All Inclusive - "Dreams Resort" - Cabo, Mexico - The Good and The Bad, recommended?

Dreams in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, it is a beautiful and an optional all inclusive resort for adult and families and is part of the amresorts (i.e., Zoetry, Secrets, Now and Sunscape are also a part of this resort family).

I opted for the all inclusive option and it was my very first all inclusive resort so I did not have much to compare it to, until recently.  Since Dreams, I have been to two other all inclusive resorts and below are my personal opinion of Dreams.

Pros: No bands are required unlike Paradisus @ D.R.

Restaurants did NOT require reservations.  The restaurants were pretty tasty as well, my favorite was Portofino (Fine Italian Cuisine) follow by Oceana, awesome seafood dishes.

The room was very nice, you can select your own pillow (foam, down, etc) and linens, beautiful marble floors. Tub was just a standard size, the old school kind, super tiny and shallow.  You can also see this in their gallery of pictures.  There is a sink and stove as this resort has optional all inclusive as previously mentioned.

The room included sunscreen along with an array of shampoos, conditioners, lotions, etc. which was a nice touch I thought considering many people forget this when they travel, we did in our last trip.

In-room bar: Beer and sodas.

Coffee to start your day: There is a Starbucks-like stand "Coco Cafe" at the resort to make your favorite coffee beverage of your choice to start the day. The Cafe also has some available pastries in case you are not a sitting down breakfast person. 

Movies: It was nice that you can select the latest movies that are out for rent and just borrow by putting down your room number, there is no fee if you keep for the entire week, only if you accidentally take it home, then you are paying full price for the DVD.  This was included, other resorts, do charge for movie rentals (Paradisus for sure).

On site activities: Tennis, ping pong and a nice size gym with really old rusted equipment.

Cons: No activities other than 2 listed above, were included as the beach was not useable due to rough currents, all the time, not just when I was there. So other than eating, drinking and swimming in the 2 pools, tennis, ping pong, watching movies, no much else.

No transportation was provided without an extra cost, it was $30 roundtrip for a cab to town and the town was about 10 minutes away.  Needless to say, every morning after breakfast and lunch, I took a cab into town for activities such as snorkeling, scuba diving, all of out of pocket, etc..so a lot of additonal costs.

No top shelf liquor.

Restaurants: 5 restaurants, only one available for breakfast and 2 for lunch.

El Patio — International buffet for breakfast and lunch, with à la carte Mexican menu for dinner. This was the worst, I am not a big fan and almost went out of my way to just have coffee for breakfast at the Coco Cafe so that I could wait till lunch time to eat at Oceana as there was not other option for breakfast.

Seaside Grill — Dinner only. Steaks and other grilled specialties à la carte. Located near our beautiful infinity pool and serving grilled steaks, seafood and other delights plus great tropical cocktails.

Oceana — Lunch and dinner. Delicious é la carte seafood specialties served for lunch and dinner in a romantic ocean front setting. I love their made to order hot salsa and guacamole, great ceviche, fantastic seafood and fish. I went here almost every day for lunch as it was this or El Patio or should I say El Shitio..

Himitsu — Dinner only. Asian cuisines, they stated that there is Hibachi but there was not a Hibachi grill(false advertising for sure), if you check out their website, the picture of the restaurant does not even have a hibachi area, it was quite small as well, it was all a la carte and only open for dinner. I liked it for the ambience with the outside seating but it was not amazing, the sushi was horrible, not fresh, the thai dishes were mediocre, the chinese food was also pretty bland, I think a chinese stand in the Mall may be slightly tastier, all they had going for them is ambience but as for taste, not so good, presentation, 5 stars, taste 1 star.

Portofino — Dinner only. Fine Italian focusing on Northern Italy. Fantastic, awesome Osso Bucco, fantastic pasta dishes, Carpaccio was delicious. I would try a different restaurant and when it wasn't tasty, I would go to Portofino as my backup. I think I ate there 6 of 8 nights after going to Himitsu one night.

Would I recommend this resort? NO

I would however, recommend Cabo San Lucas, it is a great city and extremely beautiful.