this is our 10th visit to this fantastic hotel the new manager (paco) is right on the ball and a vast improvement to this great hotel. our good friend yaildy at the front desk, made sure our same room was clean,fresh,and ready for us. the maids made sure it was kept that way for our stay. the fridge was kept re-freshed with our free drinks, the balconey cleaned everday, the sheets clean, the bathroom towels changed everyday.
now the food in the buffet is a vast improvement, with our new chef he is like a demented wasp, buzzing around you to make sure your food is hot and to your liking, he is very hands on and the menu is a great improvement, one meal he made a fish short cut bake, and asked me what was in it, as im a fisherman and love seafood, i told him crab,bass,lobster,mussell, one out of three was not bad was his reply. this was the finest seafood bake ive tasted fit for any world wide restaurant.
it was also a very nice touch for re-peat guests, the lobster+beef, lunch for the thanks for our returning nice one( paco) the new manager makes you feel like a long lost family member and his personal touches makes you feel like one.
the beach party is a cracking theme to watch, the two brothers that do the martial arts, show are fantastic to watch, they work very hard and are very well trained. also the girls from the dance do a fantastic act, this show gets better everytime i watch it.
now as a avid fisherman and this is the main reason i go to cuba, we have been promised time and time again, that the pier is going to be finished, not only for the fishermen+women but also it is a fantastic venue, for the wedding party to take there pictures for the fantastic sea views, as a backing for the pictures.
(PACO the new manager is pulling out all stops, to get this important structure, to be finished, the timber for the re-build is now coming from brazil and it is a very good quality, the lads who are re-building it are re-piling it the tool they are using is a cut down h-girder with scaffolding tubes welded on to it very hard work, as they pile it into the sand up to two metres.
the sun came down for the two weeks we visited this hotel, hot,hot the pool was nice and cool not to cold, the whirlpool is now fixed, thanks to (paco).
the gardeners do a fantastic job in very hot conditions, the rooms are also getting a makeover, one by one, the room next to our was getting a full makle over, we did not encounter any noise at all. the food in the ranchon, is getting better under the direction of its fantastic chef (kikkie) who left for more intense training as we left.
the animation staff, all of them to many to list, as always are fantastic, the pool table has now being put back in the nightclub, (thanks paco) but the balls+cues must be re-turned to the bar by 11-oclock as the dancers+the guests dance when the show finishes.
the barmen in the nightclub are great guys (hi dariel+lucy).
the international is also better now (paco) is in charge, the service as always been good now its even better, the food is cracking but please remember its long pants and shirts, the twice we where there people where coming in in short pants and tee shirts, not on when you are going somewhere as classy as this.
never did any of the trips, done them all before, but i must recommend the speedboats, and the catamaran trip well worth the money.
pillar beach is fantastic, the new cafe and walkway are a vast improvement,the drinks are a little more expensive than the hotel but well worth it.
thje toilets at pillar are not flushing, you have to pay a peso for a girl or man to pour a bucket of water down when you are finished yuk.
on a last note ROLL ON NOVEMBER 2009 YIPPEEEEEEEEE.
if ive missed anything e-mail me i will and i will do my best to answer regards
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