Tamarijn Aruba All Inclusive

First off, the resort as a whole was amazing. The staff were genuine and eager to make you smile. The food for an all-inclusive was spectacular - and we stayed within the all-inclusive restaurants. We did them all and enjoyed them all. The activities were fun, and again, we did them all: snorkeling, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing...and of course, drinking after all that. haha There are a few things to note, though: 1. We bought a package through cheapcaribbean.com that included $25 towards an excursion. What they don't tell you, though, is that the $25 has to be used at a De Palm desk - which this resort does NOT have. The $25 wasn't a deal breaker for us, but if it's something you'd count on, you can't use it here. 2. The beds were AWFUL. Neither my husband nor I had a good night's sleep ANY night we stayed - and we were there 7 nights. We are 37 and 44 respectively, but you'd think we were 80 and 90 for the first half hour to an hour after waking. There was no comfortable position or place on the beds. 3. There was NO adjustment to the water temp in the shower. The handle just spun on its axis and did nothing. Thankfully, at least the temperature it was set on was hot, but it was an inconvenience. All in all, though, outside of our room itself, the resort was fantastic: excellent food, excellent beaches, adequate and fun activities. It was a great week. Just know that if your actual room is an important part of your vacation, you may be disappointed.

Overall this property was average at best and room needed an update. Due to ongoing repairs, the beach bar wasn’t open, and a make shift “hut” was temporarily installed further down the beach. There was no beachside service to accommodate this slight inconvenience and ongoing construction repairs were a bit noisy. The food was also just average. Buffet had plenty of options but the quality was just fair. The restaurant options were also just so so. Alcohol selection was minimal and there were no top shelf choices. The beach was well groomed but a bit rocky. Water shoes recommended. This was also close enough to the main road that traffic was visible from the beach. Had I stayed on the other side of the property, beach accessibility would have been disappointing since larger rocks lined the beach, creating a barrier. Not sure if the trade off was worth it though. The adjacent property was open to guests, as well as the restaurants, which made the resort double in size, but was a mirror image. All in all, my stay was comfortable, but certainly overpriced for the quality.

We had a girls trip to Aruba and stayed at the Tamarijn we had an amazing time. This was my second time back and it was better than the first the hotel did some upgrades and it is very nice. The staff is wonderful every night we had a dinner reservation and the food and service was excellent. The pool bar is great and Andrea the cook in the after is excellent. This hotel is the place to be because it’s all inclusive with a lot of options and also full access to the Divi all inclusive as well. You have over 5 miles of beach and getting to town is within minutes.

Having been to the Tam 2 years ago and loving it, we returned this year. And as in the past we had a wonderful time. Not saying everything was perfect but for what we are looking for it is excellent. The room is not the most modern but it is there for us mostly to sleep but the view and the location tops the list of places we have visited The ability to walk out of your room and be 30 feet from a hut and probably 60 feet from the beach is unmatched yes there is a little slope to walk down but that did not matter to us. The 3 specialty restaurants we ate at. The Palm, Papparazzi and the Red Parrot at the Divi were all excellent. My one complaint is twice running the website advertises swordfish at the Palm but it has not been on the menu when we got there. The buffet was good, the cooking stations excellent, I would say food temperature was an issue at times and i felt the scrambled eggs could have been cooked more. The food at the bars were excellent. The employees at the Tam were all very friendly and for the second time I will say much more friendly than at Divi The shuttles that run to the Divi and to the casino are an added bonus and the bus that goes downtown very quick and to a place you feel very safe in A couple of quick points, it looks like waves washed away quite a bit of beach so the easiest access is on the far end of the Divi resort