Mangrove Tree Resort World Sanya Bay (Buddha Tower)

NOT A 5* RESORT!! I booked this place to relax for 4 days in a nice 5* resort (as advertised). It was the worst experience I’ve had in my 5 weeks in China by far. Terrible check in service, the hotel is definitely not 5* (as other reviews confirm as well), they broke my suitcase at check out and their response was pretty much “we didn’t mean to, deal with it, we’ll give you a room upgrade when you come back”…. It is a massive empty space, poorly maintained, hard to find anything, most staff is unfriendly, the room is smelly, uncomfortable bed, etc.

Good location around with good food and shop and nice hotel surrounding

Really old resort back in early 2000s. Many idle facilities left to rot collecting dust. Breakfast buffet is heavily chinese oriented as expected. Not much suits even for our south east asian taste buds. The water park is quite sad because they make it seemed bigger than it actually is from promotional photos. And yes it is equally old water park. Location is very close to the train station so thats a plus point for us doing short stay in Sanya.

This hotel is incredibly comfortable with spacious and scenic rooms. The staff is extremely friendly, offering a warm welcome from check-in with delicious tea and a bowl of fresh fruit in the room. I'll definitely be choosing this hotel again when staying in downtown Sanya.

Very nice and big bedroom with good staff. Sanya railway station is about less than 10 minutes by taxi.

The hotel from which due to its price and some other reviews we expected the least, turned out to be the best to a point that if we ever decide to go back to Sanya it would probably be one of our top choices. We only booked for one night before our early morning flight but it turned out to be a very positive surprise. Mangrove resort is a set of separate towers making a circle inside of which is a water park and a lot of bars, shops and restaurants. Each tower has its own pools, which in case of Buddha Tower were located on the third floor terrace and were quite decent although I guess in peak times they might feel too small for all the rooms in the tower. Still when we used it, it was more than okay. The rooms are a bit old, shower door is creaking like it has serious arthritis, but overall it was a good and very functional room with a nice view of the pool, water park and the inner courtyard. High point of this place is that it feels like you and your kids could do something here for days. Bars, restaurants, live music, pottery workshop, a really cool dinosaur museum, water park, art workshops and probably more we haven't even discovered are all inside the resort's area.