Samba Vallarta All Inclusive

The hotel and hotel room was nothing like the pictures and what was advertised. Dark, worn out and dirty hotel room. The staff assigned me the wrong room type and had to complain to actually the get the room I reserved. The state and cleanliness of the balcony room was on the same level as the previous room.

It could have been a better quality stay mainly due to the food quality but was what I was expecting from prior reviews and for the age of this resort...

This resort is mediocre at best for room quality. The food was good. Bar tenders are excellent! Beach is very nice! The room we reserved was supposed to have 2 double beds but when we arrived it had a king bed (which was nice) but then had a twin XL placed into the room which had a mattress that felt like a box spring and was terrible! The pass through door to other room didn’t have a door handle or lock on it so the other room next to us could open their door and been able to walk into ours, when we arrived at the room we asked them about this and they told us no one was staying in that room and not to worry about it but about 3 hours later when we came back to our room after checking out the area there was a deadbolt that was reversed so we would need a key to open it and screws on the door frame so the door wouldn’t open from the our side and there were guests in the other room but nothing saying they had entered our room but a letter was left requesting us to go to the front desk. We went to the front office they didn’t tell us about the door but instead told us that they undercharged us by 84 pesos, approximately 5 dollars and required us to pay it! When we asked about someone going into our room they said oh yeah, we fixed it and that was it. The bathroom was falling apart, the tissue holder frame is metal and when I pulled a tissue out it fell out on my foot! There is no fan in the bathroom so smells are bad! It was noisy from staff carts at all hours!

It is an old hotel and showing it's age, but it was very clean and comfortable. Staff were constantly cleaning. The grounds, pool and beach were all beautiful. There were plenty of chairs at the pool area and plenty of palapas at the beach. The resort is one of only a few resorts that has palapas at the beach.The staff were very friendly and seemed very happy all the time. We were a party of 4 adults and really enjoyed ourselves. We felt very safe walking the area.

A smaller older property on the beach.Staff and service was excellent.Food was a good variety for buffets.The restaurants were very good. Internet was good.We had a lot of noise at night from the hotel beside us from their nightclub but it would be fine on the other side.Would stay there again.

Great resort for a family. Kids are 10 and 7, they both enjoyed it as well as us. Resort was quiet and not huge so you aren’t walking miles. Staff is friendly and takes time to get to know you, everything was clean. Food was great, always something for the kids to eat, beach was awesome for swimming and relaxing as well. Coolest thing is the amount of iguanas on the property. So fun to see and watch. Wifi was decent as well. Only cons would be the building is old and outdated but if you can look beyond the appearance this is a great resort for families with lots of kids running around. Also, there wasn’t a whole bunch of activities from the staff like most resorts (volleyball/water polo, etc), but that could have been due to not as many people around the pool at those times when they were supposed to start.

Very much enjoyed this resort. The staff, food, extracurricular options & equipment and rooms were amazing. The resort is on the smaller size which was very nice for getting around and getting familiar with the staff and layout. I’d highly recommend it!

Very expensive and property needs a lot of repairs. The room also had a bad odor so we hardly stayed in the room. The only thing that was decent was the food and the staff. I don’t think we will ever be back.

Resort is an older one and is aging gracefully.Two water pipes leaked while we were there, staff repaired the problem but friends of ours needed to change rooms. Staff were just great and attentive to our requests, room was cleaned each day and our housekeeper was excellent. ground are well kept and there is an interesting Iguana laden tree on the property and they can be seen daily. beach and pool are good. They have bicycles for use no charge and lots of activities.