Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: The resort was fine.

The grounds of the hotel was OK. The public areas was clean. Food was plenty but very bland. Very long walk to the beach,but lots of swimming pools. Biggest concern no medical facilities at this big resort. They told me to hire my own taxi and travel 10 Km to see a doctor. Long wait for a drink or a specialty coffee

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Would Not Recommend

2 hour bus ride. The bus did not have a toilet on it. We had our orientation on Tuesday and went to book our À la cartes. We waitied in line for an hour and were told they had nothing until Saturday which was the day we were leaving. Couldn't exchange our towels because there was no one there all day at the towel hut. Public bathrooms were dirty and had no toilet paper. You had to wait in a line to get wifi, go into a room then resign in every time you wanted to get on line. The beach/pool bars [... read more] had imported and gross alcohol. The rooms were okay. The Beach is beautiful. Food was okay. Definitely not a 4.5 star. Maybe a 3.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Wonderful Resort, Beautiful Staff

The resort as a whole is wonderful. As you enter the lobby the view of the ocean takes your breath away. The lobby had plenty of seating in all different forms. Chairs, benches, couches, lounging beds. The front desk staff is very friendly and as helpful as they can be. The main building is very well kept and beautiful. The buffet staff are amazing but the food does repeat itself daily. Not much variety but not surprising for Cuba. The grilling stations are few and they could use a lit [... read more]tle sprucing up or deep cleaning. The rooms are always clean and stocked but need some more upkeep. Baseboard tiles in our room were missing. Toilet seat lid in both of our rooms wouldn’t stay up. Pools were never too busy. Always found chairs. Their were pool tiles missing from the bottom of the pools. Overall, the resort is lovely, the people are amazing and the beach is the best I have ever seen.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Great resort overall

Great resort The staff were really friendly and approachable. We got to know our waiters and the daytime entertainment staff and they are lovely people. They went out of their way to make our experience enjoyable. We had paid for a pool view room and we were very pleased at the view. Not only could we see the beautiful pool but the ocean as well. We were right by the entertainment pool which is what we wanted. The beach was the most amazing beach I've ever been to. The sand was beautiful and [... read more] the water was clear and blue. The daytime entertainment was great. We like to participate, and we got to do step classes, dancing, etc. If you wanted to relax more, they have pools on the other side of the resort that are quieter. The night entertainment was really great dancers- typical to other resort entertainment. The room was cleaned everyday and the cleaner was nice. Room for improvement The food was not the greatest. I was travelling with a vegetarian and she could not eat much at the resort, so I'd recommend bringing snacks. Also they did have fresh food being made at certain stations, but the lines were quite long. For the room, while it was clean and with a great view, there were some stains on the sheets. Overall, this resort was great especially for the price. I would go back.

Ocean El Faro: Top notch resort

This place was top notch room we had an ocean view room and it was amazing. Although this is a brand new resort and still under construction it was clean and fun. The food was really good I would recommend this to anyone

Ocean El Faro: Resort is amazing!!!

Hotel was amazing! Brand new everything. However, there is still some construction going on, and some things aren't complete/open. Since it is a new resort, there weren't that many people there either. Place is immaculate though! Rooms are nice, and big. Theres a casino, bowling alley, huge kids water park, lazy river, pool bar, beach, all amazing. Lots of options to eat, and food was really good! I definitely do not have any bad things to say about the resort. When its fully complete, and the a [... read more]dults only side is up and running, this place will be beyond amazing! Just try to ignore the people trying to get you to buy into the "timeshare". Was a good price for March break, but only because place is new and incomplete.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Bad resort

This resort is in terrible shape for a 3 year old, the furnishings in the lobby are stained and worn, smell of sewage esp. in building 3 which we were in, lack of food, bread, meats, fries, bananas, etc.,beach grill serving uncooked chicken, ceiling in main buffet restaurant ready to come down with water stains, no exhaust for cooking major smell of grease and smoke in dining area must eat outside. This resort should not be sold or recommended by travel agents. More work should be done to class  [... read more]a resort as a 4+, obvious it is a bad 3. Too big for Cuba. No one cleaning beach area, cups everywhere and garbage not emptied regular.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Ocean Casa Del Mar - Santa Maria

The hotel was decent, but the food was lacking. The ala carte restaurants did not have most of the items on the menu as they claimed they had run out and the buffet lacked basic items like pizza (which is a staple in most resorts). Besides that the beaches were beautiful and so are the people.

