patrick jarvis

Review of The Westin La Paloma Resort an...

One of those places you just really want love. Gre...

One of those places you just really want love. Great location with mountain views, the pool area is amazing, the main building is very nice... But after that it just starts to fizzle a bit. The room is a room, have stayed at holiday inns with nicer room, but they are not bad, just a room. They have a pool side pub with good selection of drinks and nice variety of pub style food. Burgers, salads, chip, chicken strips, all decent food at a reasonable price. But, they are only open from 11-5. If you are here for a conference, you will never get to enjoy this pub food. If you want to stop by for a weekend staycation, you may never get to enjoy this pub. See, check-in is at 4pm. It might take 20minutes to check in. Rooms are a good hike away, another 10 minutes. Get situated in room, 20 minutes, walk directly to pool, 10 minutes. So yeah, no long serving food at pub. But you have an option. Azul starts serving food at 5, and you can get some of the same pub for or much, much pricier food, think $40 al la cart New York strip. But, after staying here a couple of times, you discover, Azul has some of the slowest service I may have ever seen. Expect any meal to take nearly 2 hours. At $150 to feed 6 people, you would kinda like to at least have drinks filled without having to ask for refill.

With all that said, come for pool and amazing view. The people working the pool area are friendly and the ambiance is nice. As a bonus, the summer rates are amazing. Just eat before you get here... or plan on running just down the street to la Encantada were you have a nice selection of far better restaurants.