First and foremost, this is a place to go to when you want to relax and de-stress. Not really a crazy late night party atmosphere as the night pretty much comes to an end at around 1am. With that being said... this was THE most relaxing, peaceful vacation I have ever been on.

The best this about this resort is that it is RIGHT ON THE BEACH. The shoreline was SO close to our 2nd floor balcony-- it was just dreamy. When they say ocean view rooms, they really mean it!

The food was average. The drinks were average. But the beach made up for that anyways. The staff were so helpful and kind. They really made us feel at home.

Beachlovers -- this place is for you. Soak up the sun.. swim/snorkel with a million fish until you get hungry and just walk a few steps back to the main resort.

This resort will forever have a place in my heart! No resort is perfect but I would rather have an amazing beach over having a gazillion types of booze. It all depends on what you're going for.

Hope to see you again sometime Riveria Maya!!

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we returned yesterday from the be live it was good food at the buffet, unlimited a la cartes.. good drinks........good value for your money. met donna and bree. had lots of fun and relaxation the beds were awsome . any body that doesnt like this should be going to the bahia next door and be one of the 6000 people there................the staff in the be all work hard to make sure you have a pleasant stay .................keep up the good work
jan26-feb9 brian&penny chilliwack bc

What a wonderful trip to the Riviera Maya. Be Live was a lovely resort, with really great staff. We were pleasantly surprised because we were'nt expecting much after reading all of the reviews. There were a few things that need improvement, as the hotel is aging, but the staff is always at work cleaning and maintaining the resort. Armondo, the hotel manager is amazing! He set up a lovely moonlit dinner for us on our last day. George the bartender is a blast...check him out on the rooftop bar after 11pm. The beach was beautiful...we snorkeled right off the beach and saw many colorful fish and reefs. I fell in love with the delicious fruit smoothies available in the pool bar. Try the Akumal smoothie. Yum! The food was good, especially in the gourmet restaurant. We ate the buffet for breakfast and lunch and made reservations for dinner each night in one of the five different restaurants. The reservations arent that hard to deal with. Just wait at 530pm each evening for a time either 630, 730 or 830. Beds were nice and soft. Grab your towel and chair as early as possible as it is true that they fill up quick and run out. We never saw anyone camping out on the sand, so people must have found chairs. Tons of French Canadian and Argentinian people here...we were the minority as amercians, so that was interesting. Oh! Do bring your own insulated mug for drinks. And just a couple bucks tip here and there goes a long way here. They don't expect it but do appreciate it. Overall, we had a wonderful expeience and can't wait to go back!

Walking in didn't have a good impression, check in took forever , had problems with room it was a nightmare , the first room they put me in was horrible, it was away from the resort , water didn't work and toilet didn't flush well ..... Awful.... Wanted to change that night but they didn't have rooms available .... Had to wait for next day.... Finally better room, clean, but no wow factor....the last 2 days of our trip we had no hot water.... We figure maybe everyone taking a shower at the same time, but I retry at 11pm and then the next morning at 7am and still no hot water so a little disappointing when you have sand on you......

Service was terrible , ask for a drink and never came back .....to get a refill was forever.....

The only good thing was the restaurant food it wasn't, to bad, was surprise. The food court was average.

Night life ....boring

Went to coco bongo, amazing.... was the high light of this trip

Walking on the Beach was dirty and the ocean had lots of rocks.....

Riviera maya was disappointing, I don't see the hype people make ...... Cancun is much better and clean and the water is beautiful ......

The bottom line is we didn't pay much for this resort so we got what we paid for.

Lesson learnt .......