Barceló Maya Tropical - All Inclusive

Staff was good, rooms were clean, food was made available except for a late night arrival. Pool temperature was colder than we expected, the gulf waters were a few degrees warmer than the pools.

we traveled here as a family of three. The place was very nice. Unfortunately the tough part was that you cannot make reservations after you arrive. There’s never anything available unless you want to eat at 9 PM. The pools were amazing, my son loved the splash pad. The beach is absolutely beautiful. The food was decent at the buffet. I can’t really speak for the other restaurants because we unfortunately weren’t able to make reservations. The rooms were nice. If you have a little one, turning around the couch, turns into a perfect toddler bed..

Family of 4 traveling with 2 boys 6 & 11. There was so much to at the resort as you could walk between the 4 resorts and use most of the amenities (except the adults-only if you booked at one of the others). We stayed at the Tropical and it had the best buffet with widest selection. The caribe had the worst selection and no one grilling food any time we went for lunch? The restaurants were good, our favorites were the tepenyaki and steakhouse where they made my oldest boys birthday fairly special. We walked around quite a bit, but just in the resort we walked on average 20K steps per day which made for a surprisingly active holiday, things are laid out really well and by day 3 you should know how to get around within 5-10 minutes of any building on the property. Entertainment was mediocre, they had a few good shows, the theatre's are quite impressive in size but we the Christmas specials were a bit of a flop. Overall probably a 7.5/10. If you want good entertainment, the Hardrock Riviera Maya for families was awesome!

The food at the buffet was such poor low quality. Try to book the private restaurants they have which is a bit better than the buffet.