Barcelo Maya Caribe: Terrific resort

it was my first time in the Riviera Maya area and I can t thank enough Karol for recommending me that resort. The lobby s of all associated hotels are just incredible to look at and the upkeep of all the grounds are amazing.The beach are clean and you never get bothered by vendors all over the beach try to sell you things.The choice of all the a la carte restaurant are great and easy to book as well. You can go to the concierge office and book 2 or 3 days ahead with absolutely no issues.The buff [... read more]et are out of this world.The choices that you have for meats, pastas or if you are a vegetarian are out of this world.They even have all day the choice of having i believe they are call mimosa ( champagne/bubbly with orange juice) all day.The decor of each hotel are terrific and when you walk around at night time, well ! it takes on a total amazing experience with all the water pools and fontaines , it is just incredible.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Another great vacation at Barcelo Bavaro Beach

This was our third trip to the Barcelo Bavaro Beach. We had an oceanfront King size room. The bed was very comfortable. Love the bathroom with dual sinks and separate toilet and shower area. Cleaning lady did a fabulous job. Floor was so clean as was the rest of the resort including the bathrooms. We found that the restaurants (on both the Beach and Palace side) even better than last year. The Mexican was our favorite. The house wine on the Palace side has improved, however the red  [... read more]wine (didn't try the white) on the Beach side is still not drinkable. Service at the buffet for Lunch was very good, however coffee service at breakfast was still slow, which would have been fine but we were in a bit of a rush to make our tee time at the golf course. All employees extremely friendly. We enjoyed that there were so many places for night entertainment, from the sports bar, to the singing and piano in the lounge next to the casino, not to mention the entertainment show every night which you could catch at either the Beach or Palace side. The beach was spectacular as usual. Love the natural shade from Palm trees. No problem getting chairs and no-one reserved. Seaweed was cleaned up every morning and the water was clear every day. The golf course was absolutely beautiful. We will definitely be returning again.

Royal Hideaway Playacar: Amazing 5 star resort!

I travel to Mexico 3 times a year for vacations and always stay at various 5 star resorts. Royal Hideaway Playacar is a favorite. The food is out of this world and the staff go above and beyond to pamper you. The rooms are beautiful and very clean. The landscaping is gorgeous. If you are a beach person, this resort is for you. Best beach in Mexico. Pools are beautiful too. In closing, this resort is truly a 5 star resort and you will not be disappointed.

Occidental Caribe: Punts Cana

The hotel Occidental Caribe was excellent. Resort, rooms, staff and food was wonderful. The resort is spacious with lots of things for all ages to do. My only complaint is I requested a room facing the front of the resort on the 2nd floor and we got a 4th floor room facing the back of resort.

Barcelo Solymar: wrong rating

this resort had a wrong rating 4+ it is not. max is 3 ,employees are all set into a bribe system ,you pay they will look into your problem ,you don't they will ignore you .it is totally run down old resort , they tell you as you arrive do not drink the water and they serve ice with bad water , few days and the diarrhea starts ,also, they are admitting that what you paid for is what you get ,broken door locks ,missing light bulbs ,noisy AC that if it works ,terrible mattress you feel the spring [... read more]s in your bones ,not even bed covers available as per the photos,4 days no towels and when you ask they say the laundry machine is broken but the privilege one gets towels every day .due to lack of visitors they shut down the best part of the resort and sold the rundown one .we talk to the sunwing agent and his respond not much i can do just don't stay her next time not much he can do .

Allegro Playacar: Amazing resort

Hotel newly renovated rooms the same and the grounds were beautiful staff werr very pleasant. Close to shopping 5th Avenue is a must to see,lots to do.Beautiful sandy beach. Great entertainment very night. A GOOD variety of food.

Royal Hideaway Playacar: Very good resort!

