We took part every day - margarita putting, Aqua Bingo at the pool bar, movie trivia in the pool, black Jack, Board Games gone Wild (Pictionary, Charades and Headbands - super fun), yoga on the beach, and ping pong tournament.

Jacuzzi jets broken in large jacuzzi HOW this classified as a top Hyatt Hotel unsure.

Resort itself is fabulous, basic rooms are great (microwave/convection for baking), air con works great, pool area and views of Cabo fantastic, staff is great.

There are a lot of friendly personable people at the main pool.

The view to the Cabo Arch from infinity pool is beautiful, rooms are ok.

Families are well catered to, with a dedicated kids' pool and activity area.

Jonas and the activities crew kept us active and entertained in and out of the pool.

There is one main pool that was 4ft and warm.

Location and the pool are the only reasons to stay here until the fix the power issues.

- the people working here are very cordial and helpful
- the pool and jacuzzi is decent
- it's relatively cleaner!

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.

Just shut down this room is my suggestion

On positive front: hotel staff were nice, pillows comfortable, and nice view from warm pool

The 2 pools (one which is very small) and swim up bar were nice and had great views.

We have been visiting for about 8 years now and look forward so much to meeting the staff again and having fun with the daily activities around the pool including pool bingo, margarita putting, the movie quiz and so much more.

Pools are beautiful and not crowded- you don't have to fight for a chair.

After dinner, we've just relaxed in the heated pool until it closed at 10pm, then, we moved to the jacuzzi (also heated).

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.

One of the hot pools is out of service, the other is a great size.

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.

On the same day we rented a car, you get 24 hours for the $56 through the concierge, we also wandered over to Santa Maria beach to do some snorkling in the morning.

We went to Chileno and Santa Maria beach instead which were amazing for snorkeling.

Chileno Beach and Santa Maria Beach are minutes away.

There is an additional $7 USD a day resort fee, which was well worth it as we used their beach chairs, beach umbrella, and pool towels every day to visit the surrounding beaches (Santa Maria Beach and Chileno Bay were our favourites).

Better snorkeling was at Santa Maria Beach, a 5 minute drive from the resort.

We saw todos santos, arches, 2 cabos, Pamilla beach, Cerritos beach, Santa maria beach and our favorite for snorkeling Chilleno beach!

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Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

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

7 is closest to the pool and beach, 9 is closest to the water park.

We were in Villa 7 which had a pool and ocean view.

It has great pool areas and sun bathing decks and swim-up bars along with lots of food options throughout your stay including special restaurants, Italian, Japanese and other cuisines especially of evening meal and dining options.

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

The Palace's pools are heated so keep that in mind if you want more useable pool time in all weather.

We were provided a room with a view of the pool in building 7.

Plenty to do and see, they have several pools, bars and places to eat.

Other facilities such as pools, loungers and bars were all really really well maintained.

Staff was friendly, plenty of pools and activities.

Went to a pool party there and my backpack mysteriously went missing.

Pros- 
beautiful pools and lots of them
Amazing views- breath taking
Lots of chairs
Fun activities
Rooms are cleaned daily 
Excursion Team for Amstar is very helpful
Rooms are very spacious and nicely decorated
Great air conditioning 

Cons
Mostly buffet- average quality and so many flies-everywhere
Short staffed- food is very slow, buffets run out and they are very slow to replace the food
The entertainment is below average.

Beach and Pools:  The pools were pretty fun to be in.

Great access to pools and play fun areas for kids.

but there was a lively PARTY music at the southern pools.

The party vibe is well and truly alive here, especially with the pool parties.

View from the main pool is unbelieveable to the beach and caves.

My boyfriend was assaulted at their pool party as well.

Similar to other Riu hotels we've been to there is a focus on fun and entertainment, with a dedicated party pool for several events per week (white party, neon party, jungle party).

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.

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.

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!

