We only had two nights there as a side trip from a timeshare in Cancun and I am so glad we did. We had a beautiful clean 2 bedroom 2nd floor ocean view room that had a large balcony with hammock and lounge chairs. Each of the two rooms had it's own bathroom so would suit a family like us with children (ours are 9 & 11) or a couple of couples which would make it economical. A small walk down the beach you can snorkle in a really cool ocean cenote or just a minute walk up the road you can do the same in a mango lagoon. Either side is amazing. We were lucky as the owner Mike was there and he guided us each time through these adventures pointing things out and helping us with any needed gear.
The food was great and lots of guests from surrounding hotels came to eat the pizza, or for a drink at the bar or to take advantage of the Internet. It was obvious that many people go there more than once and I can certainly understand why.

We read about the Blue Sky Hotel in a local newspaper article - and the author described it perfectly - a very reasonable priced place to stay that was clean, with some very good food (try their pizza, of course - and also their fish tacos!). Despite what some people have written here about not being able to snorkel - well, they obviously didn't ask any of the locals (including the extremely nice owner, Mike) where to go snorkelling - it turns out that the Blue Sky Hotel is not even 100 yards from the Casa Cenote (it literally takes less than one minute to walk there from the hotel!) - and if you snorkel in the cenote, it's only 20 pesos (a real deal!) - or, you can also snorkel right in the ocean just opposite where the cenote is located, since the cenote goes under the road and exits right there at the ocean! Mike (the owner) personally took us out to snorkel in the ocean, showing us exactly where to enter and exactly where to find all the fish - and even sea turtles! It turns out that one sea turtle managed to wander into the cenote itself and was either lost - or intentionally looking to get away from his family and friends - but he looked just fine, surrounded by one of his favorite food - crabs! Yes, there were a lot of crabs in the cenote, as well as fish - even barracudas! The rooms at Blue Sky Hotel are very clean and elegant - and all have excellent views of the ocean, since the hotel sits right on the beach. And, it's only a 5 minute drive back to the main town of Tulum, where you can visit a number of excellent restaurants - but you can also find several places right on the road where the Blue Sky Hotel is located. Plus, the Blue Sky Hotel is ideally located just 15 minutes from Akumal Bay, where you can snorkel in the bay (the cost is FREE) and see lots of sea turtles, manta rays, and fish. Then, for another snorkelling delight, you can travel just a few minutes from Akumal Bay (literally just 3 minutes) and visit the Yal Ku Lagoon - the entry fee for the lagoon is 110 pesos (about $10 US), but it's totally worth the cost, as you'll find yourself snorkelling around in the most unusual lagoon - zillions of fish, and really interesting canyons and caverns in the lagoon area, where you can play hide and seek or just go exploring - totally fun - it's like being in a giant aquarium, but with lots of interesting nooks and crannies to explore - what a great time we had! We had the best snorkelling experiences while staying at the Blue Sky Hotel - and it was all either right there at the hotel - or just 15 minutes away - and all either free or for a very low cost - especially compared to the typical tourist-trap places like Xel-Ha and Xplor, where they charge you a king's ransom for the same things you can see for almost nothing while staying at the Blue Sky Hotel. We'll be back, for sure - and a big thanks to Mike, for giving us such great advice and personally making sure we had a great time while staying at the Blue Sky Hotel!

Lovely place, great food, terrible location. Rooms were great, clean, well appointed, great ocean views. The bad news you can NOT GO INTO THE WATER.... it is a coral beach front that in NO WAY can you just go out and swim. Also without a car it is a 25 min walk on dirt road to HWY 307, walk across hwy and flag down a bus to Tulum (6km). then walk or take a taxi 1.3 km to Tulum beach. We felt we were in the suburbs and did not know that we could not go into the water... a big disappointment. I would not stay in this area (Tankah bay) again - no way. "quiet" that means you won't see anyone - almost spooky as the area was empty... even the small (and only) beach bar/restaurant down the beach was deserted. Staff ok. For the price you should not have to go and get and pay for your daily coffee... This was very annoying and not relaxing. We are easy going travelers that paid a lot for our stay.
After visiting Tulum beach area we would stay there where you can go out from your room walk on the sand into the water - lovely white sandy beach..

We saw the billboard along the side of the road and decided to stop here for dinner. We did not stay at the hotel. The restaurant is located down a very long road. You even pass a nice cenote on your way! All the seating was outdoor, and had an outdoor pizza oven and bar. We ordered a Pizza Margarita and it was yummy. It was a very, very thin crust, almost like a tortila shell, but we had tried lots of pizza in Mexico and I'd say the did a nice job. We alos ordered the Caeser salad and because Im vegetarian, the chef made me a dressing that did not use Anchovies. He said it was no problem and that everything was made to order- that was very nice to hear. They were very accomidating and the food presentation was very well done. I would definatly recommend this place if you are craving pizza and salad or are just tired of eating Mexican everynite.
They also take Visa/MC which was great.