Mangrove Beach Curaçao – Shocking hygiene and management that ignores complaints
We stayed at Mangrove Beach Corendon Curaçao in December 2025 for nine nights, having booked the hotel's highest room category – a Penthouse Suite with a private pool. We had saved for months to afford this holiday, expecting an exceptional experience. Instead, we experienced shocking hygiene issues, disappointing service and, perhaps worst of all, a management team that has failed to resolve our complaints.
What we witnessed was completely unacceptable for a resort in this price category.
Pigeons were sitting on dining tables and even entering the kitchen where food was being prepared. From what we observed, staff did nothing to address the situation. Drinking glasses were visibly dirty, seat cushions were stained, and used dishes remained on tables for far too long. We even discovered a cockroach in our Penthouse Suite. The bathroom was poorly cleaned, housekeeping was superficial, and there were unidentified residues in our private pool.
The service was equally disappointing. Clean glasses were frequently unavailable, leaving guests drinking wine and beer from paper cups. The water park also showed significant signs of rust and corrosion. One closed waterslide was secured with little more than caution tape, which children could easily get past.
Five-star prices, yet basic standards of cleanliness, service and maintenance were missing.
But what makes this experience particularly upsetting is what happened afterwards.
We raised our concerns repeatedly during our stay. Since returning home, we have spent months contacting the hotel, Hilton and the booking platforms, providing documentation and trying to find a reasonable solution.
We have even involved a lawyer.
Despite all this, there has been no satisfactory resolution. Our latest messages to hotel management have simply gone unanswered.
Dear Corendon Hotels Management: Is this really how you expect guests to be treated after spending thousands of euros at one of your resorts?
We understand that mistakes happen. But a responsible hotel company should acknowledge serious complaints, communicate with its guests and make a genuine effort to resolve problems.
Instead, we have been left with the impression that our concerns are simply being ignored.
What should have been a wonderful holiday has turned into months of frustration. We trusted the Corendon and Hilton names when booking this expensive stay. That trust has been severely damaged.
A hotel company's reputation is not built on glossy marketing pictures or five-star labels. It is built on the experiences of its guests and, above all, on how it responds when something goes wrong.
We are now considering further legal action against the hotel operator, although we would still welcome a fair and reasonable resolution.
We cannot recommend Mangrove Beach Corendon Curaçao based on our experience, particularly to families with children given the hygiene and safety concerns we witnessed.
We sincerely hope that Corendon Hotels management will finally take responsibility and properly address what happened.








