My name is Jean. I am from upstate NY. I stayed at Fishermen's in March. The weather was perfect-85 degrees with a breeze. I have been an owner for 5 years. I absolutely love going there. The rooms I have stayed in all have had a spectacular view of the western Caribbean. The bed was changed daily and was very comfortable.
The food was improved as there is no more dinner buffet. I had several chicken dishes and grilled salmon off the menu , and all were tasty. Service was impeccable.
I enjoyed two massages and a facial with Jasmine. They all were very relaxing. The setting was just beautiful as I could listen to the rolling waves while I received the services
I participated in Cooking Class, Bartending Class, painting creamics by the sea and Name That Tune by the pool. Yoga and water aerobics was available also. I appreciate the fact that the activity director does not bug people to participate. Chairs and towels are always accessible, and everyone has the same beautiful view of the water. The sandy beach is coming back with the sandbars.
There are no sales people at Fishermen's as they are at the new place Tres Rios. I was never hounded to go to a presentation. I said no when I arrived and that was that.
Shopping on Fifth Avenue and Playacar is always a treat. We also went to a local bar that had Open Mike. That was great fun. There was no sign of military intervention in town, and I always felt safe.
I have stayed in resorts in Europe, Africa, and South America as well as RCI resorts in the US. Comparatively, Fishermen's is at best a 3 star accommodation with a 5 star view and 5 star service. The buildings are freshly painted each year , and the pools are kept very clean. Jose, Luis, Sergio, Marcial and the timeshare owners that love it so much make the trip so enjoyable.
The location of the resort is amidst beautiful Playa del Carmen homes and Mayan ruins in a gated community. One feel so at peace in this area. Somedays I just enjoy sitting on the chairs out front watching the people come and go.
I am attempting to book my week for next year already. I can't wait until I go back!!

DO NOT GET FOOLED ! We listened to biggest line of bull by the craftiest, most sincere sounding sales people to get us to purchase.
Oh what a fool I feel like now.
We were on our honeymoon in Playa and went to the resort and believed the line of crap that was told to us.
Yes you can have any week you want, except holidays, well, the first time we try to reserve we were rejected.
We were promised any week in April or May since we told the sales person we could only vacation in those months. NOT !

DON'T GO ! DON'T BUY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need to respond to the negative reviews about Sunset Fishermen Spa and Resort by some of the new and old owners that have recently been posted. Most of the negative reviews are about the salesmen not about the resort itself or they have been written by people who do not understand the timeshare industry. We enjoyed our stay at Sunset Fishermens this past November. We were there during the week of the US elections and had all ready voted by absentee ballot. We had a one bedroom where our bedroom porch let out right onto the beach maybe 25 feet from the waves. We could hear the waves breaking as we went to sleep. It was quite soothing. Some of the bad things about the resort is that not all the rooms face the ocean. I would guess most of these are for efficiencies that have been split from a two bedroom making a one bedroom with the ocean view and the efficiency having a garden or parking lot view. We didn't get the unit we purchased but it did have the same number of people for it's max occupancy but the rooms were smaller than what we supposed purchased. But my wife liked the view so much that she didn't really care. The kitchen was fully equipped except it didn't have a regular oven, only burners, microwave and a toaster although they did have a large refrigerator. Also, we discovered that the resort workers let our son have drinks and didn't enforce their rules for him but are much stricter with adults.

Jose and Luis were quite nice to our son. Luis, I believe was the one who was mostly in charge of the entertainment and he went at it with gusto. The beach is relatively small but right at the resort they had large sand bags to try to build up the beach after the various hurricanes that have hit the Yucatan peninsula over these last few years.

They have free wireless internet in the lobby and it seemed quite fast although one night it didn't seem too fast for a short period of time. They have moved the sales team to Hacienda Tres Rios but the Concierges are now the ones who work to get you to sign up for the sales tour. If you aren't interested in buying just say no. I would guess, given the tanking economy, the sales team will be working extra hard to get a sale so be prepared and also use this, if you're interested in getting a good deal. Make sure you know what a good deal is for you and pay attention as they will try to not lower the cost anymore than they can. Also, if you do purchase here, recall that you need to reserve your unit well ahead of time, like 11 or 12 months ahead especially during the most popular times such as winter or anytime out of the hurricane season. As a good example of this, we reserved our early November week in January, if I recall.

The resort is in a gated private community called Playacar phase 1 I believe. It's quite quiet and private. They have a beach club about an 8 minute walk either on the road or down the beach. Not much is at the beach club right now. I believe they were originally going to put a new restaurant at the beach club but apparently postponed it while they build the new resort, Hacienda Tres Rios. The old sales space in the resort, we were told, will be a new restaurant and they were going to build a terrace onto of the entrance where you can eat at that new restaurant. This should be a very good development as the food choices are a bit week at this resort. Basically a buffet and a reservation only Italian restaurant.

Everyone was quite helpful although the concierges were a bit pushy about trying to get us to agree to sign up for the tour at Hacienda Tres Rios. We did sign up as were were actually interested in Hacienda Tres Rios. You can read my review of that experience under the reviews for Hacienda Tres Rios.

We really enjoyed our stay as it is a fairly small resort and you get to know most of the people who are staying there if you try. They did have a few sales tables at least once or twice. And on Sunday evening they hosted a dinner occasion where they had various food and a presentation of the resort and some entertainment by a Mariachi band and dancing.

Neither my wife or I drink alcohol so I cannot speak to that aspect. We only ate at the restaurants at the resort maybe twice for dinner and twice for breakfast. The Italian restaurant was nice but the buffet restaurant was a bit disappointing. But it was adequate for dinner but not overly exciting. The breakfast buffets were good but unvarying.

Needless to say, we really enjoyed the stay and I plan to come back again in the not too distant future. We really enjoyed the resort and especially the staff who were quite pleasant, even the concierges although they were pushy about the sale tour. I would recommend this resort but before you think about going on the sales tour, make sure you look up information about the timeshare industry. Recall Mexico is not the US or Canada or a European government so the sales tactics are a bit hard sale and they can over hype somethings, such as the ability to rent the units for a large price. This use to also happen in the US but because of the abuses, laws were past making this illegal. No such law exists in Mexico although you do have the right to cancel within five days and this is not revocable. I believe the agency is Profeco. I would definitely use a delivery service that can prove your cancellation was received on time and I would not trust e-mail.

Regardless if you go to this resort, enjoy the beach, the sunrise the staff and fellow guests, your room and you can see Cozumel off in the distance to the east.

If its any consolation we were duped as well. I consider this my "dirty little secret" since I am so embarrassed to have been so stupid. Having said that we love the resort, and have stayed there many times. Love the location and the size and we are treated well there. Am wondering if that will change now that we are "paid up". Have only gotten our one bedroom one time and have stayed in the studios all others. Lies and decpetion don't accurately describe....we have never tried to get out of the deal-paid $18K for one platinum week and 4 "bonus weeks". But bottom line is this-we could have stayed here almost any time we wanted I suppose just by booking it thru an agent. If you are smart enuf to be reading this before you go. JUST SAY NO.