Guest User
July 28, 2024
Unfortunately my husband & I had the worst experience at this resort. We aren’t one to ever write a poor review but this resort truly couldn’t have been worse. To start off - the food was actually disgusting at some points. Chicken & beef were gristly and the food looked like it was straight out of a cafeteria. The sushi looked like it was just packaged. (We looked back at our pictures from a different Secrets stay & the sushi was incredible compared to Tides.) Unfortunately we both received bacteria infections during our stay which was a huge indication that the food was not fresh, undercooked, & just poor quality for what you’re paying for. If you’re gluten free, good luck finding anything here that’s appealing. Within the last year, my husband & I went to a different Secrets resort with an over flowering understanding of gluten free food & options for me to enjoy; I never went hungry. Each restaurant (& especially the buffet) at Tides I struggled to find something I could eat. I attached a picture of my gluten free room service pizza - disgusting. We also ordered room service for breakfast one morning & the tea water we poured out was BROWN. (I attached a picture) The thing that really sent us over the edge was there was a private event taking place during half of our stay (which is totally fine as it’s self). BUT You could tell that the resort consistently favored this group rather than also taking care of the other guests. This was the chatter for the week within all the guest’s & their experience. For example - we were Preferred so they took away our grills for lunch & closed a pool during the day just for the event. Along with getting rid of some day time activities so they could set up the evening events for the travel agency private event. All of these 5 star reviews you see on here are from Travel Agents that get free stays to rave about the resort. SO fake. The drinks were not great, lots of mixes & pre-made frozen drinks that got boring. The beach was mobbed with vendors trying to sell souvenirs & massages - no one was ever on the beach chairs specifically because of how annoying it was to be asked every 5 minutes if you wanted to purchase something. This resort always felt understaffed, not prepared, & consistently reminding us how disgusted we were at how much money we spent to stay there. I’m absolutely floored it’s rated this high on Google. We will be telling our family & friends to go elsewhere. Very disappointed