Love the little cove beach, that was rarely crowded.

The scenery was refreshing & private beach was nice to enjoy.

We went to Medano beach for dinner at the office,  don’t recommend it over priced, and rowdy surroundings (we were traveling with a kiddo).

The beach is a short walk away and was perfect for snorkeling.

We love lounging by the pool with its amazing views, or walking down to the beautiful besch to take a dip in the ocean (it is a bit of a walk down winding stairs.

Beach and fishing options are within a 15 minute Uber ride.

I would say the big selling points are view of the arch from the pool and many rooms, a restaurant with great food, an uncrowned,vendor free semi private swimmable beach, all rare in Cabo.

Just next door is a must swim private beach, with snorkelling.

Chileno is a local hotspot with many Mexican families enjoying the beach together.

Lovely infinity pools overlooking the cliffs, ocean and beach.

This resort is on the very edge of the bay and is a $6 Uber ride to town which is nice.

but the view and private beach make up for what it lacks from the big resorts.

Beach access was less than desirable for myself,

The beach is beautiful…private and secluded.

Here are a list of reasons why:

- beautiful grounds
- courteous staff
- fun atmosphere at the pool
- semi-private beach
- more of an intimate smaller resort 
- fairly priced 
- AMAZING restaurant staff and food
- we’ll maintained and clean resort 
- great gym
- stunning views
- rooms literally on the ocean with the sounds of crashing waves when you open your slider

Now if you ever stay at this resort, here are some amazing people I hope you get the opportunity to meet:

- Omar, head chef at the restaurant on property, Estrella.

The beach is great even though a little gritty

The beach was a short stairway onto a nice secluded beach that we were fortunate to witness a turtle nest hatch and crawl out into the waves for sunrise!

If you want a nice quiet beach with calmer waves and no vendors go to Chileno beach which is maybe 10min down the road.

Chileno Beach and Santa Maria Beach are minutes away.

We went to Chileno Beach and enjoyed it greatly.

We did both and on different days went to Lover's Beach, San Jose, Chileno Beach (great snorkeling and the hotel will provide a snorkel mask,

Chileno Beach and Cabo Pulmo provided awesome beach experiences and we will definitely return to both locations.

The restaurant is overpriced and no even tasty.

Paid over 1,000.00 for mold in the shower, bathtub and kitchen sink.

although Cabo is getting mre expensive each year.

There is only one restaurant at the resort and 2 bars, quality of food and drinks below average and expensive for what you are getting.

There is one restaurant on the property…great food and amazing service (a little pricey).

Restaurants there are over the top pricey and the food does not justify this.

For groceries to avoid the restaurants, there is a La Comer close by (5 USD for Uber each way).

but we had cab fare for nine people to and from Marina that got expensive.

Ubers come straight to the hotel and cost anywhere form $6 - $15 to go to downtown Cabos San Lucas.

though that would have paid me $150 out of the resort fee).

My husband and I are PAID OFF Welk Owners.

The restaurant charged over $5.00 for diet coke.

Originally thought we’d have to pay $135 USD per massage for an hour and a half massage

I saw a negative review "Avoid at al costs!!!".

Room quality is poor old, outdated, and dirty.The restaurant (only one available) at the property is expensive and serves horrible bland food.

Hyatt Vacation Club at Sirena del Mar

price

Free parking

Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

Pool

We had a fantastic time lounging on the beach and pool.

I cannot end this review without mentioning the luxurious massage I received at the resort spa near the beach.

but unswimmable beach, easy walking distance to downtown. BUT.

but this side of the arches was so much quieter and peaceful - the waves are massive so it’s not a swimming beach, but definitely cool to see the huge crashing waves here.

From this resort, walk to the right to view some of the other resorts along this waterfront.

Played beach volleyball, blackjack, poker, and lots of pool time.

The activity coordinator Jorge is absolutely amazing and I will definitely be doing more water arobics and beach volleyball next time!

Relaxing, peaceful setting right on the beach.

Beautiful beach to walk along and a net for playing beach volleyball.

Can hike to Lovers Beach through granite spires!

Amazing service and very clean if you do come do the all inclusive it will save so much money and they had activities like beach volleyball and everything.

Beach volleyball was so much fun, and he makes an excellent BlackJack and Poker dealer!

We took morning walks along the beach multiple days and followed a humpback mama whale and her calf feeding.

It is right on the beach and you could listen to the ocean from everywhere.

