When looking for all inclusives in Los Cabos for our honeymoon, I must admit that we were a bit aprehensive with some of the negative reviews floating around. However, we took a chance & booked Dreams, mainly because it looked beautiful in photos, and we are very happy we did!!

Not only does it look beautiful in photos, it is beautiful. The open-air style resort is well decorated & maintained. The rooms are spacious & clean. The only problem encountered the entire trip was we had requested a room with a king bed & got two double instead. We did make a request to be moved, but decided not to harp on the issue as it was our honeymoon & hey we should be ok sleeping a little closer.

I am what you may call a "foodie" so I was extremely nervous about the reviews saying the food was terrible. Let me say on record...it was not amazing, but by no means was it as bad as some previous guests have made it out. The room service is pretty standard...you can't really mess up a sandwich. They had a bar-b-que grill everyday at the beach bar grilling hotdogs, steak, hamburgers, etc. All very good...
though this may have been seasonal because we were there during football season & they had tailgate parties. Oceana was probably the best....on the flip side the Japanese restaurant was awful. (this was our only negative experience with food) We are sushi lovers & this sushi was a joke. So at least avoid the sushi.

The bars were great & the servers excellent. They really work hard and are there from sun-up to sun-down. Although it says tips are included, trust me when I say that these guys deserve it & they really take care of you if you do tip.

Overall a wonderful stay, a wonderful honeymoon. Don't let those negative reviews here & there deter you...I'm glad we didn't!

This hotel is luxury - the rooms were splendid, very clean, well appointed and spacious. Love having the terry robes and slippers. The food was good for the most part except the room service which was very poor - could not serve hot food. The Seaside Grill is the best place to eat all meals. The steaks are to die for ... especially the beef tenderloin. The staff will bend over backwards for you and, even though you are not required to tip, they deserve a couple of bucks every meal. Transportation is expensive into Cabo and San Jose by Taxi ($20-$25) so take the bus, it is only $1.50 US each and they run right outside the hotel every 15 minutes. It is difficult to cash Canadian dollars except at a Bank of Nova Scotia - there is one in Cabo and one in San Jose. Pay attention to the exchange - Canadians can get cheated when our dollar is higher than US. If you have lots of time you may want to consider attending a time share presentation - we did 4 in our two week stay and received $750 US cash (yes cash), a free marlin fishing trip for 8 hrs, a free dinner cruise on the Cabourey and a 5 day car rental for $120.00 all in. It was worth our time to investigate these vacation options. The management at Dreams takes their jobs very seriously and even helped us out of a difficult situation when a bus hit our rental car. They are all about their guests and we were very pleased with how much effort they put into keeping the guests happy and safe. There were free and delicious chocolate chip cookies on the reception desk every day - without fail. The shopping in San Jose is the best for silver and other jewellery and souvenirs. It is more expensive in Cabo especially when there are cruise ships in port which is nearly every day. Check prices before you buy - there are big differences on cruise day.
Dreams is one of the best hotels we have vacationed in and we would recommend it very highly.

I booked Dreams back in September after reading quite a few very good reviews on this resort here. I checked back here once or twice each month just to see what others were saying. By the time we left last Friday, I was worried. I had seen a lot of complaints about flies at El Patio Restaurant, had seen a lot of complaints about the quality of the food....etc. I was extremely apprehensive about taking my wife to this place for our 25th anniversary.

The overall facility is quite nice, very clean, well maintained. The decor is called Mexican Colonial which is simple, elegant and tasteful. The openess of the lobby was very nice. The staff worked hard and were quite friendly. The only issues encountered with the staff would have been due to language barrier except it seems about 99% of the staff does quite well with the English language.

The food was not what has been described by some. Yes, the buffets are somewhat institutional in nature, the food is buffet type food, is not prepared individually for you and is not as fresh as the food served in the three other restaurants. Why would you expect otherwise? Ocean is a seafood restaurant that is quite good. Himitsu is an Asian restaurant that was also quite good. Portofino, the Italian Restaurant did a good job as well. I am a food freak and none of the three "non-buffet" types of restaurants were unacceptable by any stretch of the imagination. For a resort that serves about 600 people "all-inclusively" daily, we actually thought the food was better than expected. We were also never bothered by flies. We had a bumble bee buzzing us at El Patio during lunch one day, but no flies. While I'm sure they are there and have bothered some, it was not an issue with us. The wine in the restaurants was good...not 92+ rated but probably 86-90 rated wines which is very good at an all inclusive resort.

