2/5 Eugene 1 year ago on Google
It
is
difficult
to
review
such
a
place
these
days,
since
the
rapidly
deteriorating
situation
is
only
partially
the
fault
of
the
resort
personnel
or
management,
it
is
most
of
all
a
system
failure.
But
closing
the
eyes
for
the
negatives
and
trying
to
be
nice
would
not
be
fair
to
the
thousands
of
other
places
in
the
Caribbean,
where
one
can
have
a
decent
vacation.
There
was
shortage
of
almost
everything,
except
alcohol.
The
buffet
"meat"
offering
was
mostly
beef,
pork
and
lamb
bones
with
lots
of
fat
and
little
meat
on
them.
Oh,
yes,
and
lots
and
lots
of
canned
fish
-
on
an
island
in
the
Caribbean
Sea!
Coke,
tonic
water
and
soda
were
available
once
in
a
while.
So
called
juices
were
some
artificial
sugary
mixtures.
Fruits
-
mostly
bananas
and
chewy
pineapples.
Unless
you
go
to
the
buffet
the
moment
it
opens,
it
was
difficult
to
find
a
clean
set-up
table.
And
the
buffet
seemed
understaffed,
serving
drinks
was
sluggish
or
not
happening.
The
bar
lineups
were
more
like
in
a
3-star
resort.
The
a
la
carte
restaurants
were
another
huge
disappointment
-
most
of
them
closed,
the
ones
that
were
open
offered
the
buffet
food,
maybe
a
little
better
prepared.
Don't
even
look
at
the
menu
-
it's
a
fiction.
Compared
with
the
Italian
restaurant
at
the
neighbouring
resort,
which
fascinated
us
exactly
a
year
ago
(during
COVID
times),
these
were
a
miserable
sight.
The
feeling
was
that
the
Japanese
restaurants,
where
they
prepared
the
food
in
front
of
you,
had
been
on
another
planet
(I
have
been
in
two
of
these
in
Cuba
during
the
years).
The
good
things
were
the
pools
-
well
maintained,
and
the
sea
-
this
resort's
location
is
excellent.
The
Christmas
Eve
dinner
was
very
good
with
some
clams
and
lobster
besides
evertything
else.
The
beach
chaise-lounge
reservation
system
by
towels,
sunglasses,
hats
or
flip-flops
is
in
full
swing
and
nothing
is
done
to
reduce
or
discourage
it.
At
10
am
only
about
20%
of
the
chairs
are
occupied,
the
rest
is
reserved
for
...whenever.
No
sign
of
the
various
entertainment
events
from
the
past
(I
have
been
to
Cuba
6
times,
starting
in
2008).
A
few
bands
were
playing,
but
90%
of
the
repertoire
was
Guantanamera,
Besame
mucho
and
La
Bamba.
Surprisingly,
not
so
much
of
"Hasta
siempre,
Comandante"
in
the
remaining
10%.
The
Wi-fi
is
only
available
in
the
room
and
in
the
reception
area.
And
they
are
playing
games,
giving
you
less
and
less
hours,
so
you
have
to
line
up
for
a
long
wait
more
and
more
often.
Generally,
after
all
I
am
going
to
eliminate
Cuba
from
my
tourist
map
for
a
while.