Grand Oasia Riviera

The Grand Oasis Riviera Jan 8-15 (6 adults, 2 kids)

It took us 90 minutes to get to this resort from the airport. We had a group of 10, two of whom were children. The grounds are beautiful, as is the lobby, which looks right out onto the Caribbean Sea. 

 Our check-in was quick and easy, and was taken to our room by one of the many polite staff.

 The rooms are spectacular big and spacious, king bed with a love seat and a small table for two, I loved how the shower and toilet area was separate and how they had an area for hair and makeup without having to be in the way of others, our room over looked the pool and our balcony had more then enough room for us and guest. 

 The beach was beautiful and walkable for quite a while. This beach is great for snorkeling. Water shoes are a must. To the right of the resort, there is this little restaurant where you can get a cold drink and some authentic Mexican food, which I wish I remembered the name of. 

 This resort, unfortunately, was understaffed, as they had just reopened from renovations. The swim-up bar was nice, but there was no music and many times no bartender, as the bartender had to go and collect glasses to make more drinks. The animation staff of two was quite truly no big activities going on unless you looked at the board. In my experience at other resorts, the staff go around and rally up guests at the Grand Oasis. This was not the case, so disappointing but understandable due to the shortage of staff. 

 Nightlife was truly nonexistent, karaoke, a DJ and one night a magician. We missed the big shows, so a bit disappointing, but we had a group of 10, so we kept ourselves busy. 

 No limit on the a la carts first come first serve and 6 to choose from, so this was nice.

The buffet was okay, small and repetitive. I am limited to certain foods because of an autoimmune disease. I had a very hard time finding food to eat at the buffet, but I was fine with the à la carte.

 They also had a BBQ type of lunch area by swim up bar, but because of the wild animals that other guests were feeding, they would jump up and remove the covers on the food and eat so this was a definite turn off of me. 

 I enjoyed my time there, the rooms are amazing biggest room I have stayed in by far, the grounds are amazing, I loved all the palm trees in the pool area and resort area its like they built the resort around the trees. The weather was amazing, the pools were cold, the beach was just beautiful, the drinks were plentiful, and the food was good.  

Brittney, thank you so much for booking this for our family. We truly appreciate all the time you put into booking this trip for us. I know it can't be easy to please a family of this size, but you did it!  

Sharon