Room was spacious, clean, and comfortable. Beach and pool were great. Food and drinks were delicious. Staff needs to be retrained on customer service. Entertainment during the daytime was sparse and nothing to do for the kids.
My husband & I had a wonderful time. For an all inclusive the food was very good. The hotel itself definitely needs an facelift. Our room was dark, bathroom was old & not fresh looking. After checking in & getting settled we found out there was another building that was new ! We had asked the guy a front desk of our room was new & he said, of course. Not cool. As far as the bartenders, we never saw such unfriendly, non smiling people. We have traveled to many places & this was crazy. There happened to have been one bartender by the name of Robertico . He was the only nice one. Servers in all restaurants were great. Service with a smile .. made for a very pleasant week. Our favorite restaurant was The Red Parrot & the buffet was very good too. The maid service was great & the ladies were lovely. We would definitely come back if we are in the new section. Hopefully by that time , hotel will have updated! …
Our experience was wonderful. However, we also had a room in the section that was directly on the beach being that our room door was only a few steps away. Our family was placed in an upstairs room away from beach without a view - I am writing on my experience not theirs so just be mindful of the room type when planning (we were upgraded for free to the nicer beach facing room). The food was perfectly fine for a resort and there is always options unless you're trying to get something at 4AM which is unlikely. Beach access is wonderful, but there could be some more shade tables installed (they have them along the shore but could use more). Towels are plentiful and never a worry. Overall, we were pleasantly happy with the value we got from the resort. There is a shuttle that runs very frequently to transfer you to the other property which has more dining options, events, etc...…
Location is great. Beach is 15/10. Food at resort is good. Buffet is great, Pure Lime is great, Red Parrot is ok at best. Other ala cartes are at Tam. Rooms are good. Walls are paper thin though. Hot water is not too easy to find. Only tried st 6am and 6 pm though. Al a carte restaurants are tough to book, they must book up early. Chair game is probably one of the more frustrating things. Heard ppl talk that they were going at 4am to get chairs. If you want front row on beach go before 7am. You need cab fare (cash only) to go anywhere. Also noticed, not a lot of ppl were tipping. If you’re too cheap or think “it’s included “ wake up. The service you get improves with tipping here
On and off over the years we have visited. Accordingly, I have a base line to compare my visits to. It is supposed to be a place to relax. Then why were they laying cement ? Why did they close off one staircase to rebuild it? Nothing like hearing a jack hammer chipping away something early in the morning when all you want to do is sit and stare at the water enjoying the calm. Oh, yeah what about the electrical work around the pool, wire nuts exposed with kids and people running all around Wasn't Covid a chance to do capital improvements?! Why were the towels so rough didn't they hear of Aloe. Why were the salads so salty? Always salty. The only thing that wasn't salty was the popcorn served at the bar by the reception arear. Ya know why? The machine broke, so they must have saved a couple of $ by not replacing. By the way the had a person standing near the "new" toaster making sure you didn't increase the heat because the "new" toaster would break down. When we booked in October we requested a certain room, it wasn't available the one next door was. Okay, great I have a small handicap which precludes long walks. So what did the Divi do with my promised room. Changed it, to a room on the fourth floor at the very far end of the building. Ah nothing like being a repeat customer. The Business Center with its one broken computer and the other not so good computer is really a treat when you and three other people are trying to get their boarding passes for the trip home.. The people providing services were wonderful.…
Thanks, but no thanks. Will not be back. The staff is lazy, could care less how the guests fend for themselves. Not helpful at all. No room service, no picks up at eh restaurants to make reservations. Most workers have attitudes and it shows. Food is mediocore. Lounge chairs are filthy. The STAR restaurant "Red Parrot" the chairs are outdated, the vynil is peeling, looks disgusting. Power kept going out and no explanation. I must say if your run ito Giorgi, he will help you! A very sweet, helpful and great person. Get more like him! This place needs work. The beach is great!
There is not a more beautiful beach in the world! The sand is like white baby powder, the water is crystal turquoise, the balance of sun and clouds divine. Divi is incredible! I have traveled the world and there is no need to look for a better beach, this is it! The service was incredible, everyone was happy. There was plenty of activities and things to do golf, swim, walk, bike etc. plus snorkeling if you want. At Divi our part of the resort was quiet. Not one night was loud, so peaceful. We were there the third week in Feb and it was still spacious and never felt crowded. The food was good, not super fancy or 5 star but if you are looking for that go to Windows on Aruba on site at the Golf Course for just $55 a head and a major upgrade! The main dining Resturant was good. The other Restaurants were also good. I really liked the Italian one. Also if you are gluten or nut free they have menus for that in each restaurant. Mexican, America etc. Restaurants are decent. We loved it. It was our first all inclusive. It's so liberating to not worry about money. So just trust me, don't think about it another second and stay at Divi.…
Ok, the second trip to Aruba was set to Tamarijn, high expectations from all of us travelling from Sweden. The reservation was made in march 2022 with specific requests such as getting rooms in block 2100-2500. The idea was to get the best beach experience for grandchildren (1, 2 and 3 years old). Arrived in February 2023 and a few things just turned out to be worse than we ever would have imagined. Rooms in block 1300 close to the pool was as true disaster, the music kept us awake every night. We tried to change rooms, but having the Delux rooms made it impossible to move even though we were willing to downgrade to premium rooms. That’s really annoying. During fall 2022 Aruba had some severe storms that affected the beaches around Divi, this was truly a disaster to the tourist community since beaches fell apart. The impact to Tamarijn was even worse, there are no beach areas left. It will take som time to restore the affected beaches, just make sure to get updates prior to book a staying at Tamarijn, the chance to be disappointed is there. Travelling from Europe, you might find it strange to end up in a country where everything is non local. Aruba is importing the majority of consumed products and 80 percent of the tourists are from the US. Hope this helps.. …
Had a fantastic dining experience at the Red Parrot with our attentive and funny waiter, Vince. We were a large party (around 20) and he did such a great job. He got and all of our orders correct, even the gluten free ones! Thank you, Vince for taking such good care of us. Hands down the best dining experience we’ve had at the resort!
We enjoyed our stay here. It is windy but that is typical Aruba. It did kick up quite a bit of sand on the beach and we were usually needed a break by 1 or 2 pm. We are also early morning people so we were usually on the sand by 7am! When we were here the water was pretty rough. I dont know if that is typical this time of year or if we just caught it at a bad time. It is one of the all inclusive that you will need to save your chair. People start laying towels out by 6am!. The breakfast buffet gets going early around 7 am. We never did have issues of food running out. They always had plenty of food and were great about keeping things hot and made to order. The buffet always had some great variety. My favorite was the breakfast since they always would make it hot and fresh. There are several restaurants but really we only ate at the Mexican PureLime and the Red Parrot. The Red Parrot is more like a steak and seafood place. They have a cute little shop you can buy clothes and souvenirs. If you are at the All Inclusive you can also go over to the sister resort. But honestly we found a lot of the people at the sister resort stayed at the All Inclusive beach. They have daily activities and the have a DJ at the main pool during the day. The other pool is quiet but kids were allowed at both. The grounds have an abundance of lizards. Blue, Green Brown. They keep the grounds very well maintained and clean. The communal restrooms were always clean. The floors were always neatly kept. The room is your typical hotel room. There is a safe, refrigerator and closet to store all your things.They were doing construction when we were there that started at 10 am every day. There was no peace for taking a nap in your room.…
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