"We had a mostly pleasant 3 nights stay at Dove Mountain during the Easter week. The resort is somewhat remotely located, there’s not many restaurants/business around the resort. So it's extra quiet and secluded. Due to the nature of Easter week, there are a lot of families with children at the property. On one of the day, they has an Easter display with many cookie and sweets. The property itself is well designed, and quiet in generally. The staffs to guests ratio is somewhat low. The room is well appointed and spacious. We can see the ridge as well as Tucson in a distance. The main attraction to the property is the hiking trails available around, and the countless saguaro cactus around the surrouding area. There are also a good amount of wild life around the property. We saw bob cat, gila lizard on the hotel ground. There is a ranger station where the rangers provide informative wild life information as well as a collection of reptilarium. As a wild life park, it is very well run. The dining options is limited and pricy for what you get. Core is the main restaurant for breakfast and dinner. There's also a pool side restaurant for casual lunch and drink with limited hours (and closed during week days). So we drive into Tucson for meals frequently, which is 40 mins each way. There is also a small onsite deli/cafe for take away. Service at Core was somewhat slow, and there are stains at on the glass, stains on the door. Food was decent however. The room is well design and furnished. The bathroom is generous size with very deep and comfortable tub. There's private screen right at the entrance which is thoughtful. The nightly turn down service is a nice touch. Overall house keeping does a decent job, though we did noticed cob web and dust around the AC vent high up. Which is probably not reachable by the house keeping staffs. There are two pool areas, one suppose be for adults and another for kids. But on the Easter weekend, the adult pool was filled with kids making splashes as well. If you are looking for quiet pool time, this may not be the right property for you. We rented a Tesla, and the last night we ask the valet to make sure it's full charged. The next day after we checked out, the car has less charge than we brought in the night before. My travel companion forgot his luggage, the resort was able to locate it and mail it back to him, which is a nice gesture. Overall, the stay was decent. The hard product is well executed, the soft product (service, food) still left much to be desire. Maybe they are still recovering from covid staffs shortage, hopefully it will improve."
