Mid 30's couple. Wedding anniversary. Looking to relax and chill by the pool and beach.

Currently booked at Beloved but I keep seeing adds for the other two resorts and pictures make them seem like they are a step above with better food and rooms. Curious if anyone has recent experience with any of these resorts and would recommend?

Would prefer not to be surrounded by loud, obnoxious drunks the entire time.

Went to Atelier in December. I wrote a detailed post. I'll never go back.

Found my Atelier thread.

https://texags.com/forums/54/topics/3349620/replies/63906085#63906085

I went to Atelier a few weeks ago and we enjoyed it. The only thing we complained about was lack of easier snacks at the pool and when we asked for guacamole we got a tiny little portion. So we just kept asking for more. I thought it was a great property and would return.

Beloved is going to be very quiet. I've only had great feedback from my clients, but I set expectations that it is a very quiet and serene resort. I just had a work group come back from Atelier and 90% of what they had to say was positive. Overall it was a great trip from them (and they are on here so they may chime in). I haven't had anyone go to Unico in quite some time and have heard overall it has gone down. Beach isn't great there compared to the two above.

Secrets Maroma is one of my faves and I cannot wait to stay at Secrets Moxche this September (beach isn't great at this one).

Is there the dreaded chair game at atelier? I hate that with a passion. Don't they also require making dinner reservations? I've heard that can be a complete PITA?


My main thing is I don't want to fight for chairs and I don't want to be surrounded by a group of fifteen people hogging bar spots, pool seats, etc and annoying the F out of me. I want relaxation. Not the experience of going to schlitterbahn

We never had a problem getting chairs. We liked sitting at the back area swim up bar closest to the beach. We would go get breakfast, then go grab a spot. But, we were early risers (8am breakfast). We didn't find the reservation system to be a pain, only the first day was tough since our choices were limited for night 1. We got 7:30 dinner reservations for nights 2,3, and 4. Ate everywhere we wanted. The staff worked hard for us, never had a bad meal. I didn't realize how large the resort was but I'm not picky, was just happy to be away from kids. We also weren't inspira members and didn't find that we needed to be- we went to the rooftop infinity pool at 5pm one evening and enjoyed relaxing up there. Never had large groups interfering with our stay; was a lot of couples and/or families with older kids.

Edited to add: I was there with my sisters and our niece celebrating her high school graduation. We were in building 3, and also enjoyed going to the quieter pool near bldg 3 on our last day. I stayed at Excellence RM in March and I liked that Atelier didn't push you out of the pool at a certain time to get moving on with your evening like Exc did (closed pool at 4).