Monica Kennedy

Review of Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa

We visited in winter and the weather was still ple...

We visited in winter and the weather was still pleasant.
Pro's:
Beautiful grounds, welcoming staff, friendly and wonderful service, clean big rooms, ample storage space for clothes. Great for golfers. Many pools- 3 outdoor + hot tub and 1 indoor lap pool. Varied Restaurants and Buffet breakfast ( good and has an omelet station, and they let you take coffee and Juice to go). They have outdoor fire-pits and you can buy smores packages in the lobby store. there is a great lawn that you can use if it's not reserved for private parties.
Con's:
Traveling with young kids it was tricky, although the grounds and hotel itself were beautiful we found a few things that could be improved: the pools, that is the main and really only thing to do here with young kids. Although the outdoor pools are heated, in the winter they tend to do maintenance so you may not get to use any or only 1. The indoor lap pool was heated but felt very cold to us (I lasted 15 min) and it was down several flights of stairs, not stroller friendly as well. It would have been amazing it they had an indoor hot tub or steam rooms. We tried going for walks on the grounds but since the sidewalks are shared with the golf carts - which are stealthy quiet and you can't hear them coming- so we felt 'in the way ' often just trying to go for a stroll.
Restaurants- we went to a cheaper lunch cafe for lunch and for a family of 4- with 2 kids meal items it was close to $100 dollars! IT was actually cheaper to do Uber Eats which is what we ended up doing for the remainder of the trip. (Breakfast buffet was covered by conference so that was nice) we had no car and its about a 30 min drive from the city of Austin so I felt a little stranded there with not much to do but relax but the kids were going stir crazy.

In the summer I can see how families and kids can spend all day in the pools, every other season not much I guess.
Great location and venue for conferences, parties, weddings, etc. Great for adults and teens but not the best for young families.