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BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive

4.0 star property

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3 outdoor pools, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Deluxe Room, Garden View
5 restaurants, breakfast served
View from room
Lobby sitting area

Reviews

6.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
  • All-inclusive
  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Pool
  • Housekeeping

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Carretera Federal Chetumal, Puerto Juarez Km. 300, Playa del Carmen, QROO, 77710
  • Tres Rios Ecopark
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Maroma Beach
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Cancun, Quintana Roo (CUN-Cancun Intl.)
    ‪42 min drive‬

Room options

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Suite, 1 King Bed, Jetted Tub (Emerald)

  • 64 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Suite, Pool Access, Garden View (Emerald)

Suite, Pool Access, Garden View (Emerald)

  • 65 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Room, Partial Ocean View

Deluxe Room, Partial Ocean View

  • 35.0 sq m
  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

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Free minibar, in-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, Ocean View

  • 35 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

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Free minibar, in-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, Garden View

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds OR 1 King Bed

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About the area

Playa del Carmen

Located in Playa del Carmen (Riviera Maya), BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive is within a 10-minute drive of El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course and Gran Coyote Golf. .This all-inclusive property is 4.7 mi (7.5 km) from Maroma Beach and 7.7 mi (12.3 km) from Quinta Avenida.

What's nearby

  • Tres Rios Ecopark - 7 min drive - 2.8 km
  • El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course - 7 min drive - 4.6 km
  • Gran Coyote Golf - 9 min drive - 7.4 km
  • Maroma Beach - 12 min drive - 7.5 km
  • Playa del Carmen Main Beach - 24 min drive - 12.9 km

Getting around

  • Cancun Intl. Airport (CUN) - 42 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Black & White - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Beach Bar - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Jaal-Ha - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Coco Café - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Bluemoon - ‬4 min walk

About this property

BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive

Family fun on the beach, with 3 outdoor pools, near El Camaleón Mayakoba Golf Course
BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive offers 979 accommodations with free minibar items and safes. Rooms open to balconies or patios. LCD televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Playa del Carmen property provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.

3 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a children's pool. Other recreational amenities include outdoor tennis courts, a hot tub, and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and facials. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology.
Make yourself at home in one of the 979 guestrooms featuring free minibar items and LCD televisions. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 3 outdoor swimming pools, outdoor tennis courts, and a fitness center. This property also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
This property is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.

Grab a bite to eat at one of the property's 5 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 4 bars/lounges.

Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this property consist of a conference center and 3 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive has 5 restaurants serving breakfast only.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

All-inclusive details

This property is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).

Gratuities and taxes

Gratuities are included and additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted.

Food and beverages

All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
24-hour room service (limited menu)
In-room minibar (all beverages included)

Activities and facilities/equipment

All onsite activities and use of facilities and equipment are included.

Water activities

Kayaking
Snorkeling
Windsurfing

Land activities

Fitness facilities
Tennis
Volleyball

Lessons/classes/games

Aerobics
Dancing
Water fitness

Entertainment

Onsite entertainment and activities
Onsite live performances
Theme parties

Languages

English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site

Food and drink

  • 4 bars/lounges
  • 5 restaurants
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A poolside bar
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness classes
  • Free children's club
  • Gym
  • Hot tub
  • Kayaking
  • Personal motorised watercraft
  • Rowing/canoeing
  • Sailing
  • Shopping
  • Volleyball
  • Windsurfing
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • 3 outdoor pools
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Free children's club
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 3 meeting rooms
  • Conference centre

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • On the beach
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Facials
  • Hot stone massages
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Reflexology
  • Sports massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • LCD TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water
  • Free stocked minibar
  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Bay Blue Grand Esmeralda
Blue Bay All Inclusive
Blue Bay Esmeralda Grand
Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda Playa del Carmen
Blue Grand
Blue Grand Bay Esmeralda
Esmeralda Blue Bay
Grand Blue Bay Esmeralda
Grand Esmeralda Blue Bay
Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive All-inclusive property
Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive
BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive All-inclusive property

