Jennifer J.
Yelp
We were looking for a place to chillax by the beach during our recent Playa vacay, and Martina was just a couple of blocks from our Airbnb so we headed over to check it out! The weather was hot and we were more than excited to grab a beach chair, catch some shade, and enjoy a few cold ones while we watched the beautiful Caribbean stretch out before us.
We were greeted promptly at the entrance and given a few options. You can rent a beach-front chair for $10 (200 pesos) per person, with a required $50/ea minimum required to spend on drinks, food, etc. If you choose a beach chair in the third row or farther back, you only have to spend $40 on menu items. They also had large covered beds available to rent, or a "coveted" poolside spot could be reserved as well.
The good: the view here is INCREDIBLE. You're right on the beach, and we didn't see a drop of the infamous seaweed that has been plaguing area beaches for months now. The beach club is roped off from the beach, so you aren't bothered by the beach vendors, but there's an an entrance/exit area to the club with direct beach access.
We also loved the amazing and fast service we got from our server, who was quick to bring icy buckets of beer as quickly as we could drink them. We also got some food (my dude got a club sandwich and I got octopus tacos) which was pretty good but not the best we'd had on our foodie-centric trip.
So...why the 3 stars? Two words: the music! Imagine the loudest, bass-heavy club music ever pounding in your head all day while you're trying to enjoy the beach. Even though the music was way over by the pool (probably at least 75' from where we were sitting) the music was SO incredibly loud it gave me a headache after awhile. I get it, the pool (which, tbh, was laughably tiny) was the "party" area full of beach bodies and dancing, but I feel like it would not have detracted from anybody's experience there to turn the music down enough that they could hear it, but the rest of us weren't rumbling to the beat.
If you can stand the club music, I highly recommend Martina. If you'd rather have a more relaxing experience at the beach, there are other nearby clubs that seem to offer a quieter vibe.