My husband and I (with our 22-month old son in tow) were looking for a quiet and affordable location to spend one evening before heading south to Tulum. After reading the favorable reviews on Trip Advisor we booked our stay on-line with the propietor Miguel.

If you are looking for a simple, clean, friendly, and affordable location look no further. Our room included a double-bed and futon, and had a ceiling fan and A/C (a plus since not all the rooms have A/C and we're not accustomed to the summer humidity). This is a no frills spot, however, we were quite comfortable and the room was spacious and clean (with an active toddler I can't stress this enough).

We appreciated the simple continental breakfast (cereal, milk, coffee, toast, and fresh fruit). The staff were quite helpful in giving us directions as well as recommendations for trying out the local cuisine; lucky for us their English is good as our Spanish is limited.

The best part of this cozy hotel is the little pool tucked amid the nicely landscaped grounds. If you are looking for a pool to swim laps in this is not the spot. However, our son loved splashing in the shallow "kiddie area" and playing with the buckets and toys that were on hand in-between venturing into deeper waters with mommy or daddy. There were several comfortable lounge chairs tucked under a nicely shaded palapa.

The hotel is one block off of town square, two blocks from the beach, and right in the midst of many restaurants.

Our only disappointment was that there were no rooms available on our return trip through Puerto Morelos the following week. At $20 more we were forced to stay at the larger and somewhat unpleasant Ojo de Agua.

If simple, clean, and affordable is your style I highly recommend Posada el Moro.

THis little hotel is on the riviera maya but away from the crazyness in a small village call Puerto Morelos. We resided in one of the two rooms with kitchenette. Very clean, tv, ac, fridge but don't expect to cook anything. There's only two stove rond and no oven. But, the breakfast is included (fruits, cereals and bread, coffee...). Nothing big but ok.
There is a small pool in the garden. Very cute. The people there are extra nice: Miguel speaks excellent english and Olivia is good too.

We stayed at this hotel for 3 nights and loved it. We had a room on the top floor and had great views of the rooftops from the porch. Our room had no TV but a good air conditioner and fan. We had some problems with the shower - very low water pressure and sometimes none at all in the mornings, i guess when there where other people taking showers.
Our room was very large. The bed had a foam layer on top which we found too soft but we took it off and slept very well after that.
The location is great, you are right in town but its very quiet and peaceful at night.
the included breakfast isn't that great, cereal, toast and fresh oranges and grapefruits you can juice yourself. There is a fridge you can use but you cant really get access to it at night since they lock the kitchen area. A few doors down you will find 'rosy's' and i recommend treating yourself to a breakfast at hers. she is very sweet and for 75 pesos you get fresh juice, coffee, eggs, beans and tortillas and its delicious.
All in all, a very good value (we paid 40 a night) and comfortable hotel.

I spent one night at the Posada El Moro and was pleased with some aspects of my stay. My room was lovely — spacious, light, airy, and quiet, with simple furnishings and some charming touches. In addition, Erika (who speaks English) and her mother (who does not) were very amiable. The inn is very conveniently located, and internet is available during certain limited hours.

I was, however, a bit disappointed in the customer service. For one thing, when I was first shown my room, they discovered that the lock was broken. I was offered the choice of accepting it as is (“you’ll be safe here”) or paying $5 US more per night for a different room. Perhaps others will disagree, but having booked and paid well in advance, I don’t think I should have been asked to pay more for a room with a functioning lock. Instead, they said they would to try to fix the lock, but were unable to provide me with coffee or internet access in the meantime. They did agree to keep my suitcase secure while I went to a nearby internet café. When I returned at the agreed-upon time, my suitcase was sitting, unguarded, in an area that was open to the street. I had to wait a while longer, but when Erika finally returned I learned that they had been able to fix the lock and I was able to check in to the original room. It was by then some 3 hours since I had arrived.

Another disappointment was with breakfast. The breakfast room included the makings for tea or coffee, oranges one could squeeze to make fresh juice, part of a box of cereal (but no milk), and sliced bread with a toaster and some butter and jam. There weren’t enough chairs for all the guests who were trying to have breakfast, and the single, slow toaster couldn’t match the demand. I waited more than 15 minutes just for access to the toaster!

I could provide other examples, but the bottom line is that I experienced disappointing lapses in customer service, lapses that I would not expect from even a budget accommodation.