We ended up walking to the public beach near the marina and had a blast.

It has an easy access to the beach, great views of the mountains and local to the city.

The resort was very quiet and we were able to relax by the pool and on the beach most days.

There is no swimmable beach here as it is on the Pacific side rather than on the Sea of Cortez.

The beach was so beautiful and the resort has lots of programs and fun stuff to do.

Solar is just a 20 minute walk along the beach to the beautiful ocean

Hotel is right on the beach and in close proximity to the Marina, downtown and restaurants.

although not swimmable, is breathtaking and spiritual in the ferocity of the waves against the beach and the rock.

I like this property location - the beach is beautiful, you can hike to lovers beach!

The main thing for us was that the beach was super accessible

but was much more chill, relaxed, and you could easily walk to a beach to swim or to the marina to explore the mall and shops.

Our room was very close to the pool, beach & restaurant, which was awesome and greatly appreciated.

It has great beach access which was awesome!

Walking over to Divorce beach and snorkeling over at Lovers Beach is a highlight.

but it was a short water taxi ride to lots of great beaches.

We saw the humpback 🐋 whales from the resort, walked the nice beach ⛱ and really enjoyed the pool area including Rodolfo the Activities director !

but since the beach in town is very close we didn't mind one bit.

Because our unit was at the back of the resort, we also had extra construction noise from maintenance fixing or sanding things.

There was construction noises the whole day, no way to take a nap on your vacation, and awful painting and other chemical products smells the whole time.

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

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.

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

A big concern I read in reviews right before our trip was construction noise due to hotel repairs from a hurricane.

Sitting on our deck in the morning the noise from the construction was loud,

Since our room was a first floor pool-side room we did not hear the construction out front.

Construction noise was not that bad and staff was willing to move patrons if bothered by it.

The construction noise was ongoing and loud.

They are going through construction and that noise can be a little frustrating

The only drawback was the noise from the construction going on -

Four stars instead of five for construction noise,

It also made it very hard to relax by the pool with constant construction noise all day long.

construction noise is loud in the day time  if your trying to relax

They made our 6 day stay at Solmar worthwhile and you overlooked the construction noise.

Super loud construction noises all day, every day though.

We were able walk from the hotel to climb over the rocks to Honeymoon Beach, Divorce Beach and Lovers Beach to swim in the Sea of Cortez.

You are a few yards away from what they call divorce beach.

If you are reasonably fit and up for a scramble you can walk to lovers/divorce beach - bring your snorkel or rent one at lovers beach to swim at pelican rock.

The rock formations are phenomenal and offer small beaches including a honeymoon and a divorce beach; both lovely!

The location near land's end was perfect as well, so you can hike over the small rock formation to get to Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach.

If you would like to take a ride from the harbor (marina) to the arc or a lovers beach, divorce beach,Medano beach, look for "el Capitan Perico".

We walked to the end and went up and over the big rock hill to the lovers beach and divorce beach.

Solmar is RIGHT in the middle of the marina, el arco (the arch) and between Divorce beach and Lovers beach.

From the location point of view, you can stroll along a magnificent beach undisturbed and access Divorce Beach and Lover's Beach by climbing over a small rock hill.

If you're in good physical condition, you can climb the rock formations a short distance from the resort and make it to Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach within a 5 minute walk from the resort.

The walk over the rocks at the end of the peninsula led to Lover's beach (swimable) and Divorce beach (not swimable).

So, don't pay extra for the taxi and just climb the big stone (a very easy hike with sandals NOT flipflops) and you're at divorce beach, which is right across from lovers beach.

Quick walk to Lover's Beach, Divorce Beach and Los Arcos.

This is also the way to Lover's and Divorce Beach

They said that they had to call Reservations to confirm which was conveniently closed at the time

I guess if you wanted to you could call them out on it or adjust your tip accordingly.

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

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.

As I watched him walk out of the check in location he did not have a phone, radio or even talk to anyone.

I asked for a call from the manager and never heard back.

I appreciated that there was no additional calls trying to get us to commit to the time share sales.

On our first arrival had to use phone maps to find it though.

