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Reviews of El Punto Hotel Boutique

3.5 out of 5
El Punto Hotel Boutique
Playa del Carmen

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 129 out of 451 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 176 out of 451 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 71 out of 451 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 45 out of 451 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 30 out of 451 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lacks basic safety and essential functions.
I booked this room last minute, and wasn’t expecting much for the price; however, safety and location were key for me. The man at front desk who checked me in was extremely kind and helpful. He even offered me a choice of rooms, and I was beyond pleased with the condition upon arrival. I chose the room with balcony as I didn’t mind the “noise” from the street, as considered it part of the experience and can easily sleep through anything. What I can’t sleep through is my door being opened TWICE in the evening (once around 8pm - I didn’t have top latch on and assumed this to be an honest mistake - I screamed and a man who I couldn’t see said “I’m so sorry”, and shut the door. I immediately approached the door and double checked I locked it properly including the top latch. Around 2am, someone tried opening my door again, and managed to unlock the bottom lock, but luckily the top latch kept them from entering. As a young American woman traveling solo that evening due to friends with different flights, I was terrified - and I consider myself to be quite Street smart. I had no idea what to do at this point as someone had a key that was able to unlock the door to my room whether that be the hotel staff, faulty lock system, or another guest (Or trespasser). I literally thought to myself, I may have to escape via my 2nd floor balcony if need be. Also the toilet didn’t work - AT ALL. Neither did the tv but I was informed of that. Staff said they are checking into the lock situation.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

4/10 Poor

Jose, Texas

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
It was ok but no for me to stay again the smell was the worst
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ben, Mishawaka, indiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice location. Very clean. I only wish I had a balcony for my room. Only one small window opened.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Hernandez, Las Vegas, NV

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The location was convenient to the tourist attraction and beach.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very noisy. Lou bands all night. Had to buy earplugs.
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

Michelle, California

Traveled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Do NOT stay here this facility is not what it promotes !
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the location and the cleanliness! Everything was perfect!
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We didnt even stay. Place smelled like ammonia. Shower didnt work. Lights were horrible. We didnt even unpack... just took our stuff and walked to a different hotel. No one spoke english. Staff didnt address concerns. Management never got back to is
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The only problem was the internet other than that everything was ok for a week end vacations.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff are helpful and friendly. Rooms are big and clean. But the shower water is almost nothing, really really little water, no pressure at all. Also we had a leaking right on top of the bed, the entire night with the noise!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

Lidia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
El checking fue rápido. Pero la habitación no estaba limpia. No hubo agua caliente ningún día. No limpiaron el cuarto. Y una noche trataron de abrir la puerta de mi cuarto, la chapa no servía y solo porque tenía el pasador de arriba no pudieron entrar. Y después me acusaron que yo metí una persona a mi habitación
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

2/10 Terrible

JOSE

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

Jgar, Las Vegas, Nevada

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
I have started here before and after this time, I would never. AC didn’t work. No blankets. No shampoo or amenities for shower.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
I'm not sure where they got the photos, or what their definition of, "Boutique & Beach Club," is, but I dare say it differs from mine. It's a room on fifth avenue. The bed is made of eighteen slats of plywood with a foam topper. (Yes, that's an exaggeration but just barely.) Also, I'm not sure what beach club they're talking about as we weren't advised of anything like that upon checking in. I prepaid for the room through Expedia and when I checked in wasn't even required to show identification or present a credit card for incidental expenses which meant anyone who knew that I had a reservation could have just shown up and claimed my prepaid lodging. The pluses? It's cheap.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Damian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location & Great friendly staff
Great location & Great friendly staff! It's a little loud at night but that was not an issue for us. If you want to be in the heart of everything expect noise.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was hot the air conditioner didn’t work well. the Tv had no channels the floor was broken I tripped several times on it. The bed was very hard to sleep in no soap to shower
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff at reception was friendly and helpful. Bedding quality could be better. Couldnt make TV work and only had 2 channels- lost signal after 1 hr. Location is great - right in middle of everything and not too far from beach. Disliked that you had to find your own parking . only stairs no elevator so pack light.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service. Mateo was really kind and helpful. We arrived too early and he did everything for give us the room sooner.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location great staff I will stay hare again
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Always my favorite place in Playa!
I've stayed at El Punto many times over the years. I live in Cozumel, so it's nice to have a familiar place to stay when I go for a day or two. The location is perfect, the service is excellent and the staff are overly friendly and helpful. The only thing I noticed on my last two visits, was that there was no soap, the complimentary shampoo was missing and I just had lotion. There were no little bottles of water like they had on previous visits. There was no hair dryer in #25..but there was one in #12. I still give them an excellent rating though. There is a shop across the street where we bought water. Fast WiFi as well. All I can say is that the excellent friendly staff make it a pleasurable stay and it is immaculately clean. Two thumbs up!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Faith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic for the money. Had to change room because of A/C problem, but it was done quickly.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very clean, staff is super helpful wouldnt mind staying there again!
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What i didn't like was the loud music up to 3 am in the mornings.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel is right on 5th avenue , everything is at walking distance.The only downside is that they have no parking and offer no breakfast/lunch/dinner. So you do have to buy food on your own elsewhere.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Ingrid

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
1 night stay
Just a 1 night stay - room was small and bed okay - bathroom was a disaster. No hot water - no water pressure - crappy reused toiletries - they looked like they were refilled. Smallest bath towels possible. Only good thing - right on the main drag - lots of food, drink and shopping choices. Beach only 1 major block. Lots of souvenir shops with a mix of boutiques. Patio 8 - open aired restaurant and bar right on other corner - can be loud very late.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing works, had to call the staff every 20 minutes with something not working or missing in the room. Location is the worst, in front of the loudest bar in the street with terrible music till 7 am, hardly had any sleep at all.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was really great. The employees were really fantastic. The only problem was the Disco aside, there was a very loud music every day and every night.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

3Dogs3Kids

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We stayed just one night before leaving home. Room 26 had no toilet seat or water bottles, etc. The bed height was ridiculously low, and the worst part was the sound in the room. Periodically through the night a loud pulsing drone occurred (sound that would give some people a headache)- maybe a large air conditioning unit? The worst room ever. The only good part of they stay, was the front desk staff. Check - in was pleasant, and especially the front desk that was there early morning. He was friendly, and very helpful and attentive in assisting us, making sure the airport shuttle pickup went smoothly.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A good hotel located at the center of Playa del Carmen activities. Very helpful staff, especially Gabriel who helped us solve various issues with a big smile!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Myrna

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Small rooms but clean,
Was expecting a balcony room but didn't get it when we checked in. Small rooms & alittle to "costly" what what it is. Over all it was just ok.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

PatriciaOtero, Las Vegas, NV

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love it super clean and comfortable, staff very friendly and helpful and excellent location!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

jazmine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was wonderful as well as the staff. They were very helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

D.

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
better value out there
Channel changer did not work, let front desk know, they did nothing, cold shower in morning, no hot water. Flooring was cheap vinyl, all lifted and separating. Dire need of updating
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Trevor

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property right on 5th. Able to experience the nightlife from balcony
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018