Good Resort

Well kept, clean, lots of partying. A little loud so its great if you are on a higher floor. Maids are a little shaddy always asked if I wanted to give her my clothes, food is gross but drinks and beach are amazing.

Party Tine!!

It's a good place. Lots of college kids. We were older, with young teens, but had no problems. Food, service and rooms were all pretty good. Nothing super exceptional, but nothing super disappointing. Would go again

Great location, terrible food

I have stayed twice here because it is the spot to be if your looking for the party resort in Varedero. The first time I was in the main building and the room was nice, balcony overlooked the pool. But, no power. We called several times to get maintenance and even went down to ask for help and they would send us back up to wait for maintenance who never came. They never did get the power going and for some reason it was only our room, I could not even sleep in the room it was soo hot, I pulled t [... read more]he couch out onto the balcony just to sleep with some air circulation. Finally 7am came and I went down to the desk for the third time, demanding they change my room. I did not get into a new room until after noon. After we switched to a room in the villas the rest of the trip was good. Second time was worse, way worse. We were put in a room in the smaller buildings right away, at my request (they are not as nice as the main building but you also don't have to deal with elevators and noisy people in the hallways). Something, quite literally, had died somewhere in the ventilation to my girlfriends room. It smelled like absolute death. She spent the better part of a day trying to get them to come and look at her room and do something and they kept sending her back to wait. Hours later, no one had come and finally we got them to just switch the room. They ended up in a two floor bungalow which was amazing! The next day we seen maintenance taking items, including the mattress out of her old room and then later that day new people had moved in. Those people also vacated that room the next day. Power went out again the last day so we were rushing to pack with the light we had, finally at one point someone did come to check it in the middle of the night while I was sleeping I woke up to someone standing in my room in the dark. No one at the front desk or management seemed to think there was anything wrong with this at all! I was not clothed and not happy. Also, food is disgusting. Do yourself a favor and take advantage of the great location of this resort should you choose to stay there. So many great and inexpensive restaurants within walking distance! Beaches are amazing

Great resort

Nice resort. Grounds neat and clean. Stayed in the Bungalows. Nice and out of the way from the crowd. The Solymar is the party side, the Arenas was the quiteer side and more family orientated. Food was fair. Not great but you went away from the buffet full if you want to. Staff friendly. Was happy this resort was close enough to walk into Varadero.

Not bad at all

I went to the Barcelo Solymar June 1-8 2014. The staff were incredibly helpful, bar tenders made your drink how you like them and it was always easy to find asstisance. Our room was okay, bathroom didn't really seem like it got cleaned but the rest of our room was tidy. Food was basically not eatable in the buffet. Wasn't expecting much from Cuba but I was shocked at how bad it was. The Italian restaurant was better and we didn't go to any a la cartes. Most of the time I had hot dogs and French  [... read more]fries or went into town to eat (Don Alex is really great and is super close) lots of stuff to do around and in the resort like clubs ( international was not as great as people make it seem cave club was amazing and had ac and didn't get to go to Havana but I heard it was the best) I loved going off the resort and never once felt unsafe in Cuba!! This IS NOT a resort for family OR couples. The age group is very young and it's a total part all day everyday. I loved it as I went with my brother and cousin but I notice a lot of families were unhappy. The beach is absolutely beautiful

Party Resort

If you're in your early twenties and looking to party this is the spot in veradero to stay. Our room was dirty, a lot of bugs (no bed bugs) and the AC was intermittent. Food was very bad as per usual in Cuban resorts. If you are planning on a family vacation I would look elsewhere. Service is most definitely subpar. The pros: beautiful beach, great weather and inexpensive.