Melia was not as nice as it was made out to be. Everything closes down early in the day and only the lobby bar is open til 1am which is very small and the drink selections are limited. The food preparation is VERY unsanitary. We have been ill for a week since we turned. The water in the resort is unfiltered in the rooms. At 6pm everyone is showering and you cannot get the water to run in your room. We've heard that the Melia property in Cancun is much nicer. We will not be returning to this resort.

Good Food, good service, and clean big rooms. The beach is nice and clean and the pools are excellent. We stayed for seven nights and our time there was very relaxing. We'll go back next year and stay at the same hotel

The staff was EXTREMELY nice and helpful. Some rooms were VERY damp & we moved once, which they were glad to do. Our bathroom ceiling leaked into our shower, no biggie, but the last night water dripped on my face in bed. Room service was very slow. The beach was LOVELY and the pools were very nice. Some guests were friendly, most were VERY snooty. This hotel was nice, but I expected more for the cost.

My wife and I stayed at Melia Cozumel from 3-6-2003 to 3-11-2003.This hotel is north of town and costs $12.00 US to get to from the airport (2 people). The cost to get back and forth to town was $5.00 each way. We rented a scooter for a couple of days and figured that we sayed enough money in cab fares to pay for the scooter, plus it was alot of fun and the wind felt good on our faces. They are tricky little beasts to get moving and turning in traffic, so be careful. Anyways, the room was very nice. Maybe not up to US standards, but not much below. We did have some tears in the chair upholstery, but it did not bother us. The only clock in the room was on the TV screen when you changed channels. We did not have a remote, but we did not travel to Mexico to watch subtitles anyway. The maid did a great job cleaning our room, putting out flowers and little sculptures made out of the linens.I would agree that the room was a little damp, but not too bad. If you left your suit out to dry at night, it was wetter in the morning. Best to bring two, and let them dry outside in the sun during the day. Skip the $15.00 per person horse ride. You get to see alot of garbage along a deserted shoreline and a bug infested cess pool area past the resorts.Food was OK, not great , not terrible. Plenty to eat however. The tomatoes were the best we have ever had. We had Mahi-Mahi that we great. The mixed drinks seemed to be heavily watered down, as I usally only can have one before I notice the effects of alcohol and here I drank 3 or 4 and never felt a thing. All the staff were very polite and generally made you feel like they were sincerely glad you were there. The beach was fine. The south end of the beach was rocky, but the north end was very nice with sand that never got hot.Snorkeling around the resort was marginal. Not much too see, but occasionally there would be a rare treat. We found a spiny lobster hiding in a crevice. Someone else told me that he saw an octopus and some starfish. We only went to one show. Something about name that tune. We were usually tired by 9:00 from all the days activities so we went to bed early. I highly recommend renting a scooter and riding around the island and town. We had a blast, stopping whereever we wanted and going snorkeling along the road. We just scouted out where the glass bottom boats took their tours and went there. The price was better.Almost everywhere are people trying to trick you into going to timeshare presentations. I found out that they get $400 just to get you to go and that they will actually pay you up to $200 to go to a presentation. $200 for you, $200 for them. You just have to haggle it out in advance. They can be quite a nuisance. If you don't want them bugging you, just tell them that you are leaving in the morning.I would not hesitate going to this hotel or Cozumel, we had a very good time.