My wife and I stayed at the Pueblo Bonito Pacifica in Jan 08. The hotel is lovely, the staff seemed very helpful and the food was great.
The hotel is well laid out. The Spa is quite expensive, but good quality. Th restaurants are all excellent, although the food in the main restaurant was amazing.
The poolside service is very good. The lunch menu at the pool is decent too.
I would recommend this hotel as a Baja retreat, perfect for battery recharging.

Stayed at the Pacifica for 6 days/5 nights. Found the reviews that I read before the trip fairly accurate, though I think it is rated way too high. Best part is that you get to use the pools and restaurants at the other nearby Pueblo Bonito sister hotels.
Weather was 90s at the hotel and sweaty HOT in downtown Cabo. Did not use any sweaters...
Here's our breakdown:

1) The Main Hotel- the grounds are very nice and true to the area- mostly desert plants and cactus. The lobby is the best part with smells of incense and soothing music and flowing water. You do get approached by the time share presentation immediately. I would recommend doing it- the breakfast included was actually pretty good and we ended up buying one of the smallest timeshares, which was a great deal. They also show you these huge beautiful homes on the mountains- neat. The PB sunset beach is great (no timeshares at the Pacifica). You also get $200 for food good at all PB hotels and $100 at the spa- wonderful.
The overall feeling of the Pacifica was that is was almost deserted- very quiet and hardly anyone around. All staff were very nice and helpful, except for the wine bar guy...
2) The food- the poolside restaurant was under construction while we were there- lots of noise by the mostly silent pool which was bothersome. The food at the makeshift poolside restaurant was a little expensive, but good americanized mexican food. The wine bar food was also a little expensive but good. Enjoyed the nachos a lot. The drinks were a little weak. At least $10 a glass of white zin.
The main restaurant, Siempre, is very nice, but truly expensive for what you get. A larger bottle of Fiji water for $12 and non-refillable coke for $3.50 is too much anywhere. The sushi however was great and very reasonable- could have eaten that everyday with the freshest fish... highly recommended.
I would highly recommend going to the PB sunset beach for meals as they are much more cost effective and delicious- we loved the Bistro for dinner overlooking the ocean on the balcony and also had champagne brunch on sunday at the restaurant nearest the beach (?name)- excellent.
There is a small Deli at the lowest floor that has fiji for about $2 and reasonable snacks. No refrig in the room (only minibar)Internet access $2 for 5 minutes.
There is a larger deli and wine/alcohol shop at the sunset beach that was great as well as a cigar/wine bar that was a little expensive but very cool to hang out in.
3) The pool- very nice. They use desalinated ocean water, and no chemicals. Unclear how "clean" it is, but very nice. Best part is NO KIDS. 2 pools and one large hottub. Very good poolside service, though a little expensive. The ocean is unswimmable, but beautiful to walk along. Apparently can see whales from the hotel during Jan-March and also 3 times a year sea turtles lay eggs on the beach.
4) The room- small overall compared to similar hotels of similar price. Only a shower/ no tub. Found the bed uncomfortable and needs to be replaced. Hard to hear the ocean from the room. Good A/C and fan in room. Old TV, bad cable channels. Expensive minibar- be careful. Took a day to get new remote and fix the lights.
5) Spa- Very nice, though smaller. Good massage. Exercise room great equipment and hardly used.

Overall, we would not stay here again. It was too quiet for us, though we are hardly partiers.There was really nothing to do but go to the wine bar after 10pm. We actually really liked the sister location best at PB Sunset Beach. We also visited PB Rose and Blanco in town (we used the free shuttles as well as taxis as they don't run too often and you need to reserve the big bus into town). $10 from hotel into downtown. The downtown locations were also nice, but the beach is crazy with lots of people and sellers along the beach, though much closer to everything- including parasailing boats as well as water taxis with glass bottom to take you to Lover's beach (the arch) from the beach in front of these properties. Saw a school of dolphins twice in the bay.
We also recommend going to the Giggling Marlin and get hung upside down. We also enjoyed Baja Cantina on the wharf. Also, you must go to the "Sky Bar/pool" at the Sunset Beach- so cool!

We loved Cabo and obviously will be back with our timeshare at the Sunset Beach- Make sure you know how quiet it is at the Pacifica and how remote it is and if that is what you want for your Cabo vacation. It is also expensive to eat and get around from there.

