View of the resort from the beach

For those of you looking for another Cancun/Riviera Maya suite review, you may be disappointed.  I just got back from the brand new Hard Rock resort located in Cabo San Lucas on the Baja peninsula and thought that since it was an all-inclusive resort you may enjoy reading about it here.  I’m not returning to Cancun until late February 2020, so this will give everyone a chance to enjoy some info on a brand new resort.

The Hard Rock Los Cabos has been in the works for a long time; some did not think it was ever going to officially open its doors.  After many delays, this resort finally began accepting guests in July 2019.  It is located about 35-45 min. southwest of the Cabo airport and west of the Cabo Marina–expect expensive taxi rides to downtown if you don’t have a minimum of six in your party (the resort does offer a shuttle to downtown but only if there is a larger party).  The resort is next to the new Nobu Hotel/Resort, but the east beach side is empty for quite a ways.  Beach lovers won’t like most of Cabo since most beaches are black-flagged (meaning an “incident” is likely–I like to interpret it as death is likely if you enter the water).

The resort is fairly large with 639 guest rooms, five a la carte restaurants, one buffet, a beachfront pizzeria, and a cafe which serves specialty coffees, sandwiches, desserts, and ice cream.  If you aren’t booked into a room with butler service, forget about getting dinner reservations prior to arrival–this will make it tough to go to the a la cartes or get a dining time prior to 9 p.m. for the first part of your stay.  There is a lobby bar/sports bar which has an adjoining games room (it gets hopping on Sunday/football day–I think there were five bartenders there at one time), five swim-up bars, a downstairs bar, poolside bar at the main pool, and each restaurant has its own bar.  You will not go hungry or thirsty.

Since guests cannot use the beach, there are plenty of pools.  The east side of the resort has the Eden Pool with a separate adults-only “Red Pool” (it’s more rust-colored than anything), the adults-only Rhythm Pool, the main Lyric Pool which has a DJ/live music, the beachfront Pulse Pool, and the Legendary Pool which is for timeshare owners.  Those who enjoy water slides will like the three provided on-site; even adults can use them.

I was surprised at the paucity of live music at the resort; maybe it was due to low season, but at a Hard Rock property I expect lots of live music.  As a matter of fact, there were no live performances during my four-night stay–one was scheduled for the main pool, but was cancelled since most of the band couldn’t get past the security checkpoint at the resort’s entrance (?!).  Perhaps indicative of TOO much security.  Better bring your resort confirmation just to be on the safe side.

The resort offers nine separate guest room categories, and that is not even including the various Presidential Suites.  I originally booked a Jr. Suite but was upgraded by the resort to an Oceanfront Presidential Suite upon check-in.  This may have been due to Jr. Suites being oversold during my travel dates, or it could have been due to the snafu which occurred using Booking.com.  I’ll never know, but it was a very nice surprise regardless.

The two-room suite was very nice with a separate living room with pull-out sofa bed, separate balcony access, separate full bathroom, along with the bedroom with king bed, full bathroom with tub, and huge balcony with a Jacuzzi tub, two chairs with a small table, and a large dining area with six chairs, all with a superb ocean view.  The only difficulty experienced with the suite was the varying temperatures between the living room and bedroom areas.  I had a repairman come to the room to try and fix it, but the problem was never really resolved.  A small price to pay for a great suite with lots of room.

Below is the video I made of this suite; hopefully this will give everyone a chance to see the space and amenities available in this suite category.  My understanding about the Presidential Suites is that they are primarily for timeshare owners or used as additional room options for guests like myself (oversold comparable room categories, etc.).

Take a look at my video below–would you stay here?