Review: W Hotel Punta De Mita Mexico

@ Ben - Seems like the hotel food / beverage was reasonably priced. $4.25USD for a Corona and 1$2/14 USD for lunch. Do you agree?

Compare this to the $25 cocktails at W South Beach...

Great review. It just looks ... tacky to me, though. I'm hoping to try out Andaz Mayakoba next year.

I've stayed at the 4 seasons next to the St Regis in Punta Mita and it very much is a relaxing and beautiful getaway. If someone is looking for a bit more culture or town interaction, I steer them away but if they want relaxing and amazing views, this area is excellent.

Great review. Not sure I could stand the irony of the poster of Frida Kahlo with a surfboard in a $350 per night hotel room, though.

Based on what I can see, the St. Regis is a much much nicer resort. However, I'm sure the price also reflects that.

Next time you want to go to Mexico to relax, check out Cabo. It's an even shorter flight and even nicer IMHO. The Starwood properties there aren't great but they have some fantastic resorts that you can check out.

Cool hotel design, food prices a little high for a mexican tourist.

Hands down, The St. Regis is the nicest resort in Punta Mita. I've stayed with the Four Seasons in the area and it doesn't hold a candle to the level of service and the experience. Now I don't care to go to the Four Seasons unless the St. Regis is sold out. The W is a different approach and concept entirely, so the experiences will not be comparable. W is a tier down.

Try the Four Seasons, it was GREAT!

I respect you and truly appreciate everytime you review a product. I have accumulated over 600k points so far since October through your links and have learned much.

Having said tgat, for all it's worth, if i entered a room like that or even approached a hotel that had fascilities like those, i would have gladly paid $5000 pesos- immediately- to go back to the airport.

Lucky you need to experience Rosewood Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen or Rosewood Las Ventanas al Paraiso (Los Cabos).

Two of the nice places I have ever stayed. Very different environments but equally beautiful and service is impeccable.

Not cheap and they don't take points but we used the Citi Prestige for the 4th night free and that certainly helped.

We stayed at the St. Regis and the rooms are to die for especially the outside shower - and the rooms are easily about 35% bigger. It's a great resort with free bottomless VC at the saber champagne ceremony. However, the food looks better at the W.

One should definitely visit Salyulita - about 30 minute drive.

Wow.....this place doesn't appeal to me at all. The rooms and public areas just seem to have such a busy, cluttered look. Doesn't really come off as especially luxurious at all.

Great review. We also fly 100s of thousands of miles, and, ironically, we always say that the only true vacations have been the ones we have had in Mexico.
Very much like the USA, even though the climate is milder, you cannot equate Miami, San Francisco, New York, Jackson Hole, Seattle, etc.
Mexico is equally diverse, and each one can talk to you about what their preferences might be.
The pristine white sands of Cancun and the Mayan Riviera, "Arizona by the Sea," namely, Los Cabos. If you had stayed within Puerto Vallarta proper, your experience, I bet, would have been very different. Mexico City is uniquely vibrant. San Miguel Allende has the charm of an Italian village with Mexican flavor, and on, and on...
Thank you again for a wonderful blog.

We LOVE reading your blog and finding out you were just in our "back yard". I have lived in Punta Mita, Puerto Vallarta and San Miguel de Allende in combination for the past twelve years. We just landed in Cabo two days ago and headed straight to Todos Santos to escape the crowds of the typical tourist scene. We plan on living here until we leave 🙂 All of these places are worth checking out as the culture, food and scenery can be quite diverse throughout all of Mexico. And with the current strength of the US dollar to the peso everything outside of these mega resorts (including fine restaurants) is a bargain beyond belief. We hope you come and visit us again real soon!

Thanks for your review of the W Punta de Mita as I am heading there in March. Very much appreciated!The St. Regis Punta de Mita is fabulous! One of my favorite hotels!

@Lucky

Did you inquire about the Suite Night Awards not clearing? I have a stay there this summer and would be annoyed if the nights didn't clear despite suites being for sale.

We just booked this W. We LOVE the St. Regis but it is sold out the week we want to go, so are trying this W. I know it won't be as nice but your review gives me hope!

I hope you can help me. I am taking my husband on a surprise getaway and we are going to Puerto Vallarta. We have never been to PV before. The Four Seasons and St. Regis look very nice but are they a) too isolated? b)overrun with children?
Any other good suggestions?

Are there other hotel near the W that will not cost as much?