We loved the Barcelo!

Beautiful grounds, great food, comfortable beds, amazing people and beach - everything we could've wanted to make our week relaxing and fun! It was in the prefect location for long walks on the beach, a golf course across the street, an oxox right out the gate and a shopping plaza within a five minute walk with great food, cool tattoo shop, and yummy ice cream parlour.

Excellent Resort

We had an excellent time at the Barcelo, January 7th to the 14th, though the first couple of day there was a lot of locals and they had preferred service, I suspect it was the language barrier that we face every holiday to a Spanish speaking country, the workers were more comfortable speaking to them in their native tongue. That being said the Barcelo is well located in town, we walk lots in town to check out their wares and go to bars and check out the local culture. The place is clean, the mai [... read more]d service was excelent. The bees were a bit of a nussance as a number of us got bitten. The only complaint was the pool grill, the guys could not eat there unless they had selves on their shirts, we didn't get that. It a casual restaurant and they were dressed, never saw that anywhere else.

Good value and pleasant

Grounds, pools, etc. were fine. Dining areas clean, tidy and well managed. Food occasionally disappointing. Great staff - very pleasant and helpful. Room quite good, showing age a bit, especially in bathroom; could have been a bit cleaner.

Outdated resort in an amazing town

We had a wonderful time at the Barcelo Ixtapa! The resort was outdated and the buffets were definitely lacking. The bars were virtually non existent. But the service was amazing, the views were gorgeous, and the area was spectacular!

Good resort

Overall clean resort with friendly staff. They do need to work on the sushi bar. It was not a good experience. I liked that they would exchange dollars (either US or Canadian) into pesos at a competitive rate.

Fantastic vacation

This is a people friendly, comfortable hotel. Very clean and it has just been renovated. The buffet food was very good as they have a great selection of food from fish to pasta and everything in between. Every person on staff are friendly and eager to help in any way. Two big pools and a beach that goes for miles, dolphins and whales can be seen from your balcony. Yes i said Whales , I could not believe my eyes! The water is very warm and great for boogie boards. This place I would highly recomm [... read more]end with its welcoming layed back atmosphere.

Our 2nd visit to the Barcelo

While we were very disappointed when we arrived to find the one pool under construction, meaning that the kids were allowed in the adult pool, it turned out okay after the Mexico holiday weekend passed by. We were at the Barcelo Ixtapa 4 years ago, tried another hotel in Ixtapa last year and returned to the Barceló Ixtapa because it was cleaner than the other place. Great service, nice and clean, entertainment was okay (except the Michael Jackson night, they need a better Michael Jackson). Only [... read more] complaint is that there is not a good selection of a la carte restaurants (only one), we didn't remember that from the first time. I think that has changed.

Wonderful hotel

This was one of our favorite holidays. The hotel, the staff and the location were all top notch.we enjoyed the entertainment every night and being able to take a bus into town. We would highly recommend this hotel chain.

You can count on the weather here!

The hotel is outdated and does not measure up to other Barcelo resorts. The beach is nice to walk on but is unswimmable because of the undertow. We were even warned on the bus from the airport not to go swimming in the ocean. The pools were nice and comfortable to go into, not freezing. The buffet is very small with limited choices. The a la cartes that were excellent were the french restaurant and the outdoor barbecue by the beach. The mexican a la carte at the front of the building was pretty  [... read more]awful. We ate rice, the rest was like refried mush. Across the street was a fair size market where you could buy all kinds of fun things. That made for a nice getaway from the beach when it got just too hot as a lot of the booths were under cover. We had a hard time getting a hot shower although our friends did not have this problem in their rooms. The linens were changed every day and we had lots of towels, although the actual housekeepping in the room was not up par. They were very poorly staffed at night time in the lobby bar, one person one night for about 75 people. You had a very long wait for a drink and if you went to get it yourself, you had to go into the disco and try and get it in there. There are no snacks after dinner at all. On one night the waiter brought around little bowls of popcorn to our tables and that was it. But you certainly can count on gorgeous sunny days every day so that was the best thing about this holiday. All in all, anytime you can get away from like, it is always a good thing! However if you are looking for the elegance of a normal Barcelo resort, this is not the place for you, its day has come and gone.

Very Relaxing and clean resort. Excelent service

Excellent service from the staff. Very informative about any attractions. Great food. Really enjoyed the choice of additional restaurants other than the Buffet. There was always a restaurant open on the grounds when ever you needed to eat.