Banu S.
Yelp
Came here for four nights. Stayed at the Turquoise Tower Sky Suites. Had butler service which was the best part of this hotel.
The room was very nice, spacious, lots of closet and drawer space. The bed was an extremely firm mattress, which would have benefited from a cushion top.
Wifi did NOT work the majority of the time in our room, which was bad bc I always work on my computer.
The curtains were NOT blackout or long enough for the floor. Every morning, was woken up by bright sunshine unfortunately. Hotels should always be blackout and big enough for the windows. The good news is that our view was beautiful ocean view, and had a jacuzzi that we used nightly.
Food:
It is an all-inclusive property that honestly is made for kids only. The food is not very good, portions are very small, service really stinks. They don't care about service as the tip is included as part of your initial payment (very $$$ fyi).
There are about 7 main restaurants and we hit about 5. The buffet restaurant had cold, overcooked, old food. The Italian restuarant was horrible service, hostess forgot about us.
Habeneros reopened while we there and had ceviche. Probably the only place with nice fresh food.
The outside buffets they had the pool were empty, they rolled their eyes when we asked to refill the nacho cheese sauce, or whatever. They pawned it off to another server, and ultimately it was replaced about an hour later.
The hostess at the sushi restaurant was clueless, couldn't tell us when we were going to be sat. The wait times for the italian restaurant was over an hour when there were many tables ready. Plus the buzzer never went off, I had to go in and check again, and they said "oh, your table is ready".
Pool:
POOL WAS HORRIBLY COLD, WITH NO HEAT AT ALL. What is the purpose of paying top $$$ for a hotel property that boasts itself on the pools they have, when NO ONE could even go in because it was freezing cold (and the winds were crazy there, so heated pool was absolutely necessary). Very disappointed. There are many pools including the adult only one...all UNheated and freezing. The only perk to the adult one was NO kids, and the tacos al pastor served pool side were the best!
No food service around any of the pools, you have to go in line at one of the buffets that they did not refresh or keep up with the food. No service for drinks for the most part unless you happen to flag down one of the few servers. There are a few bars scattered around. Even though you can 'ask' for a double, they NEVER gave extra alcohol.
We had a cabana service the last day, which was the highlight of our trip, with great service. But NO MUSIC at the pool was boring. Only entertainment was at the main pool.
I booked with Costco, which I will never do again. Costco partnered with the worst transportation service. No one there to tell us where to go. We had to go way outside at the end of the parking lot, no signs showing us the way, while all sorts of people were trying to steer us into their cars/vans and confused us. Once we found the area, there was a HUGE line, even though I paid top dollar for a private care. We waited over an hour to get to our hotel. Horrible service (BD Experience). And then to get transported back to airport on last day, they made us leave FOUR HOURS prior to departure. When i tried to change it to a more reasonable departure time, they gave an extra FIVE MINUTES...
Butler Service:
Rubelsi and Anna were phenomenal. They booked us a private pier dinner (better food than any of the restaurants combined) and of course it was separate cost, but worth it. They booked us our cabana, they booked us the Hibachi table. They were the reason we had a somewhat decent time overall.
I would come back only for them but honestly, won't be coming back to this property at all. I stayed at Nizuc a few years ago and would go back there in a sec. The food and beverage manager did come to talk to me (Ruby said we had some poor experiences), but honestly nothing changed, and the experience was already done.
This property is for families with children. It's NOT for adults who want good food, good service. I was not aware of this fact for adults, so caution to those that think the Turquoize Tower (adults only) is going to give you better food or service. I will not be back, and regret not booking somewhere else.