Robyn

The hotel – the service was wonderful, the rooms were very nice, grounds nice – our room was over the sump- but we didn’t mind because we could still see the water & awesome sunsets to the side – plus we spent most evenings on a waterfront balcony. The food was all very good at the hotel, although a bit expensive. We got breakfast at their deli most mornings and found their breakfast buffet was nothing special and a bit overpriced. One thing we found- is not to ask anyone about other local options (like where to buy some snacks for the room or other restaurants). They all acted like there was nothing around but we found some other spots in walking distance. The lounge had live entertainment nightly which we enjoyed. As for the casino, I stopped in to spend a few dollars in the slots. The casino was very small- and a bit confusing because the slots paid vouchers, not money.

They had a shuttle to town twice a day which always filled up unless reserved well in advance (the taxi ride was $15 for 4 people – so not too bad)

The dive shop was good, but not awesome. They were all very nice, helpful and professional- but I found a couple practices annoying: they would not let us hang out in 20′ of water after the dive to explore if we had air left and we had to stay in a group controlled by the first person to reach 1500psi is when we turn back. The real annoying thing is that after the dive when we were floating in a swell (no current) they wanted us to hook up in some strange scuba conga-line by holding someone’s first stage. This resulted in kicking and dunking each other and the divemaster’s were a bit frustrated when we refused to follow the request. Most frustrating is that we did not do any of the dives up north, which from my research and from local knowledge are the better dive sites. No Mushroom Forest, no Watamula, etc.-very disappointing. One nice thing they did do is stop to let a bunch of us jump off on the way back from a dive to swim the reef back in.