Melia Puerto Vallarta All-Inclusive, Puerto Vallarta

The bed was as hard as a rock, horrible!!!! The food was so-so. The drinks were great.I liked the bar in the pool. The service was great the waiters worked real hard.

My family and I really liked the hotel and some of the things they offered,but they have alot of work to do to improve and compete with other hotels.Spent alot of money and wasnt completely satisfied.Consider other before this one.

The Melia Puerto Vallarta wasn't *terrible* on the grand scale (i.e. not actually harmful), but there's nobody to whom I'd recommend it. We get to the Melia and are immediately grabbed by employees in the lobby who are urging us to attend timeshare presentations! This goes on every time we go into the lobby until we show actual anger towards them. Our first room had a mold problem in the A/C, and in the middle of the night it smelled like a dead and rotting animal. Second room: the A/C didn't cool the room below about 80 degrees. Finally we got a fan. The beds were harder than any bed I've ever seen in the U.S. (including Motel 6 and other cheap chains). There was no air in the bathroom, so it always smelled of mold. In our second room (with no AC), the toilet stopped up every time we used it. "I need to use the restroom." "Ok, I'll call the front desk!" The days were fun for the kids, and the staff at the Melia was fine. But the very large pool was dirty. With goggles, you could see about 8 feet underwater. There was a pool bar (again, friendly staff) but this resulted in a huge amount of clear plastic cups and straws at the bottom of the pool--and it wasn't cleaned up well, so there was a constant level of garbage underfoot. The food was okay--nothing great, but not bad either. The beach at the Melia is fine--not bad, not great. No fish to speak of, and very poor water visibility. - foovius foo

This hotel is not worth the money. You can find a much better value if you look around. We thought the Melia name meant something but obviously not at this place. We had 5 rooms in our group and three of them had major leaks in the the ceilings. We had water turn off on us, moved from room to room, cuts on all the kids feet from the broken tiles in the swimming pool, keys to the room that constantly do not work, days where the maid did not bother to clean the room, and the list goes on and on. Find some place else to go!

My family and I just returned from a one weeks stay at the Melia. Our children are 10, 7 and 3. We all had a fantastic time! The pictures on the web do not do it justice. The grounds are beautiful. The staff was wonderful. There are many things to do for children of all ages. There is a variety of food, each night having a different �theme�. There is a playground, climbing wall, children�s disco each night along with a family show. The adults can also go into town in the evening and dance. The pool is huge, however, if you prefer the beach, it�s just a few steps down. Make sure you where shoes on the beach as there were a lot of jelly fish when we were there. The only complaint that I have is that the beds are extremely hard! However, there is a Super Wal-mart a few miles away ($4.00 cab ride) where you could pick up something to soften your bed. I highly recommend this hotel and would stay there again! I was a little nervous reading all of the comments prior to my trip. The only comment that I read that is indeed accurate is regarding the beds. I hope you enjoy your stay as much as we did! Lynda

It was beautiful, fun and very very friendly. The waiters were the higlight of the stay, they made sure you had a great time!

We went in late May Tues-Fri. The hotel was not very crowded and there were not very many Americans there. The rooms are nice and roomy. Try to get a room that is not on the North side. They are building condos right next to the Melia and the construction was very noisy. The pool area is nice. The buffets are OK. The two restaurants that you can only eat at once are outstanding. The shows are great. The beach is a public beach and is why the vendors are out there. The pool is nice enough that we did not spend much time at the beach at all. The service staff is very friendly. If you want a decent room, good food, and at a decent price, I would reccomend the Melia. If you want ultra luxury, a beach experience, and a lot of activities included in your price, look elsewhere.

