We've been there from Feb 25 to March 3, 2024. Over all, amazing experience. We're never too picky when it comes to Cuba, we understand occasional menu & drinks shortages, but beautiful weather and beaches make it up for us (so I admit, I am bit subjective). Let's go one by one... Some people complain about the beach... They are referring to one section of the beach, in front of Allegiance section of resort... Apparently, allegiance section of the beach has its sand washed away by the recent storm, so it is bit rocky. For more reasonable people, all you have to do is walk (literally) 20m to the right, et voila (see pic from the last week)! Some of them are complaining about lack of beach loungers... Personally, we did not have that problem (on the beach around 9AM latest), but it is generally good idea to tip (couple of USD$) beach safeguard, as they will make sure you had one available for you whenever you come. Note that they switch and work every other day, so you have to tip two different crews. Rooms... Beautiful, clean, comfortable beds (see the pics). Note that we were NOT at the Allegiance section of resort, but the regular one. We read some bad reviews about people complaining that their towels did not get changed for the whole stay. Again, we had different experience. We were leaving tips to the maids daily, and each time we would ask to get our beach of regular towels changed, it would be done. Food... Not too picky about it, but there is significant variety of options. I could easily live on freshly baked bread and butter, omelet and fried eggs, ham, bacon, several types of cheese, juice (breakfast), BBQed chicken & fish (mostly white), freshly cooked pasta and carbonara (i.e. bechamel and tomato sauce), salads, fruits (mostly ananas and guava), beer, etc (lunch and dinner). Note that on the 4th day, they did not have real eggs for breakfast (we were served Truman's eggs), but then 2 days later everything was back to normal. We went to "a la cart" restaurant only once (Italian), but we did not like pizza and medium rare "steak", so we gave up and did not go to any other. We just heard from other people that Cuban one is worth visiting. Drinks... Surprisingly, they did not have mojito, or pina colada all the time, but I always had option of escaping into world of Cuba Libre, or even straight rum on the rocks:-) You probably figured by now that rum is my thing. At some point (around 5th day) they ran out of real coffee beans, and they started serving cappuccino made of instant coffee. Considering that I am religious coffee drinker, that kind of bothered me. But definitely nothing to cry about. Entertainment... It was pretty much as good as in any other Varadero resort we've been at (well... other than Iberostar Selection, and Royalton - almost Vegas quality;-). There was nothing organized at the beach (i.e. no beach volleyball), but there was plenty near the pool (which I did not attend as I don't like wasting time at the pool, while I have option to spend time on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world - any Varadero beach is contender). Night show hosts/MCs were good, especially a guy (apologies, forgot his name - see the pic), very engaging with the crowd. Sports and exercise... Tennis court is in excellent shape (played couple of times, see the pic)! Gym as good as any YMCA with treadmills and dumbbells available all the time. But then again... Running and walk on the beach, sunset etc. Shivers... The only thing I would complain about does not have to do anything with resort (I think she works for Sunwing). On the way from the airport, guide in the bus convinced us that (if we want to go out of resort, and have dinner at Varadero, i.e. Beatles Bar), it is much better to exchange $s into CUP in the bus, because she is offering much better rate than what we can get in the hotel or at the bank (1CAD = 120CUP vs 80CUP in the bank - btw it is weird that google currency exchange gives totally different rates). Rationale is that, according to her, all prices in the restaurant are in Cuban pesos, and if we want to pay in i.e. CAD or US$, it will cost us much more (as they have to convert price according to the official - bank rate). This could not have been further from the truth. We had dinner at the restaurant Varadero 60 (btw amazing lobsters), and prices were in USD$ (so we lost some money in double exchange transaction). Girl (guide at the bus) was apparently part time employee, studying English (German as a second language), but I forgot her name. At the end, special shoutout to two beautiful young ladies at the reception desk: Veronica and Maria. Beautiful smile, and with two of them there is no problem that does not have quick solution! Keep up the good work ladies!…