Secrets Mirabel Resort & Spa

Spent a week at the Now Emerald Cancun in the beginning of June. We usually stay in the Riviera Maya area, but tried something new to hopefully get away from the sargassum. And in that regard, the resort was fine - little seaweed and a nice beach. But the resort itself was dated, services were inconsistent, and food was sub-par. Room: we were in a Preferred Club Premium with Plunge Pool room. We were on an upper floor with a nice view. Some people we spoke to said that the couple of thunderstorms we had in the evenings flooded their floor, so I would definitely not have liked to be on a lower level. The room was OK, although the only furniture other than the bed was an easy chair. It would have been nice to have either a second chair or a small sofa so that both my wife and I could have a place to sit other than one having to be on the bed. The privacy lock on the door didn't work, and when I put in a maintenance request to fix it, even though the app said the work was complete, it still didn't work. There is no safety chain or anything, so I was a bit leery of not having some sort of additional lock. There was a Nepresso style coffee maker in the room, which we thought would be great since we're both big coffee drinkers. But the machine barely worked, sometimes making a full double shot of espresso but other times only dribbling out a few drops of coffee and making a mess of leaked water on the tray under the machine. And housekeeping only brought coffee pods once during our week long stay - we had to ask for them most of the time. Housekeeping also was inconsistent about replacing towels, so we had to ask for more on a couple of occasions, and one day they didn't make up the bed. Pools - there is only a swim-up bar at the main pool. It has a waterfall that cascades over the entire length of the bar, so if that's operating, you can't really walk away from the bar with a drink easily. The swim-up bar is also separated from the surrounding pool such that you need to either hop up over the pool wall or get out and re-enter the bar pool area if you want to go there, which I found annoying. The adults only pool is 8 or 9 feet deep for about half of the pool area, which might be ok if you want to swim some laps for exercise, but which was mostly a waste since no one really used that part of the pool. Bar service at the pools was mostly good, although better at the main pool than the adults only. Food - probably the biggest area of concern at the Now Emerald. The buffet was typical of Cancun all inclusives, although somewhat small and with less selection than I had expected. The Italian restaurant was a complete fail, bringing us the wrong food, then not bringing the appetizers we ordered, then finally bring the correct entrees after a long wait. And it struck me that, for an Italian place, they really had no Italian entrees on the menu. We had once nice meal at the French restaurant, but it was only open one night out of the 7 we were there. We wa

We arrive at what we thought at the least a 4 star rating hotel. It should not be rated but closed. The rooms are nasty, mold in the bathroom, floors crumbling, the seating stained. If you have hip trouble or minor trouble with lifting your leg, this is definitely a problem. You have to climb into the dirty tub to take a shower. The was a power outage at the hotel, not the town, just this hotel. I complained to the concierge with no resolution regarding the bathroom. Had to go to management twice regarding the staff racist attitude towards us.

The facility is large. The buildings are old and need serious renovations. The room, lobby, restaurants, everything is outdated. The food at restaurants are mediocre. They have blue and black wristband and and regular customers wear blue band and these people are not allowed to enter certain restaurants that are specifically for the black wristband customers, which is really annoying. The coffee shop at the lobby area is for the black wristband so I was not allowed to buy any coffees. Nothing special about this place. The pool is large but just noisy with DJ all day long. If you need peaceful and quiet hotel, this is not the place to be. We were sent by our airline when our flight got canceled. No way we would not choose this place for our vacation.

The resort needs a face lift and the food an upgrade.Thepeople were wonderful and the weather gorgeous. The drinks were plentiful but you had to ask for premium drinks like captain Morgan’s spiced rum