Palladium Vallarta Category 5 stars

This hotel is not good for those who don't like stairs, when you go from the adult pool to the beach, its a lot of stairs, coming up is even harder! BUT, we love this hotel, and the staff, and we have been there 3 times and booked 2 weeks this January again. The food is awesome and the service is great, we love the adult pool, we have made lasting friends every year.
Please try it, i gurantee you will like it.

Read terrible reviews, but I think the persons who wrote this are spoild rotten!
The place is great, you can go to any restaurant you want, so you can eat what every you like! We loved the sushi. So don't say the food is no good. We went with my husband and daughter (10 years) and had a great time!!! the pool (where childeren are ok) was great. Also nice to participed in the games!

The room was nice and we were there in may 2009 when just all the news started about the flu. The hotel kept us really go informated with a channel on tv.

So only good words and really want to go back!

Just got back from the resort. I was kind of fishy going down there because of the reviews I had read. Anyways talked to a couple people not in the royal suites and I guess those rooms aren't the best. Me and my friend got upgraded when we got there to the royal suites. Had the best time of our lives. You see some many cool creatures and the service was excellent. The place was really clean and very well kept. (I dont know if it is like that all the time. Because the whole week we were there, they're inspection was going on so everything was perfect!) Pools are very nice and warm to a good temperature. Food is delicious everywhere you go. Recommend to try many different things cause they have a lot to offer. Would recommend to anyone. Bartenders make some awesome special drinks!!! Just ask them and i'm sure you will be okay. Only thing was there was a lot of people from the city in the regular part of the hotel not the royal many tourists there.

We just returned on March 14th. Had a great time. We were booked into the Garden View hotel but got upgraded to Ocean View without even asking. The room was clean and well stocked with water and pop. The meals were good. We ate at the a la carte restaurants 3 times. They were great. The barbecue on the beach was wonderful. Chicken and ribs were fantastic.
The staff are very friendly. Beach was great and clean. We had nice waves at the end of the week. They were lots of fun. We would go back anytime.

My wife and I having never been to Mexico before wanted to completely "unplug" and relax, relax, relax but just couldn't until we upgraded over to the Royal Suites! Once there, we could relax, relax, relax! The pool was cool but not cold, staff was fantastic!!, 3 a la carte meals/day, room service, drinks etc etc were 110%!!! We would not return to this resort unless we booked the Royal Suites!
If you want to get away from throngs of people, parties, loud music and would like to be the only person in the pool while a very nice cold beverage (with REAL alcohol) waits for you we strongly reccomend the Royal Suites!!!!
We ARE going back!!!

Just got back from the Palladium 1 week ago and am still dreaming of the wonderful time we had.
Before going, we read reviews and was not sure what to expect. If anyone was unsatisfied with this resort than their expectations are WAY to high!
Service&Food was excellent. Everything was well maintained.
This resort is not new, but it has a charm that you can't get from a new resort. Well matured&beautiful landscape made for some beautiful pictures.
The only downfall; a lot of stairs. If you have trouble with stairs- not the right resort for you.
The $1 bus ride to Bucerias is a bargain; There were people who stayed in Puerto Vallarta and went to Bucerias to shop. Apparently same stuff = better price!
All in all, I would go back and advise other people to try it out too!

The grounds are lush and gorgeous. The staff are incredible.
The food is outstanding.
This is a perfect, all-inclusive vacation experience - do not pass it up.

We stayed just a couple days, visiting friends who were staying there longer. The hotel itself is about average, rooms are small and have very thin (noisy) walls. The grounds are excellent and well kept. The activities are numerous and seemed well-run. The food was absolutely horrid!!! It was terrible even by Mexico standards. The staff was friendly and very helpful. The bars all serve very watered-down booze so stick with cervezas. All in all, it was certainly not worth the price, even the discounted rate we paid.

The place was very nice, the rooms were very comfortable, the entertainment was great! We are very lucky to have met some of the dancers, they are great people, and work very hard, they even took us clubbing on our last night! To have the most fun if your looking for something to do, participate in the activities, play beach volleyball, the staff are great.

We were at the resort the first week of January. Our first vacation in 16 years and we weren't disappointed. The grounds were beautiful, the staff very friendly. We NEVER had problems getting chairs on the beach. Would recommend water shoes as the water does have rocks. The rooms were clean and fairly spacious, usually quite quiet as well. The evening entertainment was all right. The food was fairly good, although I one of our big complaints was that the plates looked like they had only been rinsed off instead of washed. Loved the fact that the resort was on a hill and there was plenty of steps (great for burning off all that food!!!) Would definitely go back!