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Balché Pool & Snack Bar Reviews

Mayan Palace
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

E. B.
E. B.
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Balché Pool & Snack Bar

This was an enjoyable eating experience! What a pleasant surprise to get really tasty, interesting food by the pool! Their Asiatic beef wrap is fantastic and incredibly well presented. They had several other wraps and some really interesting burgers, as well as appetizers and salads.

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From journal The Road to Hell is Paved with...

Balché Pool & Snack Bar

When you are at the pool relaxing, the employees are very attentive. It's like being on a cruise with all the attention. No matter where you are, the staff are a lot of fun and very helpful.

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From journal The Wonderful Nuevo Vallarta

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Balché Pool & Snack Bar

  • January 11, 2004
  • 3 by E. B. from Torrance, California
This is the pool bar where you can order your drinks as you lie on a chaise longue, glistening from sweat and suntan lotion. There are bar waiters that approach you every ten minutes to see if you would like either a drink or something to eat. This happens whether you are at the beach or the pool. One thing that happens at the beach is that you will be approached by street hawkers to purchase their merchandise. They are carrying sarongs, serapes, jewelry, sunglasses, even hammock chairs. Just tell them, "No, gracias," and they go on their way.

When you're baking in the sun, it's nice to have someone offer to bring you a drink. I do not think it's a good idea to drink alcohol while you are in the sun. Alcohol dehydrates you, so you should be drinking water, not alcohol. I ordered a mango smoothie, but was disappointed when I tasted my sister's strawberry smoothie. Hers was so much better. The smudy de sabores cost about $3 USD.

We later ordered a piña sorpres sin licor, which is basically a virgin drink inside a scooped-out pineapple shell. I had a peach drink while my sister had banana. I preferred my peach drink to the banana. These drinks were about $6 USD, but there were twice as big as the other smoothies.

Since we were hungry from cooking in the sun, we ordered a hamburguesa de queso and a quesadilla con japaleños, but they did not have the jalapeños available, so they gave me lots of picante salsa instead. The cheeseburger and quesadilla cost about $14 together without the tip. We took the food and my pineapple drink back to the room. I ended up cutting up my pineapple shell and ended up with so much pineapple to eat that we avoided pineapples since we were tired of them.

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From journal My First Trip to Nuevo Vallarta

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