Awesome! Definitely one of the better all inclusive experience we've had.
First thing first, MAKE RESERVATIONS for restaurants!! If you want a good time, it gets booked up a month in advance. Some restaurants would be completely empty and they'll tell you they can't seat you.
Rooms: very comfortable. The rooms were nice and big and comfortable. There's also a ceiling fan. Nice balcony with a hammock. The tub is a nice feature but I wish they had one in the balcony too. The bathrooms are very nice. All the toilets are Totos bidet Japanese style. It's AMAZING! The shower is double shower head, rain fall and a regular shower. Everything was luxurious. Also, nice little fridge stocked with beers and soft drinks and a Espresso coffee maker.
Pools: plenty of pools for everybody! Lots of chairs, we were always able to find a good seat. Pool service was good if you got the males, especially Chewy. Great guy! Don't forget to tip. Our last day we got this lady and she was horrible, not happy and wasn't attentive. The beach was not great. It had too much seaweed. It was gross.
Restaurants:
-Hiroshi Sushi: pretty decent sushi. They have nigiris, cooked fish, sushi rolls, yakitori, and even noodles. Their nigiri wasn't too bad, some fish were better than others. One day I think they messed up regular tuna for otoro, we got lucky!! That's an extra cost item. The sushi rolls were ok too. Octopus carpaccio was delightful. The yakitori was good, lots of meat. Eat it with rice. I got the miso baked salmon and that was DELICIOUS! A good restaurant overall.
-Dao (Chinese): the worst restaurant at Garza. It was bad. We got XLBs, dumplings, fried shrimp, shu mai, beef noodles, wonton noodles and the epic dessert. Their dumpling wraps were too thick. The shu Mai was super salty and overuse of white pepper. The soups were decent, you can get half bowls. It needed sriracha or a spicy sauce. The dessert show was cool but too much alcohol made it bitter.
-Bocados (steakhouse): they have "dry age" beef, which doesn't taste like American dry age. So don't get your expectations up. I got the surf and turf. I got a medium on the filet and they cooked it right. Good flavors. The regular ribeye tasted better than the dry age. Steaks were pretty decent. Do not get the salad with the sweet vinaigrette, it was inedible because it was so sweet. Their onion soup was bomb!
-Villa del Palmar: La Casona STK- I thought this steakhouse was a little better than Garza one. They had flank and their ribeye was better. Dessert was good too!
-Villa del Palmar: Davino (Italian)- this we thought was the best restaurant. Everything was elevated here. I got the seafood squid ink pasta and it was so good! Their t bone steak had great flavors too! Their beet salad was on point and their desserts were so much better than all others.
-The rooftop/Pool food: the rooftop has better pool food than the main pool. We really liked their ceviche and aguachile. They also have tuna poke bowl. Both pools have pizzas, burgers. The pizza on the rooftop has a garlic crust, made it good! Their burgers are hefty and thick. I liked it! Pretty good pool food.
-The gourmet hall: for breakfast Buffet, standard breakfast buffet, good variety of American and Mexican. I love the omelette bar. They have a Mexican stewed meats near the end. Espresso bar, juice bar, fresh fruit. Their green juice is very good!
-Bar: the lobby bar is the best! These guys at the lobby bar are mixologists, they make really good drinks.
Gym: pretty good gym. They have dumbbells weights, kettlebells, smith machines, a rower and plenty of treadmills and a yoga stretch room. Also water and plenty of towels.
We came early, like super early before check in. They have a wellness center with couches where you can take a nap. It's connected to the gym, so bathrooms and showers. Well just the women's shower, the men's was under construction. They let us check in as early as 9am, if there's a room available. My friends weren't so lucky to get an early room, but we were. But they are the only Mexican resort that ever let us checked in early. Ever.
And as always, avoid the timeshare scam! Don't do the presentation ever. It'll waste 3-4 hours of your life even though they say 1. Strong sales too. Watch out. And always check your bill. If all inclusive make sure you cross out the total and include gratuity if you like. Otherwise cross out and take picture so you can account for every item when checking out. I heard some servers add extra gratuity. But we were cautious and always took pictures. You have to sign for everything because there are people without all inclusive.
Great experience! Definitely one of the better resorts! Totally recommend. They do need to up their game on the key card, put an RFID on the bracelets and have an app that you can have a map or check resort amenities and menus. Also I hate the reservations system bc many tables left empty, just accept first come first serve. read more