Verified traveler
January 4, 2024
TL;DR: Thompson Hotel in Playa Del Carmen is completely understaffed, the current staff is untrained. Terrible guest experience. Clear management problem.
The pool is frigid. There are literally 0 guests in the pool at any moment during the day. When speaking to the pool manager he told us this is a complaint from other guests as well.
At the front desk, there’s only 1 overwhelmed receptionist that’s incapable of handling phone calls, checkins, checkouts along with questions from passing guests.
The room is on top of the kids corner at a mall. Literally not figuratively. Very loud all day with no way to take a nap or a restful sleep.
The food at the rooftop restaurant is beyond disgusting, watered down coffee, almost inedible food.
In the room, the phone is broken so we cannot call the reception with any issues, and there were a few. Bed sheets stinking of mold or dampness, no water in the room, no coffee, housekeeping took away the robes. Issues that meant we had to go downstairs to ask for help from overwhelmed receptionists that constantly complain about being understaffed and untrained.
When I asked about the hotel’s manager’s contact to let them know about our experience, the receptionist refused to provide it. The receptionist was completely untrained and unable to handle the situation.