, Stayed at the royal service section, we loved the room, but the furniture was outdated, We were there for 2 weeks, we tried all a la carte Restaurants, the menus carry about same items in all of them , except for Ja [... read more]panese, the buffet displays almost the same dishes every day ....we didn't drink alcohol during day time but enjoyed few cocktails at the Royal Service lounge especially ( 12 year old) St Tiago de Cuba Rum...

Sol Palmeras: Beyond expectations- a fantastic experience!

Everything was fantastic! Food was plentiful, good, and tons of variety, great a la carte options, top notch drinks, staff are warm and friendly, so much entertainment we couldn't do it all, but also easy to enjoy relaxation and avoid it all of you want (ie: they're not pumping a party atmosphere constantly). A incredible stretch of beach with a natural background of tropical forest, never had an issue getting loungers, free and readily available water sports, view of sunrise and sunset. Resort  [... read more]is a very nice size, easy to get around, we really had no complaints or issues.

Paradisus Rio De Oro: First but not our Last Visit

The highlight of the Resort was the Staff, whether Reception, Bar, Food or Maintenance, all Staff seemed happy and could not do enough to ensure every bit of our stay was enjoyable We enjoyed the Beach, Pool and Spa facilities each almost daily. Food was always excellently prepared and plentiful. There are a few areas of maintenance concern where it seems like management has chosen to not keep infrastructure in base condition (our Patio door handle was broke, some Tiki Huts with rotten  [... read more]floors, Patio Tiles broke and not replaced) but I truly believe their doing their best in a financially constrained business environment, and ensuring the important items are in good repair. We spoken with many visitors who are repeat visitors, many for over 10 years, and most after having bad experiences at other resorts. This was a first visit to Cuba for us, and we were not disappointed. If we return to Cuba, we will choose Paradisus Rio de Oro again, without hesitation

Melia Internacional: Beautiful resort!

This hotel was amazing from the beautiful pools to the white sand beaches. The rooms were large and clean and with daily maid services, it was super. There was an assortment of restaurants and staff were friendly, welcoming and helpful. The grounds were meticulously maintained and always free of debris. The entertainment, from the very lively pool-side hosts that got everyone moving and shaking to the solo musical artists on the top decks. It was all fantastic!! Many bars/discos throughout t [... read more]he hotel meant an abundance of choices to have fun in. We were there for a wedding, held on the beach, and even this was well organized, with lovely flowers and comfortable seating, a great feat on the sand! The wedding organizers were super. I would not hesitate to recommend the hotel to anyone looking for a 5 star getaway. In fact, whenever we are thinking of a southern vacation destination, Melia will be foremost in our mind.

Melia Cayo Coco: The best of cayo coco

Melia cayo coco is always the best the most fun and have the best staff I have ever met. Because of this I will always return many times through the year. The afternoons with the band and dancing are so much fun I literally stay for hours to enjoy with all of them. Can’t wait to go back in June to see everyone again. Much love to the melia staff. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗

Melia Buenavista: Relaxing Vacation - Amazing Staff

This was our second visit to the MBV. We were here last year and are so glad we chose to return to this beautiful resort. It is small, intimate and we felt as if we were coming 'home'. We arrived quite late but were checked in quickly and delivered to our room in no time. The grill by the pool is open at all hours so we were able to enjoy a snack after our long day of travel .. they offer pizzas burgers hot dogs and other items depending on the day (chicken wings paella etc). Food overall was be [... read more]tter than last year, did not notice any shortages except no beef (not an issue for me).. breakfasts were to made to order and always hot and delicious. Sit down lunch included fish chicken pork and pasta options .. complemented by some standard offerings at the buffet, salad fruit cold cuts cheese etc service was always prompt and we really enjoyed the variety. Dinner at the 2 a la cartes was good although a bit repetitive. Hubby enjoyed the lobster and pasta was always delicious. Soups always delicious. Noticed this year quality and variety of desserts was better as well as breads/buns. No mangos yet as too early but we did find the usual selection of pineapple guava papaya etc along with resh juices, bananas a few mornings. Coffees and drinks were amazing enjoyed the red wine at Navigantes and the rose from Spain was nice. Ask Lestor at the pool bar for one if his world famous mojitos! Butlers were quick to take care of any requests and can book dinner at restaurants at the sister properties. Shuttles run regularly between the other Melia resorts see schedule at front desk. We enjoyed having access to the 3 beaches, each with it's own unique character. Enjoyed yoga each morning with Navi by the sunset beach as well as Tai Chi. Our last day on the main beach was heavenly no wind calm only a handful of people, felt like our own private paradise. Overall a very relaxing vacation. Not a party resort, very relaxing, enjoyed the sunsets with glass of wine and music. Evenings pretty low key, ask staff if there is a show as not highly publicized. Note do bring insect repellant, we did get bites. We met some lovely people during our stay and were treated very well by staff. Would highly recommend and hope to return!