We spent the day with a pass at Barcelo in May. The beach was nice. We met a couple walking down from Riu who said the Barcelo beach was much nicer and cleaner than Riu’s. We thought the food and the drinks were sub-par. They mentioned they had stayed at Barcelo before and found the food at Riu better. But for half the price of the Riu’s day pass, it was fine. We were really there for the beach.