Overall this was a great vacation.
The best part is the beach, the water was crystal clear and the beach well maintained by the staff. Most of the staff I interacted with were very friendly and made me feel appreciated as a customer. There's a Hertz rental desk right in the resort, so we rented an economy car for 2 days so we could visit other beaches in Aruba and snorkel. We also went to a few offsite restaurants - Wilhelmina Restaurant in particular was absolutely amazing, the prices are high there, but the quality of the food and service were perfect. Faro Blanco Restaurant is another good place, amazing views there.
Not so great was the food. Some of it was good, but some was just disgustingly awful. For example, the bacon was undercooked, like it was almost raw - I guess you could say it was "rare" for the most part. The corned beef hash also undercooked, so it was almost soupy in consistency. Had a hotdog, could have been cooked longer, but I guess that's subjective. The cheeseburger was the worst thing I ate, it was WAY overdone, like it had been sitting on the griddle for a couple hours overdone. I had the feeling the cooks really didn't care about the quality of the food they were serving.
The alcohol served seems to be watered down, and some of the bartenders don't seem to care about quality or service either. Hit or miss, most were great, one forgot to serve me and when he did, the drink he made me was awful.
The beach makes up for all the negatives!