I then waited for 30+ minutes while they shipped what they call a bed, what I imagine is a cot from another resort to see if I would be satisfied with that.

The only downfall was the booze in the all inclusive it was what I call generic alcohol.

They never credited it back to my Visa so now a month later it's still showing a $1000 charge and no credit. When I call I'm told "yes we see the credit

We cannot control the AC in our room and had to be controlled through maintenance which there’s no need to call maintenance twice a day to adjust the temperature in the room.

We arrived and our room had a broken AC, while over a 100 F outside, and they took some good 150 minutes and two phone call to front desk, to change our room.

but paying $100+ dollars a night, I had to call it in.

You have to call the front desk to have them drain it for you.

..even if you walk up and want a coffee to go or a bottle of water, you stand around waiting for them to ring it up and bill you.

Cell phone data had a higher speedtest than their Wi-Fi, and for what they want to charge ($13.00 a day), it's a travesty that they still want their patrons to pay for this.

If you book make sure you Email and confirm everything, dont call, email have written proof.

There was some confusion because the gentleman at the front desk said our appointment was at 9 and he had been calling our rooms.

If you like old and outdated furniture, TVs, bathrooms stay here.

My thoughts on the future of the resort have changed as management has clearly decided to spend money maintaining the resort generally and updating the rooms specifically ( ours for sure).

but the room was so outdated and need renovation and cleaning.

I highly recommend,  make sure you get one of the newer remodeled rooms, some of the others are outdated

Place is way overpriced, hotel facility is outdated and overall structure is old.

although the bathroom fixtures badly needed updating.

[Resubmitted this review as I had an update at the bottom]
We're only halfway through our trip,

The front Chalk board we kept referencing seemed to be out of date and was never updated. 5.

but was still surprised to see how outdated it was.

When the conditions change, they anticipate to keep the guests happy.

The 1 bedroom unit we stayed in has not been remodeled forever

I don’t know why there’s people complaining about Solmar being “outdated”.

First impressions of the Solmar resort was that is was a little outdated compared to the two neighboring properties - Playa Grande and Grand Solmar.

While it is a bit outdated, the rooms are huge.

The resort is very old and has not been remodeled in forever.

even though we were all inclusive and the service, especially at breakfast, was slow.

I realize this is a shoulder season and that times are slow due to COVID-19.

but they were so slow to confirm, I had to make my own arrangements (which were cheaper).

The Wi-Fi was slow and spotty particularly in my room

service is slow.. the waiters are very forgetful.

During the slow season the snack bar is only open Friday and Saturday.

It was slow at the resort so they canceled Tuesdays and Thursdays fiesta nights which really disappointed us,

( pool side service was slow I think due to a new waiter with limited English not much hustle out of the new guy) 

Jose Luis 1&2, manny, Wilfredo, arturo, Jose, Damian, sal, Gerardo, Humberto all went above and beyond to make our meals and drinks great, the waiting staff is great.

I expected a lot of buffet food, watered down drinks, and slow service

but the services are EXTREMELY slow even though you may be the only one at the place to eat.

Restaurant service is extremely slow in even taking orders (we were the only table), sports bar is only managed by one waiter and he's always burned out.

Our only real complaints is there was no TV in the living room only one in the bedroom, and since since Wifi is only decent in your room, and is slow and disconnects a lot it should be free.

The service in the main restaurant was very slow and food was cold every time.

It is a very relaxful resort with slow paced activities.

CONS: rooms were a little outdated; service at the restaurant was a little slow –

The service was pretty slow everywhere except the sushi factory.

From start, with Fransisco at the front desk, who made check-in a breeze, with his friendly attitude and helpful demeanor.

All staff were so friendly and helpful, we felt spoiled and hated to leave.

Today we leave the SolMar Resort after a week, overall the experience was great, very nice settings and very friendly staff, the bellboys Cesar and Aquiles always were very attentive and with the best attitude towards us and our needs or inquires.

I was told by the front desk staff (Abraham and Itzel) that they close payments take a day to show up.

The attention and genuine care given by Marco towards the guests.

