When going to Cuba, be open minded & lower your expectations!!
Go for the beach ( it is glorious & divine) & drinks. It was our second time in Cuba in 2 months & my girlfriend decide to try Memories Paraiso Resort.
In general the resort is ok..
Positive points: close to market ( 5min walk), nice pools with good entertainement , most of the things are at a walking distance , rooms are nice but lower your expectations!!
( our room didn't have a phone , no air conditioning until the middle of our week, card deactavated twice, stain on the sheet & shower curtain. patio door didn't lock.)
Most of the staff is friendly & kind!! specialy Junior (at the front desk!) & thomas
( bartender at the pool & beach) they wer our favorite! Great service from both! ( the resort need more employees like them)
Negative points: information is never clear, the buffet ...... the buffet... lol well it is what it is.. cold food... sometime hard to tell what it is and hard to tell if it's cook or not.
Verry salty & oily food
You will eat better at the grill at the pool & beach. Breakfast wise, you can have eggs after a 15min waiting time in the lineup. if you are lucky , maybe you can find pancakes. beacon is nevers cook but you can ask the cook at the egg station to cook it more!
like i said earlier , you need to lower your expectation so you won't be disapointed.
On our final day , some employees wer on a scaffold painting the lobby at 4pm on a saturday while everyone was waiting for their transfer at the airport! lobby was full and they wer asking us to move with our lugguage so they can paint overhead!! . I know that they have a job to do, but painting a lobby when it's full of peoples ....Really!!
Diamond Club is needed if you want to have a better service for the rooms ( early check in & late check out, water, beer, soft drinks in the fridge, but expect that , it's not worth it. Diamond club section on the beach is more crowded than the regular section.
and the special section at the buffet is not different from the regular one.
In general we had a nice week but would not consider going back to that resort.