Solmar resort has a great location on a private beach (no vendors

Our group especially enjoyed the beach volleyball, water aerobics, and black jack!

Jorge at the pool was especially fantastic, he had so many fun activities to do like blackjack and beach volleyball and he really made our experience memorable.

The staff are so welcoming and accommodating, especially the activities coordinator Jorge who always had an activity like beach volleyball, water aerobics, and black jack to entertain us.

We booked and excursion to Chileno beach through the concierge for reliable transport.

It was under construction and WINDY, both of which we didn't expect.

Only to arrive after a long day,  they book you in, then tell you that they are having maintenance issues and they will be sending you to their sister hotel, way out of town,
Stupid expensive, and you are stuck in the middle of no where, and the place is being
Built still so the construction is ridiculous.

but were disappointed this year when we found out the construction of the Grand Solmar has taken away a pool from the Solmar.

Besides wasting the whole afternoon in their crazy shuttle, we wasted the evening trying to fix the air conditioner… (10) By the second day we were there they started construction in 2 rooms, one right by our right and one right by our left.

but "classic"  to the era of construction.

There is construction going on at the resort (even

Not sure if it will ever be the same if and when the construction stops.

Yes, our first room was a bit outdated and unfortunately was right next to/over the construction happening on their new entryway,

Construction was still ongoing at the Solmar,

We moved into a room, that was away from construction noise and had sun.

Another issue was when ever we wanted to take a nap in the middle of the day they had construction going on continuously and the worst part was the Jack hammers.

Despite some negative reviews I read there was hardly any construction noise.

The resort again was inundated with construction noise from the additional lobby work.

Construction going on which was very loud at times.

But more than that, we were given a room (told it was a free upgrade to a special suite, "no extra charge"), only to find a major jack-hammering construction project was going on right outside of our balcony, 10 hours a day.

Because of construction, we were relocated to the Playa Grande from the Solmar Resort and Beach Club.

The beds were comfortable and I did not hear any of the construction noise others have mentioned.

The construction noise was at times loud,

The prices are bad to start with then they add IVA tax and a 10% resort service charge - which according to the manager is optional

We also played multiple cards games on the daily.

I would caution people that they do charge to the room even if you request to pay separately which caused disruption at checkout

The resort will shuttle guests to their other properties without charge.

The All-Inclusive option is a tremendous value and we love the food and drink options, we do wish the tip option was a little more transparent so we could ensure if we were tipping on the room charge that it would go to our server,

no ac 
Plumbing was backwards
Everything  was not so
Hot water not so hot
Ac not so cold
Refrigerator not so cold
They wouldn't let uber past the gate because the hotel charges $100 for airport when it's $40 for uber.

I paid the balance a week before the trip.

Paid online and my card was processed on Mar 19, 2022.

One thing to be aware of is you cannot add a tip to your credit card.

Don't drink any of the bottled water provided in the room or you will be charged.

I lost $800, and no credit was offered either.

Not even a place to charge your phone by the bed.

Additionally we got home to find $$271.00 additional charges on our credit card.

I was charged 40.00 for 4 shots of Don Tequila when I have been sober for 30 years.

On top of that they triple charged our credit card charged us the day we checked out days after we left so now we have to call the bank and have that fixed.

but he could use my west jet credit card.

The rental agent agreed and it was only when I received my credit card statement when I returned to the US that I saw I had been charged the higher price.

Has overpriced restaurants charging $25 for a fettuccine Alfredo when their sister facilities sells full seafood dinner buffets for $37 for adults and half for kids.

Solmar Resort

construction

creditcard

Wifi

We spent the day at the beach today and our server, Eduardo, was incredible!

Josè, Victor, Daniel and Juan took amazing care of us at the beach and the pool with drinks and lunch.

You can enjoy spa treatments (awesome), a beach cabana (lazy luxury and tremendous service from Aaron and Adrian), offsite trips to town or one of the many excursions.

+ The beach service was great as well.Jorge is such a hard worker and has a gift of relating to each and every guest.

Brian at the members pool and Juan on the beach and the man who brought us and umbrella provided excellent daytime service.

Juanito at the beach is actually  the best person I’ve ever met and deserves a raise.

The beaches are what you expect from Cabo- The food choses are ample and the Pool near the Blu Restaurant provides amazing views of the Sea of Cortez and the seasonal Whales.

Victor and Juan are the best on the beach.

We absolutely loved our time here—especially our beach waiters Victor and Juan!

