Curacao Marriott Beach Resort

Beautiful stay!! Favorite part was Joshua and jaymy (father and son) at the pool bar! Great convos and great drinks. They made it a very welcoming and memorable trip! Recommend renting a car and exploring the west side beaches as it’s not far and gorgeous! Will be back :)

I would say the Marriot Beach Resort in Curacao was OK. We were there for four nights in May 2025. The positives: • The beach was quite nice and the snorkeling was great. Go out to the rocks and you can see tons of fish. There likely will not be many other tourists out there with you. A true highlight. People complain about the rocks/coral but that is how all beaches are in Curacao. • Location is great with easy access to Willemstad. The negatives: • Dining is pretty weak. Cspice is a disaster. I would not recommend going here. They cooked my wife’s meat incorrectly and the couple next to us received fish that was not done. The salty iguna beach dining was probably the best. • Mosiquitoes are tough for outside dining at Cspice. I would not recommend dining outside there. • Rooms need a refresh. Our ceiling was incredibly grimy. Not sure why that bothered me so much but it did. • Had to wait in line for 15 minutes to check out. Not sure why but that was annoying. Not sure if I would stay here again. If I did, the only reason would be because of the beach/snorkeling.

We had a lovely stay at this hotel. Service was excellent and we took advantage of The Reef Club. We enjoyed the vibe of the adults only pool and had no issues with finding sun beds. A particular shout out to Lakeisha who arranged a small gift to celebrate a special occasion.

Izakaya Sushi Bar 🍣🍣🥢🍤 Last week on Thursday, I was at the hotel to drink a cocktail 🍸🍹and eat. Ana took care of me and made a very good sushi and sashimi incredibly good. Her service was excellent,she has such a great vibe.Thank you, Ana!

Curacao May 2025 Review of Marriott Beach Resort All of my comments are my personal views and beliefs. Yours may differ than mine. My experience is over 40 years of travel to the Caribbean, and business travel where I basically lived out of a suitcase for almost 20 years. First, I will say that we used a travel agent. Could we have done it ourselves? Yes, but we choose to use a travel agent. You do not pay anything more to have that person advocate for you. We prearranged both a car rental from Hertz Car Rental, as they have a location right in the lobby of the Marriott which is VERY convenient. We rented a full size SUV, which could have seated 7 passengers. It had a little over 3000 miles on it, and was in great condition. Our travel agent also booked us a private transfer to and from the airport in Curacao. The company they used is called Curacao-actief. An agent was waiting for us upon arrival in the airport, took our bags, and off we went to the resort property. Upon reception at the Marriott Beach Resort, we were met by the bell staff, who quickly took our luggage and escorted us to the Bonvoy welcome desk at reception. He also followed us to our ocean front, walkout room #195 with our luggage. Front desk staff was aware we needed converters for our electrical devices, and they even sent an engineer to our room with us to make sure my C-Pap was compatible. Just great service. The room appears to have had a recent refresh and was very nice. The temperature in the room was set to a very comfortable and cool temperature. We loved almost everything about the room, except for the in-room refrigerator, which is a pull-out drawer. It did not work, pure and simple. Was it the end of the world? No. I was given an ice bucket, and we were right next door to the Salty Iguana, so we had a constant supply of ice at our disposal. For those of you wondering about the noise, we did hear the occasional shuffling of chairs, but nothing that bothered us. Restaurants in the resort were surprisingly good. I was honestly shocked. We did not take advantage of the All Inclusive Option at this property, which was probably a mistake. We wound up eating and drinking a lot on the property, so there was likely more value than we took advantage of. In addition, there is a Reef Club option. This daily option seemed like a nice option, but again, we opted not to take advantage of it. We just like flexibility to do whatever we want, whenever we want to. The Salty Iguana had excellent staff. Lyn and Juliette waited on our tables and were very attentive. The bar staff there were very enthusiastic, friendly, and always had a smile. Honestly, this was our favorite restaurant. It also didn’t hurt that it was about 20 feet from our room. CSpice is the full service restaurant on property which was excellent. For breakfast, a choice of a full buffet, which I did have 2x, as well as an a la carte option for when you aren’t quite as hungry. I also had breakfast from the a la carte menu, and was very happy, as was my bride. Dinner at CSpice was also excellent. A good steak or roasted chicken could be had there any time and it was a good value. Zala Gastro Lounge is located next to the hotel reception area. You can find various small plates there, some entrees, and cocktails. This is a great option for a more open al fresco approach to dining, and we took advantage of the views while dining here. Right next to the Zala Gastro Lounge is the Izakaya Sushi Bar. I am not a huge sushi fan, however, my bride said it was very good, and she enjoyed it a few times. Located at the end of one of the lobby hallways is the Papiamentu Marketplace. This is a convenient marketplace where you can purchase things like smoothies, latte, baked goods, sandwiches etc, as well as chips, snacks, and sodas. Very reasonably priced. Hertz Car Rental, although not part of Marriott, I am going to include. I loved the fact that Hertz was right in our hotel. I did NOT want to worry about returning a car and coordinating time with our departure or arrival on the airline. I chose to have a transfer back and forth, and that made an enormous difference in being more relaxed in transit to and from the resort property and airport. For us. Hertz has been good for us for decades, and their product might cost a bit more, but it was about what I expected to pay. Location of this property is something I want to strongly advocate for. When doing our research on where to stay, there are a great number of people who suggest staying in many of the resorts in or near Willemstad. I am so grateful we did not do that. Willemstad has some beautiful resorts (we saw a few of them). However, Willemstad also had an urban feel to it. Was everything beautiful? Yes. Just not my jam. Piscadera Bay feels more spread out, secluded even in comparison. An exaggerated analogy would be Honolulu vs Maui. Both are great, just different. That is how I felt about Willenstad vs Piscadera Bay. We would stay at this Marriott again, over any other property that we saw on the island. Great job Marriott. What can they do better? In room coolers should have been working. Also, in the walk out rooms, the pebble stone area outside of the sliding doors, I was not a huge fan. I understand getting sand in the room might be a problem, but the pebbles were not great to walk on in your bare feet either. Overall, big bravo to Marriott and the staff at the resort, they were excellent.