Valentin El Patriarca Varadero: Great week!

Overall great vacation. Pool, beach and grounds were lovely. Could always find something to eat. Breakfast and lunch pretty good. Suppers not the best but some not too bad. Biggest complaint was wine watered down and washroom by pool always smelled like sewer.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Amazing resort

I will start with the good. Clean rooms Clean grounds.(the only mess was made by the guests and was cleaned up the next day) Beer and water was restocked in the room daily(leaving a tip in the fridge helped get extra) The staff was friendly and helpful and most spoke fairly good english. They let you refill the water bottles with water or juice at the bars. Activities staff tried to get everybody active at the pool. The beach was clean. The bad Food at the buffet was cold and repetitive [... read more]. The 2 hour bus ride was a little long though they do stop halfway for a smoke and bathroom break.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Nice resort

Resort is fairly new, room was clean and everything worked (ie: shower, a/c). Food shortages at the a la carte restaurants (Lemoncello and Neptuno) and at the snack bars. Beach was beautiful and the grounds were well maintained. Coffee place was excellent.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Could be better ...

Just spent a week at the Ocean Casa Del Mar (March 7-14). Wasn’t expecting anything extraordinary considering all the bad reviews I had read after booking. Some of the reviews were right and this hotel is suffering. It was badly damaged with the hurricane in 2017 and they patched it up some, but the wear and tear is showing. There’s very few palm trees and mature vegetation on the grounds, so it makes it feel a lot like a compound with cold concrete rectangular buildings. The beach is gorgeo [... read more]us and the east side of the beach is completely coral free. The west side is a little more bumby and has coral upon entry, so good for snorkeling. We took a hobby cat ride with Danny who was quite informative about all the resorts on Santa Maria as he has worked at many of them. We were in building 14 in the mostly quiet part of the resort as it is farther away from the lobby area but close to both the quiet pool and the beach. There is 2 parts to this resort: the animated part and the quiet part. We didn’t care for animation, so remained on the west part. The pool water is quite chilly but it is cleaned everyday. We found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating- give a smile and get one back! Didn’t feel the obligation to tip and didn’t feel like tips were expected either. But we tipped upon good service anyway. The rooms are ok. We had a regular room with a partial ocean view. Beds are quite uncomfortable and you only get one flat pillow per person. Heard a lot of people had issues with leaking toilets or leaking AC, but we were fine. Mini fridge is restocked daily with a big bottle of water and beer/pop upon consumption. Cleaning was done daily, although they didn’t change the sheets all week, so by the end of the week, the sheets smelled moldy because of the humidity, which was unpleasant. We weren’t able to get our beach towels changed more than once during the week, and we were the lucky ones! The kiosk is always closed or if it is opened, they don’t have clean towels. We just happen to pass by when the towel buggy came and switched out our towels. By the end of the week, our towels were pretty gross. The walls of the room were dirty and the bathroom needs a good coat of fresh paint and mildew remover in the shower. Although you don’t spend a lot of time in the room, you still want to feel clean and it didn’t. Now for the food... we know that we can’t expect to eat well in Cuba, but this was beyond anything I have experienced in my 5 times in Cuba. There is a serious shortage of food on the island because of the embargo and it shows. They keep on building resorts on Cayo Santa Maria but they can’t provide for all of them properly. I’ve never eaten so much rice and chicken in my life, because that is all I could find that was palatable. There is a redondance everyday at the buffet. Very few fresh fruits (guava, papaya andsome days we had pineapple and watermelon) the food is sadly just really bad. The buffet is disorganized and crowded, doesn’t accommodate all the guest at the resort during meal hours. The à la carte weren’t much better. And you have to wait in line for an hour (not an exaggeration) to get 3 dinner reservations at a time. I later found out from our tour operator that there is a serious shortage of food in Cuba and Cubans are on ratios of food so that the tourists can be fed adequately. So they can’t eat beef (other than pregnant women, children, the sick and elderly) and chicken and potatoes are available on ratio only. There is a sortage of flour on the island, so some resorts lacked of bread and pasta, but it didn’t seem to affect us. Made me feel bad to know that I could eat while Cubans aren’t allowed to. So this will be our last trip to Cuba. It made us feel like we were in a third world country stealing away from their people.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: Beautiful resort!