Reception: well trained and knowledgeable staff work the front desk. Check in was smooth. Room: we had a second floor room and everything worked as it should (air conditioner, mini-fridge, lighting, plumbing, patio door, room safe and television). Appointments were tasteful and practical for our needs. Bed was comfortable. Room itself was very large and well laid out, and lots of natural light. SPA/Gym: we didn't use the spa services, but toured the facilities and they were clean and [... read more] luxurious. The gym was small and divided into sections across two rooms. Free weight dumb bells, and a few multi-station machines and benches ensured an ability to do a full work out. The cardio equipment is in a separate room, and the only negative is that it is a very small room and not well ventilated. Restaurants: there are five a la carte restaurants (with limited serve yourself options at breakfast and lunch at one restaurant) Grill/Beach Grill: mornings and noon included a la carte and self-serve options. Breakfast was hot and fresh and very well maintained. Omelettes and eggs made to order. Lunch was much the same with a decent variety of options on the a la carte. Supper presents a steakhouse inspired menu with decent options that are well prepared. Asian: variety of Asian inspired dishes, but did not score highly in terms of taste. Dishes were fresh none the less and well made, just not tasty compared to what you are likely used to at home. Ventanas: (international theme) - lots of options, but tastes will vary. Familiar dishes prepared with the chef's own twist. Polazzo: (Italian) - great selection, well prepared, and tasty. Southern and northern dishes, as well as some more traditional North American fare. Spices: very good Mexican menu. Fresh, and well presented. Some authentic dishes as well as North American inspired offerings. Pools: two great pools (one infinity and one lap pool). Lots of activities to keep people busy around the pool, and excellent drinks/food service is provided. All with an ocean view! Beach: the beach is outstanding. Lots of lounger chairs, sun beds and shade for those who prefer staying out of the sun. Very quiet, as it is a very large area, and further removed from the flow of foot traffic of people walking along the beach itself. Grounds: very well maintained and clean. Quiet, despite the proximity to other resorts. Easy to get from one area to another and well marked. Staff: very motivated, pleasant and attentive. New staff is shadowed by more experienced staff as part of their onboarding strategy. Always helpful and eager to please and they take great pride in their customer service. Bars: some work could be done to better integrate the guest experience. Bars seem to be focused on serving the restaurants (in the main building) - a suggestion would be to offer more snacks throughout the day/afternoon to encourage visitors to hang out. Drinks are well made and served up quickly. Top shelf liquor, but oddly, no Sol beer. It's an easy enough walk into Playa del Carmen along the beach (20 minutes or so) and this is a bonus if you want to shop or dine off the resort. Great time, would recommend to couples who aren't seeking a nightlife experience, but a relaxing, fulfilling getaway.

Barcelo Maya Grand Resort: Amazing resort!

It was spotless! The staff were all so very friendly, welcoming, they were always working so hard to make your stay easy. The rooms were basic, but you are only sleeping there so no biggie. This resort had everything you need all in one. The kids waterpark near Tropical is highly recommended my kid was there daily for hours. The barcy kids club was fantastic, the staff are so great with the kids,and they make sure your kids are having a fun time! All the pools were awesome, the beach is stunning [... read more]! Water beautiful blue with white soft sand, fishes swimming, turtles hanging out and the water was so warm as well. Also for food, the Kyoto la Carte was delicious, so was the Spanish restaurant, La Fuente, the buffets had food for everyone! It was really good, they had theme nights and overall the snack bars, buffets, a la carte's that we tried were really good. I don't have any complaints.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: All good!

Clearly a resort the Barcelo group can be proud of! We took an 8 day stay and absolutely loved it. The grounds, beach, every public area and rooms were impeccably clean and well maintained. Polite and smiling personnel. The food: fresh, varied and well presented. Well above average. I have nothing negative to say except we would have stayed longer...

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Golf Spectacular!!!

From the moment we arrived at the Barcelo Bavaro Palace we were treated like royalty. Premium cocktails served while checking in, gracious staff in all areas of the resort, beautiful ocean view suite, restaurant choices from casual to formal and the golf!!!! A Pete Dye designed 18 hole masterpiece complete with 4 flamingos who reside on the back nine. The Hoya 19 was a wonderful spot to unwind after the round and enjoy premium service in a premium lounge. We will definitely be back. Thank yo [... read more]u Barcelo Bavaro for a spectacular vacation.

Barcelo Maya Palace: Great trip!!

The hotel was great!! The staff were amazing!! The grounds were beautiful. I did find the time after dinner to be kind of burning. We are not into shows so maybe an outdoor bar for drinks and music would go a long way. Would definitely go back! Thanks for the recommendation.

