Rosewood Mandarina with a baby review
Our family just got back from Rosewood Mandarina and I just wanted to share a quick review from the perspective of staying there with a 11-month old baby. I think most of the reviews I saw are either with no kids or with older kids. When I was booking I was looking for pictures of the baby amenities they provide but couldn’t really find any, so thought I’d pay it forward here. I also included pictures of some of the meals we’ve had at the resort since I haven’t seen too many of those either!
For baby amenities, the property provides a mini crib, a diaper pail, a bathtub, high chair, and baby lotion and soap (though they said they didn’t have any high chair available the first day and brought one by the next day. I also had to ask for the baby lotion and soap.) I didn’t get a picture of the high chair but it’s a stokke clikk. I also didn’t get a picture of the mini crib with the Slumberpod over it but it does barely fit since the fabric is stretchy. The diaper changing table was wobbly and we were afraid our daughter would break that thing so we just changed her at different places in the suite. Also side bar - I would like to propose to all luxury hotels and resorts to PLEASE add a bottle washer to your baby amenities. Standing in the bathroom and scrubbing baby bottles for 15 minutes every night was NOT the vibe 😭
We did go check out the kids club, for kids under 4 (or 5?) they can use the club but the parents have to stay with them. They had a lot of toys for our daughter to play with and the kids club staff were super sweet.
One note about the rooms - we booked a poolside studio suite for its proximity to the restaurant/beach/pool. Upon arrival they told us they upgraded us to a poolsides suite (?) which had at least 5 or 6 flights of stairs to get up to. I turned down the upgrade because I thought it would be too tiring to carry the stroller and the baby up and down the stairs multiple times a day. Turns out, we didn’t really need the stroller for anything so I think the room probably work fine. They ended up upgrading us to a Mountain View Ocean view room which worked for us. Since our baby is not super mobile yet, we just held her for all the buggy rides (which all came super quick like under 5 min). But I can see that being an issue if you have slightly older kids.
The food were all really good - we especially loved La Cocina. It’s right on the beach which is super nice with the ocean view and breeze. Staff were super nice and accommodating to our baby. They had a kids menu which included veggie purée for babies even younger. Our daughter is on solids now and she was crushing the quesadillas everyday. They were really accommodating when we asked for veggies instead of fries and the veggies were so delicious I ate all the leftovers lol.
We had some small mishaps but they were eager to please and fix any problems (we also booked with Alex who was our advocate so I’m sure that helped a lot!). All in all it was an amazing stay and I couldn’t ask for a better first international vacation with our daughter!