Great Family Resort

Our family of five (two adults, kids aged 14, 11, 9) enjoyed a week at this property in mid-December. Overall it's a smaller property compared with some other resorts we've been to, but that had many benefits. It was a shorter walk to the beach, pool and restaurants, however being smaller meant fewer dining options. The beach was beautiful and had plenty of lounge chairs and umbrellas. Pools were clean and swim up bars were mostly quick with service. Restaurants were nice, but reservatio [... read more]ns were hard to come by - the resort needs to improve their system for this. Rooms were in older buildings but were kept very clean and had great layouts. Ours was a 2 bedroom suite which had plenty of room for our larger family to spread out.

Basically a good resort.

The grounds / pool are beautiful Rooms are decent however we were given a lousy location at the back looking over the garbage dump. We had requested 3 times to have rooms close to our family who were travelling with small kids in order to help. They did not try in any way to help with those requests. Their a la carte restaurant Booking system is atrocious. You stand in line at 6:45. Wait till they open and hopefully get a Rez Timeshare people always get priority. For these reasons I wi [... read more]ll not return to the Marival

Marival Resort

Been to this resort many times & have enjoyed every vacation. Staff have treated us very well. There was confusion with our room requested. Husband has mobility issues & they had us booked in a room with no elevators. We did get a room ground level which worked out well. One of the staff at the Martini Bar was awesome with our big group a smile on her face & worked hard to keep up- her name was Dalia.

Family fun

The food was excellent. The LaPergola restaurant was fast service and a great option was a la carte breakfast. Dinner a la carte restaurants were fantastic. Rooms comfortably large, beds weren't totally comfy but OK. All staff very friendly. Pools very clean and perfect temp. Soft sand and beautiful gold shimmery. I would recommend to anyone.

Great family resort

When you check in the staff are extremely pushy for time shares. They don’t like to take no for an answer. That started our trip out feeling annoyed. When we asked for our fridge restocked the third time they tried charging us for it. The room is clean and cool we had the ocean view and it was beautiful. The food is good. The best one was the one on the beach. Make sure to reserve when you get there as we were not informed and could only do one reservation. The Mexican festival was fun with am [... read more]azing food. Overall our family had a great trip!

Resort fine but I'd go somewhere else next time.

We have been to a lot of all inclusives...this one had pluses and minuses. Pluses: It was super clean. Rooms were great. (We stayed in a resort room top floor, partial ocean view). Location is great. Beach is wonderful. Lots of pool chairs and umbrellas. Staff are kind and very accommodating. Minuses: First of all, we were in Mexico and there was NO guacamole in this resort. Not one day. Not even on Mexican fiesta night. Come on. That's just wrong. I will not return for that alone. Second, [... read more] probably due to Covid restrictions, the food menu was very limited compared to other resorts we have been to. Not a lot of options. A lot of time the food was cold...often glacial. Also, there was never any bacon out for breakfast...but if you asked you could get it, but nowhere does it say "ask"...if you didn't know you'd just never have it. (I asked for guac lots of times...never any)...Also there was never any pico de gallo out. You could also ask for it and it would appear from out the back. Shouldn't nacho chips and salsas and guac just be a standard thing? Third, this resort has a time share - no wait, it's called something else - but essentially they try to sell you. Members get special benefits. This annoyed me. Also I was annoyed that there were members only benefits mixed in with areas that were for non-members making non-members feel like second class citizens...which is probably the point, but not something you want to have to live with while on vacation.

Enjoyed the stay very much

The Hotel is well managed, the staff are very friendly and all the areas are kept very clean. The food is plentiful offers a wide variety it is quite excellent. We enjoyed the Ocean, the beach and opportunity to walk for ever along the beach. The many Pools at the Hotel are wonderful especially the many options for the children. This is the second time at this Hotel.

Good family resort

The Grand Marival was a good basic resort. The beach is beautiful and the waves were great. The waiters in the a la carte were very good. I would say the resort could improve the food quality and the drink consistency. The drinks were never the same and were often too sweet. There was also very slow service at the bars. The shows were really entertaining

The resort is amazing with staff tended to all u need and very helpful

The hotel , room , is beautiful the pools are clean, foods are excellent variety with theme night like Cara bella buffet, so much foods to eat u never go hungry ,staff are friendly and work hard every day to provide what guests need from early morning to late at night, bars open every where drinks are free until you dropped , I like the Mexican night you can eat all kinds of Mexican food like: tacos, tostadas, enchiladas, tamales ,churos for dessert...