BlueBay Grand Esmeralda All Inclusive Reviews

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 272 out of 1122 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 236 out of 1122 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 244 out of 1122 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 170 out of 1122 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 200 out of 1122 reviews

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Nikki

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very attentive kind and engaging. A fun atmosphere for all ages. Grounds were very clean. Food was quite good with a lot of options. We would stay there again.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

George

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
This is a 3 star resort and should not be advertised as a 5 star. The staff is great! The food isn’t bad and the drinks are cold. The resort is old and “tired”. It’s time for some updating and upgrades. The Black and White bathrooms need repairs- staff does their best to keep them clean, however there’s not much they can do with broken doors and cracked toilet seats. It’s not terrible but it isn’t great.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Renee Caroline Mcnevin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The staff were absolutely amazing here! The live entertainment was fun and entertaining. The fire show was one of the best shows ever accompanied by a beach party. 10/10 would come back here. If possible ask to stay in buildings 1-5. They are the buildings closest to the entertainment pool.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Tenecia

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great time. The only amenity missing was a swim up bar. Building 2 was much more updated compared to 5/6
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Jasmine

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The resort was nice, but they did charge us a fee for “stained” linen.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Philip

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
After staying at this resort 3 times previously much had changed. The biggest complaint among guests is the lack of chairs around the pool. Food was good Xmas and New Years Eve but not so great on regular days compared to other resorts we frequent. Staff were friendly and helpful. Another big negative was the lobby gave our room to new guests twice while we were in the room. These new guests just showed up at our door with suitcases and door keys. Overall not a plessant experience.
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Renato Luis

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Transfer from Reception/Restaurant to rooms should be better organized. On a rainy day it is really complicated. Restaurants should be better structured to receive larger groups. Staff should be trained to speak English as most of the members had difficulties to communicate with guests. Rooms maintenance to be strongly improved. Small number of chairs on the pool area, generating issues to accommodate guests. Several activities that needed coin, such as scale for luggage weight check, pool table, fussball could not be used because the hotel has no change. Good hotel in general, but needs to improve to be the 5 star they sell on internet
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

LEANDRO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

wilfrido, charlotte

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No, 4 star hotel.Dated and smelly rooms. Horrible food. Look somewhere else. Do not waste your money
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tyrel Daryl

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wouldn’t recommend this property to anyone else. Just came from here and never going back. Took my girlfriend on her first trip and I apologized for an awful experience. Our bedroom floor was constantly dirty even after the maid. The bed was always full of sand and we showered before entering bed all the time. We noticed things missing like a thing of gum and a chocolate bar (yes I know little items but still), that the maid must’ve took on us because we could not find them nor did we finish them. The ceiling fan made me feel like it was gonna fall off and land on me with how bad the bearings were. The AC quit on us twice and had to call room service each time. The water in the shower I wouldn’t call hot. The buildings are definitely outdated so you hear every sound coming from the hallways. When I booked this trip, I specifically chose for “partial ocean view” well my view was literally a swamp. Not happy at all. Terrible choice I picked. I heard this hotel offers free bottles of tequila if you leave a good review. That’s probably why they have 4.1/5 stars. Gotta bribe people somehow. But here’s the real trick. All around the resort it feels like back home in the boonies and swamps. DO NOT COME. waste of money. Also had to pay for my own shuttle to and from the airport on top of the expensive trip this already costs me. Brutal.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Aaron J

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Limited buffet food, limited towels, limited hot water, limited seating at pool
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Tatiana

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The outside landscaping and hotel staff friendliness was exceptional. However, the rooms and buildings are outdated & need remodeling, there were cracks in sinks and we had mold in one of our rooms. The phones weren't working (we had to use our cell phones to call front desk) in none of our rooms. The room keys stopped working for one of our rooms, we got locked out and had to.wait for maintenance to fix the lock.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

