Worst Customer Service at Reception desk

Worst Customer Service at Reception desk. Location of hotel is best Staff was very friendly and good service at bar and restaurant. Lady at reception had no idea what I booked and not even listened. Rooms were horrible with ants in room. Bed sheets and towels were very dirty.

Unsatisfied :(

To the manager and owner of Allegro Palma Real resort, As my friend and I were online looking for good deals for vacations in Cuba, we happened to choose yours thinking it was a nice resort for a fair price. After spending $600 for a week stay at your resort, I have to say it was anything less than satisfactory. For starters, my friend and I had to deal with a room that was practically falling apart. The door would barely open and close, lamps were burnt out and not replaced, plus a broken [... read more] shower that had no hot water all week. After asking several times for it to be fixed, the problem was never solved. Then on top of all this, there were bed bugs. I am now covered head to toe in multiple bed bug bites that are red, swollen, and immensely itchy. The food was absolutely terrible, and I am embarrassed that such a low quality of food would be served to people. Me and my friend got very sick anytime we ate at the buffet or A La Carte’s. This forced us to go spend more money in town just to get a decent meal. Lets not forget that we are exchanging Canadian money for CUC – so we are already losing money on the exchange as well. Most of the bathrooms were under renovations during our stay, to the point where the female bathroom on the main floor became a co-ed bathroom. There was rarely any toilet paper, and the bathrooms were not maintained at all. Not only did we ask your staff several times to accommodate by at least replacing the burnt-out light, no one seemed to care about our wellbeing and satisfaction whatsoever. Arriving home late Wednesday night (December 12, 2018), the bed bug bites had become increasingly more inflamed and itchy. I now have to go to extreme measures at home to make sure the bed bugs don’t spread in my own home. I have pictures to prove the bed bug bites and will be seeing my doctor as well. I hope I am making myself perfectly clear, I certainly did not pay all of this money to experience a vacation like this one. Never have I wanted to leave a resort more in my life. The only good part of this resort was the beach, which ironically wasn't even near the resort. Coincidence? I am never one to complain but I have to stress my true disappointment in my stay here and would appreciate a refund for the inconvenience. I will never be back to this resort, and you should consider closing it down until all problems are fixed and you can provide your guests with a higher standard of service, accommodation, and respect.

Great people.

My 4th time to this resort only because of the location to town the people that work here and the finally finished renovation to the swim up pool and disco. The beach is amazing but a short walk to get to. Another improvement was the restaurant at the beach for use of the hotel patrons

Good resort, walking distance to the city

Hotel rooms are very nice and clean, food is not much selection, pools are great, many people come back here multiple times, beach is just across the street and very nice. The best thing about this resort is that it’s walking distance to any bar or shopping. The most negative experience was when the resort run out of beer for two days.

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.

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.

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!!!!

Terrible rooms

Beware. Palma real is under a different management group now(barcelo)...worse experience ever. No water. No A/C. Mold everywhere. Food quality is very poor. The hotel is working at 30%capacity. One pool out of service....and the general manager is not able to do anything. Time to switch hotels.

Huge disappointment

My first time in Cuba, and i wish i had all good things to say but i don't . Rooms - very rundown, lot of water damage, smelled like mold, a/c only worked half the time, my door frame was lose and i felt like someone could easily break in, but they were clean at least. Resort itself, hallways were in bad shape, smelled like mold, swim up bar/pool was closed, which was a major disappointment as that is my fav place to be, the pool area needed severe renos, the cement/patio area was cracked and  [... read more]moldy, the soda at the bars was flat all week as well. The staff was very polite and really nice, my fav part was the Disco, loved it, we went every nite it was open, unfortunately is was CLOSED for several nites we were there, which was very frustrating. Food was pretty bad, i had no choice but to eat pasta and bread all week or go off the resort for some amazing meals. Alot of disappointments , but we still managed to have a great time, because we went off the resort every day as it's right downtown. that was my only savior ! Unless there are major renos, i would not go back to this resort.

Best location!!

Went for a birthday party. Location was amazing. Only a 2 min walk to the beach (with private bar and snacks included) and the popular bars of Beatles and Cale 62. The resort itself is very old, dated, and lots of mold. We went in October to resort restaurants and swim up bar were closed. Luckily great food in town for good prices. I probably wouldn’t go back to this resort but if you are just there to sleep you would enjoy it.

Wasn’t what I was expecting

Hotel was run down, stunk like mould. The pool that was open was falling apart and dirt. The swim up pool Bar was closed and water was drained. Buffet barely had any food in it. Resort was quiet and ran out of a lot of their booze and pop, juice etc. I wasn’t very happy at all.

