Suites Colonial: I wanted someplace inexpensive because I was coming down for a few days of dental work. The room had a living area with a dinner table for 4, a small kitchen area with stovetop, sink and fridge, and then a bedroom with two full size beds and nice sized bathroom. The place is owned/managed by the same parent company as Casa Mexicana (which we love) and we saw a few CM employees, which was nice. Colonial provides a continental breakfast of toast, fruit with yogurt, granola and honey, as well as coffee included. If you want to order from a menu it’s limited. My husband got a ham and cheese omelette for $150 pesos (no bacon or sausage, sadly).
The beds were fine. The room was clean. The staff was nice – but there’s nobody to help with luggage or to hold the door. It really was a lovely place to stay, with lots of room. It was also quiet. If you ask the taxi to let you out at Machete that’s just across the street from the entrance (on the walkway toward the park).
I love my dentist in Cozumel – Dr Yazmin Ibrahim, at Dental Care Cozumel. I thought I had two big problems but it turned out to only be two small cavities (one filling had popped out while flossing). $84 I was done, and I was prepared for crowns! I also got a cleaning and a whitening tray for two teeth that need some help. The total for that stuff was $142. Dr Yazmin has done major work for me and I’ve been very happy with her. We’ve gone to her for about 5 years for cleanings and other work.
Did a couple of dives with Jungle Divers – love them. We only had time for two dives and both were 80+ minutes at Tikila.
Le Lechonaria – great Cuban food – their juice smoothies are divine.
El Cielito – always good food for reasonable prices.
La Cocay - love their scalloped sweet potatoes with their bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breast. Yum.
Casita de Indio – at 20 & 5, so a little off the beaten path, but the prices reflected that too. I met a girlfriend there and we both ended up getting the coconut shrimp, which was tasty.
We had a bad experience with a burger joint not dealing fairly on the conversion rate. It was our last night, we were nearly out of pesos and hadn’t brought a credit card and were forced to pay $30US for a $435 peso bill (should have been about $22US). When we challenged the bill they did not back down an inch. I really liked this place and am very disappointed and won’t return. I don’t speak Spanish well enough to bring out my ‘Karen’ to ask for the manager, so I was stuck feeling cheated.
However, we got a great taxi driver when we were leaving for the airport. Romero’s name is on the back of his taxi van. Nice guy. Spoke with us occasionally on the way to the airport. My husband knew how much the total ‘should’ be and gave a generous tip. Romero offered back 50 pesos!! Husband of course said ‘no, keep it, thank you!’. And here I am, telling you all to look for Romero because he was honest with us. It’s not about the money, it’s the honesty and integrity. I’m happy we left on a high note.
The beds were fine. The room was clean. The staff was nice – but there’s nobody to help with luggage or to hold the door. It really was a lovely place to stay, with lots of room. It was also quiet. If you ask the taxi to let you out at Machete that’s just across the street from the entrance (on the walkway toward the park).
I love my dentist in Cozumel – Dr Yazmin Ibrahim, at Dental Care Cozumel. I thought I had two big problems but it turned out to only be two small cavities (one filling had popped out while flossing). $84 I was done, and I was prepared for crowns! I also got a cleaning and a whitening tray for two teeth that need some help. The total for that stuff was $142. Dr Yazmin has done major work for me and I’ve been very happy with her. We’ve gone to her for about 5 years for cleanings and other work.
Did a couple of dives with Jungle Divers – love them. We only had time for two dives and both were 80+ minutes at Tikila.
Le Lechonaria – great Cuban food – their juice smoothies are divine.
El Cielito – always good food for reasonable prices.
La Cocay - love their scalloped sweet potatoes with their bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breast. Yum.
Casita de Indio – at 20 & 5, so a little off the beaten path, but the prices reflected that too. I met a girlfriend there and we both ended up getting the coconut shrimp, which was tasty.
We had a bad experience with a burger joint not dealing fairly on the conversion rate. It was our last night, we were nearly out of pesos and hadn’t brought a credit card and were forced to pay $30US for a $435 peso bill (should have been about $22US). When we challenged the bill they did not back down an inch. I really liked this place and am very disappointed and won’t return. I don’t speak Spanish well enough to bring out my ‘Karen’ to ask for the manager, so I was stuck feeling cheated.
However, we got a great taxi driver when we were leaving for the airport. Romero’s name is on the back of his taxi van. Nice guy. Spoke with us occasionally on the way to the airport. My husband knew how much the total ‘should’ be and gave a generous tip. Romero offered back 50 pesos!! Husband of course said ‘no, keep it, thank you!’. And here I am, telling you all to look for Romero because he was honest with us. It’s not about the money, it’s the honesty and integrity. I’m happy we left on a high note.
