My wife and I stayed at the Aura from March 27- 31 2008. We were upgraded from the Sabor by Daniel Sorio who was a great help in our stay at the Aura Grand Resort. The staff was very helpful and tried to accomodate us in every way they could.
The rooms are very nice, beds, baths, and overall comfort was enjoyable. The grounds are pleasant and relaxing.
My wife enjoyed the food from the Isola restaurant, she liked the presentation and the flavor was adequate. We did not dine at the other Wyndham eateries available to us. I prefered the Hava snack bar for an afternoon snack and cocktail, the pollo bruchetta was nice and light.
However we did encounter a few glitches in our stay, you must take into account the resort is three months old at the time of our stay.
The room doors are very loud when they close, so at night they sound like doors are slamming shut.
The resort I believe is under staffed at times and gets in the weeds from time to time, especially around dinner time.
There is no car rental on sight, so I had some difficulty arranging for a jeep, but Daniel help work that out.
The beach is mostly shell, and rocky, so do not expext pristine sillica sand.
We stayed in room #2214 which the shower head is to close to the wall, so you feel like your up against that wall while showering, I sure this can be resolved.
Overall my wife and I give this resort a high B rating for comfort, and a low C for not enough staff. (my wife and I also tipped the servers well during our stay, which may of helped the rating.
The Aura we believe has grand potential.
In closing the Sunsets were Bonita!

We arrived at the Wyndham Sabor on Friday 21st and our room was nice and we loved the pool area, But the air conditioner in our room did not work.. after 2 days of complaining and having the hotel try to fix it they moved us to the Aura.
Our room was breathe taking.. the ocean right out my balcony doors. The room was beautiful and we had robes, iron & ironing board, hair dryer, and a wonderful view. The only negatives about the Aura...
1. They don't clean your room until late in the day. They forgot to clean our room the first day.
2. The bar on the rooftop should stay open longer.. it closes at 10pm
3. The food portions are very small.. so order many different things.
4. They forget to stock your refrigerator after the first day.
5. You can hear everything that goes on outside of your room. The hallway has an echo.

We loved playing volleyball over at the Sabor pool and made a lot of friends while we stayed in Cozumel. The beach is rocky but sitting in a lounge chair looking out over the ocean was worth every penny we spent for this vacation. I would recommend the Aura.. but they do need to fine tune a lot of different things before they can truly call it a 5 star resort.

My boy friend and I stay at the Aura Grand Bay in Cozumel from Thur through Sun in March 2008 for spring break and we fell in love! We just coudn't stop laughing when we arrived because it was so beautiful and the people were so genuine. Day by day we felt bonded to the employees and the island. Aura was around 15 min from downtown but 100% completely worth it! The taxi fares were usually around $12. Every person at the hotel was so nice, considerate, friendly, and helpful. Every time we would leave the hotel to see the island we just wanted to go back to the hotel because it was so much fun and they cater to your ever need and want any where, any time. I would definely recommend this hotel to any one, trust me you won't go wrong its perfect! BUT there is one thing.... The food is very chef gourmet style so stock up on food downtown or bring some because the only things we ate the whole trip were shrimp pizza, chips/salsa, and breakfast was great (don't ask for enchiladas or a salad trust me lol). I couldn't complain though because the people were so nice and genuine unlike most American places. Make your reservations now :)

We stayed at the Aura 3/1/08 thru 3/8/08 after being upgraded from the Sabor section of Wyndam, when we first got to the Aura we asked to be shown our room prior to checking in since we knew nothing about the hotel and the manager (I think his name was Daniel, skinny tall dark hair) he was fairly rude but a bellhop named OSWALDO came to the rescue and went WAY above and beyond (the whole 8 days we were there) The ONLY time we had a problem with staff it was the hotel manager at Aura, everyone else including on the Sabor side were GREAT! The Aura is very quiet and clean, great food and ALL the rooms are ocean view, 24 hour room service and top shelf booze ( but both Sabor and Aura bars would frequently run out of whatever I was drinking and would not restock ontill the following day) Marcial was always nice at breakfast at the Aura,other outstanding staff were Hilario in the evening over at the Sabor bar, Christian at the Sabor swim-up bar and the gentleman on the roof bar at Aura (I'm sorry I forgot his name but he would always bring me drinks in the hot tub) Overall it was a great time at the Aura and Cozumel as a whole and would recommend it to friends, like I said we only had a few problems i.e, rude hotel manager, our rental jeep broke down, running out of booze daily, but I have traveled extensively and no vacation is without some minor flaws and the the minor flaws we had at Aura were just that, minor! The Aura and the Sabor are great but I definetly would not stay at the Reef Club section, it stinks like septic, to noisy and long lines for food and drinks. Have Fun!