My husband and I and our two kids, aged 7 and 4 stayed at Salina from June 22-29. This was our first family trip and we were really excited. We booked this hotel because it was new and the price was decent. When we arrived everyone on our bus got their rooms, we waited 30 mintues for ours. Room was nice enough just smelled very musty. Pools were great except that they weren't cleaned properly or often enough. Food was horrible, I knew it wouldn't be good but it was way worse then what I expected. Only decent meal was the Japanese al-a-carte. They try,but the food is just weird! Female employees are rude and some of the male employees are scary. As a woman, I would not travel alone to this hotel unless you're looking for some action.Don't be too generous with tips and gifts, you'll get taken advantage of. Was a beautiful resort but I guess the negatives out-way the positives. Way too much to list....Try another resort or somewhere other than Cuba. Save the extra money and go somewhere else.

My family stayed at Sirenis from June 28 until July 5. It was a great week and we have absolutely no complaints on this hotel. Check in was quick and smooth, rooms (we are five member family and we had two rooms) were clean and specious, food was prefect (in our opinion most of it was organic), beach beautiful, staff was always helpful and nice no meter you tip or not. We tipped sometimes staff in buffet and maids and we didn’t notice any difference in service.
Hotel is large but beautiful.
Bring old clothing, toothpaste and shampoos. There is construction next to Sirenis (you will not hear it at all) and their workers sometimes stop by and offer shells for clothing. They are so happy when they get anything. They never ask for money.
This was our second trip to Cuba and we loved it even more.

Enjoy!

This hotel was much better than expected! The rooms were extremely new and clean, the grounds were beautiful and well kept and the beach and pools were the best. The staff was OK, not always enthusiastic and smiling, which is understandable given the extremely hot weather they are working in, but they were usually very friendly. We saw a lot of people with bad mosquito bites, however before it got dark we always sprayed some OFF with DEET to keep the bites to a minimum, which helped a lot. The Havana and Catamaran excursions were pricey but really worth it. A la Cartes were good (Japanese, French and Mediterranean), better than the buffet food which isn't bad, it's just not very tasty - this should be expected for Cuba. The resort is huge so there is a lot of walking on a daily basis which wasn't a problem because the shuttles were usually available. Once our week was up, we just couldn't understand how so many people had such horrible complaints about this place!

Problems: lots of mosquitos, 1st night no hot water, ants and flys in rooms (2nd floor), bad water (unless bottled), we all got sick (maybe from pool). Good things: food, beach. I would never go back because of mosquitos.