My husband and I visited the Pueblo Bonito Pacifica for our anniversary in April for a week. We absolutely loved everything about the hotel.

The staff were all very friendly and helpful with each and every one of our requests. When we arrived at the hotel, the time share people offered us $100 worth of spa credits, $100 worth of food credits, a dinner cruise and a glass bottom boat ride in exchange for attending a time share presentation the next morning. We had read the reviews on this site prior to our trip so we knew what to expect and had decided in advance to go ahead and do the time share presentation.

The time share presentation did showcase the sister hotel (Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach) which is just up the hill from the Pacifica. The whole thing took about 2 hours. It was pretty low pressure, and even though we didn't sign up for the timeshare, we felt it was worth it too get the free spa and food credits. After that, the timeshare people didn't bother us at all the rest of our stay.

Our stay was otherwise incredible. I had e-mailed the hotel in advance since it was our honeymoon and upon our arrival they had spelled out "Happy Anniversary" on our bed, as well as provided free champagne and chocolates for us. I had also asked to be on the 4th floor in an e-mail to the hotel and we ended up with a 4th floor room with incredible views of the ocean and a nice ocean breeze every evening. Every night the staff would come and provide turn-down service for our bed linens and leave chocolates on the pillows.

We did spend most of our time at the pools during the day. There are 2 pools, one "infinity pool" with warm, bath-temperature water and one with cooler water and a swim-up bar. If we were out at the pool by about 10 AM or so, we had no problem finding a spot to hang out for the whole day. One thing: there is no beach swimming at the Pacifica due to the strong currents in the ocean, but the pools were great so we didn't mind too much.

Another thing we liked is the shuttle bus which goes to the 3 other Pueblo Bonito hotels in Cabo. If you want to go to downtown Cabo, you can take a shuttle from the Pacifica to Sunset Beach then to downtown for free so you don't have to pay for a taxi. They leave every 30 minutes or so. We went into town pretty much every night to eat since the restaurants in town are a lot cheaper than the one restaurant at the Pacifica. Definitely try "The Office" in downtown Cabo which is right on the beach so you sit at the tables with your feet in the sand. You should make reservations, though, because they are really crowded in the evenings. After being in the hustle and bustle of downtown Cabo though, we couldn't wait to get back to the relaxing peaceful atmosphere of the Pacifica!

We did have our anniversary supper at the hotel restaurant Siempre at a table overlooking the hotel pool just as the sun was setting. We went right when the restaurant opened for supper and we were the only people in the restaurant at first so we got amazing attention from the staff. The meal was delicious, and the staff even gave us a little present for our anniversary (a box of chocolates with a bow on it) for us to take back to our room.

The only downside to our stay was the room service. Our first night there we ordered sushi, and they messed up our order, bringing us the wrong dish. The sushi wasn't very good compared to what we have had at home. After that, we only ordered food poolside for lunch and ate in downtown Cabo for dinner every night. You can also eat at the Sunset Beach hotel restaurants if you like which are about 5 minutes away by shuttle.

Overall, the hotel was absolutely wonderful. The rooms were very clean, and the whole hotel definitely lived up to its name, providing a very relaxing, spa-like experience. We will definitely go back to celebrate another anniversary!

They say you get what you pay for and with this hotel its certainly true for the rooms but NOT for everything else. I agree with most of the prior reviews which give some good insight to the location (off the beaten track), the no kids allowed policy (wonderful for us on this trip) and the ability to travel to other resorts (which helps as the retreat can get a bit dull after a while).

So... hotel is stunning, we booked a suite and it was massive and beautiful. Well worth it if you are there for a long time (we stayed over a week).

The down side is that you have this constant niggling feeling that you are being screwed as they try to sqeeze every last nickle and dime out of you with high prices for average food.

My advice is to buy your water at the supermarket and take bottles into the restaurant & bars with you. Everything is pricey and its average food at best. They also have a problem serving the food hot - they didn't even warm the plates. I had to send back a pizza twice but hey there are more important things to worry about!

When we were there they were working on the pool - I mentioned this at check out and recieved a discount of 15% on food & drink which as I think about it wasnt much since its hard to retreat when they are undergoing construction.

Staff are wonderful - I recommend this for a 4/5 night break - any more and you will feed ripped off by the crazy food and drink prices and probably get bored.


It is a beautiful hotel though!