NYCtoSAVdiner
18 mars 2025
We recently stayed at Hammock Cove at the end of February 2025. I felt compelled to write this, as the stay could not be further from what is advertised from Hammock Cove. Hammock Cove is supposed to be a 5-star luxury resort with 5-star service, as per their social media and website. The service was nowhere near even close to 5 stars. The vast majority of employees were miserable and unfriendly. Below is what we experienced from a service perspective throughout our stay: -No greeting from bartenders at the lobby bar – they would just stare at you with an annoyed look on their face. -One instance at the lobby bar, we had to wait to order drinks until the bartender was done using her personal phone. -The service at Irina’s for lunch was unbelievably slow – during one lunch we ordered appetizers and an entrée. After finishing the appetizers (which took around 45 minutes to come out), we were asked if we wanted to put in entrees. We told the server that we already did, and his response was “Oh”.. extra points for him since he was the person who took the order in the first place. -The service at the beach and pool was atrocious/non-existent – on multiple occasions we ordered drinks that never came and on average food orders (a tiny pizza) would take an hour+ to be delivered. After experiencing this for a couple of days, we wondered if management tells the servers at the pool/beach not to approach guests unless they specifically ask for something (given the resort is all-inclusive and that would be a good way to increase margins). -A few days at the pool/beach we found chairs that had no covers or towels on them. When we asked for chair covers and towels, we were usually greeted with either a simple "no we ran out" OR a confused look and a “let me see”. When we finally were able to get chair covers, they were tossed onto the chair for us to do ourselves. -The concept of an “Ambassador Service” is nice, but it made getting simple things much harder than it had to be. One of the features marketed by Hammock Cove is a “fully stocked” bar. Though there were a few bottles of liquor provided there was no ice, which means every day when we wanted a drink in the room we needed to call the Ambassador for ice. There were several times the ice just did not show up. -Lastly, we booked the Escalade service through the hotel for our airport transfers ($360 round trip). Both on the way to the resort and on the way to the airport the driver was answering calls and texts, and screaming on his cell phone the entire ride. If this was a discount all-inclusive resort, some of the above might be expected, but Hammock Cove was supposed to be 5-star luxury. This was my wife’s 40th birthday trip and I chose Hammock Cove over many other “5-star resorts”. After all of the add-ons (premium wine at dinner, spa, etc), the cost of staying at Hammock Cover was over $14,000. That is a ton of money to pay to be frustrated every day. We would neither return nor recommend this to anyon
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