Biwa Tulum

The worst experience that I have ever had with a hotel. Avoid this place unless you want to lose your money. I had initially booked a 2 week stay in early 2021 (there isn't an option to select a date from that year so i had to pick June 2023 when writing this review). Shortly after making the booking, was no longer able to go on the trip. I contacted the hotel and they said a refund was not possible but that they could let me move the dates to another time in the next 12 months. I said fine, but okay. I picked new dates many months into the future and as the days got closer to my new dates, I contacted the hotel -- they told me that there was a chargeback and that my reservation was now cancelled. I never got any money so I called and emailed them many times without an answer for weeks. The dates that I wanted passed by, and I missed being able to stay at this hotel. They finally got back to me and said sorry for missing my emails but there's nothing they can do now. I was robbed of ~$2,500 and have been trying to get my money back for 3 years with no success. I would hate for someone else to deal with this so am now finally writing this review to share my experience.

One more nice stay at Biwa , friendly people and great service room is tidy and big there is all you need , great breakfast at restaurant next door and bicyckle rent and transport by car , close to main street in tulum and safe area , can only recomend to stay here , we had nothing to complain about, we will stay again when in Tulum .

I don’t understand these other reviews. We did not have a great experience with the hotel staff. The girl who checked us in and was there the majority of the time during our stay did not speak English. She tried, but it was very broken and confusing. It was easier to understand her speaking in Spanish. No one offered to help us with anything (dinner reservations, directions, tour booking-nothing). We asked about a beach club one day and the front desk did call for us but then just handed us the phone to talk to the club, Pool was EXTREMELY cold and it’s shaded by the walls of the hotel so hardly anyone used it. The rooftop was closed for the 3 days we were there. We didn’t have any club noise, the hotel is a few blocks from the main drag, but we did hear cars driving by all night. The balcony doors aren’t sound proofed at all. I brought ear plugs so it wasn’t too bad. Not enough towels. Bikes available for rent onsite for 500mxn per day. Only good thru the day of, not a 24 hour rental like most others. Bikes were okay. We didn’t use the kitchenette, but it was not well stocked if you wanted to cook. 3 stars because the hotel was cheap, clean, fairly well located, and the on-site restaurant had a solid breakfast.