The photographs on Coqui Coqui's website were beautiful and enticing enough for my husband and I to book and prepay five nights at the rate of $270 per night. The photographer was very selective as to what was excluded from the photos. We arrived at 3:30pm. This is what greeted us at Coqui Coqui:
-The gates were closed and locked with a chain and padlock.
-The parking area (across the street and 100 yards away) was surrounded by litter, as was the fence exterior of the Coqui Coqui.
-Once inside the fence, a sand pathway (which also contained litter) led us past a couple old cars and a dune buggy to the hotel and spa.
-The hotel buildings were charming stone structures facing the beach.
-To get to our suite on the second story, we had to climb very steep (15 inch risers) and narrow stairs which lacked a handrail and were on the exterior of the building, completely open on one side -- difficult to maneuver under the best of circumstances
-We were told that the spa had been shut down due to a licensing issue, but that we could use the services since we were staying there (umm, no thanks).
-The view was spectacular, as was the private terrace with double lounger!
The Room:
-Platform bed was located in the corner, preventing it from receiving any cross-breeze.
-The mattress was old, stained and lacked a mattress pad - ick!
-The bathroom was incorporated in the room with a very small pedestal sink -- no counter space for toiletries. The toilet was behind a very long curtain in a 3 foot by 3 foot area.
-There were steps of various heights throughout the room as well as ceiling eaves that we constantly had to be aware of!
-There was electricity, although, the candles (both outside and inside) were charming.
-There was no A/C -- even with the door and windows open, our room averaged 85 degrees, or so -- we're from south Texas and used to the heat, but were still hot.
-There were also small ants that lived on the wall by the bed...

Needless to say, we were very disappointed with the quality of the accommodations considering the room rate. Had we wanted rustic, we would have gone camping and spent a lot less money. We were so tired of being sandy and hot that we left a day early. On a humorous note, the dune buggy that was near the entrance, was the source of power for the well. It was hooked-up to another battery (with jumper cables) which was powering the well. Not a view worth $270 a day.

If we were to ever return to Tulum, we would stay at Ana y Jose's in a beachfront room/suite. We ate two meals there and the resort is pristine and obviously well-managed. We also really enjoyed the meals at Zama's -- great atmosphere, wonderful live music and fabulous fresh food!