Today was made perfect by Mother Nature with a gentle breeze, 80 degrees of bright sunshine, whales playing in plain sight with Victor & Juan serving us frozen cocktails, cold verbena & chicken wings on the beach.

We saw whales breaching right from our beach chairs!

Our beach staff from Angel, Aaron, Byan and a few others were kind and ready to serve.

Kids had a fun time by the pool and beach.

The palapas by the beach need to be lowered back down, I’m sure the storm made the hotel lift them up..The weather did not disappoint.

Be sure to ask for AARON if you’re at the family pool or the beach cabanas…he’s the BEST server and will get you anything you need.

We spent everyday at the beach and had exceptional service  from Aaron!

Aaron on the beach is an outstanding ambassador for the resort and a collaborative team member of the service team.

We had Jesus attending us from the pool  and Aaron from the beach made this experience way better thank you for providing us with outstanding service.

There is a public beach that is swimmable called Chileno Beach about 10 minutes away from the  resort.

however, look at the price differences of booking directly with a company though.

I asked again what the price was and was told the same thing that the price was $45 US dollars.

Still would not recommend the sushi restaurant as a service as second rate,

We were put into a room with loud construction that went on each day we were there until 6:00 p.m.  We were looking forward to a relaxing, enjoyable time and paid premium dollars for the all inclusive resort.

In the end, when I refused to pay this erroneous charge, the staff member told me he agreed that it was not right, and had me write a statement saying that I refused to pay the extra charge.

And very confused why they wouldn’t book 3 more nights at the same rate-ish we paid. Crazy.

Cons -  is the cost of the All-Inclusive for those not staying in the hotel, and it is away from town.

food is basically something you would find at a trailer park buffet unless you pay extra to upgrade your menu !

Way overpriced for what you get in return!

The staff specially at the pool ceviche restaurant area is terrible, specially victor and the pool manager, here is the reasons why I do this review to this hotel: 

1) Victor and the pool manager kept bothering my group asking for payment immediately because we didn’t have the bracelet active for the whole inclusive deal (We were aware our bracelet wasn’t active for that day to have the same drinks and food including, we did not refused to pay for the service,

but the water is cold
-The menus have prices on them which was confusing.

The only thing that was a bit frustrating was that there was barely any music being played through out the resort (we wished it has more party vibes at times) and that after asking the front desk for more waters, they stop at 3 and said we needed to pay for the extra waters ..

but for EVERY dinner meal to have to pay extra for non special items that’s ridiculous!

At the moment, you have to pay extra if you are in the all-inclusive

but instead were sent a link that required payment,  which we did, when we arrived and told them that we paid, we were told to make up for the error we'd be comped the extra $30pp charge for dinner at the steak house.

You pay the same price as you would if they had the actualy spa.

Grand Fiesta Americana Los Cabos All Inclusive Golf & Spa

Free internet

My family had to resort to staying by the pools and avoiding the beach area because of the flies.

You can book excursions inside the hotel as well as on the beach, we did both.

Rius Santa Fe hotel is a fabulous place in a great beach location with great sea views including the rock archway at a distance and cruise ships docking close by.

Service otherwise was just ok. Beach was great, pools great, was impressed there were always chairs available at both!

The beach: there were so many beach vendors selling things.

As for the beach, do keep in the mind that the waves are very powerful and can knock you down.

The path to the beach by building 7 stinks always.

Loction was great could walk down beach right in to main town Cabo.

The hotel is very big, good location the beach is nice.

the water at the beach is glorious and it was calm enough that people swam several days of my visit.

The people down at the beach were very helpful as well.

you can walk to cabo town within 20m along the beach.

Frequently the waves are imposing and the undertow very dangerous - the view of the ocean from the infinity pools is lovely and walking on the beach is nice

I would suggest upgrading to a partial oceanview or oceanview it is reasonably priced $140/ person for the 7 days, as it will give you an amazing view of the bay and the arches.

If you reserve a room with a ocean or marina view you can almost guarantee you won’t get it, they stated “just because you reserve online doesn’t mean we can guarantee you that room”
I’m pretty sure that’s the whole point of reservations, ?

The beach is great for enjoying the landscape,

We rented a van for a group of 5 and heading to la Paz and Playa Balandra beach.

Grab a city bus to swim and snorkel at Santa Maria Beach, Chileno Beach and Pamilla Beach and don’t forget to water taxi across to El Arco.

but we didn’t have an issue with noise.

but it seems we were downgraded, as party rooms are smaller with no couch.The rooms have thin walls as we could hear everyone in the hall and at all times of the night.

they had nightly parties which is fine,but you can hear the music bumping throughout the night.

