Tesoro Manzanillo: Relaxing

Overall a good place to,stay. Lots of locals with kids so it gets pretty wild at times but fun. A la cartes were great and Marco is excellent at making the time enjoyable. Hot food in the buffet should be hotter but there's lots of variety. Beach sand gets really hot between 12 and 4 but the staff do provide service on the beach. Tipping always helps.

Barcelo Karmina: Barcelo Karmina Palace Review

I loved everything about this resort other than the beach. There was no place to walk the beach and that is my favourite thing to do on holidays. I heard the same thing from every person I talked to at the resort. They all said same as us, love the resort but would not go back because of the beach.

Las Hadas by Brisas: Amazing beach

-clear waters, perfect for swimming even for children - architecturally stunning especially at night -food was plentiful but could use more variety on their menus, also another a la carte would be great - glad to see all the renovations happening, bringing this resort back to its potential

Grand Isla Navidad Resort: Best of the best

This is my second time to this resort. It really is the best of the best. The rooms are clean, up to date and maid service 3 times a day. Food is mostly of a menu with lots of delicious choices. Breakfast buffet better than all the other resorts . Antnios is just fantastic, roast duck, rack of lamb its all a taste treat and you are treated like royalty. The pool area is perfect for everyone including children with some very nice water slides and hot pools, and for a special treat there are 2 hid [... read more]den pool, but I am not letting on where they are, Have fun finding them. Service and staff are awesome. The resort lay out is amazing and indescribable , best to go see for your self. This place truly is a 5star plus.

Las Hadas by Brisas: Wonderful Place !!

My wife and I have traveled South three to four times every winter. But it was the first time to the West of Mexico. We think we found a treasure this time. Las Hadas has given us a great impression. Staffs are all nice and kind, and foods and meals are great. Room is clean and well maintained. Beach is not crowded and we enjoyed very comfortable and relaxed time. Sea water is clear enough to do snorkeling and we have enjoyed it everyday to play with lots of beautiful fishes at the just beside o [... read more]f beach. It was lucky too for us to have found a Seahorse. There is a nice Golf Cours near to the hotel, it is well designed and challengeable nature friendly style course. Greens are still needed to be improved. Probably it was caused by the Dry-Season. Staffs in the course are very kind and nice. They work very hard to maintain the courses in everywhere. Specially Golf Director Mr. Jaime Elias, he is very nice and generous. You may contact him directly whenever you have any of the issues in case. Unfortunately, number 13th and 18th holes are temporary courses at the moment due to the damage of original holes by Hurricane of last October. They will be repaired by this May completely. Then we will go there again next winter to see and play the scenic 18th hole which has the green over the ocean as an island green.

Barcelo Karmina: Awesome

Had no complaints about this resort. This is the first resort we really enjoyed since our 15 years of travellling. Food and service was very good. Very clean! We would go back and we recommended this resort to our friends.

Barcelo Karmina: great place to rest and recharge

well kept resort, lots of positive people helping out, food was good, an excellent place for us to enjoy sun and warmth. we would go back and enjoy again. Good pools and gym. Nice balcony to enjoy morning sun as well.

Grand Isla Navidad Resort: Love this place

Beautiful resort, well maintained. Friendly staff, clean. Good value. The a la carte restaurant Antonio's was an absolutely incredible dining experience. I would go back just to eat there again. Water taxi service to Barra well worth it to go into the town for shopping, beach and beautiful sunsets

Barcelo Karmina: Great resort. We would visit again.

Rooms were way better than most resorts. Food was varied and well prepared. Staff are very helpful. Grounds are very well kept. Beach is quite small and neighbouring beaches to stroll on are not readily accessable. Activity staff have a challenge with all the pool areas to cover.

Grand Isla Navidad Resort: Family oriented resort

It's a secluded resort with a small private beach. You won't see any trinket or souvenir sellers on the beach. The resort was very elegant at one time but now it needs updating. The entertainment is limited as well as the buffet.

Barcelo Karmina: Beautiful Resort

The grounds are beautiful. The room was great. The food was ok. Favourite a la carte was the Japanese Restaurant. The view from the Italian Restaurant was incredible. The staff were very friendly. I found it very strange that there were no facecloths in the room though! We found one on the cleaning lady's cart and let her know we needed it. Overall experience was great.

Barcelo Karmina: Fabulous resort !!

Loved the Barceló Karmina Palace in Manzanillo, MX. It didn't feel like Mexico at all, with all the lush greenery that surrounded the area. The hillside housing reminded me of Santorini, Greece with the exclusion of blue roofs. The amenities that this resort provided is suitable for couples, or families. The room I stayed in was the nicest ever in Mexico, it was the junior suite and I absolutely loved the bathroom. Liked the fact that it had an adult "only" pool. The only thing which would be b [... read more]etter would be that it was a bigger pool area. Irregardless, if you needed to get away from the noise of the children, there are a variety of areas in which to do so. Food selections were outstanding, and there was never a time frame in which there was nothing available to eat. Although, I am not too sure about the availability after midnight. My absolute FAVORITE was the Mexican ala carte restaurant which overlooked the roar of the ocean, it was so relaxing and breath taking. Not only that, but they offered a private lobster dinner on a beach embankment under a gazebo, which looked amazing. I did not experience this, but will definitely be sure to on my next visit. I cannot attest for the party atmosphere that Manzanillo has to offer (as I did not go to town on the pub crawl) but they do have a disco, as well as a piano bar area which was very entertaining. My overall opinion is this is a higher end resort with an affordable price, and I would HIGHLY recommend it.

