Iberostar Waves Paraíso del Mar - All Inclusive

Food was subpar for a 5 star resort. Taste, flavor, temperature all lacking. Specialty dining was far better but buffets and lunch spots left a lot to be desired.

I loved the staff, they were really helpful and lovely. That includes cleaning staff, those who make the food, and those that nobody sees, doing work in the background when nobody is looking. Thank you.

Not knowing when things close. The schedule on the app wasn't matching the general schedule.

Staff were incredible and friendly, helpful, and seemed to genuinely enjoy their work, make sure to tip them well and often!! There wasn't many kids, and the constant and reliable golf cart stops that can be called on demand or continue along with bus stop like spots you can wait at,, and plenty of signage and paths, very well lit up and cool to walk around at night as well..

Everything closes at 1am or by 1am, so you may need to leave the resort in a taxi or uber to carry on the night.

Beautiful grounds and transportation around the property was appreciated as it was so huge.

Extremely noisy, too busy at either the beach or pool with no chairs available. Could not get reservations for dinner. Drinks were watered down. Food at buffets was repetitive. Told different things by different agents at the front desk on where to eat or what was open.

The lighting on the walkway to and from the lobby to room at night

The Resort didn’t have any events or shows if they did there were no announcements around to find out

Large complex. Grounds were nice.

Pressure to go to time share. Trying to sell upgrades. Restrictions on use of facilities. Staff not friendly. Food repeated after 7 days. When something dish ran out, many times it was not replaced. No chairs at the beach or pool if you didn't come early.

The buffets were great. The Brazillian and Japanese restaurants were amazing. The pool beautiful. We enjoyed seeing coatis and flamingos and all the lush greenery. The taco shop in the shopping center were amazing, the coffee shop as well. All of the staff were friendly, helpful. Yonathan Sanchez, our concierge was great.

One thing was disappointing. Our flight had been delayed. By the time we got in and settled, the buffets had closed, since we had not made a reservation at a restaurant, there was no place to get anything to eat, even snacks. Room service was not available at our hotel.

beautiful wildlife beach and staff

Everything was so far and the pictures on booking are inaccurate food was mediocre so many wierd rules

staff was friendlyloved animalsnice beachJapanese restaurant was excellent

room had horrible air conditioning that never got fixedbed was very uncomfortable we booked a king size bed but had to pay additional to get a king. they offered us a room with two double beds and we could push them together

After having loved our stay at Catalonia Royal Tulum, another five star,all inclusive resort nearby with less money,we were expecting perfection; we were therefore disappointed.We asked for a room upgrade and were delighted to be given a discount of 10 dollars per night, i.e. 40 dollars for 4 nights,but our joy didn't last long as we later found out this was less than we could have been offered(see below).Despite the abundance of a la carte restaurants on offer,there was a funny reservation system whereby they allowed us only two reservations out of the 4 nights we stayed.There was evident disconnect internally at check in as the reception said we were guaranteed two reservations,the concierge desk told us that we were entitled to only one and this led to the first confusion.We went for the Japanese restaurant and there came our second disappointment. It was actually a grill show where food was grilled in front of us which would have been great,were it not for the awful ventilation system they had and us sitting right at the point where all smoke was coming on our faces.The manager was kind enough to put us in a separate table towards the end of the show but this couldn't save the night.Apparently due to the confusion at check in mentioned above,we were given a 300 dollar credit voucher for various hotel services which we were entitled to just the day before we left as the concierge staff missed this during check in. And there was our worst disappointment;the voucher included a 60 dollar room upgrade discount while we had been just offered 40.When we complained about the 60 vs 40 dollar discount, we had to escalate to two managers in order to get the amount we were entitled to. Our issue wasn't about the 20 bucks of course, but after this third incident we felt that the whole hotel was disorganised and mismanaged when they have such a great product to offer to their clients. Poor management was obvious also by the lack of beach service,i.e.

The buffet restaurant was at the high Iberostar standards I am used to when visiting Spain.Most of the staff members were attentive and the pool events were a lot of fun. In particular the Dutch lady at the reception was excellent,as well as the barmen and staff at the pool and beach.

Amazing tropical garden, good beach and beautiful pools. A lot of animals in the garden. Friendly staff. Excellent food. It was my second time in this hotel.

Maybe the rooms could just be a little bit better but everything else compensates for everything.

Food... for a well-known hotel, food is very disappointing. Besides that, it was very hard to sit with all my family being a large group

All was good except the efforts to get you to time share. Too pushy

Wildlife

Beautiful resort with amazing landscape

Room was hot

I loved the environment! Between the facilities and the staff everyone was helpful and top of the line!

I just wish I was given more information about what was available and where things were.

Exceptional

Exceptional

Superb

Pleasant