Great deal for those wanting a hotel deal with a lot to offer. Grand Royal has friendly staff, a pool, A/C, clean rooms, bathrooms, hot water, comfortable bed, TV w/ English channels, ping pong table, hammocks, sun deck overlooking the lagoon, hut/bar with $1 USD beers and $4 USD meals-no kidding! We booked based on reviews from this site and found our experience to be better than expected. We are not into the whole "Cancun scene" but stayed after a flight into the city before traveling north. (See submitted hotel photos)

First the hotel pictures from expedia's website were deceiving, the rooms were nothing like them. This is a hotel for people who just need to sleep somewhere for a couple of hours.

The hotel is not on the main strip and is about 8 blocks from the downtown, doesn't seem like much but if you walk it several times a day it gets to be a bit much. There is a bus stop right on the main road from hotel and it only cost like 45 peso so that is cool. THE BUSES ARE NOTHING LIKE IN THE STATES. People pile in until the is literally no space left.The hotel is off the main road and pass a couple of houses, so I wouldn't suggest walking back there alone late at night, luckily I was with a group of friends and we stuck together.

There are not any elevators and the stairs are very narrow and slippery so be careful. The rooms are small so don't try to pack people in we had two rooms for 5 people. One was a suite with a kitchen, pretty much the size of a standard room in the states. The bathrooms were clean and nice.

The staff at the little bar/pub was very friendly, though they spoke almost no english. We spent 45 mins trying to ask for salad dressing, it was very funny and both us and the staff got a good laugh in the end. Front desk staff was not very helpful at times and we had to ask other people staying at hotel for information. Overall the staff at pub/bar was friendly front desk not so much, small rooms, and bad location. In the end we learned you get what you pay for.

Pro
In the hotel zone in Cancun and close to the main road. So it is convenient to get to places yet quite at night.
We had a top floor room facing the lagoon. The view is quite nice especially in the morning.
The room is farily clean and bathroom is roomy.

Con
No internet access
The beach is on the lagoon side, so it is not as beautiful as the beach on the ocean side.

This is a nice hotel by the lagoon. We had a ground floor room, so it worked nice as the exit led to the lagoon view and the beautiful hammock. We spent our nights on the hammock gazing at the stars. There was a small restaurant there where we had breakfast only(only eggs and bread). Anytime we wanted, we could order for tender cocunut juice from the trees around. Rooms were not that good, okay just to sleep at night. The AC had a problem. When we switched it on, it used to emit a strong smell. So we used to switch it off and open the doors for fresh air. The beds were very hard, you could feel the springs, so we used to sleep over the blankets and comforters. We stayed here on a purpose to go sightseeing and not to be tied to the hotel stay. This way, we used to wake up early, go around and be back for the nights only. The scenery at the backyard was good but I would not recommend this place if you want to spend the entire day there. To get hot water from the shower was tricky. It either gave very hot or cold water. It was worth the price for that low amount during a peak season.