First off we were upgraded to the palace due to COVID. Service was great, food was great, and resort was super clean. We went knowing that not everything was going to be open and we’re glad we went. The resort had maybe 150 guest there while we were there, so it was like our own private resort. Snorkeling right off the beach was amazing.
The first impression at the lobby was okay. However, when I got to my room, the building needed painting, and the room was old and rusty lamps. Even if I have old things, we need to take care of them. not need to replace everything, a bit of care will go a long way. was disappointed at my room. The property in general is nice. The kids pool is amazing, my kids enjoyed it. The beach was nice. The food was not good. You can find something to eat since they have plenty of stuff, but no high quality. Maybe a little less choices and more quality will also go a long way. I'm not a picky eater, I would eat anything, but even I had trouble deciding. They have a lot of activities. You will definite not be bored. The place is huge and you can go to the other 3 resorts. We did the dolphin experience. Nice an convenient right on property. They offer free Wifi at the market, and guess services has free internet. The staff it is okay. Once you start talking to them, they are very friendly. Otherwise they appear rude and distance. After talking to a few of them and see how other guests treat them, I completely understand why. A word of advise to my fellow travelers, these workers are people just like us doing a job. They are not our slaves or servants. A kind word, a please and thankyou goes a long way. Their English is not the best, some of them are studying and learning. BUT we are in MEXICO, where Spanish is the official language. Kindness will take you a long way too.
I stayed at Barcelo Maya Colonial Feb29th-March 8th and have very mixed feelings about the place. Resort: Overall the resort is great and massive. Lots of amazing pool, restaurant options, shopping center, bowling, mini golf, beautiful beach. Food: Some restaurants are a bit better than others. Buffet is very mediocre. My favorite restaurant was spanish (La Fuente I believe) Service: Surprisingly, very very sub par service. I also had a very unpleasant situation that left quite a negative experience: On the first evening of our stay, as I was walking to the buffet, I slipped on a wet spot right next to the buffet entrance and upon falling, significantly hurt my arm (wrist). There were multiple witnesses to my fall and everyone clearly saw a wet spot where I slipped but there was no signage in place. My family helped me up, security ran up to me and brought me ice and told me that there is a medic on site that I can go visit. When I went to see the medic they told me that there was a fee associated with the exam but the hotel might cover the fee since it was a slip and fall on wet spot that was not marked. Thankfully, the medic determined that there was no broken bones, bandaged my arm and then called in security. I filled out some paperwork explaining the situation and they assured me that they will follow up with me the following day to let me know if hotel would cover. After several days nobody followed up with me so I went to the premium lounge and spoke to the front desk
Great property, very friendly staff. Great variety in food. Multiple very good restaurants. Beach is beautiful with perfect sand, always beautiful and clean.
The wait staff always have a negative expression and they do not care to wait on you. We had one gentleman....Alfredo.....he was AMAZING....other than that no one even wanted to help us. On the beach you have to get your own drinks 100% of the time and when you go grab your drinks there are 2 bartenders and the line is 20+ people deep....so you will be waiting for at least 30 minutes for a drink.....They expect tips and I mean EXPECT tips. It was just a different resort than I am used to. I will not be back.
Beautiful grounds, incredible spa, so much to do and the food was excellent!! Can’t wait to go back!
Authentic Spanish still. Beautiful and sparkling clean
I didn’t like the Rooms are outdated, poor ocean view! I lied the greenery and water Fountains
Too far away from the town. Beaches were not as expected. Pretty rocky
The property is clean, well managed. The food and drinks are good. Basically it is good value.
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Good service. Very polite staff. Food for any choice.
We stayed 7 nights at Barceló Maya Colonial. The property is extremely clean and well kept. The room are a little outdated but they offer the comfort you need and are clean. The food was great and all the a la carte restaurants were amazing. My favorite was Kyoto, the Japanese restaurant. Each night there was a different life show for the guests’ entertainment. All shows were extremely fun. The kids really liked the magic show. There are several different entertainment options, some of them are not even marketed. There is a kids disco, dolphins show at 12 every day, and so many more. My husband didn’t really like the fact that there was no alcohol served until 12, but it didn’t bother me. Apparently is a riviera maya law. I would recommend this resort to anyone. Best family vacation yet!
