The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort

My husband and I had a wonderful 3 day weekend here! the service was excellent. It was a little over an hour from the airport to the hotel, and we took a hotel arranged car service. People who uber have to walk about 12 mins outside the airport across a small bridge (lots of people do this), but the cost of uber was way less (40$ vs. $115 for the car service). Overall, the property was quiet. The sunsets were BEYOND stunning every day! Highly recommend staying out on the beach for them and having later dinners! Room: Large, gorgeous balcony with a view, massive bathroom including indoor shower, bathtub, and outdoor shower. Good toiletries (acceptable conditioner, not the best but good), comfy bathrobes, etc. Big comfy bed, chair and desk in room, large walk in closet for luggage and clothing. We were in a normal room, but there also seemed to be 'house' rooms, with private pools, private sections of the beach, etc. Pools: There seemed to be three primary pools. One was adults only, one was a large kids pool (extremely chic and quiet for a kids pool, though we didnt travel with children so only saw it during breakfast, and an open pool on the far side of the resort. We picked the Nekkei pool because it was adults only, close to the beach, and had the best sushi menu for lunch. I think it was on the smaller side, but we felt it was quiet all day. It was well staffed with people constantly checking on us. They also had 3 sunscreen options available all over the place. Beach: REALLY pretty views everywhere, with comfortable beach chairs and umbrellas with full service at the beach. At the far side of the property from where we stayed (near the sea breeze restaurant) there was a swimming area of the beach that had gorgeous sand and was calm waters. In jan the water was cold but refreshing. Food: By far the best food we had was at the adults only pool during the day via the Sakana menu. Delicious delicious sushi, asian noodles and poke bowls. I have a gluten allergy and they were very accommodating. The room service was okay but not amazing, and we did not love the Carolina tasting menu. It was so expensive, would definitely skip it if we went back. Breakfast was good, we ordered from the menu not buffet. Drinks: As always with resorts, overpriced, especially the wine by the pool. But extensive menu and they had cool wine cups with ice inside the glass to keep your drink cool by the beach. They constantly bring you free water bottles in ice buckets. Gym: The gym facility was completely average and fine. Tons of treadmills and bikes and weight machines. It had good AC and nice locker room facilities. Not particularly special and was empty when we went. Groups: All over the property we saw groups (10 - 15 people) having private meals on the beach etc. It was not at all disruptive to my experience, but seemed quite special for those groups. I would definitely come back with friends in the future. My few 'cons' if I had to list them: -

Overall, a great stay at a resort that is thoughtfully designed, upscale and well maintained. The property is beautiful and everything felt easy from walking across the property to various pools to finding eating venues. The excellent: property layout, maintenance, consistency of staff and service, and food quality. The only items that brought down the rating was lack of upgrade offered due to our Bonvoy Titanium status. The room I reserved was presented and I had to ask for an upgrade due to the status. They eventually offered an upgrade at a 50% reduction off the rack rate. We ended up in a beach front room adjoining a larger beach front room. The second negative was a constant disruption when the neighbors had food service delivered to the back patio and the servers had to walk across our patio to get there. At best, it was a distraction and at worst a minor violation while we were relaxing alone on the patio. That aside, we enjoyed ourselves and would consider going back but would not make it a priority. Strongly suggest the hotel transportation and beach front room.

It's a beautiful property in the north tip of Banderas Bay. Swimming pools are modern and relaxing. We got upgraded to one bedroom beach front with plunge pool. From the moment we arrived, we got pampered by staff. Our butler Gabino tried very hard to meet our needs. Butler Julio tried to work everything out for us in the morning. Jessica at Mita Mary gave us fantastic suggestions for our dinner. It's quite relaxing and beautiful place. On the hardware side, it lacks its own character. We could not know where we were. It's could be any brand names (Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons) in any part of the world.

The resort is absolutely amazing!! The service is top notch especially the Marietas Beach team- Ivan, Lucio, Palma, Jesus and Rigo! Also, the rooms are incredible and there is not a bad view anywhere in the resort. The beaches are clean and gorgeous.

I travel to Punta Mita and Nayarit area a few times a year. We usually stay at other resorts in the area (One and Only, Four Seasons, Susurros Del Corzan, etc.) but decided to stay at the St. Regis given the recent renovation and we are so glad we did and will be back. First the resort grounds are very mature and well-kept vs some of the other newer resorts. The room renovation is amazing they kept the original tiles and ceilings while refreshing the rooms. There are three pools, five restaurants not including the bar to choose from and it's 5 minutes from town. The pools are setup and ready by 8am. They are heated and cleaned every day. The breakfast buffet or al la carte is amazing, tons of options and it changes daily. Two golf courses, 7 tennis courts, 8 pickle ball courts 2 paddle courts available for use. The service from the butler to the staff to the management was some of the best ever experienced. It's literally better than some of the Aman's I've stayed at. Thank you, Francisco, Omar, Leo, David and the entire team. Everyone is amazing.

I believe this resort has become my husband and myself's "Go-To" place for RnR, pampering and zen. This is our second time at this resort and better than our last visit in November 2022. I will also preface to say, that I am familiar with this area, having stayed at the Four Seasons (1X) and Hacienda de Mita (several times.)I should also mention that I used to frequent Hawaii every year, but the longer flights from western Canada vs. a shorter direct flight has helped to make this locale our new favourite. ARRIVAL: Wonderful front entry greeting with some very gracious staff. We were escorted to the new lobby (was still under construction when we were last there.) We were escorted to a lobby table overlooking the incredible view of the waterway, adult pool and ocean where our front end associate sat down with us to check us in while we were served the most delicious non-alcoholic cocktail. What a lovely refresher......I wish I had the recipe! After the formalities and the credit card being run through for approval, we were escorted to a golf cart with our luggage to begin our little journey to our casita. I will also preface, that I am a Platinum Elite Bonvoy member and thank you, we did receive an upgrade from garden view to ocean view room. CASITA: We were in room 4201, the same room as our last stay! I had requested it for this vacay as we found the location to the adult pool, the lobby, the spa, Mariettas for breakfast, to be a great location for us. Since we last visited, the room has been refreshed. I like it but with some reservations. Positives: new head board, sideboard for TV and bar, clean and new outdoor furniture, better outdoor shower floor tiling, and thank you for keeping the terra cotta tiles (LOVE..do not ever remove.) I also really appreciated the addition of a Nespresso machine in the room. We are early risers, and on our last stay, we had to wait forever to have the butler deliver the coffee. This was definitely a welcome addition. Negatives: the desk has been removed and replaced with chair and a chaise lounge, inside shower with marble floor is still so slippery when wet....again, an accident waiting to happen....just bypass and use the outdoor shower with better traction on floor. Our bellman delivered our luggage to our room and we were ready to unpack and start our vacation. I do have to mention that the steps that lead up and down to Casitas are very narrow without handrails and definitely caution is needed to navigate especially in the evening. I think ST. Regis should step up and install some handrails. (Check older review where a guest broke both of her ankles!) Caution is certainly advised! RESTAURANTS (ON AND OFF SITE): Mita Mary (onsite) OK! YAY! our first evening at our little piece of heaven! I had made a reservation at Mita Mary's. YAY! we loved this restaurant on our last visit and dined there for many dinners and many lunches. It was a little "real" but luxury authentic Mexican that w