Biwa Tulum

Points that really stick out for us: really clean hotel and rooms, really friendly staff who always say hello and can’t do enough for you, central location to the main street. We loved staying at this hotel. The staff were always smiling and so helpful (thank you so much). The WhatsApp service is excellent for asking questions or requests and the staff speak great English. The hotel was very clean, the rooms were very clean and we like how the floor was washed by the maid each time. There is a roof top area with a bar and sunbeds but nearly every day we checked it was empty - but a great spot to catch a sun tan. The pool area was clean and tidy but didn’t really get the sun (maybe wrong time of year January), but being 29 degrees was a nice spot to chill out. The location of the hotel was great. Next door (connected to the hotel at the rear) is an excellent breakfast and lunch spot, food was really nice and friendly staff. The hotel was on a street with a few street food vendors and several restaurants. There is also a 7-11 convenience store nearby on the corner and an XXO store too. If you walk down a side street (come out of the hotel, do a left then take any left) it’s a 10/15 minute walk to a large supermarket. Yes I would stay at this hotel again.

We stayed here for 8 nights. This hotel is new and clean, well-decorated and in good location (close to Tulum centro with restaurants and shops). The personnel was very nice and quickly responded to all our requests. Our room got cleaned every day and smelled fresh. It was nice to have a kitchen and a large bathroom. I recommend getting a room with a balcony. There is a community room with a small gym and even a pool table. They offer rental bicycles for 200MXN per day (15-20 minutes to bike to the beach). The rooftop was nice as well and you can watch sunset from there. They have a cafe “Don Tomas” on the ground floor where they serve delicious breakfast and lunch. A couple of negative comments: this hotel is in the noisy neighborhood (barking dogs, vendors etc) and the pool area is facing north (no direct sun).

The hotel was very clean and had excellent security. However, hidden fees on check-out were a surprise. We had 2 rooms for 3 days ($800 total) and were advised at checkout that we owed more money. 2 bottles of water, 2 coffee 'pods' and sugar packets are "complimentary" in the room and are free for guests staying 1 day only. Guests staying more than 1 day are charged additional fees (at check-out) for bottled water and coffee 'pods', but BIWA does not post signage for this anywhere, definitely not in the rooms nor at the front desk and front desk clerks do not advise guests that additional fees were being applied for these items. We were even told that we had to pay for the sugar packets supplied in the rooms even if they aren't used. If you stay here for more than 1 day and require more than 2 bottles of water or more than 2 coffee 'pods', expect to pay additional unadvertised fees before leaving the hotel.