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Around the property, it seemed to be stronger and more consistent.That is a concern as we were stuck having to do zoom calls in public areas of the hotel for the WiFi and that was not as comfortable.

but you also don’t want to run up your mobile phone bill by using 3G/5G when WiFi ***should*** be PLENTIFUL.

However, my partner got their phone taken from one of the cubbies at the neon party and unfortunately it wasn’t recovered before we had to leave the following afternoon, so I’d suggest keeping anything valuable on you or locked in your room.

My son also stated that when he went to there called the security guy on his personal cellphone..not on the walkie-talkie not on the hotel phone.

She
told the person on the phone that we need both housekeeping AND maintenance.

My friends had to call a pharmacy themselves.

Brother had blood stains on his duvet
- Had to call and ask 3x for a rollaway bed

He calls the front and gets the room number.

We were not allowed out of room come Sat and that was all the food given until 2pm - after numerous calls.

After realizing this I wandered around and asked 3 different security people to let us in our room or at the very least call the front desk to have someone come let us in.

Could not even talk or hear music on the phone.

My only tip would be to upgrade the plugs etc to accomadate phones etc.

Had to call for maintenance to get it unlocked.

There was a sense of dissatisfaction if employees didn’t receive tips for the slightest of actions as calling a cab.

I figured no one was taking me seriously so I did not want to call and instead just went there.

I attempted to call the front desk 5x from the phone in our room without any success.

Before then my phone was turned off so I was not able to locate it.

- If you are less mobile, please note there are LOTS of stairs to get around here. I would like to note that Nicole tried to make amends for the many issues we had in our room upon checkin by making us a few "reservations" at the specialty restaurant (though getting a table at the restaurants was not hard)

The cocktails were fantastic with a plethora of choices and the use of name-brand liquors…the bar staff were fantastic (our favorite was Paul/bar waitstaff on the “Lazy” pool side).

Angel, the pool bartender, became our best friend and went above and beyond his duty to make sure we were having fun!

The location is amazing, you can see the famous rocks from the pool.

Mediocre pool area, shows and entertainment.

Pool staff serve you at your pool during the day!

There were plenty of pool chairs, you didn’t have to worry about extra fees or not getting into certain areas!!

The negative comments are shocking, the people are amazing, drinks are easy to get, buffet is good, pool is clean and the beach has a good vibe.

Constant music being played included by the pool area.

There is an activity pool and a quieter pool.

love it will stay again very quiet great assistance easy resort to figure out very beautiful a lot of activities to do and the food was OK need more seasoning for me n=but hey overall it was a great resort with lovely swimming pools

Pools are starting to get cool as are the evenings so pack accordingly

Pros: clean room, staff was excellent, pools were good, beautiful beach view, buffet had many options.

Everything was great with the pools and bar and food service.

The pools were great, very well kept, crystal clear the whole time.

The security guy was staring at me and my son in the pool for an hour.

We never had a problem getting a pool chair
Would recommend this property for families, groups.

I really enjoyed the amazing view from any pool directly by the beach and the ocean and beautiful sunsets over the landscape at Land’s End.

If you like snorkelling, lovers beach, Chileno beach and Santa Maria beach are all worth a visit.

but when 
we opened our doors, we were taken aback by a very strong overwhelming sewer stench in both our 
rooms.

- Moldy bathroom and dirty bedroom furniture.

Rooms showed signs of mold and smell of mildew.

The sheets feel wet and everything smells musty.

The windows, balcony, furniture were left FILTHY!

Just a disgusting experience especially the food.

Smells like sewer really bad and rooms have fallen apart. Beware.

but there are paint chips, chipped wood moldings,cracked tiles, chukcn out of concrete walls, bathroom fans that don't work, etc.

Even the Saxaphone was dripping in sweat which was also not appealing.

Smoking locations are not wheelchair accessible and too remote.

very stiff and questionable and the seafood smelled like it had been left out in the sun for days.

