Malish Hotel & Spa Luxury Edition

Great location, close to the beach and entertainment district.

Being close to the entertainment district also meant late night music nearby. Not overwhelmingly loud, but enough to be distracting when going to bed.

Tldr: CONSTRUCTION ALL NIGHT AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT UNHELPFUL Before providing a cautionary tale for anyone planning to stay here for the next 9-18 months (the date today is December 17, 2024), I’ll start with the good: a well constructed property, located fairly centrally, and Maria Jesus (the cleaning staff) is incredibly kind.

Now for the cons: the first and most important thing (that you will not be warned about) is ongoing construction immediately adjacent to the property. There is only a single brick wall separating the property from a new major construction site, meaning you hear and FEEL the reverberations and constant noises of the construction crew. They were in the process of excavating a deep foundation while we were there, so things will be going for a long time, again I’d estimate 9-18 months. The crews shifts while we were there were 7am-5pm, AND THEN THEY START AGAIN FROM 10pm-5am!! We went and spoke with the crew and they plan to continue like this. Another review said that Maria was able to stop the construction crew working, but that review overlapped with our first night at Aalada and there were heavy rains throughout the night, so really it was more likely this rain which impeded work instead of Maria being able to do anything about it. The hotel owners said it is “outside of their control” to do anything and refused to provide us even a late check out. As a matter of fact, they charged us an additional $400MX (they tried to charge us 50% of a whole day at first) just for that late check out despite us being wide awake until the construction crew completed work at 5am. In a normal circumstance, we would understand charging for a late checkout. But given they knew of the construction prior to our arrival and did not warn us, and knew other guests had complained, a free late check out is not an egregious ask in our opinion. Particularly as a night of absolutely no sleep ruined our experience the next day. We even provided hourly updates throughout the night so the hotel knew we could not sleep and the construction was ongoing. We recorded noise of 70dB WITHIN OUR ROOM. Clearly the builders are going to continue this as there will be no repercussions for them. Police drove by and did nothing regarding the excessive noise level. Photo attached of nightly construction.

Maria Jesus, the lady that cleans was really nice and made sure we had everything we needed. We had a rental car and thought we would have to pay for parking but she told us we could just park in front for free, there’s 2 spots. You can get drinking water for free at the hotel also, and they lend you towels for all your water activities. Overall really pretty and chill.

The only downside was there was construction next door and one night they were out there in the middle of the night, but Maria Jesus made sure they took care of it the next day!

The property is exactly like shown in the pictures. Very functional, comfortable, well equipped, an excellent place. Also outstanding location. The best way to think of this place is as a cross between a small hotel and an Airbnb.

Everything worked well!

Gorgeous hotel. Nestled in the centre of town but one road away from the strip and so peaceful. The room is a great size has everything you need and a lovely bathroom with lots of nice smelling goodies. Really recommend.

The pool doesn't get a huge amount of sunlight - I'm splitting hairs here - but important if you are planning on sunning