James

Travelled with partner
Overall our stay was good. The food was okay, the grounds were nice (but the lobby and some of the main building areas need to be updated and have better lighting added), and the ease of booking specialty restaurants was nice, but not having hot water in your room all week and lack of organization in the lobby for check in and questions was frustrating. If I was looking for a get away to somewhere warm again and the price was right I would stay here again.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Wendy Charlene

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a mediocre property, definitely needs updates or a rebuild soon. We did enjoy our time at the beach. Had to wake up to get beach chairs by 6:30 so thankfully I’m an early riser! Staff were kind and helpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Traciann

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
First, I would like to say that the staff was incredibly gracious, helpful and hardworking. We REALLY liked the staff! They put on a wonderful New Year’s Eve dinner and event. Muchos Gracias to the staff!!!! What was frustrating was that we never had hot water (multiple phone calls, trips to the front desk), it took 2 days before we could get towel cards so we couldn’t get beach towels(they didn’t have enough cards. But plenty of towels! ). People were able to save chairs at 5 AM at the beach for the entire day. We could never get chairs at the beach. There were multiple small inconveniences that we were willing to overlook, it was the holidays, we understand but not having hot water and towels was not ok. When we called room service, the phone was answered 2 out of 9 times, over the course of 6 days. I will be requesting a partial refund as this was supposed to be a special vacation for us too. We requested a different room and was told it was not possible.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Koni

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lot of walking between beach & rooms. The golf cart shuttles were nice but not super convenient. Resort should invest in more pool chairs, if you didn’t reserve chairs at 7am, you had to sit on the concrete. Restaurant options were acceptable, the ala carte restaurants were the best!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Charlotte

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We could tell they were still recovering from the hurricane but everything was clean. Staff was friendly and campus was nice and lots of foliage. Loved the wild life too
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

LEANN

Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

steve

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

steve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Beautiful ,but needs renovation, plus to .many kids, needs a adult only resort.

6/10 Okay

Evandro Jose

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
1. Front desk stafd doesn't speak English. 2. Missing chairs in the pool, a lot of guests reserve chairs with towels because of the small amounts available. 3. Reservation for dinner was very easy as special restaurant are small. 4. Just 2 bars on the pool are with just 1 or 2 bartender, causing 20min wait for a drink. 5. In case of rain they don't have enough shuttle to move guests to the restaurants. 6. Elevator on the apartment building barely works. On my case were broken 4 days on my 7 days stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alam

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Horrible check in experience the rooms were dirty.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Landy, Parksville

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Spent 18 days over Xmas at the Blue Bay. Our room (3rd Floor) was spacious with an Ocean view. Housekeeping staff were excellant. With 5 ala carte Restaurants our favorites were the Italian and Mexican. Even the buffets were really good with lots of choices for you. Huge pool area could use more chairs as you need get up at 7 and grab some. 2 Bars, one with swings which is the Social one for meeting people. Unfortunately the ocean in that area is full of Sargasso which made it a bit dirty to swim in. Hotel was trying to keep it as clean as they could, but wasnt crystal clear blue as Im used to. Place could use some updating as its getting on 20 yrs old now. All in all though it was a nice relaxing Vacay and quite enjoyable.
Stayed 17 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Luis Antonio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Todo bien solo algunos detalles en la habitación y problemas con el ascensor, muy muy pocos camastros en el area.de playa eso muy mal
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Rebecca

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When we checked in our room was wrong and they weren’t willing to make it right. It’s hard to get into the restaurants because you have to make reservations days ahead. The food at the buffet is under cooked. There were two bars and the no adult pool like advertised. Very limited pool loungers so you have to be up at 7am to get one. The excursions are terribly expensive if booked through the hotel and not to mention they are under construction throughout the hotel. The whole experience was sub par and not worth the money we paid.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024