The resort was beautiful with well kept manicured lawns and and many pools. There was no shortage of daily and nightly entertainment. Unfortunately, there were a few things lacking late start with the buffet with the same foods every single day. There were a few a la carte restaurants we tried but the common theme was half the items listed on the menu were unavailable. Neptuno was the best of all we tried. Dont even bother going to limoncello. The staff hands down made the stay enjoyable but co [... read more]nsidering all the $ spent Ocean needs to do better!

Ocean El Faro: Will be amazing resort when finished

Very impressive so far as it is not finished. The grounds so far are very well kept. Rooms comfortable, well kept by cleaning staff who were very polite as were the dining staff employees. Hard workers. Buffet meals were a good variety & well prepared.We enjoyed the pools and lazy river, bowling, massages and evening entertainment. More gift shops would have been appreciated.

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: ENJOYABLE

This was my first time in Cuba. I loved the resort and the employees there were amazing. For me the food was fine. My companions on the other hand are more discerning. My favorite spot at the resort was MIKES COFFE BAR open 24 hours. The only complaints I had were the mattresses were rock hard (we changed rooms) and it was the same. They could easily fix this by adding foam mattress tops to all the beds. The only other complaint we had was signing up for the specialty restaurants which yo [... read more]u need to do in advance and then finding the menu changed when you get there. Would I go back. Yes in a heart beat.

Playa Vista Azul: Great resort

Very friendly courteous staff, Hotel was very clean ,common areas very spacious Rooms very comfortable with good service Food at buffet was good but some difficulty getting into a la carte restaurants as they were small and unable to accommodate larger ggroups

Ocean Maya Royale: very nice resort

my wife and I just spent a week at this resort, it was great. staff is very friendly and fun, food is good and rooms are very well kept. little disappointed with the seaweed on the beach but its expected this time of the year, it cleared up completely on our 4th day so that made up for it. we would definitely recommend this resort ( and have) to friends.

Ocean Coral Riviera Cancun: Amazing trip

AMAZING FOOD, AMAZING SERVICE! Beach has lots of seaweed but they try there hardest to maintain it! Pools are beautiful!! Entertainement was also pretty good. Lots of stray cats in the restaurants which did bother some people, but other people loved them. All al la cart restaurants were amazing!! Great for everyone!

Hotel Roc Casa del Mar: A great stay

Check in went smooth and fast. Asked for a certain room ,ended up with a upgrade to Ocean view room.The room clean and everything workers ,always had lots of hot water. The grounds well kept and clean. The 3pools always pristine and lots of loungers .The bar had plenty of cold beer with a variety of mixed drinks,service was fast and the bartenders very pleasant. The food at the main restaurant was OK with lots of variety,service was super always with a smile.The alacarts were very good did all 4 [... read more].The beach and water made the trip itself best beach in Cuba long walks great clean beach.Neaded a drink there was 3 beach bars for Ocean resort.Night life after supper bar supper service with good entertainment every night. Small disco later for the party animal. The night shows were some of the best very professional.On the negative side the on site bank not well set up long lineups for money exchange.never enough one dollars for tipping and often the teller very unpleasant and rude! Lack of fresh towels was a problem always running out or not even open. No first aid station in the hotel for any medical aid considering that the hotel has 800 rooms !! Had to take a taxi to get medical help? Overal great trip for the 10days stayed .

Playa Vista Azul: Best introduction to Cuba EVER!

Beautiful view and grounds. Easy to find your way around. Awesome showers and clean rooms. Basic amenities(ie toilet paper) were plentiful. Nice clean beaches with lots of chairs. Snack and drink bars in convenient areas. Coffee bar was busy but was great.