Amazing adults only!!

This brand new resort was absolutely amazing!! So clean and fresh. The food and drinks were amazing (and we have pretty high standards)! The hotel is very modern and the rooms and grounds were always kept very clean. The hotel is situated on a gorgeous beach front with no seaweed!! The service at the restaurants and bars were very good! Everyone was so friendly :). With booking this resort we had access to all of the barcelo resorts on this beach strip (there were 5) which was nice to walk ov [... read more]er for a change of scenery or have dinner elsewhere! The only downfall (which we didn’t mind since we go to bed early) is the nightlife was not very good! If you are a big partier that loves night life this resort probably isn’t for you... mind you we didn’t walk over to the other Barcelos at night which could have had better entertainment and been more lively ? Would strongly recommend!!

Staff so friendly

We thought the food and ambiance was amazing in the restaurants and staff kept everything so clean. Loved the king size bed and jacuzzi tub on balcony. Would definitely consider going again. It was environmentally friendly where one switch would turn off all the lights to save energy

Better than expected

This resort is much better than i expected. The staff were amazing, friendly and very eager to help. The advertisement pictures dont do it justice. Also much bigger than expected. The food was absolutely delicious. I cant think of anything negative to say about our experience. Such a beautiful and magnificent place to stay. Just dont forget your water shoes, not a place to run some into the water full steam.

Amazing resort

great rooms with nice view great food great pools and beach with lots of beach chairs available great restaurants and a great buffet with lots of meal choices the buffet should be open longer and alcohol should be served earlier

Modern, clean, swimming resort !

It felt like we entered the future when walking around the inside of the resort building. It was amazing. Spacious rooms with huge King beds, double sinks and rainfall shower in bathroom. Oceanview rooms is the way to go. We stayed in an Oceanview room on the top floor and had the most beautiful view of the ocean! Service everywhere on the resort was top notch and even without tipping. Gourmet, delicious food at the buffet and a la cartes. The French restaurant was our favourite. And visiting t [... read more]he restaurants at the adjoining barcelo resorts was awesome too. I can't wait to return!

Magnificent Resort

The resort is absolutely stunning. The entire property is breathtaking. The food in the buffet is the best! Cook to order lobster/seafood station OMG! No dinner buffet is a let down. A la carte for dinner is the only option. Didn’t like that. Language barrier with a lot of the staff. Always ci madame, even when they didn’t understand what I was asking. Resort is too HUGE for my liking and there is no food or bar service options on the beach. There is NO free wifi anywhere on the property unl [... read more]ess you’re staying in ocean view room or upgrade to prestige privileges. Otherwise wifi is $12 US per day for 2 devices. For free wifi you have to take hotel bus to specified mall location to access wifi from 10am-5:30pm. There is no dancing option on property. Dj in lobby lounge plays only techno/house music as conversation background music for lounging. We asked for dance music and to turn up music so we could dance and security advised DJ to turn music down. Dj advised he can only play what and how upper management dictates.

Nice new resort

Adult only resort is great. -Very clean throughout. -Rooms only have coffee available, we like tea. Had room service bring tea to the room but hot water craft still had a coffee taste to them. -should have no smoking sections for rooms and pool area. - Buffet availability for dinner was a huge disappointment as it was closed most of the time. We were fortunate to eat there due to a conference being on site and the food & variety was 10/10. When it wasn’t open for dinner, we had to go to t [... read more]he other resort(s) and that experience was very disappointing. 4/10. - Buffet food quality for both breakfast & lunch was good. For breakfast there was only 2 stations cooking eggs / omelettes resulting in long lineups. Should have boiled & pouched eggs available. - Premium level was value added with a wonderful view of the ocean. - Staff very friendly with mist having a good understanding of English.

Superb Resort

This resort is beautiful. The decor is modern and tasteful with open spaces, plenty of seating and attentive staff. The pools were beautiful. There was activities every hour starting at 10am. Our room was spacious and luxurious. The buffet had many choices and varied every day. The a la cartes that we visited had amazing food.

Really good resort

Overall this resort is excellent. New resort so all amenities and rooms are excellent ! Service during the day was fair not great. Still some work to do here! Restaurants excellent and food is really good . Room service was expensive and the wine lists were very over priced ! Over all liked the resort !

Great Resort!

This massive new resort had only been open 3 weeks. Everything at the resort was bright and clean. The staff were great - everyone was friendly and helpful. We were upgraded to an ocean front swim out room which was beautiful! The food was excellent at all the restaurants! The service was wonderful!! There are 4 a al cartes in this section plus the buffet. The buffet is not open for dinners, so we needed to make reservations at the other restaurants or go to the buffet in one of the othe [... read more]r sections. You have access to all the facilities and restaurants in the other 5 sections. There are double decker buses to take you to the other sections or you can walk to them along the beach on wide walk ways that take you from one end of the Barcelo to the other, about 2 kms. The decor was very modern. The colours were light and muted. The halls and rooms are large. We did not feel crowded anywhere. Even the beds are oversized! There were lots of chairs and shade at the pools. The pools were a bit cold the first couple days we were there, but when the weather warmed up, the pools warmed up. There are lots of chairs at the beach, but the swimming is better over in front of the other sections. There is a massive new convention centre which hosts large groups. While we were there 2 groups came through - one of 700 and one of 1,000 delegates. The large group swamped the buffet for lunch. The other group we barely saw except in the lobby bar at night. Overall, we had a good vacation and would highly recommend this resort.

Awesome resort

Barcelo Maya Riviera Resort as soon as ate got there the the staff from the front entrance to the reception desk was very friendly helpful, and it was quick service, made us feel welcome. Handed us a drink with a smile.

Exceptional Resort !

We loved the resort ! It was always clean! Everyone at the resort were very friendly and helpful! The food was amazing! Buffet had so much selection each day , you can’t get bored of the food. The restaurants were flavourful as well and the chefs were accommodating which was lovely . The beach was beautiful ! Some parts did need water shoes but overall it was perfect . The beach was clean and you never had to wait for a chair . Pools were amazing as well and again never had to wait for a chair [... read more] . I give this resort a 10/10 we both have nothing negative to say about any of it. The theatre always had something on and on certain days they also provided buffet and it was really good and a lot of variety ! We have already discussed going back ASAP because we were beyond happy with everything this resort had to offer ! It being adult only was a plus !!

Stanning hotel

We stayed 10 nights and overall is impressed with ocean view room , food, service , beech and pools. Outstanding buffet food and staff service very friendly. French , Japanese Restaurants are very good. What we don't like - loud hard rock music in lobby. it so loud you can not talk. Adult resort means different ages of people and not everyone loves this kind of music. The premium lounge had excellent front desk service provided by Valeria Caliz. We'll comeback soon as we like this paradis [... read more]e.