My fiancee and I stayed here over Thanksgiving for 5 nights. We had an incredible time. It was actually quiet, contrary to what others have said here. It may have been due to the holiday, who knows. The room was what we expected and the one thing I would have added is more drawers for your clothes. The restaurant was very good. We had the fres catch and it was excellent. The staff was very attentive and friendly as well. Eat at the noodle bar across the street and have drinks at the ula gula bar. Great food and we loved the staff at the ula gula bar on the corner. We walked to mamitas beach every day. The beach is great with a good staff serving snacks and drinks while sunbathing on a queen bed. It was a young and fun crowd at the beach. It reminded me of South Beach a little. Great scenery. Photos enclosed.

Last February myself and 3 other guys took a trip to Playa and stayed at Basico. I have stayed in many hotels around the world. Basico ranks high on the "great vibe" chart but was a little noisy for me. The hotel is cool, rooms are nice, beds and linens are great and the Staff is excellent. But when I returned to my room at 2am each night after hitting the clubs, the music at the rooftop bar is still rocking. When we were there, a couple had moved to Basico from their sister property down the street because it was worse. However, I must the say the bars at both at both places are very cool and worth a visit.

We did a road trip from Mexico City down to Playa del Carmen & back up again. We had a very long journey & had driven through the night which had rather disorientated us, & when we arrived at Basico they couldn't find our reservation, this was through no fault of theirs. It was ours, we accidentally arrived a day early! This was not a problem & they showed us to our room.

Firstly let me say, you will not be dissapointed with the appearance of this hotel, it looks exactly as it does on the website & is very well maintained - everything looks brand new. Our room looked onto the courtyard, the bed is elevated & super comfy, there is a big book for you to draw & scribble in & look at other peoples drawings & scribbles, they even supply a polaroid camera for which you can buy film (also in the room). A sink each, huge bath, separate toilet cubicle complete with disco ball light pully. It even has one of the 'libre' (free) signs from the Mexican taxi's in the window, which you flip down when you go out so they can come & clean your room.

The roof terrace did not dissapoint, with the big round tanker/pool & the bar staff are lovely & the cocktails are fab & really not that expensive at all. They also do food, we had a few snacky things, which were delish.. They have a little area in the reception where they sell cool little bits & pieces.

They are incredibly helpful here & for such a hip hotel, the staff are not pretentious or snotty in any way at all. They make an effort to remember who you are & one day when my partner went to the terrace without me, they asked where I was...

This is quite a 'party' hotel, so if you want quiet early nights - forget it, lots of people seemed to be coming to the hotel in the evenings to go to the terrace to have cocktails & listen to the dj - who plays most nights, plays late.

This has now taken over from the Hudson (NYC) as the coolest hotel I have ever stayed in. It was the full package, it was unsual, beautiful, well maintained, excellent value for money & the service was absolutely faultless. This was the first time in my life where I would have been quite happy just to be in the hotel all day.

I would highly recommend this hotel, the designer is brilliant & I hope whoever it is designs lots more because I will stay at them all.

THANK YOU BASICO x

First, it's sustainable, mostly. Super cool. For example, the floors in the "lobby" and blinds in the rooms are made from tires; the shampoo and conditioner are in refillable containers and a whole bunch of other clever green touches. Good job. Second, nearly everyone who works there is hot. Seriously. It's kinda ridiculous. Third, the hospitality is amazing. The concierge, who worked tirelessly to find me a temascal (because it just wasn't hot *enough* in Mexico) said in the cutest way possible upon my thanking him for all of his help: "Oh, it is not a problem. Ees my yob."

So, those are the important things... I highly recommend it.

Though, if you're going for a quiet vacation, it's prob not the best spot since the dj spins til about 1 every night and the music starts again at 9. And if it's not music, well, we also had a string of neighbors who HAVEN'T YET HEARD that sleep is the new sex.