- Mexico Holidays
- Cancun
- Marriott Cancun Resort

The magnificent complex is located in the heart of Cancun's hotel zone. The rooms enjoy views of the turquoise Caribbean Sea, or the Nichupté Lagoon. The lively tourist centre with its many shopping venues, restaurants and bars are to be found just a few minutes' drive away. Cancún International Airport is 16 km from the establishment.
This is my third year going to Marriott Cancun for Labor Day and I have left a good review every year.
The Good: This is the only all-inclusive resort I've been to where the food is great and not just some greasy/starchy mess. In most all-inclusive places, all the food is made in one giant kitchen and carted to the different "restaurants" -- at Marriott, they really are separate restaurants (although they sometimes share a common bar and the two Japanese restaurants share some other common facilities)
The kid's club and the staff are excellent every year. Gabby and Ismail took great care of my autistic child every year that we've come. I actually feel sorry the the families that have toddlers because their kids are too young to go to the kids' club and they're missing out. Although I didn't take advantage of the extra-fee activities, the prices were lower than last year. We also participated in the Pickelball tournament and the recreation organizer, Andy, was also really great.
The facilities are not just clean -- they are impressively clean and well maintained. The beach often has baby sea turtles washing up during Labor Day season. The government-run archeological museum (not a great museum) and Aquaworld are within a reasonable walking distance. Concierge desk is helpful and helped me prepare for a late-night arrival and helped me by printing documents for me (in Mexico, it's still more convenient to have printed documents at some places such as CBX).
The not-so-great: Not all the restaurants are open during Fridays -- even though the resort starts getting busy on Fridays, some restaurants (in my case Hana) were not open on Friday. I've never been to the Mediterranean restaurant, Delphinus. in three trips because it's open Sunday-Monday-Wednesday. Controlling costs means some sacrifices, but at least have everything running Friday and Saturday.
The regular rooms have bathrooms designed for sharing (i.e. toilet and sink in separate areas so one person can brush teeth while the other uses the potty), whereas the suites are not as well designed for one person-at-time . If you're coming with more than two people, you're probably better off staying in regular rooms rather than getting a suite.
The waterslide still has a scorching hot walkway that you have to run across to avoid burning your feet. Most US waterparks have a fake grass-type material that they cover the hot walkways. At a minimum, they could maybe periodically pour a bucket of water down the painfully scorching stairs on sunny days.
Beautiful place to stay, had a great time all the staff from the Bell boy front desk lobby bar restaurants 5 star service, they celebrated our birthday. The Pool attendant , excellent. The girl at the lobby bar celebrated our birthday with a nice gift we were not expecting thanks a million. Gabriela Hernández made our stay pleasant at the pool it was the best
The staff was incredibly attentive throughout our entire stay, and the property was spotless inside and out. Small details matter, so having great water pressure in the shower was a huge plus.
The bartending staff made the trip truly memorable:
Adults Pool Bar: Giovanni was exceptionally fast and precise with every drink. Lobby Bar: Luis, Enrique, and Lorenzo created such a warm, welcoming environment. All three were engaging, highly knowledgeable about their liquor selection, and mixed expert cocktails.
Based on this experience alone, we will definitely be coming back!
We just spent a week at the resort, and it was fabulous. I had read a lot of reviews about the resort before we went, and the common thread was always the friendliness of the staff. We definitely experienced that too. The entire staff was warm and caring about our experience. It was a pleasure. The resort is very clean, bright, and airy. The food was above average, and the coffee shop was such a bonus any time of the day.
There was a good amount of seaweed in the ocean in case anyone is wondering, but there is nothing that the resort can do about that. You can sit on the pool deck and still enjoy the sights and sounds of the ocean just steps away. I appreciated the large amounts of shade over the lounge chairs if you wanted it. Both at the pool and on the beach.
Try the aquarobics! It is everyday in the pool, and it was so much fun. Trampolines and bikes in the pool was such a fun way to work off some of the delicious food.
The hotel is only about 20 minutes form the airport making it very conveniently located. We had a really good experience with "Happy Shuttle" for transportation to and from the hotel. We booked it in advance from home, and it was very reasonable.
We have been coming to Marriott Cancun since they turned all inclusive and we have seen good changes and not so good changes.
For the entertainment we are happy to see two nightly entertainments each day. If you want a great amazing energetic teacher don’t miss Adro’s class. He will get you moving. Alexis,and Javier also are good. We were happy to see Andi back. She’s great and we hope she becomes a manager. She deserves it.
Now restaurants. We are sad to see Casa Madre convert to buffet style with mostly American food and very little Mexican food. Bring back the menu and sit down. The food in Buffett was cold and not that good. Don’t worry if you want something ask. I want to thank Gustavo, the Restaurant Manager for making us food we enjoyed.
Now bartenders. The bartenders at the pool are way off their game. They need improvement but don’t worry. Jasson at the sports bar, Enrique and Luis at the lobby bar, Carlos and Pedro at Hana and Pedro at the Asian restaurant are consistent and deserve acknowledgment.
Now the pool workers. We drink a lot of diet soda and Izrael always had a cold Pepsi light waiting for us without asking . I can’t remember things two seconds later and he remembered our drinks every day. Also, thank you Fernando, Victor, Fabio, Alejandro, and Jesus for getting our sodas when we asked.
Now the coffee shop didn’t make chocolate chip cookies and Pablo got us some every afternoon. Thank you!
Also, Daniela from concierge went above and beyond bringing me my tamales to the Asian restaurant. I did not have to wait for the tamale truck to arrive. Izamar the hostess at Mikado always is very friendly and smiling which shows she loves her job. Also, I want to thank Ulises, the Customer Service Manager for making everything happen and being there if I needed anything. We can’t wait to come back to our second home.