If you want to lay by the swimming pool during the day, go down and get your beach towels and get them on lounge chairs early in the morning. The towel guy opens up at 7am but is sometimes a little late.

The daily event team does a good job providing activities on and off the resort. From beachside dances at night to CSL pub crawls, they are quite busy and provided a lot of fun. Miguel, Jenny and Carla are excellent.

The bar service was outstanding at the 3 bars we used. I will certainly agree with one compaint...the frozen drinks are WEAK in alcohol content. I think I drank about 3000 calories worth of Dirty Monkey's without getting a slight buzz. Stick with the beer, wine or mixed drinks (poured by the order) if you want some alcohol. There were few drinks that stumped these bartenders.

Gray whales swam by the resort almost 24 hours a day...quite a sight.

The waves crashed the beach so hard the doors rattled. I've never been around surf this violent before. It was also quite beautiful.

For first time travelers to Los Cabos you need to be aware of peddlers. First, when you arrive at the airport, after you pick up your luggage, you will have to walk through two rooms to get outside. Each room is filled with timeshare peddlers. They are tough to deflect, but frankly, never make eye contact, say no politely, and keep moving...do not stop. When you are outside and only when you are outside, will you make contact with your transportation.

Secondly, souvenier peddlers are everywhere. A 20 minute walk around the marina in CSL will average about 20 trinket peddlers. Same answer here. No eye contact, say no politely and keep moving.

Ahh, after having chilaquiles and refried beans for breakfast for the past 6 days it's back to reality. This is a nice resort and I would recommend this resort highly.

I am actually writing this review from my room at the Dreams Resort. Tonight is our last night in Cabo San Lucas. My fiance and I have spent the last week here.

I selected the Dreams for us because I was very pleased by my stay at the Dreams Puerto Vallarta.

Some people aren't happy anywhere as evidenced by some of the complaints in previous reviews. The drinks were very good, breakfast was wonderful, and the dinners were fantastic. Our room has been very clean and very nice: yes there is a can of Raid in one of the closets but I really haven't noticed a bug problem. The pools were similarly very clean, and they worked very hard at maintaining the grounds. The staff and workers are all very nice.

A few points:

Arriving at the airport is sheer chaos: there is no direction in baggage claim and one's bags may be on either conveyor belt. The timeshare people are like vultures: talk to no one until you have exited the airport.

Himitsu was my favorite restaurant, and Oceana was my fiance's favorite. Both had wide choices and the food was quite good. The Italian place was ok but realistically what can one expect from Italian food in Mexico? Breakfasts are fun: I highly recommend the omelet bar. Lunch was fairly standard: I usually opted for a cheeseburger, fish tacos, or a fish sandwich. The service was excellent at all the restaurants.

A week's worth of wireless internet access is available for 85 US dollars: the connection is very dependable. I would suggest buying a week's worth because the shorter durations are outrageous (like 7 USD for 30 minutes).

The towel place has a soft serve ice cream machine which runs all day.

Come prepared for your room not being ready: we arrived shortly after 12 pm and our room wasn't ready until 3pm. I have gotten into the habit of having beach stuff in my carry on as the luggage is secure with the bellhops. Some people were upset about this which is pointless: pack for this, eat a good lunch, and lounge for awhile. The rooms are always ready eventually.

What would I change?

I wish they would get rid of the towel card program: I dislike having to keep track of the card and this is the only resort where I've had to deal with towel cards.

I wish there was a solution to people "reserving" (which really means dropping towels off at 7am over five chairs and returning 4 hours later) beach chairs. I think leaving one's stuff on a chair is reasonable over the lunch hour or whatever but really were people using those chairs at 7am and then disappeared for a 3 hour breakfast? Dreams Cabo San Lucas is really the only all-inclusive to try to crack down on people "reserving" beach chairs: they had signage exhorting people to not do this. I applaud their efforts, but still most chairs were "reserved" by 9 am.

Those are, however, minor issues, and the latter problem is common at every all-inclusive I've ever stayed at.

I would definitely stay here or at another Dreams property again.