My husband and I stayed at the Melia May 8-11. Although it was a short stay, we felt renewed! The hotel staff was the most freindly we have ever encountered. We were upgraded to an ocean view room for FREE! It was on the 7th floor and the view was beautiful. The room was great and the bathroom was even better (marble floors, marble walls and a huge tub). The air conditioning kept us cool all night, didn't need it during the day since we weren't in our room at all!! The food was great - the breakfast and lunch were the best, dinner was ok. Do try a made to order omelet (if there is a line it moves fast, but we ate early each morning so there was NO line) Lunch is served outside and the variety is incredible. The fresh fruit is the best we have tasted. Dinner was fine, but I didn't care for the "traditional" mexican entrees, but there were plenty of other choices and the salad, breads and fruit made up for it. The desserts were very good too! Vitralis and La Palapa Grill (al a carte restaurants) were very good too, it's nice to get a bit dressed up and be waited on hand and foot. Easy to make a reservation too, no long lines. The pool is the biggest in PV. It is HUGE. No matter what time of day it was, we were able to find a chair by the pool (shade or sun, take your pick). The water felt very refreshing!!! There were activities all day at the pool: water aerobics, beach volleyball, water volleyball, basketball, etc. The drinks didn't stop flowing! The marguaritas are the best! The snack bar at the pool served hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, etc and was a nice afternoon snack (open 12-5pm) though lunch was open from 1-5pm too. The beach is small but very nice (better than I expected). There were a lot of people swimming in the ocean and the few vendors on the beach didn't bother us once we said no. The grounds were beautiful too, lots of flowers and trees, benches to sit on and garden pools with fish and fountains. The nightly entertainment was ok, good dancing, no singing. But the dancers were very "high energy"! There was also a disco that mostly played mexican dance music so we just sat and watched the dancing into the night. We met a lot of people from the states (San Francisco, Cottage Grove, WI, etc.) There were a lot of Mexicans at the hotel as well and they were all very nice too. There were a lot of kids and families too and the hotel has a lot of fun things for the kids to do and kids shows in the early evenings. We rode the bus downtown (4 pesos each). The bus stop was not marked so we just stood on a corner until one came along in about 5 minutes. It was a short ride. As soon as we got off, travel people tried to get us to take tours but we said no, they did give us a map for free. We headed first for the flea market. It is off a bridge down by the river and most of the shops are the same so it's easy to bargain with the different shops. The restoom in the market costs 5 pesos, but if you have to go what are going to do?! There were alot of nice retaurants to eat in town as well as MCD's, Dominos, Pizza Hut, Burger King but we didn't stop since lunch was free at the hotel! We wandered around the cobblestone streets and small shops, it was very pretty. The Malecon (Boardwalk) is beautiful. The statues are great and the water and the sky were perfect shades of blue. No one tried to sell us anything on the Malecon. We also saw a lot of parasailers, it was fun to watch. We took a taxi back to Melia. It was 45 pesos and we tipped him 5 extra. The best part was relaxing by the pool with a strawberry marguarita and soaking up the rays! Obviously we were very sad to leave but felt relaxed and refreshed. We would recommend the Melia All Inclusive Beach Resort to anyone looking for a relaxing time in Puerto Vallarta.

i loved this place i have visited it twice and i would like to take my bestfriend there. i love how it is write on the beach. it is a beatiful place for the whole family

The service at the Melia was wonderful. The maid service was excellent (and came with hand-made flowers), the staff friendly and helpful, and the bartenders were great. The location of teh Melia was wonderful, too. It's good point - being away from the more hectic downtown and marina areas - was also it's only drawback. It depends what you want to do, though. Taking a cab to get to downtown or to the marina gets expensive if you do it much. We'd recommend taking the bus if you are not in a hurry - it's easy, cheap, and fun to mix with the locals (very nice people). The hotel and grounds were clean, manicured, and extremely beautiful. The pool area was great, except for maybe the music being too loud at times. We LOVED the swim-up bar, the sand volleyball games, and the small stretch of beach area where we could play in the ocean waves. We went on this trip as a couple, and it was very romantic, fun, and relaxing. I decided that I'd like to bring my 8-year-old son there sometime - they seem to accomodate children very well. (This is not a place for spring-breakers.) :-) We'd highly recommend the all-inclusive option, especially if you like to drink alcoholic beverages. It's by far the best value for food (very good buffets, with some things cooked-to-order). It's very nice to not worry about going out for every meal - especially since there are not many restaurants nearby. Just beware of the time-share people! The worst ones are out on the streets, and the best thing to do is just to keep walking and say "no" to anything they say or ask you. It seemed that the Melia also tried to get us into some deal, but it's easy to avoid. Just remember that no "free" thing that anyone offers you is worth giving up your vacation time. :-P Overall, it was such an excellent place that we want to go back every year!