We had originally planned to arrive in Cancun early in the morning from a red-eye flight and continue on to Valladolid by car.

A delayed flight and missed connection later, we found ourselves in Cancun at 7 at night, with no reservations anywhere, no knowledge of the town (except for how to get a rental car at the airport), and no real sleep for almost 48 hours.

We managed to get to the bus station downtown, sat my mom and the kids down at a restaurant across the street from the station, then started walking around trying to find a hotel room(s) for 7 of us. After getting quotes from much sketchier looking places, we came full circle to the Plaza Caribe right next door to the chicken place we left everyone else at.

We got a decent price on connected rooms that had 4 double beds and a shared bathroom. After spending 8 hours in a sleep deprived daze in the Mexico City airport, this seemed like heaven on earth.

In reality it was safe, clean, comfortable, no more, no less. It actually had pretty nice grounds, with a surprising amount of green space for the location, a playground, a pool and an open air restaurant.

The shared bathroom was kind of weirdly set up- you could close it off to one of the rooms fully, but not the other. The toilet and shower were in separate stalls, though, so there was some privacy.

The restaurant was fine- a little pricey, but the food was fine, the atmosphere was nice, and the service was good.

There are probably better places for a longer stay, but for a last minute find, it was a very pleasant surprise.

worse hotel ever, dirty, smelly, not hot water in the room, beds were full of hair. we have to sleep with clothes on.
not even 1 star hotel

This is the closest hotel to the bus station. It is a clean, quiet, comfortable hotel. Everything worked properly. Desk staff is friendly and helpful but speak only Spanish. Nice pool. I judge it is about twenty-five bucks too expensive.

This hotel reminds me of many hotels you find in 3rd world countries, who retain their stars due to lack of evaluation or connections, but really haven't deserved the rating since sometime in the 1970's. The hotel is sorely outdated, looks like it hasn't had a facelift in 30 years (although the bathroom, despite the sewer smell, was apparently recently renovated). The "exotic animals" on its grounds are two sad parrots in rusty cages, the hotel is populated by odd people who probably wandered here from the bus station (in front), there is no elevator, etc. etc. etc. A big disappointment. Definitely do not recommend.