Guest User
March 1, 2025
My husband and I just spent 3 nights at the One & Only Mandraina. Everything from the location, room design, cleanliness, staff, and food was amazing! The included breakfast at Alma was so delicious (specialty coffees, smoothies, fruit and hot food). The food at Carao was also delicious -- especially if you like seafood (Sea Bass and Octopus tacos were amazing). TropicSurf provides surf lessons and surfboards for hire on a beach just a 5 minute golf cart away from the hotel (transportation is provided). Grant and Omar from Tropic Surf are so friendly and make the experience so enjoyable. Definitely visit the spa, even if you don't pay for a treatment. You can use the sauna, steam room, cold plunge, pool and clay mud area. There are so many areas in the hotel to explore that it seems very quiet. Others complain about the golf cart rides to the various areas, but in my experience, it was very easy and the drivers were so friendly -- rarely were we waiting more than 2-5 minutes for a ride.