Joia Paraíso by Iberostar

JOIA Paraiso was just what we needed. Relaxing, quiet, clean and beautiful. We had an ocean front 2nd floor room with the butler service. Marianna and Gustavo were amazing. The made sure we had everything we needed. Spa service was outstanding. We will be back!

We liked our stay here. The pools, the property, and our rooms were clean. The staff are very friendly and nice. Two things that we were not thrilled about the drinking water and the dining options. They do not offer closed secure water bottles to drink, rather they recycle their own water and put it in glass bottles. That was the only option for drinking water (which tasted like tap water). We were there for our baby moon and I didn’t feel safe drinking the water at the property so we ended up going to a supermarket (30 minutes away) to get bottled water. The other thing we were not very happy about was the food option. The Mexican restaurant was closed for renovations for our whole stay. The Japanese and the steak house were good. However, the Italian was below average. The only option for breakfast and lunch was the buffet or room service.

The resort was amazing! If you can, shooting for the villa with the private pool! I can speak highly enough about the staff, especially the butler service! I liked having fun service, but the orders were never right. Not even once. I'm glad it wasn't an extra charge though, or I would have been upset. The food overall was pretty much bland everywhere we went, but the hibachi was good. The amenities, the service and the entertainment staff, though, I can't rave enough about! I wish I could have stayed longer. 5 nights was not enough... it's so big, there's too much!

Everything was excellent. Ricardo who is the Bell captain. Is incredible, along with the others that work with him. The only thing I’ve noticed in the last few years of going there is the house wine is not nearly as good and others have noticed as well.

As much as I hate giving this Resort only 4 stars, but after going there for over 7 years, we noticed that the rooms is a little shabby here is the negatives 1- the shower water is controlled, which makes you take a longer shower, and having a rain shower is useless 2- The Hot Tubs by the quiet pool is ice cold, which was a major disappointment this year, not sure if they trying to save money, but it totally angered yes. The other Hot Tubs are always crowded and that area is very noisy. That was not very nice Iberostar 3- The lines to have Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Buffet is absolutely ridiculous, one time we waited 20 minutes. They need to develop a better system Because of the above we are considering other options next year. The staff is wonderful, no complains in this area

Beautiful property, but a bit over the top. Too flashy and overwhelming. Food was good, and the beach beautiful. Breakfast was incredible in a lovely setting.