Arriving at the airport a transfer bus was waiting for us and in less then 1 hour we were in our apartment. It was not very luxurious but nice enough, clean and cool (as there were 32 C outside). We had a huge terrace and living room.
The resort has a nice private beach and restaurant-bar, but it is located far away from anything else. That didn`t bother us because we rented a car, but if you are not planning to do so, have in mind that it isn`t easy to travel by bus (they don`t come often and you don`t know where they go).
Staff was helpful and friendly.
Restaurant was expensive, not very special and food was not so good.
Bedroom and bathroom was not that satisfactory but in the end everything else makes it better.
They had beautiful gardens with flower and trees of all kind, the most beautiful birds and nature, if you care about that.

All in all a good experience!

Papagayo is All about expectations. Its dutch. The menus are dutch, the breakfast order form is in dutch, everyone incl. Other guests and staff will adress you in dutch. Most of the staff are understandable in english. Its really not a hotel. I would rather call it a holiday camp. These bungalows are basic. The living area is not sealed to the outside so whatever critters you find outside you will find inside aswell, this includes geckos, mosquitos, bats and birds. Once you get used to that, its actually pretty cool. The aircon design b the bedrooms is a negative at least for me. In one bedroom the ac was on the floor next to the bed, pouring cold air directly in your face. If you turn off ac its very damp and Quite smelly+humid. The overall cleanliness and condition of the bungalows is shabby. The grounds are nice, but hardly impressive. The restaurant and pools are nice. The restaurant is actually Pretty nice food wise, the service is abysmal. Especially the younger dutch girls seem to have no formal trainng at all. Actually quite amusing to watch the staff and the way they interact with customers. 50% of the bills had errors. Minimum wait time for a menu card was 15 minutes. We never got a order correct in the first go. Still, when you think about it, good food for two kids and two adults for less than 60 dollars is a good deal, and entertainment is free.

Location by Jan Thiel bay is excellent. The opposing beach is really not that great. They hae nice bars though. Tinto on the beach has nice steaks. In general the beaces in Curacao are not white sandy beaches but the island is both interesting and genuine.

To sum it up. Papagayo is not a hotel. Basic vacation camp, kid friendly, and at 200 euros a night, there is none better on Curacao.

We stayed in this bungalow hotel for the third time with the family and had a great time (again). Especially the quality of the restaurant (food and service) improved a lot since last time. Everything in the villa however to prepare your own meals.
Some parts of the villa like kitchen and bathrooms need soon some renovation but everything was clean which we consider most important! Beach close by on walking distance. Swimming pool small but good enough for young children; also day (morning) activities which enables your kids to make friends. park service was good. A lot of lizards sometimes even in the sleeping room. Villa internet wifi did not work well but got immediately a special usb stick free of charge that worked well and I could enjoy wifi the whole vacation.
will certainly return

everything about this resort is great. The location close to the beach (Zanzibar is a great restaurant on the beach), the superb restaurant, the stylish villa's. everything!
Great snorkling around the corner. If you want to relax, come here!