The staff was extremely friendly and helpful.

But, I had confirmed multiple times with the front desk that we would still get our 5th room for our friends flying in a day late.

Service in general EXELENT Roberto AND CO-WORKERS ON VALLET PARKING VERY HELPFULL AND friendly

Roberto was very helpful, the food was good and the sports bar lots of fun

The drinks were very good.

Arturo was extremely attentive and made our stay so much fun.

The staff was very friendly/helpful and Marco did a great job meeting all of our needs.

Everyone goes out of their way to assist you and are all so friendly.

Everyone was so welcoming from the beginning - Marco the bellman, Alfredo, Alexis, Rodolfo, Teresa, and the concierge and the front desk staff.

Thanks Gerardo, Marco and the rest of the staff! !

He is an amazing guy who coordinated shows, bingo, making bracelets and lots more activities.

Saturdays are fiesta night which was amazing especially because Rodolfo is funny and welcoming!!

Rodolfo the activities director has the best energy and made us laugh so much!

We booked some of our activities online ahead of time, and booked others directly in the marina which is a 7 minute walk down from the resort.

I was all-inclusive and so was able to utilize the fitness center at Playa Grande, which was an 8 minute walk (or 2 min free shuttle ride).

It was really nice to walk in an have someone know exactly what you like and accommodate to your wants and needs.

We found a beach less than a ten minute walk away that we could swim in

THE RESORT:  location location location 
5 min walk to Marina  5 more minutes and you are in the heart of Cabo!!!!

One good thing you could walk to the marina to get away from the hotel.

The location of the hotel is very very close to the marina and Medano beach (30 mins walk) so taxi, collectivo and Ubers are not necessary.

Jorge walked us to our room with our bags and told us all about the resort and gave us a little tour, showing us were each pool was located and all the restaurants.

but there is plenty of gorgeous sand to walk along & enjoy.

We always walked into town for dinner, so we never tried out the dinner menu.

Bedroom patio -can view and walk to  pool.

the best places nearby, 15 - 20 min walking to the mall puerto paraíso and La Marina where you can find restaurants, bars and gift shops.

Many attractions within 15 min walk or 30 min drive ask around everyone in staff is helpful.

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Ricardo was excellent and took care of our food and drink needs at the beach area.

I want to spotlight an employee, Ricardo was our server while lounging on the beach portion of the resort.

The location is very safe and beach access is easy.

Thank you Ricardo for all of your wonderful service on the beach!

Ismael and Daniel - servers at the beach … fast and efficient .. they make enjoying the beach a great experience!

Specific staff at the hotel that made our trip extra enjoyable were Noel at the front desk, Ceasar at activities desk, Emilio and Daniel with beach service, Eleison the lifeguard is super friendly and helpful, and Carlos around the pool made us feel very welcome daily.

Also, from the beach, you can pay a water taxi to take you to the El Arco at Land's End.

The room, the view and the beach are all amazing, and the friendliness of the staff is just as good.

Shout out to Cesar for greeting us by name (how do you remember us in spite of the 1000s guests you greet); thank you Noel and Eruby for providing stellar front desk service; thank you Luis our favorite pool guy and Emilio and Carlos for always going out of your way to make sure we have the penultimate vacation experience; thank you Ismael for always graciously serving us refreshments at the beach in the stifiling heat: many thanks to Andres and Allen for welcoming us to the resort always with warm, friendly smiles; and thank you to Gaby for always keeping our room fresh and sparkly!

By the pool or beach, Louis is always there to take care of your every need from bringing chairs, umbrellas, and keeping an eye on the kids so you can enjoy your vacation.

Also, Casa Dorada was one of the few resorts that allows you to go on the beach and swim in the ocean - so another plus!

There are some other resorts down the beach (condos, timeshares for big families).

There is a sandy beach front with refreshing & calm waters.

Our favorite thing to do in Cabo is sit on the beach and watch the activities on the beach and water.

Shoutout to beach concierge Luis, Emilio, Ishmael; pool concierges Caesar, Jonathan, Zaid, Gabino, and Carlos who work tirelessly to ensure each guest is happy.

