Em A.
Yelp
I'm not one to write good or bad reviews at all. But I feel called to, so I can share my honest experience at Zoetry Paraiso De La Bonita . I think it's important to note, as a couple, we spent well over 5k on our trip as well as well over 1.5k on shopping at the property, excursions from Amstar, and tipping the Zoetry workers over 20% EVERY TIME they assisted us with something whether that be giving us a ride to our room, bringing food to our room, making drinks, restaurant tips etc.
Obviously some details are left out since it's so overwhelming
Cons:
Day 1:
⁃ Upon arrival room wasn't ready for 5+ hours
⁃ they take your luggage upon arrival, this is an issue because:
On day 4:
-after leaving our do not disturb sign, letting staff and office know we didn't want anyone coming into our room at any time & didn't want cleaning services, someone came in when we were gone and went thru our stuff (We have proof and showed managers)
On day 5:
-drunk staff on the job that flirted and touched me inappropriately at the restaurant
Misc complaints:
⁃ small portion size for food
⁃ gross gross gross food
⁃ plunge pool is not even mediocre
⁃ no snacks or other food options after restaurants are closed
⁃ rooms are NOT thoroughly cleaned or COVID compliant
other negative reviews on here are COMPLETELY ACCURATE. We left a day earlier to get home asap!
Back story:
On Day 1, upon arrival we had just got there from an international flight and our room wasn't ready. We were notified by Brandon that our room would be ready in an hour or so, that then turned into a 5 hours wait, in our dirty clothes worn for over 11 hours, and sleep deprived.
Throughout our stay the food was always mediocre, small portioned, limited menus that were very repetitive, and always left me hungry for more food. By day 4 we had come back from another excursion (which were the highlight of our stay thru AMSTAR) and we noticed someone was in our room while we were gone from 6am-10pm. We personally requested with Brandon to not have any housekeeping throughout our stay & didn't want anyone to have access to our room as we also placed the do not disturb sign on our door the first day & left it there throughout our stay. It was confirmed by Marco that a housekeeper must've entered our room because we found rags that were not there before that only housekeeping uses, a room that was not cleaned at all, the safe open, and our security device tampered with and moved. Thank goodness we brought our expensive belongings with us to our excursions. An incident report was filed, and because of the long process we missed dinner and went to bed eating only fruit. The next day we missed breakfast due to oversleeping since I couldn't fall asleep because I felt my safety & comfortability was compromised. By dinner time my S/O convinced me to go to dinner at the grill overlooking the pier, he brought along our backpack with our valuables. We sat down and instantly realized the server was BELLIGERENTLY drunk, couldn't stand, couldn't hold a conversation to take our order and kept trying to touch me. We immediately went to the office to speak with the manager. We spoke with Maria & Frety Alvarado, other workers stated they'd didn't know co-worker was drunk & because of uncomfortableness we did not have dinner. We went to bed again eating only fruit. The next day we spoke with the other couple who was harassed by this server as well and found out the worker asked the couple to have a drink of their alcoholic beverages, touched the woman inappropriately as well, and the couple had notified the employees prior to our arrival. The workers knew he was drunk and did absolutely nothing until I complained to the human resource manager & office manager. At that point I was ready to leave, scared, uncomfortable, and frustrated because none of our "mishaps" were ever handled professionally from the beginning. The next day we filled out another incident report, never heard from GM, Angelica P., as she had just gone on a 2 week vacation. They offered us an impressions red table hibachi breakfast and dinner at the restaurant that would cost extra but we declined as nothing can make up for what we've dealt with nor did we have time since we were busy dealing with 2 incidents, filing papers, and trying to catch a earlier flight home which costed us an additional $2000. For a 5x, 5 Diamond, AAA resort, and being the top resort of the AMR collection, I am beyond disappointed, upset, and will be contacting GM, AMR Collection and writing a review on all accounts of social media. Any negative review here is absolutely truthful and urge anyone to never consider Zoetry or the other AMR Collection Chain resorts.