Barcelo Royal Beach Hotel

Stayed here for a week all inclusive (14th to 21st September) with friends - party consisted of 4 adults. The hotel is in a great location close to beach, shops, bars etc. Hotel was clean & tidy, rooms were spacious & comfortable (Junior Suite), towels changed daily. Staff on reception were friendly & very helpful especially Vesalina, also found Vasil, Jenny & Lidiya working on the bars were also friendly & attentive to our needs. There was a great choice of food in the restaurant - very tasty and a wide variety daily (sometimes too much choice!) The only slight negatives were: - the entertainment wasn't up to much - I believe as the season was near the end the entertainment had been scaled back (Hotel was due to close the following week after we left). However, there were some dancers on one night, a quiz another night, bingo, music etc. The downstairs sportsbar had been closed as classed as low season. - there are quite a lot of mosquitos & many people had bites Overall however I would recommend this hotel.

Last year i stayed in the Mena hotel in June 2022 and it was amazing, full of families and my kids really enjoyed the animation team. We had such a great holiday, we decided to book the Barcelo this year. Honestly abit disappointed, we thought the pictures looked great, but didn’t feel the animation team tried as hard with the kids ( age 11 & 4 ). The hotel was clean and tidy and was near all amenities. The food was okay but next year I think we’ll be returning to the Mena Palace.

Was a bit apprehensive as we had booked here our 1st time to bulgaria and some reviews were not kind. We had the most wonderful holiday here the staff were great fary, jenny ,George all staff and the cleaners .the all inclusive was amazing with a great choice of food and drink we are booking again next year and would definitely recommend and so central for the beach and shops

Just returned yesterday after awful flight with jet 2. Firstly the hotel is not a 4 star would say its a 2 or 3. Staff rude and very unfriendly don't listen want to argue with you. Food poor and cold and doesn't change much .bar area by pool and snack bar a bit better Room was nice had a junior suite and was cleaned everyday .

Me and my family visited the hotel in late August and early September and to our surprise the hotel offered great animation which entertained us all day from morning to night. The team worked really hard - they offered different entertainment for us, games, morning and water activities (the girl who was doing the training was so nice and smiling all the time, me and my daughter participated in the training every day), different children program every day (my son was constantly with them all the time, he loved the girls who took care of the children) and really professional evening entertainment programs which were different every night - saxophone and guitar show, dance shows, especially Bulgarian traditional dance show is our favorite because my husband participate with dances, it was so nice experience. The hotel was very nice. The rooms were unique (we were in a room with a sea view) we are very satisfied with the service too. The food was great, drinks also. We spend really good and unforgettable time, we would like to repeat it as soon as possible.

We are currently staying here and if you’re reading this, I wouldn’t bother booking it. The food is terrible. Very limited and Luke warm at best. The pancakes were that hard you could easily use them as a frisbee. We struggled every night to get into the main restaurant as apparently it was always full. The staff are probably the worst I’ve had at a hotel, rude and unhelpful. The all inclusive drinks menu is very limited, and only served till 11pm. If you’re drinking by the pool then you get little plastic cups. The Coca-Cola is worse than cheap cola in the uk and if you want fresh orange, be prepared for a glass that’s 75% water. Whilst our room is a decent size, it’s not really cleaned during the week. Quite a few things are broken or half broken too. My stepsons room had mold in their bathroom too. The pool area is a decent size and we had no real problems getting a bed. There is however a large amount of beds that never really get much sun. It’s got an indoor pool that’s cold, also a spa ( that I never went in). To summarise, if you want a hotel with rude staff, poor food, dirty rooms and a decent sized pool….this is for you.