We stayed here for 6 nights in December 2011, and had a wonderful time. The location, the quality of the accommodation, the service - everything was excellent. The decor of the rooms was top notch, and felt like a home away from home. The beach was steps away, as were amazing restaurants. Could not have asked for a better experience! Everyone at the hotel was very helpful, and took immediate care of any concerns we had. The kitchen had only the basics, but we were expecting this based on reading prior reviews on TripAdvisor. We were able to get extra pots after a quick call to reception. The grocery store at 38th and 5th had everything you need, plus extremely reasonable rates. Highly recommended.

Only con: The wifi was extremely flaky a couple of days

This hotel is also known as Pueblito Escondido.

I needed to stay in a non all-inclusive resort for business near 5th Av. in Playa del Carmen. My business partner brought his young kid and the hotel turned out to be great for both of them as well.

The rooms are condo-like, equipped with a kitchenette and fridge. They all have standard kitchen utensils handy and I recommend doing an inventory at check-out just to make sure they don´t charge you for any missing item.

Besides the hotel, a small restaurant called Orígenes is open most of the day and night with great food and service, so no problem if you don´t want to cook.

Positive

Very clean rooms, white pillows and sheets. Excellent furniture, kitchen, TV and DVD equipment. Air conditioning worked great, pools very clean and pool furniture was in excellent condition. Friendly and helpful staff. The hotel is great for bringing young kids since the kitchen allows you to feed them with no hassle and there are good grocery shops near the hotel (three blocks) to buy anything you need. This is an excellent option to save money compared to an all-inclusive if you want to bring all the family.

Free in-room wireless internet service.

Negative

The hotel does not have private beach access, however it is still is one block away. I don't like the public beach near the hotel because of a strange smell and there are not seats and shades. Nearby beach clubs might be good for couples but not the best for kids.

To start with we had a great time and this property is BEAUTIFUL! The master bedroom is roomy and the beds are amazingly comfortable. We slept so well.
The roof top infinity pool is very impressive and scenic with many lounge chairs around it.
Because it's one block from the beach this makes for easy beach access.
The staff was friendly and demonstrated good sense of urgency when posed with a problem.

Our air conditioning failed on our third day and the room they transferred us to was even hotter. They stated that both units shared the same compressor. Well, finally we were up-graded to a suite that has roof-top access to a private pool. Even though it was a penthouse suite, it was no nicer than our original room. The important thing is that we were again cool.

This place is a great value! Our AC issue, although frustrating, took about 2 1/2 hours to resolve. We liked the North Playa location and being on 38th makes it about three blocks North of the 5th Ave. pedestrian walk, but it's a bit removed from the 5th Ave hoopla.

My husband and I along with friends of ours stayed here New Years Eve. The location is perfect... close to the beach, just far enough off of 5th to be calm but a very short walk to all the action. The units are large with a great big kitchen and patio. Only a 2 min cab ride or 10- 15 walk to the mega for groceries. Each of the bedrooms were big... however when booking i must have missed that the second of the two bedrooms have twin beds rather than a double or queen. It would have been a bit annoying for a week but for one night sleeping apart was ok. Had I of paid better attention when I booked I would have just booked two one bed units. The staff was very friendly at check in and check out . The breakfast that was included with the stay was very nice.... eggs, beans, toast, fruit, steak and salsa, coffee and fresh squeezed juice. In fact breakfast was so ample that none of us were able to eat it all. We have stayed at many places in playa from very large all inclusive resorts (5 star), to small villas and this place really met everything that we look for while we are in playa. Some of my family is heading down there next year, so we recommended this place.