We were rudely awoken to this bizarre encounter.

One thing I didnt like was the obnoxious drunks who would make noises at all hours of the night and woke us up a few times throughout the week.

it is so loud - the rooms are not soundproof, constant door banking, people walking to/from the disco and/or parties shouting, constantly up every couple of hours.

Drilling started at 7am above our room and continued all day.

My Fav 

Tips:  electricity in the rooms turn on with a card - the towel cards work - you don’t need to use a door access card 
Overhead fan in room was cold with the A/C blowing - the switch to turn fan off was by one of the beds switches for lamps 
Room smell is mildewy iso be aware.

but so was sitting in the pool bar watching the water traffic and non-stop crashing surf.

Also EVERY night the room sirens go off in middle of night.

Which we are sure we were not we were following all traffic.

Incredibly noisy, thumping music morning,noon & night, no peace to be found anywhere.

We flew all the way from US to Mexico and hearing that from the hotel manager to go look for another hotel is absolutely ridiculous.

These parties don't go any later than 11:00 so the noise from there was a non issue and I am very noise sensitive.

A bunch of us shared what we were told while we were at the pool that day and it was easy to see that they weren’t prioritizing the air conditioning system to be fixed and we’re just kind of telling people what they wanted to hear.

I could care less about the noise and partying that’s what vacations are about.. so that type of Karen complaining should just stop.

And you can basically hear the bass/music from the party pool anywhere in the resort while the parties are going on.

Definitely not the cleanest inside the room and the rooms were always cold and damp when you slept.

I say this because OMG it was disgusting how many flies spread like crazy when opening a door to get hamburger toppings.

I agree, outside of a few restaurants the food was disgusting (even the burger spot was gross) and staff sit around and let flies all over the food.

I mainly stayed in the room the last two days to get some peace from the vendors and loud music and nasty food.

They demanded to enter the room to check for smoking.

At the end of our second day after eating in the Asian restaurant, half my family and I got laid up in bed with a bad case of Monetzuma's Revenge (vomit and diarreha).

My only complaint was the coffee at the breakfast buffet was absolutely disgusting - must have been made with tap water with swamp scum in it.

They do NOT offer any kind of room service 
And to make matters even worse, our room reeked of mold and mildew.

Grr 
First night at disco smelt like puke.

The restaurant food was awful and disgusting.

Manager (Evan) is rude, all the front desk people are rude, roaches everywhere in the dining hall, dirty and filthy snack bars, I can keep on going.

Bugs and debris on the surface, bugs and debris on the bottom, and a literally sheen of nasty everywhere.

-The lines were disgusting, stained and dirty

-The dining area is swarming with bugs

-Little children grabbing food with their hands

-There is no business area so if you have to do work, you either do it in the room, the reception area which has no air conditioning or the sports bar, where children run wild

-It’s useless to have reservations at restaurants because they let anyone in 

-Oh yeah, you can show up to the restaurants in your swimwear.

The pools and pool parties were super fun until I started to get major skin irritations on my feet and below the waist… ya the family jewels are fluorescent red, peeling, and extremely painful.The doctor said it Looks like a very bad chemical burn.

The room was smelled like mould when we got in and the shower leaked water

The food why you could find something edible was a disappointment especially the Italian restaurant yuck!

Everything tasted horrible and disgusting!

Yes, shower works, with really stinky water.

The server went as far to turn OFF the machine in front of us so we couldn't use it ourselves for self-service, DISGUSTING!

Hotel Riu Santa Fe

smell

quietness

Room: Toilet did not work,  shower was lukewarm with very low pressure.

The worst 5 days vacation experience in Crystal Grand Resort
The resort is small and old, 
We got a room with dirty towels, no mirror and no safe, when we asked for a mirror, we were told that the resort has no extra mirrors for our room.

The resort is extremely outdated, our altitude room was full of small bugs, broken coffee maker, toilet that barely flushed, outdoor jacuzzi that only had cold water.. located on the 6th floor in a building with a broken elevator- out of 8 days the elevator only worked for 2 of them.

This place is awful worst then a 1 star every thing broken please stay away from this junk thanks Toilet, broken air conditioner didn’t work pools were broken and I wouldn’t even feed the food to my dog.

Toilet paper was like cigarettes in prison.

Although the room was large with a kitchenette, there were no amenities, utensils, dishes, nothing.

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