Very warm and smelly elevators, lacking any form of ventilation.

Food lacked flavor, floor in room got my feet dirty when walking barefoot on first day of stay, sometimes it smelled like sewer water in our room and on the atea by the pool, taxi service super high compared to local rates

but since there was no exhaust fan in the bathroom, the room felt musty and a bid humid.

They shouldn't put the smoking station by the swim up rooms that people pay more money for!

but our neighbor smoked on his balcony, there was someone by beach washrooms smoking, guests on ground floor with pools attached smoked in their pools and a few poolside smokers trying to be sneaky.

We'll just open the balcony door and enjoy some fresh air since the room was musty smelling anyway.

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The hot water faucet  in the second bathroom sink didn’t work at all.

The water pressure was my only real complaint, as it was virtually non existent the majority of our week long stay.

The only negative was low water pressure and the cloths dryer was out of order.

There was very little water pressure in our showers and the shower in the master bedroom didn't drain.

The only thing negative is that the water pressure in the shower was awful and the place definitely could use some updating.

We reported the water leak at 7:30 a.m., and were told Maggie started work at 9 a.m. By 9:05 a.m., she was in our unit, with 2 repair men, and 1 maid with a full cleanup cart.

The water pressure was also terrible, only able to run one fixture at a time just barely.

The bathroom faucet had NO water pressure until my handyman husband cleaned out all the gravel from the faucet.

There is virtually no hot water or water pressure.

On their website there is NO mention of only 1 elevator for the entire property.

We got stuck in the elevator for about 15 minutes.

Building A is the only one with an elevator.

I understand only Bldg A has an elevator.

We stayed in Building D which has no elevator, so it was a bit of a pain carrying strollers and children up and down the stairs several times a day.

We booked through Expedia and was given a unit in Block A ( which had an elevator ).

There five buildings, only one has elevator service, the others you walk the stairs.

Items such as ceiling fans, showers, elevator, excercise equipment, and electrical switches didn't work reliably or at all.

The units are fully equipped, clean, there is a  beautiful pool, live music in the pool bar and location is perfect.

The pool restaurant and bar was great fun with various live music throughout the week.

The pool was nearly empty every time we went, the pina coloda's at the bar were the best and the coconut shrimp and quesadilaa's were fantastic as well.

From the knowledgeable concierge Elly to the pool staff everyone was pleasant and kind and wonderful.

Kids loved the pool area, and the shop-ette had everything needed for convenience.

Our kids and grandkids loved spending time around the resort pool, walking about five minutes to Medano Beach or catching a glass bottom boat at the harbor less than 15 minutes away.

The pool and poolside restaurant are clean and food is so good and reasonably priced!

The pool is nice and the pool restaurant and bar is fantastic.

We really enjoy the restaurant by the pool.

Our room was very spacious with a very large deck overlooking the pool and an awesome view of Cabo San Lucas.

We all spent every afternoon at the amazing pool, and enjoyed the added benefit of the poolside bar/restaurant.

They have a great pool, market and restaurant on site.

The Marina Sol Residences and Resort had a nice pool and a great poolside bar/restaurant.

The staff was very friendly and the Resort had everything we needed including a huge pool with a swim up bar and poolside services.

The pool area is exceptional and ginormous and also features a very nice “club house” with pool and ping pong.

We loved the pool and it really wasn't very crowded, much to our surprise.

We went down with a large group of 10 and rented the big 5 bedroom Ultimate Penthouse -  has a pool table in the great room and a huge island in the kitchen for 10 to dine at.

The pool was super nice and super clean, the poolside bar/restaurant had great food and drinks and the staff was super friendly.

We overlooked the lovely gardens and pool area.

Visit Santa Maria beach if you have time.

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I also agree with some of the other reviews that say that they need to do a better job of explaining to people the status of the construction because it is happening on both sides of the resort..

(See my previous review for more details) 

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