Mayan Monkey Hostel & Bar | Cancún - 77500 Cancún

We had fun at this hostel though the hostel looks a lot better in the pictures. The beds were nice however the wall next to my partners bed looked to be covered in mold. Not great. Also, the water slide isn’t open and didn’t look like it had been for a while.

I stayed here for a week and highly recommend this Hostel. The staff and environment is absolutely wonderful and very helpful. The food and drinks you can get there are wonderful. The kitchen, rooms and facilities are nice and clean. The atmosphere is fun and gets people mingling. It's the type of place you won't be able to help but make friends. I was able to make memories and friends I will never forget. The beach is right across the street. It's a great place to chill and party depending on your preference. Happy hour is every night at 7pm. If you go you will meet Bella and Ramon slinging drinks behind the bar. Tell them Andrew (Smilie) says, "hi". For food, I highly recommend the steak burrito or Mexican Bowl. For drinks, I recommend the Mango Mojito. You will have an amazing time and will make great memories. The only thing you will regret is leaving. Enjoy and live a great story.

This is a hard review to write! There's so much that's great about this hostel. The beds are comfy and private with your own curtain and outlets/a shelf. The hostel itself is easily accessible, very close to night life, very clean, and the activities go above and beyond. The staff are all exceptionally friendly. I've made some truly unbelievable connections here. However. If you are in any of the 5 rooms closest to the bar area you will not sleep until 2. The party doesn't stop. You can hear it as if you're next to the DJ in the room. There are no quiet common areas. (even the co-working space, laundry room, deck, and the front area are all unbearably loud past 5pm) The only negative thing about this hostel is that the music is far too loud for far too long. I would love to give 5 stars but people should know that they won't be sleeping much here. Had I known i wouldn't be sleeping, i would have booked elsewhere for my last night before my early morning flight.

Mayan Monkey is one of the more expensive hostels in the hotel zone of Cancun, but it's well worth paying the extra few hundred pesos. They have a really fun bar down stairs that gets pretty wild at night. I like the way the bunk beds are setup with a curtain for privacy, a plug in outlet for your electronics in your bunk, and a large locker for your personal items. Also, they have a room you can work on your computer in so for a digital nomad that's super cool! Also, I plan to stay for over a month on my next vacation trip to Cancun & Tulum. Hopefully they will offer a bit of a discount if I pay for a month upfront.

1. I was a disk jockey for 33 years and played a lot of music to entertain people and the music here is so loud you simply can't communicate with anyone. If there are only 6 people in the bar they still have it as loud as it can go literally driving people away 2. Book the room on hotels.com I accidentally booked the wrong day and ask if they could just apply it to this day nope I had to forfeit what I had already paid and then pay again double the price what the room was for the other booking. 3. The room smells like open sewage due to some sort of plumbing issue. It was so gross you could hardly brush your teeth in there. This was in their private room. 4. They will give you free drinks for positive Google reviews. If you read some of the reviews you'll see that the experience people have there is totally different from the ones they paid for. 5. I had to give them my driver's license just to get a room key.

The best hostel we have ever stayed at! It’s clean, the staff is amazing, and there are so many fun activities. It’s located in a very convenient area. Extra shout out to Román for being the most fun bartender ever! He always has a smile on his face, friendly, quick service and is very attentive!

This a good option for more budget conscious travellers. I stayed in a private room and my friends in the suite with the beautiful balcony. Rooms were clean and bathrooms had great water pressure. The hotel/hostel offers good programming and events. The food is quite good. The drinks are Ok. Check in is a strict 3pm I do want to note the front desk staff are a little curt.

Faustino’s yoga session I took as part of my stay, was the very best thing about the entire place. I really enjoyed the yoga practice. He created a sense of calm and relaxed us into some really beautiful poses as part of the practice which were just what I needed after 13 hours of flights. I felt the tensions of my body melt away and he even conducted the class in both English and Spanish at the same time. A wonderful experience, I am very grateful to him. Just don’t miss the sunrise beach yoga like I did- because the front desk told me it was at 8am! Because I think that practice on the beach would be heavenly. But the good thing is Faustino runs classes throughout day and so you can really have chance to have your morning yoga at whatever time you wake up! Have fun!