cocos beach — Restaurant in San Miguel de Cozumel

If you are getting off the cruise and looking for a nearby beach to go to by taxi, I would suggest you NOT go to CocoTiki beach. I was talked into going here instead of another beach by the taxi attendant. He said that the beach I was wanting to go to did not have clear water today, and suggested CocoTiki as a better alternative (specifically stating that the beach was the same distance, the water was cleaner/clearer, and you will get a free drink upon admission). Cocotiki was much further away than the original beach choice, but that really wasn't an issue for me. I did not receive my free drinks after paying the 20$ cover. The water was not really cleaner/clearer to me. There were a lot of seaweeds and really nothing to look at if you are trying to snorkel. The paddleboats were touted as "free" after you paid the 20 dollar cover, but when I took one out for use, the guy managing it specifically said "it is free to use, but we run on tips." When I returned the paddle boat, the guy was not happy that I did not give a tip. I assured him that I can give him something when I go back to my table as I did not have cash on me to which he gave a scoff and said, "Okay maybe you will or maybe you wont." The biggest issue for me was that all the beach chairs and tables near the beach were all taken. Cocotiki sits on a very narrow strip of beach between a condo complex and a hotel so there is not a lot of space either. If you do not get to cocotiki early in the day then don't even bother as all of the chairs and table will have already been taken and people will not be leaving until they absolutely have to go because they want to get their cover charge 's worth. The taxi company will recommend you go here because the driver's take a cut of your cover charge.

If you must go, remember that only people who want to use the beach chairs or equipment need to pay the cover. For example, if you are just sitting at the "Restaurant" watching the kids, you do not need to pay...

We've cruised to Cozumel several times and typically go down to Nachi Cocom. This time Nachi was full, and the taxi driver recommended CocoTiki. We had a party of 14 and he said we'd probably be the only people there. That is exactly what we were looking for.

CocoTiki is 40 ft wide. The entire private beach is 40ft. They had 10 rows of beach chairs deep, eight across (their photo on simplybook.it has 11 across). In the water, there was a 10 ft wide exclusion area for jet ski launching only. This left 30ft of water access for the 135 people they allow in each day. That's the same number allowed at Nachi Cocom and their beach is 500+ ft wide.

There was no discount for kids, as stated by the people at the cruise terminal. Their reasoning was that the kids could drink virgin pina coladas and daiquiris.

When we arrived we specifically asked if jet skis were included because they were on the sign. We were told "everything is included" several times. This was at least implied to a few other families, because they were arguing with the operator of the jet skis about it. They were an additional $65/half hour. The sign also shows horseback rides. I hate I missed seeing a 40ft long horseback ride while we were there.

I tried 2 frozen drinks. The pina colada tasted like a smoothie with no alcohol and the mojito was orange for some reason with no mint or lime. The beer was fine.

The wifi is unusably slow. I ran a speed test while I was there and I was getting .21Mbps.

The blue paint on the pool rubbed off on everyone in it.

While paddleboarding, the jet ski operator guy came out on one of his jet skis to tell me I couldn't paddle out that far because I was in the jet ski area, even though the jet ski area was clearly also in the swimming area. Kayaks and paddleboards were limited to the distance out of the pier next door.

The nachos were...

Our private tour guide brought us here and showed us around. As soon as you pull up in their little parking area, you'll see on your right, bathrooms and changing rooms and the sinks to wash hands are outside. It has a tropical beach feel and look when you walk in. The restaurant and bar are in a covered shaded area and past that is a large square pool with seating on the right. Past that, you head down to the beach where there are chairs, umbrellas for shade, a place to rent jet skis and pick up snorkeling gear. Straight ahead is the ocean to go swimming. We were given food with our tour package and picked fish tacos and chicken fajita tacos served with rice and beans. For drinks, we got a bottle of Tecate beer and a mango daiquiri. We only paid for the drinks which was $24USD. The daiquiri was HUGE. Also very sweet and delicious. After we ate, we changed and went to grab our snorkels. My tour guide gave us the hint to seeing all the wildlife in the water. When you go down to the beach, go on the left side of the pier. There's an area where you can swim and see all the fish and crabs. No one goes over there to swim, so the water is clear. We had to climb down the rocks and when I got in the water, the fish were circling around me. It...