Hotel Casa Maya

The staff was all super nice. We arrived quite late one night and somehow missed the whole time-share spiel that people talk about. Front dest was super nice, and everyone was generally approachable. I didn't feel pressured into anything. It might help that I'm fluent in Spanish. Food was good. You can find Pizza if you're on a budget, else their buffets are pretty good. I got their mixed ceviche and found it to be really good! We mostly spend time on the beach which was superb. I haven't been to the other hotels on the east side of the Zona Hotelera, but the beach at Casa Maya was very peaceful in that there were no waves except for wakes from passing boats. This made the water crystal clear and probably friendly for small kids. This did make sea weed settle on the beach, but this was fine with me. Actually, a little truck goes by every morning to clean it all up from the shore. All in all it was a great time! One thing I didn't like was that there was a mouse in the room. We found out b/c we found a piece of sweet bread on the ground with bite marks and an apple in the same condition. After this incident we simply put all our food away better and didn't have any problems after that. Also, I didn't really care for the people that came by the beach and asked me if I wanted my picture taken with a monkey, parrot, etc. But I just told them no, and they went away. No biggie.

The breakfast buffet, included, was fantastic with good food and great variety. The bathroom was not vented thus very humid following a nice hot shower.