We (myself, my husband and 9yo son) stayed at Dreams Los Cabos from Sept. 21-28th, 2007. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay! I can see where some people can nitpick this place to death, but the warmth and friendliness of the staff more than outweighed any negatives we encountered. First of all, I don't think this is a 5 star resort, 4 is a better fit. Secondly, they are doing some renovating and El Patio was closed during our stay. There were also some portions of the resort that had furniture pulled out into the courtyard...which looked a bit bad, but they were not putting guests in those rooms, so you really didn't have to access those areas unless you were wandering around the resort. It is true also that you cannot swim in the ocean there, but the pools were sufficient for us to swim in and catch some sun.
The food was good, not excellent, but good. We definitely didn't go hungry! Yes, breakfast was essentially the same buffet each day...we just chose different things to try each time. We basically didn't eat lunch much....mostly had snacks by the pool or grabbed a hotdog or burger at the Barracuda bar. Dinners were pretty good. I have a degree in hotel and restaurant mgmt., so my standards are pretty high, but the food was good for the most part. Portofino was my favorite, then Oceana, then Himitsu. My husband had sushi at Himitsu and he said that was excellent, the rest of their food was just O.K. The service we received everywhere at the resort was fantastic! The server at Himitsu even went out of his way to get chicken nuggets for my son since they didn't have a children's menu! (I knew they had them at the resort since they are on the room service menu.) We ordered room service a few times and never encountered any problems. The food arrived in 30 mins. or so and it was always hot/cold depending on the item-- the american breakfast was delicious!
Our son met a friend while we were there and they went to the kids club almost every day for at least a couple of hours. There weren't a lot of kids at the resort during our stay, so they were the only ones in the kids club much of the time. I can't say enough about the kids club staff....Gina and Rosy were fantastic! It also gave us a much-needed break each day which was priceless.
I can't end this without mentioning the very hard- working entertainment staff! They were there each and every day...all day and into the night! Moy, Lalo, Lucero, Miguel...just to name a few! They were fantastic! It meant SO much to our son that they would greet him and remembered his name each day, gave him high fives etc. The shows they put on each night were fun too! We even had a blast and made good friends with some of the bartenders: Victor, Octavio, Sbeidy and Joaquin at the Barracuda bar were the best! My husband even got misty saying goodbye to Victor! The warmth and friendliness of these kind people truly exceeded our every expectation! We would definitely go back in a heartbeat!


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