Beautiful beach!

The main attraction for me was to swim up bar but unfortunately it was closed the pool was drained the hotel rooms were very weatherbeaten run down but clean the staff were amazing friendly and helpful. the dining hall presented very nice but the food was cold and not a very good selection. the hotel is close to town Which was nice! We could walk in and have dinner at a restaurant go to a nightclub check out fleamarket’s or just ride the tour bus for the whole day for five pesos! It did [... read more] rain but it was over very quick and the sun dried it up immediately! overall, Varadero is beautiful! I will go back but try a different hotel

Never again

I had been already in the past to this hotel, when everthing was well distributed and everything worked. very disappointed the way is being managed now and how many things raned out at different times

Great location but low quality resort

I went here in August, of course it was hot because that time of year. We were 1 of two groups of Canadians, there was a few from Europe and the rest were locals on vacation. I found that the room was dated, had mold spots and the bathroom door did not close all the way. Also the patio door did not lock which made me nervous on my stay because anyone could enter our room. The positive about the room as that they had working AC and a mini fridge. The maid was lovely, she didn’t speak English bu [... read more]t we made due in trying to communicate. The bar staff were not friendly at first, they would serve the Cubans before us even though we were ahead of them in line; we got a lot of eye rolling whenever we ordered. By the middle of the week we tipped all of the bar staff and then they were lovely and served us when it was our turn (funny how that worked out) and the front desk staff were helpful and friendly from day one. Buffet was horrific, nothing was edible except the white rice and if you were lucky the chicken. We ate off resort a lot so we could have a decent meal and not starve. The resort did have wifi at the lobby but we cut off every 2 minutes or so. The beach is down the street and it doesn’t take much time to get there; they have a restaurant at the beach which was lovely and staff were friendly. The swim up bar pool was closed down so there was only one pool which was obviously packed and had no type of shade, so you can get relief from heat but you will burn in the sun exposure. I will definitely not come back to this resort because honestly there are better out there for the money, the location is the only thing going for this place. My suggestion is finding a higher star and all of Varadero you can get the hop on and hop off bus for 5CUC for the day and can take you wherever you want to go so location won’t be a limitation.

Disappointed!

Every year we always go to Palma Real and this time we were there from July 6 to the 13. What a disappointment!!! We arrived there at 10:30am and our room was not ready until 5pm. We were on the 5th floor and the elevator was broken. There was no running water for 3 days out of 7 we were there. The food was alright, used to be much better!!! Since the new management took over, a lot has changed and not for good. Definately not worth my money.

Loved it

This is my second time at this resort . First being in feb, there have been a lot of changes since the new managers took over and it has definitely improved! A lot of fun to be had there. The entertainment is great the food well is mediocre

Fun,fun and more fun!!!!!

This was my very first all inclusive stay. My expectations were low as I had read many bad reviews about the palma real. I was blown away by just about everything. The people real made it for me loved all the staff and other visitors from far and wide. Everyone seemed to be there for the same reason to have a good time and we did!!!!!!!! Thanks for the memorable vacation until next time.

Terrible no service resort

No service....no food left....handicap access locked up so couldnt use it. Had to buy beer because no one would serve me wgen cuban week was on. Sick mother with disability...couldnt leace room...wouldnt allow her to gave food outside of restaurant. Very angry over entire trip.

Average Resort

The staff were very nice. The food was surprisingly good. There was a good variety to choose from. We were contacted concerning which area we would want our room to be by, the quiet pool or the active pool area. We requested the quiet pool area. We were not told that there is a club on the resort that opens at 11pm until 3am, which was directly across from our room. We were not looking for quiet during the day, we were more concerned for the night. The doors to the rooms need to be slammed shut  [... read more]in order to be closed properly. If you want rest and relaxation, this is not the resort to go to. The noise factor was the worst that we have ever experienced at night, almost all night. Not much rest. The pools were not clean and had green fungus all around. I wouldn't go into the pool. There was a lot of missing pieces of ceramic in the pool also. I was told that they were working to improve the resort. There is a long way to go before I will ever think about going back.

Great bang for you buck

Check in was super fast as it was only me and one other guy getting off the bus 4th Time staying here, Always cheap get what you pay for Some of the bar staff are just straight up rude don't smile or say your welcome or nothing and expect a tip, Yet some of the bar staff are fantastic super nice my biggest issue wish the lobby bar was still open 24/7, not everyone likes going to that loud ridiculous Havana club every night The food is meh like every where in cuba Pools/Beaches  [... read more]great of course My room was fine Always meet great people here and some crappy ones of course lol Probably wont return here but that's not a knock on the hotel ,just kinda over Varedejo now