My spouse and I spent the month of March in unit 201D at Mara Laguna. We rated it a 3 mainly because this unit, on the second floor, faces the road and the very loud golf cart and truck traffic every day from 7 am to 10 pm is extremely annoying to the point that at night even with the sliders closed it was still loud (having lived in NY City, I am used to loud——this was worse). If we stayed again at Mara Laguna we would get a lagoon facing (west side) unit.
The positives:
WiFi is reliable and fantastic including streaming
Beds and pillows are comfortable
The place is very clean
the location is great—out of the main town so very secure and safe
There is a fantastic coffee shop/produce stand and a supermarket right across the street
The pool is fantastic
On site about five minute walk is a restaurant at Lina Point—outstanding food and drink—get to know Ray there
Beautiful sunrises over the ocean visible from all rooms and deck
Deck is completely private and secure
Great restaurants and bars very close by
Concierge Ana is great and very responsive—she got us a one month bike rental among other things
You can do a lot of great cooking easily in the well stocked kitchen (pots, pans, dishware, silverware, etc)
Good cross ventilation with the sliders and front door open (if you don’t mind the street noise).
The negatives:
The place needs some upkeep—sliders on the porch are rusted and don’t latch; no screens on sliders; ice maker not working and they could not fix it; kitchen drawers need tightening; A/C broke for our last three days and not fixed; sheets are clean but old; fridge had a drip inside—we put a bowl in the fridge to prevent flooding our food. The on-site manager, Ambar was very unresponsive.