Villa Del Palmar in Cabo San Lucas

We stayed at the Villa Del Palmar during our recent trip to Cabo San Lucas. This is the sister resort to the Villa Del Arco, which is where we bought our initial time share. We have also stayed at the Villa Del Palmar in Puerto Vallarta. All of the resorts that we’ve stayed at that are part of the Villa Preferred Access Club have been wonderful. They are part of the larger Universal Vacation Club and have great locations with friendly and helpful staff.

Villa Del Palmar
Beach Cabanas
View from the Resort

All of the rooms at the Villa Del Palmar have ocean views and are clean with up-to-date furnishings. Even the rooms that are considered to be studio rooms have a full kitchen as well as a couch and lounge area, they just aren’t separate from the bedroom(s) as they are in the suites. All of the rooms also have a balcony with at least a table and chairs. Grills are also available by request.

Studio Room at the Villa Del Palmar
Another View of the Studio Room
View from our Balcony

There are several pool areas at each of the resorts, each featuring their own unique features.  At the Villa Del Palmar, there is an adults only pool, a family pool with a slide shaped like a whale where you shoot out of its mouth, a small wading pool with a hot tub, and a pool for small children.  We have to admit, though, that we missed our pirate ship from the Villa Del Arco, which we were able to use during less busy times of the year.  Every day there a variety of activities in the family pool area including pilates, water aerobics, volleyball, and dancing.  There was also a trained hawk that flew throughout the resort during the early afternoon, which was quite beautiful.  Although we didn’t join in on any of the activities, people certainly seemed to enjoy themselves.

Volleyball in the Pool
Our Friendly Hawk
Pirate Ship at the Villa Del Arco

There are also multiple restaurants at the resort and you’re also able to go to the restaurants at the Villa Del Arco.  We decided to go ahead and do all-inclusive for almost all of the days, so we definitely took advantage of the food at the resort.  As you would expect, the food was fantastic, fresh, and delicious.  Even the buffets had an excellent variety of offerings, plenty of fresh fruit, and multiple cooked to order stations for things such as omelets, waffles, quesadillas, etc.  As you would expect, there are also plenty of bars around the resorts as well as the pool staff who took care of everyone sitting around the pool.

Tacos at the Taco Bar
Breakfast from the Buffet
Bird that Joined Us for Breakfast Everyday

We may be a little biased since we own a timeshare with the resort, but we’d highly recommend either the Villa Del Palmar or the Villa Del Arco to anyone who is travelling to Cabo San Lucas.  Their prime locations, friendly staff, and well-appointed rooms make them an ideal vacation destination.  We will definitely be going to some of other properties that they offer, but we absolutely will be returning to one of the Cabo San Lucas properties very soon.  These resorts are a lot of the reason that we have fallen in love with Cabo.

Another View from Our Room
View from Our Room at Sunset
Villa Del Palmar
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Jax Fish House and Oyster Bar

We’d been to Jax Fish House and Oyster Bar when we visited Fort Collins a while back, so when we found them in Boulder, we were quick to pay them another visit.  They have the most incredible happy hour with oysters for a $1.50 each as well as a variety of other options.  There are a total of five restaurants with locations in Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Glendale in Colorado and the fifth in Kansas City.  The goal of Jax Fish House is to serve fresh seafood to land locked communities and they fly in their seafood fresh everyday.  One of the things we really like about Jax is their commitment to sustainable seafood sources as well as sourcing their food from local farmers.  We really appreciate the farm to table and, in this case, sea to table approach that provides the freshest ingredients that are in season at the time.

Jax Fish House and Oyster Bar

We started with a dozen oysters, of course, which were wonderful.  Obviously we enjoyed some wine with our meal, but we believe in enjoying a wine of your preference versus worrying about a specific pairing, so red or white wine works well with seafood for us.  After the oysters, we enjoyed a small plate with spicy tuna on crispy rice, which had wonderful flavor.  Peel and eat shrimp was next on the agenda followed by another dozen oysters (yes, we were hungry). Finally, we had the special for the night, which was shrimp and grits with Tabasco butter with a scrumptious fried egg with a runny yoke.

Oysters on the Half Shell
Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice
Peel and Eat Shrimp
Shrimp and Grits with a Fried Egg

After dinner, Chef Alex Krill came out to ensure that we were satisfied with our meal and we talked about their commitment to source food from local farmers.  We also talked about his recent trip to Thailand and how we both appreciated getting inspiration from local flavors of the places we visit, the more exotic, the better.  Every member of the staff on all of our visits were extremely friendly and proud of the restaurant in which they worked.  We were back the next night for more oysters, but getting a seat at happy hour isn’t always an easy thing, but we were lucky enough to get a seat at the bar once again.  We prefer eating at the bar as we typically share plates and enjoy the attentive service that we usually get when sitting at the bar.  We also had some calamari as well as a second dozen oysters once again.  If you’re in a location that has a Jax Fish House and Oyster Bar, we highly recommend that you pay them a visit, especially during happy hour.

Fried Calamari
Dona and Pete and Jax Fish House
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