Barcelo Maya Grand Resort: Review catered for parents travelling with infant

Overall we had a good experience in Barcello Maya Grand Resort. We travelled there from Nov. 6, 2018 to Nov. 13, 2018 with a 9 month old infant. We loved everything from the kiddie pools, the swim up bar, the restaurants, the food. Few things that the resort may need to look into is hiring staff with minimal level of English speaking ability. Also having items such as a kettle to boil water in the room (esp. for an infant) or prioritizing rooms with a microwave with parents that have infants,  [... read more] would be of great help since the tap water is not ideal for washing/cleaning bottles. Also the noise level for the night shows are also not the greatest for parents with infants that have a sleeping/napping schedule. The nightly shows that run as late as 11 pm are definitely something should be considered when assigning rooms to parents with infants. Our infant contracted hand/foot/mouth disease on our 2nd last night at the resort. Although this isn't directly related to the resorts ability to control, parents considering a trip to tropical climate should be aware of this viral contraction is very possible as it is apparently a very common (having medical insurance is definitely recommended). Thanks

Allegro Cozumel: Allegro Cozumel

The resort is small, clean and very quiet. The rooms are updated but walls are paper thin making it difficult to sleep if you are in bed early. Food is ok, not much selection if your not Mexican nationals. Reserving the specialty dinners was difficult, they seemed to have issues with reservations and timing. Date and times we were told were not available, were, to friends who booked a day after we tried to. The food at the sports bar was terrible, I complained, next day there were hot dogs.  [... read more]The employees at the front reservation desk did not resolve concerns, rather skated the concern, came back the next day and spoke to a women who did resolve. The beach and water was great. I won't be going back to this resort, was good to try it, gained some understanding. I went to scuba dive, The dive center was good, good service and the dives were great with very experienced dive masters, top rating to Pro Dive Although the rooms are updated and clean, I gave it a fair rating due to the paper thin walls/ceiling where the next door folks can be heard a fair rating

Palma Real: Worst hotel I've been to. We will Never return.

Many problems...It took us 3 days to get a room not on the ground level. Eventhough it was only 25% booked. First room had black mold so bad that a large part of the ceiling in various areas was falling apart. No warm let alone hot showers. No shower curtain and couldn't get an extra towel for the water on the floor. Could not lock patio door. Fridge, air conditioner did not work. Only light in bathroom. No lightbulbs available in the entire hotel for the bedside lights and the main light. Toile [... read more]t paper was very difficult to get from maids...had to take from the lobby bathrooms. A Huge cockroach in our room. And we keep our room very clean. The second room had all the same problems (including the cockroach). Then we had a leak from the ceiling vent that thank God I noticed before it soaked our luggage and everything in it! Then one leak from one corner of the vent turned into 3 leaks from 3 out of the 4 corners. The food was disgusting! And we are very accustomed to Cuban food. But this was horrible! And the one and only time (9th time to Cuba) that the food or drinks made my husband and I sick. When we stopped eating from the hotel completely our stomach's returned to normal. The dining room staff were great, accommodating and sweet.The a la cartes were horrible too! The drinks were awful. Only one bartender made a good pina colada...And the bar only had mint for Mojitos 3 days out of 14. Also the main lobby bar closes at 11pm and you had to go to the Havana club after that to get a drink. Which was full of Very young, immature, disrespectful people. Men slapping women, throwing drinks in faces, having sex in the bathrooms, etc. So once again we had to go off resort for drinks also...waste of "all inclusive". And we witnessed on our first night 5 "men" standing in a row at the edge of the pool openingly urinating into the pool. And many other activities in the pool other than swimming. Thank God we seen that before we used the pools...of course we didn't use the pools during our 2 week vacation...a lot of garbage and patio chairs in the pool every morning. Very little lighting throughout the resort (around pools, walking areas and hallways at night. Dangerous with all the uneven and broken pavement, steps ect. I guess Palma Real can't get light bulbs. Also security around the hotel was nonexistent. We faced the autopista (the inlet canal) and we sat on our balcony a lot (our light out there also did not work...Lol) and did not see one security guard do any security rounds that are supposed to be done minimum once an hour. We saw one man who looked like security once. But he did not see us (it was dark...) and he went below us to the main floor patio doors. Not sure what he was doing but he didn't seem to be acting like security...seemed to be checking if patio doors were locked. There were more problems with this hotel to even remember everything. We met other guests that had been going there for more than 10 years, 3-4 times/year and they all said eventhough they had long relationships with most of the staff, they too would not be returning. We went here 2 years ago and the decline in everything was shocking. If you want to eat, drink, shower, enjoy the pool and other all inclusive activities do not go to Palma Real. If we were forewarned of even half of the problems we would have booked at another hotel.