The service through out the facilities was horrible
Barceló Maya Colonial - All Inclusive places you within a 10-minute stroll of popular attractions such as Ecopark Kantun Chi and Cenote Cristalino. This 480-room, 4-star property welcomes business and leisure travelers with a private beach, a full-service spa, and a free water park.
Free buffet breakfast is served each morning from 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM. This property is home to 4 onsite restaurants, perfect for a quick bite to eat.
All 480 rooms feature balconies or patios, free minibar items, and coffee makers. LCD TVs come with satellite channels. Bathrooms offer hair dryers, free toiletries, bathrobes, and slippers. Free bottled water, ceiling fans, and laptop-compatible safes are also standard.
Barceló Maya Colonial - All Inclusive features a private beach, a full-service spa, and a free water park. You can take advantage of free parking, along with an airport shuttle (available 24 hours) for USD 123 per vehicle one-way. The front desk has multilingual staff on hand 24/7 to help with concierge services, dry cleaning/laundry, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this all-inclusive property include a nightclub, an outdoor pool, and a children's pool.
First off we were upgraded to the palace due to COVID. Service was great, food was great, and resort was super clean. We went knowing that not everything was going to be open and we’re glad we went. The resort had maybe 150 guest there while we were there, so it was like our own private resort. Snorkeling right off the beach was amazing.
The first impression at the lobby was okay. However, when I got to my room, the building needed painting, and the room was old and rusty lamps. Even if I have old things, we need to take care of them. not need to replace everything, a bit of care will go a long way. was disappointed at my room. The property in general is nice. The kids pool is amazing, my kids enjoyed it. The beach was nice. The food was not good. You can find something to eat since they have plenty of stuff, but no high quality. Maybe a little less choices and more quality will also go a long way. I'm not a picky eater, I would eat anything, but even I had trouble deciding. They have a lot of activities. You will definite not be bored. The place is huge and you can go to the other 3 resorts. We did the dolphin experience. Nice an convenient right on property. They offer free Wifi at the market, and guess services has free internet. The staff it is okay. Once you start talking to them, they are very friendly. Otherwise they appear rude and distance. After talking to a few of them and see how other guests treat them, I completely understand why. A word of advise to my fellow travelers, these workers are people just like us doing a job. They are not our slaves or servants. A kind word, a please and thankyou goes a long way. Their English is not the best, some of them are studying and learning. BUT we are in MEXICO, where Spanish is the official language. Kindness will take you a long way too.
