The Reef Playacar Beach Resort & Spa

My wife and I have traveled all over Mexico and the Carribean islands. Previously, we had stayed at Coco Reef twice. The resort travel accommodations to and from the airport was timely and flawless in a new van with no other passengers. I must give a shout out to the extraordinary staff who excelled in friendliness and service. Bartenders, Cesar, near the lobby would locate sporting events for us on his sport network. He was attentive and kindhearted. Other names that pop out are Santos at the beach bar. The entertainment personnel were great. Diane at food service was too sweet. The rooms were kept clean. Reef Playacar made a concerted effort to clean the sargassum (seaweed) by labor. The large Rui Hotel next door had heavy equipment and did a poor job of keeping after their beach sargassum. I love the tropical trees and vegetation in the center of the resort. Unfortunately, there was an area with a foul ordor. We had a couple's massage at the resort which was absolutely wonderful. The resort entertainment was okay but usually only ran about 45 minutes. The Michael Jackson Tribute was the BEST. Monday's Karaoke show was fun, and I got to befriend several other resort guests from Chile and Uruguay. They did have a couple of bands with soundtracks and some instrumentation that was quite entertaining and danceable. The peddlers on the beach had the lowest prices for jewelry and other items. The peddlers on the resort near the pools were rip-off artist. Do not use the pharmacy next door in front the Rui Hotel for their prices is extreme. Wait to go to 5th Avenue where they are plentiful and one-third of the cost. I was disappointed that the resort did not offer free rides to their sister resort(s) as they had in the past. Now, you need a gold bracelet at a cost of $21.00 per day for this service. Coffee makers were not offered in most rooms, unless you paid the extra fees. I didn't mind going to the Chulavista buffet restaurant to retrieve coffee and expresso. There was so much food to choose from at all meals with a great staff.