Barcelo Bavaro Beach: Premium vs Prestige/Superior

Dated rooms, but great food in the Bavaro Beach Buffet and La Brisa restaurants. Poor service, low quality wine and food in all of the other restaurants, meals cold, food cold, wait staff unprofessional. NO "free" wifi anywhere, unless you selected Premium. If your room card says "Premium" (which includes free wifi and access to ALL restaurants-including the ones that have an extra charge) and your room is in the "Premium" section, it does not really mean "Premium", it is probably Prestige o [... read more]r Superior...double check prior to booking and confirm, either way, they are NOT one in the same. Very inconsistent at the bars, restaurants, in the quality and mixing of drinks. One bar and their staff, though, were top notch, The Bohio, by the pool, in the adult section. Great service, friendly and attentive.

Palma Real: Need improvement

Need to improve : mattress, wifi system and certainly the food!! Not enough chooses and variety!! In 2018 customers want fresh veggies , cooked veggies and meats!! Food often not warm enough!!! Stair's guards was broken and unsafe. Pool's edge was cracked and not repaired.

Palma Real: GHETTO PARTY HAVEN

This place is perfect for partying. That's about it. If you're in the mood for loud music from 9am until 6am this is the place! You can't get rest here. You can only drink until your liver fails and breathe in the sweet smell of mold in your room. Make sure to remember to bring your own queen bedsheet and towel so you don't have to sleep and wash in bloodstained linens!! Good party though so make sure you don't drink for a month so you don't die!!!!

Occidental at Xcaret Destination: Awesome Wild Life

For being my first vacation i went in with no expectations... however i did not like paying extra for perks that i did not receive. Jeshua, Mauricio & Claudia in building 20 were amazing. I decided to fly with Air Transat which was a mistake because the perks they listed you get with this hotel you do not get..i ended up paying extra money for stuff i never received, The Xcaret park was awesome however i got the unlimited park pass which was suppose to include a meal and a beer in the park, it d [... read more]id not and the park wanted me to pay $30USD. The hot water would turn brown as well. ************************************************************************************************** OCCIDENTAL AT Xcaret this is my first vacation..its not too bad but when we got here no one recognized the perks. We didn't get bath robs & slippers till the third day in, we never got the mayan welcome or a private check in, never got the welcome gift & when we went to the xcaret park they said we still had to pay for the buffet when we had the ultimate package.. we showed them the papers of what we were suppose to get but all they did was just try selling us time shares...they said i had to buy wifi that i didn't get an hour free.. other than all that i guess for my first vacation isn't that bad..but i'm kind of upset because i paid so much for this stuff that i never got. Basically all the perks we were suppose to have we didn't get. **************************************************************************************************

Barcelo Solymar: Less than impressed

Customer service was terrible, no full size shower towels in my room. Also called the front desk about toilet paper after an hour I walked to the front desk to complain then three hours later toilet paper was dropped off at my room. Was told it was off season, my question is why did I get a room in such poor condition?

Barcelo Solymar: Five time client

My friends and I have been coming here annually for the past 5 years. We know what to expect both shortcomings and strengths. Rooms are standard for Cuba and may have some small issues. The resort itself is clean and caters the the crowd that it attracts ( more on this later). Food could be better, but hey this is Cuba and if you are a gourmet then this is not the place you should coming to. Service is very good and staff, both frontline and back of house are always friendly. One feels valu [... read more]ed as a customer to the resort and as a visitor to Cuba. The resort is within walking distance of the Varadero Strip, which includes popular venues such as The Beatles Bar, Calle 62 and The Havana Club. Because of this the resort attracts a greater number of visitors (many of who have stayed there before) who enjoy letting loose and having good time. Despite some shortcomings this resort offers good value.