Secrets The Vine Cancun Resort and Spa

I and my husband celebrated our 20th anniversary and this resort exceeded all expectations for our first visit to Cancun. The food, service, gorgeous facility, and overall value of our visit were outstanding. The staff were attentive, engaging, thoughtful, and professional. They truly made our visit memorable. We are excited to visit this resort again soon!

This is our second time at Secrets The Vine Cancun for me and my husband. We convinced my mother and father-in-law, who have stayed at some of the best high-end hotels, to come to this hotel because we had an amazing experience here back in 2024 and thought it was on par with those hotels. Unfortunately, since the first day, we had issues with the hotel. The room my in-laws got was the “Preferred Master Suite Ocean View” from Costco. When we got to the room, we were shocked by how dirty and run-down it was. The “ocean view” was actually a “lagoon view” with a city and bus stop view, which, on level 21, was absolutely loud. We tried to resolve this issue with the hotel, but they were no help and were, in fact, rude. We are in the process of sorting this situation out with Costco since that’s where we got the package. Other than the room and the customer service at the reception, we have lots of thoughts on the restaurants, food, and amenities. Our first trip was so good, and the food was amazing, but this trip, unfortunately, 80% of the food was bad. The buffet for breakfast is 7/10. It’s decent, and it’s the best part of the day. The buffet for lunch is horrible. Don’t waste your time. Lunch is great at Sea Salt Grill, 10/10. The burger station is mediocre, 3/10. We didn’t try Olio for lunch. For dinner, we had Dragons the first night. Do not get anything besides sushi! I repeat, do not waste your time on anything other than sushi at Dragons, which is 7/10, Other options are absolutely bad and salty. The Mexican restaurant is good. They used to have great tacos, but they changed the menu. I liked the flank steak and enchiladas this time. 8/10. Bluewater Grill is absolutely horrible! The surf and turf is disgusting. The steak is low grade and tasted horrible. I’ve never had a steak this disgusting! We asked for medium and it was almost blue. The picanha sandwich was good. The restaurant is 4/10. We tried the Italian restaurant last time and hated it, so we didn’t try it this time. The Vine Café and their staff are amazing. We enjoyed the coffee and drinks there. 10/10. All the bars are great, but I liked the Preferred Bar on level 21 and Manatees Bar more than the others. Just make sure you ask for the better alcohol, otherwise they will use the cheaper alcohol. The staff are friendly and amazing. The hotel has three main pools and one Preferred pool. The pools are nice and are not crowded from around 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, but after 3:00 PM the water gets murky from all the sunscreen, and they become very crowded. The Preferred pool is good, but it feels very isolated. Lastly, our absolute favorite restaurant was Olio! The food was the best we had at this hotel, and we enjoyed the beef shawarma, beef tenderloin, and the teapots with Medjool date dessert and baklava. We absolutely loved our server, Cesar, for the two nights we had him. He is so kind and amazing. We loved having him! For our last night, we had Alejandro, who was nice and helpful as well. Our experience was partly memorable because of our servers, which we truly appreciate. Overall, our experience with Secrets The Vine was 5/10, unfortunately, and has changed from the 10/10 experience we had the last time we were here. Unfortunately, we won’t be back at this resort unless they do a major remodel and change their food menu and quality.