★★★★★
We stayed at this hotel at the end of February. The hotel grounds are quite small, and there isn’t really anywhere to walk — it’s mostly restaurants and pools.
The beach is nice, with no rocks in the water. There were some seaweed on the shore, but it didn’t really bother us. Maybe we were just unlucky, but the entire week was very windy with strong waves, which made swimming quite difficult. We don’t like pools, so we still tried to swim in the sea, but it felt more like struggling to stay on our feet than enjoying a relaxing swim. This was our biggest disappointment.
The food in the main restaurant felt rather limited, fruit was only available at breakfast, and the coffee was not good. We only went to the main restaurant once for lunch and once for dinner. Most of the time we had lunch at the Sky Bar (Enclave guests only) and dinner at the à la carte restaurants.
We purchased the Enclave package, which gave us several small but important advantages. For example, we enjoyed tasty lunches at the Sky Bar, the ability to book à la carte restaurants on any day (we went to the Asian restaurant twice), and good quality coffee in a separate bar in the mornings. For other guests, the coffee was very poor and they often had to stand in line for up to 30 minutes.
The room was clean, with a large and comfortable bathroom. Housekeeping was quick and done daily.
We weren’t very interested in daytime entertainment. There were a couple of good evening shows, and live music was played in the lobby bar in the evenings. The animation team also organized parties at the Sky Bar, usually until 11:00 PM. This bar is located in the center of the hotel grounds, so I imagine guests with non-sea-view rooms may have had difficulty sleeping due to the noise. We had a sea-view room, located further away, but even we occasionally woke up because of the music.
Overall, we liked the hotel. However, I don’t think we would return to Cancun. The nearest attractions were about a two-hour drive away, and we didn’t want to spend four hours a day on the road. At the same time, staying at the hotel itself became quite boring.