Dear guest, First of all, we want to thank you for choosing Barceló Maya Colonial to enjoy your vacation and for taking part of your time in evaluating your stay with us. Our guests' comments provide us with an opportunity to see our hotel through their eyes giving us insight into any service that may have room for improvement to enhance our future guests' stay among us, therefore we are grateful for the time you spent to share a review of your personal experience in the hotel. Please accept our sincerest apologies for the imperfections you describe in your review, all rooms reserved for new arrivals are per standard double checked by our head of housekeeping to ensure that everything is functional and spotless for our guests, clearly we were not performing to our usual standard on this occasion and we regret not being immediatley informed at réception so as to be able to intervene in no time for you to fully enjoy your stay in our hotel, for a future occasion, please do not hesitate to contact the reception desk for anything you may need, the team will do its utmost to find an immediate solution for you. Moreover, we lament reading that our buffet offer did not live up to your expectations as our professional Chefs strive to surprise our guests with a high standard gastronomy and the possibility to savor the best of the local cuisine as well as the finest international delights. I am grateful for your compliments towards our staff, whose kindness and helpfulness is one of our hotel's greatest strengths and I promise to congratulate them all on your behalf for their contribution to your wellbeing whilst in our hotel. Thank you once again for making us your choice hotel and for your constructive critics, we certainly look forward to serving you again and to have the opportunity to exceed your expectations in a not too distant future. Regards
Dear guest We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in the Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to evaluating your experience with us. The opinions of our guests provide us with the opportunity to see our hotel through their eyes, pointing out any service that may have room for improvement to optimize the stay of our future guests. Therefore, we would have appreciated your feedback on your personal hotel experience. Thank you once again for making us your choice hotel, we certainly look forward to serving you again and to have the opportunity to exceed your expectations in a not too distant future. Regards
I stayed at Barcelo Maya Colonial Feb29th-March 8th and have very mixed feelings about the place. Resort: Overall the resort is great and massive. Lots of amazing pool, restaurant options, shopping center, bowling, mini golf, beautiful beach. Food: Some restaurants are a bit better than others. Buffet is very mediocre. My favorite restaurant was spanish (La Fuente I believe) Service: Surprisingly, very very sub par service. I also had a very unpleasant situation that left quite a negative experience: On the first evening of our stay, as I was walking to the buffet, I slipped on a wet spot right next to the buffet entrance and upon falling, significantly hurt my arm (wrist). There were multiple witnesses to my fall and everyone clearly saw a wet spot where I slipped but there was no signage in place. My family helped me up, security ran up to me and brought me ice and told me that there is a medic on site that I can go visit. When I went to see the medic they told me that there was a fee associated with the exam but the hotel might cover the fee since it was a slip and fall on wet spot that was not marked. Thankfully, the medic determined that there was no broken bones, bandaged my arm and then called in security. I filled out some paperwork explaining the situation and they assured me that they will follow up with me the following day to let me know if hotel would cover. After several days nobody followed up with me so I went to the premium lounge and spoke to the front desk
Dear guest, We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in the Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to evaluating your experience with us. Our guests' comments provide us with an opportunity to see our hotel through their eyes giving us insight into any service that may have room for improvement to enhance our future guests' stay among us, therefore we are grateful for the time you spent to share a review of your personal experience in the hotel. Moreover, we lament reading that our buffet offer did not live up to your expectations as our professional Chefs strive to surprise our guests with a high standard gastronomy and the possibility to savor the best of the local cuisine as well as the finest international delight. Thank you once again for making us your choice hotel and for your constructive critics, we certainly look forward to serving you again and to have the opportunity to exceed your expectations in a not too distant future. Regars
Dear guest, We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in the Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to evaluating your experience with us. We are delighted that you have enjoyed the all-inclusive meal plan, which allows our guests to enjoy our bars and restaurants throughout the day, as well as the daytime and evening entertainment program. We thank you for supporting us with your opinion in the guest satisfaction survey, which will be sent 48 - 72 hours after your check out to your email, to help us continue improving and make your stay at Barceló hotels an unforgettable experience. We look forward to welcoming you again very soon. Regards
Great property, very friendly staff. Great variety in food. Multiple very good restaurants. Beach is beautiful with perfect sand, always beautiful and clean.
Dear guest, We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in the Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to evaluating your experience with us. We are delighted that you have enjoyed the all-inclusive meal plan, which allows our guests to enjoy our bars and restaurants throughout the day, as well as the daytime and evening entertainment program. We are thrilled to read your praising comments about our staff as we strive to provide our guests with a caring and personalized service and we lay high value on our personnel being guest orientated and welcoming at all times. It is also good to know that you enjoyed the many culinary delights prepared by our professional Chefs who always strive to offer a wide variety of typical delights in order to please all palates and we thank you for letting us know that we could conquer yours. We are pleased to know that we were able to meet your expectations. We thank you for supporting us with your opinion in the guest satisfaction survey, which will be sent 48 - 72 hours after your check out to your email, to help us continue improving and make your stay at Barceló hotels an unforgettable experience. We look forward to welcoming you again very soon. Regards
The wait staff always have a negative expression and they do not care to wait on you. We had one gentleman....Alfredo.....he was AMAZING....other than that no one even wanted to help us. On the beach you have to get your own drinks 100% of the time and when you go grab your drinks there are 2 bartenders and the line is 20+ people deep....so you will be waiting for at least 30 minutes for a drink.....They expect tips and I mean EXPECT tips. It was just a different resort than I am used to. I will not be back.
