We have just returned from a two weeks vacation in Playa del Carmen, Caribbean Paradise Resort & Spa.
It is in Caribbe, all right! Paradise? Hard to say! Resort? Haven't seen any! About the Spa? Never used it.

The rooms are pitifully small (the size of a crowded prison cell), lacking basic amenities such as a table or chairs, no bathroom door (smell and shower vapors spreading all over the bedroom!) no balconies or a very minuscule one, view of the back garbage infested site. Otherwise, friendly staff but unhelpful, nice location but noisy, same EP breakfast every day for 14 days (toast, coffee, jam and orange juice). We found much nicer accommodation within Playa del Carmen at much better price and started to wonder why Sunquest vacations picked up this modest hotel with unjustified overly priced rooms, below any normal present day tourist standard. We have seen European tourists commenting in shock of what was offered to them. We had to fight with the management for three-four days until we where upgraded (at a price!) to a more livable accommodation, still very modest with what you should get for your money.

The Sunquest reps where remarkably absent in assisting us and do not expect any help from them.

Overall, if you can avoid it, DO IT!

Nick and Eveline, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA.

We just returned from PDC and enjoyed ourselves to the fullest. The hotel is, as noted, clean, safe, friendly, on budget with no frills.
The hotel is immediately north of the main tourist shopping district on 5th Avenue, about 3 blocks west of the beach and in the midst of the best local restaurants. Breakfast of coffee and toast is included. One restaurant attached to the hotel serves good food at average prices but there are lots of other restaurants of every variety nearby. The stay was remarkably quiet considering the two main streets that meet right in front but we heard no street noise at night. The pool is quite small but works to cool you off and provides adequate room to tan in private.
The staff was extremely friendly and very helpful at setting up tours/rentals if language was a problem. If you like to be pampered this is NOT the place for you. It was great for the traveller who just needs a secure place to stay or as a base of operations.
InMyHumbleOpinion - why break the bank on an expensive place to lay your head?, there are better things to spend vacation money on than your hotel room.