Paradise in Riviera Nayarit

Once again a wonderful 2 weeks this is our 12th visit to Marival resort which is like our home away from home. The property is immaculate the food is plentiful and well presented The staff are very helpful and friendly Only negative is quality of wooden deck chairs on the beach.

More than I expected

Everything was amazing. Food room , beach, service. ETC .I loved the beach and the pool , nice beach to go for a walk and enjoy the sunset . The resort is only couples minutes from the airport . Best yet vacation .

Fantastic Resort

Hotel is a short 20 - 30 min drive from the airport. Greeted and checked-in fairly quickly. Initial room was loud the first night as we were directly around the corner on the main floor by the lobby. We ended up transferring to the Residences (sister resort) the following day. Beaches, pools, grounds, etc. are kept very clean. Pools can be busy, lots of children! Food was excellent at both resorts, we loved the Italian! All the staff are friendly. Wifi is accessible almost everywhere! We will de [... read more]finitely go back.

Beautiful resort

Wonderful resort. Lots to do! The kids had an amazing time .the animation team was great! Location was perfect! Very clean!! Beach was beautiful! I also requested a connecting room and they provided it! Thank you !

Small resort lots of children

Time share presentation was very pushy and not an enjoyable experience, you are encouraged to go before you get the key to your room - what room you get is dependent on whether you attendwnt the presentation- we did not like this approach at all. Food good, too many children everywhere. To quite in the evening.

Great resort

This is a great family relaxing resort. The proximity to the beach is outstanding. The beach is safe and goes for miles. The staff at the resort are friendly and accommodating. The location is great to get around either to the north to Bucerias or south into Puerto Vallarta. Taxis are afforable and the bus is easy to get around on.

Consistently Good over several stays

This was the sixth time we have booked the Marival. The staff are excellent, very friendly, efficient and many have worked there for a long time. The rooms were recently renovated and were very nice. The food, as always was nicely presented and delicious in the four ala carte restaurants as well as the snack bars and buffet. Beach chairs remain an issue, as getting a good location on the beach requires going out very early in the AM to place a towel on them to hold them. Beware of the vacation c [... read more]lub presentation, as it will only tie you up on your second day for several hours, in an unpleasant one on one pressure sales pitch which is not worth your time.

Wonderful vacation!

Great food! Very attractive, clean, roomy accommodations! The beach was amazing! The grounds were immaculate! The staff was very friendly and helpful! The timeshare salespeople were always trying to entice you but we were firm and had no problems.We were in the Grand section and so the WiFi was free and throughout the resort. It did keep disconnecting but that was only a minor inconvenience. The area was very safe and had walking and bike lanes in both directions leaving the resort so we were  [... read more]able to go for a nice walk or bike ride every morning. We walked into the town of Bucerias which took about an hour and then took a taxi back. They offer a free city tour of Puerto Vallarta but since it was an all day excursion we opted to take a taxi in instead and just spent the morning. Be sure and ask the concierge what the price should be as it is a bit more to return but they will try and push the price up. We had a great time and will definitely return!

Great Vacation

Staff at this resort are exceptionally friendly and helpful. It is and older resort, but the upkeep is good. No issues with food. They could use more queen and king beds as we got a room with twin beds, not a romantic holiday!

A Fantastic Resort!

This is a great resort with really great food and hard working friendly staff. Several pools, well groomed beach with lots of chairs. Entertainment was good too. Food was excellent, bars served good quality drinks. We definitely would come back...however..there were a couple of issues. We requested ocean view rooms ( friends of ours and us)- didn't get them. We really didn't like the high pressure sales pitch(time share) upon checkin but ither than that - no complaints.

Trouble in Paradise

Trip central was very helpful We missed our flight arrived at the airport 40 minutes before the flight took off due to a 7 car accident on a bridge we had to cross but Transat would not take us. We purchased a one way ticket from another airline for the next morning as we would have to wait three days for Transat and we were going to attend a 65th Birthday had to spend a night in hotel close to airport as we live to far from town to take a chance. As soon as we arrived we were pressured re [... read more]garding time share presentation and finally agreed when they guaranteed it wood only take a hour 3 hours later and we were still saying NO the third person we had to talk to said that we were wasting everyone's time The resort was quite nice but it was very prominent that you received better everything if you were a member. Housekeeping was sub-standard for us but the other people we met there (members) said theirs was good. Staff was very friendly no matter what wrist band you wore