Dear guest, We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in La Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to valuing your experience with us. Our guests' comments provide us with an opportunity to see our hotel through their eyes giving us insight into any service that may have room for improvement to enhance our future guests' stay among us. Although your comments do not seem to quite match with the usual feedback that we receive both on this support and onsite, for a future stay, please do not hesitate to voice your concerns and approach the management team to inform us of the service imperfection you report on your review, we will be more than pleased to assist for you to fully enjoy your holidays among us. We also appreciate your kind words for Alfredo, his kindness and helpfulness being undoubtedly one of our hotel's main assets we will definitely congratulate him on your behalf for his contribution to your wellbeing whilst staying among us. Regarding the service of drinks on the beach, we want to remind you that we do not offer such service and it is only offered around the pool, in which you can find 4 bartenders at the bar and one inside the Mariachi restaurant Thank you again for your visit and constructuve critics, our primary goal being to assure our guests feel comfortable and fully enjoy their visits, we are eager to regain your confidence during another occasion if you gave us that chance. Regards
Beautiful grounds, incredible spa, so much to do and the food was excellent!! Can’t wait to go back!
Dear Deanna, First of all, we would like to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in La Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to valuing your experience with us. We are delighted that you have enjoyed the all-inclusive meal plan, which allows our guests to enjoy our bars and restaurants throughout the day, as well as the day and night entertainment program. We appreciate your support in the guest satisfaction survey, which will be sent 48 - 72 hours after your check out to your email, to help us keep improving and make the stay at the Barceló hotels an unforgettable experience. We look forward to welcoming you again very soon. Regards
Authentic Spanish still. Beautiful and sparkling clean
Dear guest, We want to thank you for choosing our Barceló Maya Colonial hotel for your vacation in La Riviera Maya, as well as dedicating part of your time to valuing and discussing your experience with us. We are pleased to know that we were able to meet your expectations. We appreciate your support in the guest satisfaction survey, which will be sent 48 - 72 hours after your check out to your email, to help us keep improving and make the stay at the Barceló hotels an unforgettable experience. We are thrilled you enjoyed your recent stay with us. Thank you for making us your choice hotel when visiting the area. We look forward to welcoming you back again very soon. Regards
Estimado huésped, Queremos agradecerle por elegir nuestro hotel Barceló Maya Colonial para sus vacaciones en La Riviera Maya, así como dedicar parte de su tiempo a valorar su experiencia con nosotros. Las opiniones de nuestros huéspedes nos proporcionan la oportunidad de ver nuestro hotel a través de sus ojos, señalándonos cualquier servicio que pueda tener margen de mejora para optimizar la estancia nuestros futuros huéspedes. Por lo tanto, hubiéramos estado muy agradecidos por sus comentarios referentes a su experiencia en el hotel. Gracias una vez más por elegirnos en esta ocasión, esperamos tener la oportunidad de servirle de nuevo en el futuro y poder tener la oportunidad de superar sus expectativas Saludos
Dear Kevin, We want to thank you for sharing this opinion about your recent stay at the Barceló Maya Grand Resort. We are delighted that you have enjoyed your stay and we agree with you that our attentive staff plays a key role in the overall experience of our guests. The entire team works very hard to ensure that we offer high quality service and a different and memorable experience. We thank you for pointing out the service, being fully aware that this is an aspect of primary importance for our guests to feel comfortable in our hotel. On the other hand, our housekeeping staff undertakes a thorough cleaning of our installations and rooms on a daily basis. We are delighted that you have enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to welcoming you again very soon. Regards