Wonderful week with special kudos to Monica( in the office) , and Luis, Emilio, and Gabino at both the pool and beach 
They are wonderful longtime employees who make our family( especially our 2 and 4 year old grandchildren) feel special
Thanks again for a great week

The view from the room is breathtaking and the resort is right on the beach!!

Louis and Carlos helped us everyday at the pool and beach.

On the beach for happy hour all day swimming in the ocean, or by the beautiful pools.

Big rooms with nice furnishings and very comfortable.

Great location, great service, great food, and an amazing atmosphere overall.

The beachfront scene is filled with music & happy, festive energy.

The prices at Casa Dorado were more than fair given the quality and the surroundings.

The grounds are so well manicured and pristine with nothing out of place.

The location is beautiful, the amenities are well kept and the service has been exquisite.

but it was enough to be noticeable if you’re seeking a quiet environment.

The hotel was very clean very attentive and on my daughter’s 21st birthday they brought in balloons and some decorations very nice personal touch.

We chose the European style option upon booking and received a free breakfast buffet, and a discount at the resorts restaurants, we also got a credit at the spa and for a photo session!

A mask must be worn inside, and the resort employees were above and beyond in cleaning and wearing masks.

Quality of the resort, design, rooms to the pillows they use we enjoyed.

When we returned, we were so surprised by Noel's kind gesture: in our room we found a beautifully decorated plate with the word "Congratulations" in chocolate and the most deliciously decedent slice of chocolate cake and a bottle of sparkling wine chilling in the ice bucket!

He made our experience on the beach a fantastic one and I already miss his bright impact on everyone around him.

Thank you so much for this exquisite experience.

Great food, views for days, and a fun environment.

Rosa and her creative art studio, have kept myself, and my family and friends occupied with fun art we can create and take home.

A Covid-Safe environment that is set in a premium location.

I will be sure to paint with Manu again and am anxious to try out some of his pointers on a painting when I get home.

The musical entertainment was pretty cool, and the atmosphere was smooth.

Our 1 bedroom was spacious and beautifully decorated.

me and my friend wanted to do a photo shoot at lovers beach and divorce beach and it was incredible.

Rafa was such a fantastic part of our visit to cabo - he is awesome at his job, kept the drinks coming, and is so great to all guests.

I would definitely recommend Casa Dorado to anyone visiting Cabo.

We just made our 10th visit to Casa Dorada and I can’t wait to book #11.

I'd recommend this spot to anyone visiting Cabo.

I highly recommend staying at Casa Dorada when visiting Cabo, Mexico!

We visited last year to determine if this is where we wanted to have our wedding this year, and knew right away this was the perfect place.

Many guests visited the spa and spoke highly of the treatments provided by the wonderful Saltwater Spa staff.

Looking forward to visiting Casa Dorada again in the future!

Second time visiting Cabo and Casa Dorada this year.

We visit here every May and sometimes make a few additional visits during the year.

Every visit we use A Cabo Conexión car service, stay at Casa Dorada and dine at Tres Sirenas.

The place was cleaner than any resort that we have visited during COVID, and unlike US hotels they cleaned our room every day and even had nightly turn down service.

We will visit Casa Dorada again and hope to see Luis and Mario!

- Los Tres Gallos in town was also a worthwhile visit for dinner.

My mother-in-law had an accidental fall on property during our visit and they took excellent care of her.

For my first visit to Cabo, I couldn't be happier with my stay at Casa Dorada.

I will definitely be back to Casa Dorada and hope you have the chance to visit too!

This is our second visit since 2019 and am 100% committed to returning.

The location is wonderful as there are so many places you can walk to.

They do stand at the rope and show their goods, if you are interested in a purchase, you can walk to them and negotiate a deal.

Delicious cocktails 🍹 Lots of nice restaurants nearby and an easy walk to the marina.

And its only a 5 -8 min walk from the resort to downtown - literally a perfect location to stay at.

The marina & a wide range of delicious restaurants are all a short walk away.

Also, shoutout to June who is always walking by to make sure the guests have what they need and are happy with the service.

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