Barcelo Karmina: Beyond Expectations

Family vacation. Kids are 10 and 14 years old. We all had a great time. Check in/out was effortless. Hotel architecture was amazing. Rooms were huge and impeccably clean. Beds were super comfy. Restaurants were all great. Excellent selection and variety. Staff were helpful. Beach was small but clean. Excellent snorkelling right at waters edge. Many clean pools. Entertainment was a little disappointing compared to Cuba experience 2 years ago. Overall a wonderfully memorable trip.

Barcelo Karmina: "Palace "

This was our second stay at the Karmina Palace. Beautiful, clean, and spacious rooms. We arrived very late, instead of 7:30pm, it was 11:00pm. To welcome very tired tourist, there was a special room set, with registry tables, and all the food and drink anyone could want. A great way to start 2 weeks of sunshine.

Grand Isla Navidad Resort: Great hotel - restaurant service needs improvement

Thank you for giving me an opportunity to voice my opinion about our stay at the Grand Isla Navidad Resort for two weeks in February 2015. We loved it. We liked our room, the view and the quietness of the hotel away from all the hustle and bustle of other big touristy resorts. We liked the food too. But there were a few things that surprise us about this 4.5 star hotel. That was the service. Every time we wanted to sit down at the La Plasuela restaurant (at pool level) for lunch we had to sit do [... read more]wn to a table that hasn’t been cleaned after the last customers. Even when there were only half of the tables occupied the others were not cleaned and the waiters didn’t look like they would clean it until we sat down and often waited for a long time. Even then they would put utensils in from of us that were left over from the previous guest. We couldn’t believe how one of the waiters gathered dishes and utensils at our and other dirty tables to give to us. We ordered the red snapper but we got some other fish dish served without informing us that they didn’t have any red snapper. Used single serve ketchup and mayonnaise jars were put back on the tables. We wanted to book a table at Antonio’s Italian restaurant and were told by the concierge that there were no tables available for the early booking times. As we didn’t want to eat so late we declined. Later we asked again by the check-in desk and were told it was no problem and that there were many open tables at any time. When we got to the restaurant it was not even half full. At breakfast and dinner we had to enjoy the same buffet at least 4 or 5 times prepared by a single cook lady for all the hotel guests during our two week stay. This resulted in long, sometimes a whole hour wait till one could get something to eat. We were not informed that we could also order from the menus. We found out about ordering from the menus from other guests. When we asked for the menus we got Spanish menus twice during the same dinner because the staff couldn’t organize the menus according to different languages. But when we did the food was very good. Most importantly the restaurant under the leadership of Mr. Lorenzo is the most disorganized restaurant we had the pleasure to dine in a long time. The girl asks us for our room number and then she said we could sit anywhere we wanted. Then we had to wait till one of the waiters was nice enough to ask us what we would like to drink. But first he had to gather coffee cups from other tables but he didn’t bring us a spoon. We had to ask again for a spoon. Then we had asked again for milk for our coffee etc etc. At dinner-time more of the same. We would think that the lady at the desk should have led us to a table and give us the menus. Ask what we would like to drink and get somebody to bring it instead everybody running around without a clue of what they are doing. Pretty poor organization in our opinion. We think that the staff and especially the staff leaders in the restaurants like Mr. Lorenzo need to receive proper training on how a restaurant should be operated in a hotel of this standard. The entertainment at your El Faro lobby bar was absolutely horrible. The two Canadian entertainers from Salt Spring Island were the worst performers we had the pleasure to enjoy in a long time. The bartender Sergio had at least a bit more knowledge of drink mixing than the bartenders at the pool bar. They were just sloshing stuff together. Obviously they had no proper training. Very poor for a 4.5 star hotel. But in all fairness I’d like to repeat that we enjoyed our stay. We loved the location, the scenery, our room, the cleanliness, the view and the weather. Just the restaurant service needed some improvement. I would like to thank you for providing us with a great vacation and I hope that you accept our opinion about it given in honesty.

Gran Festivall: crumbling resort

At one time this was an amazing resort. I suspect there has been little to no maintenance since it was built. Large cracks in the pools, room full of mold and children play area/daycare is unsafe -broken equipment and live electrical outlet at the base of a tree in the outdoor playground. The most unsafe part of this resort is the walking bridge to the beach -supports are almost completely rotted through and the concrete has completely fractured through at the top of the bridge

Barcelo Karmina: Fantastic Resort!! Very Beautiful Grounds

Karmina Palace is a beautiful place! Grounds are very beautiful, pool areas and beach are very nice. Not a problem to get chairs if you get out if bed before 9 or 10am.. Restaurants are very good, with lots of choices for everyone. The rooms are nice, but have a step down to sitting area, or beds if you have double suite.. My girlfriend had to buy a nightlight for safety reasons.. This hotel is very busy, with lots of large groups travelling together

Tesoro Manzanillo: Had a great stay!

Hotel was extremely clean. Staff were very friendly,helpful and accommodating. The week we stayed was very hot, and so was the sand on the beach. Only recommendation would be for the bar in the lobby to stay open 24/7.

Grand Isla Navidad Resort: Beautiful Resort!!

This is a beautiful resort with great staff and . You don't need to get a ocean view room because all views are amazing. Food was pretty good but the dinner buffet was not great. If your looking for a quite vacation with no entertainment then this is a great place to go.

Las Hadas by Brisas: Awesome time

We stayed there for a week at the end of February, the hotel is older but very well kept up, we stayed on floor 16, ocean views amazing but lots of stairs to climb. The resort was very quiet during the week but when locals start arriving for the weekend it gets pretty loud and busy(only complaint). Food was good, no complains. Nice beach but sand gets very hot from sun(volcanic black sand deposit)so bring shoes to beach or expect to do a lot of running