The building itself is old but in good condition, very well maintained and clean. The restaurants and the food are very good, except the "Old Barn". The food was low class in comparison with the other restaurants, the steaks are okay after you send them back. The bars are okay and the staff is very attentive.
The beach... What beach?? It's just a leftover after the last storm. You walk either in very soft sand or you have 2 different legs (1 short, 1 long). There are never enough loungers or even comfortable chairs available unless you go lounge-hunting shortly after 6 am. People who came later had to sit on green plastic garden chairs.
The entertainment was okay, a little bit too loud around the pool, especially because the music came from two different sources.
If you want a good night's sleep, you have to sleep on the lagoon side and on the floor and side furthest away from the bar in the lobby.
A heartfelt "Thank you" to the very accommodating staff.
Going again? I don't know! Recommend it to young people? - any time. To older people, no!

Was a guest at the hotel from Jan 20 to 29, 2009. Food was good and staff was good. The only problems were the lounge chairs not enough, pool water should be warmer and hot tub was chilly. Beach needs improvements as the drop off to the water was at least 2 feet and was dangerous when exiting the water. Rooms were clean. The menu should be changed every few days. I believe if we go again we will be going to Riviera Maya as the hotels are newer and beaches are more friendlier.

Everything was great only neg the pool water needs to be heated so more people could use it

We stayed at the Golden Parnassus between Jan 26 - Jan 31. This was my second time at the resort, but only my first since it was changed from the Golden Crown. As always, the food was really good, with lots of selection. The level of service was excellent. The rooms are a little out-dated, probably a 3-star quality, and could use an update.

One issue that we had with the resort is the fact that guests from the sister property, the Great Parnassus, had priviledges at the Golden Parnassus. This made the 214-room Golden property far too busy. If you didn't reserve a beach chair by 7:00 a.m., you were out-of-luck for the entire day. The beach at the Golden is much better than at the Great, so many people from the Great took advantage of that. This is my only complaint.