We just returned from a one week stay at the Hacienda Hotel. This hotel has a charming old Mexican Hacienda feel & the staff is friendly and helpful. On the down side, this is a budget hotel and it attracts a lot of young students. Every afternoon a large crowd of single (early twenties) partiers would get drunk around the pool and carry on loudly until 11:00pm. Thankfully the hotel arranged a nightly bus trip to the open bar night clubs from 11:00 pm to 4:00 am. Unfortunately, these same people would come home shouting and carrying on.

I booked this hotel online, all inclusive, and THEN checked it out :)! It was just as great as all the reviews said. I loved the architecture, and how much smaller it was than some larger hotels , the staff got to know you, and we met alot of wonderful people there around the pool, and spent some evenings with them playing pool, cards,etc.(Hi to Brandon,Man & High Level, Alta!!) It was fun taking the local bus 'downtown', and to the Malecon, and there was a little grocery store around the corner, Star Bucks 2 blocks away :).
The food was quite good, not as much variety as the large resorts, but certainly enough! The rooms, pool,etc were very clean, and the walk to the beach was through some construction, but nothing that felt unsafe. The beach club was nice, but it wasn't shalllow enough to swim much at the north end. We swam abit farther south on the beach. We went on the canopy tour with Vallarta Adventures and it was alot of fun, and totally safe. I was disappointed they wanted so much for a picture(17$), and we couldn't take a camera. Wished we had more time to try some other outings,definately need 2 weeks in PV!! Connie

I will say Gran turismo service level, everybody really nice from food and beverage to security and cleaners etc well done and thank you all) beds too hard but ok
We are still singing " cuando era un chiquillo mi mama me decia mira hijito........subele guerito

My kids had a blast and enjoyed every single minute of our vacation and that for me is the most important

Thank you again and I will be there next year

Note: Managers: the great hotels are the ones that have good service and you have one of the best I have ever experienced

We found this lovely treasure to be a pleasant surprise. Oldies (ages 64 and 68) we basked in the warmth of the sun, the hotel staff, the turquoise clean pool and hot tub, and loved all the deliciously prepared food at 3 stations (no lining up). Cheerful waiters, and bar staff were available at all times and our wishes were their command. The plumbing worked (no struggle with the toilet as one does with the arrogant English toilet) The shower also behaved, and turned on at a perfect temperature (no wrestling with the hot and cold) and didn't send piercing jets right at your chest or nether regions.
There was also a sweet niche in the shower stall for the soap, at a "just right " level , so no grappling for the soap (obeying Newton's Law) as it hits the floor. It didn't happen. Lots of fresh white towels too. Harmonious pieces of artwork, including large (about 2 feet in diameter) candles, eye-catching tiling, and subdued lighting are part of the charm of this hotel and along with the swaying palms, drecenas and other garden bushes and colourful flowers, well these complaining Canadians had absolutely nothing to complain about. We Loved it.