the boca chica is an old school acapulco hotel. i am from cardiff, uk but have lived in mexico city for the last few years and have been to pretty much all the major hotels in acapulco in that time, so i know what represents value in this resort. although this place is in the least attractive part of town and is a little worn out it is the only place where you can snorkel in the whole resort. it has a perfect waterfront location around the corner from the very busy little beaches of caleta and caletilla and even at the highest peak season where you can hardly see the sand for people, the boca chica is around the corner and quiet. the rooms are outdated, the pool looks like it could do with a revamp, it could do with a repaint, but for little money you get breakfast included and the place has the best seafood and sushi restaurant in the city. the hotels on diamante are far superior but they also gouge you for money. depends what you are after really. if you want a good value, quiet trip, and to snorkel in aca, this is an excellent choice, i have been here several times. if you want the latest in hotels go to aca diamante, but take your wallet.

My girlfriend and I just got back from Acapulco, what a wonderful city. We stayed at Hotel Boca Chica for one week. We had a magnificent time! The veiw from our balcony were so beautiful. The rooms could use some updating/renovation, a little TLC would go a long ways but our room was clean and neat and that is all I require (not high maintenance). The room had everything you would need in a hotel room. The maid service was great. Our maid cleaned and mopped our room floors and provided fresh towels everday. If you are the type that require luxury in a hotel (high maintenance), this is not the hotel for you. I am already planning my vacation next year and will be staying at Boca Chica again.

My adult kids and I stayed here for a few days after a business trip to Mexico City. We were looking for somewhere to wind down and chill out - and this was pretty good, and a good price. Unfortunately the rooms were not really fitted out adequately for three people, so my daughter and I ended up sharing a double bed - not ideal but ok if the bed is comfortable and it's for a short period of time. However the beds were probably at their best some 30 years ago and the fold out couch - well don't even go there! Our first (very cramped) room had a fantastic view of the canal and the island, the second had a fantastic view of the beach, and we did sit there and watch the goings on for hours. We traded off the view for a larger room, although otherwise there were no differences.
Unfortunately the staff we met didn't speak much English, and really nothing got explained, so we didn't go and spend much time on the beach, which I regret. The swimming off the pier was great until the jellyfish and the oil slick appeared, but the pool was clean and comfortable. The man with the snorkels turned up intermittently so my tip is to buy some cheap ones yourself so as not to miss out on the snorkelling as we did.
The rooms are really in need of re-vamp, in particular the beds and the bathrooms. Also, a pet peeve of mine - if there are three people paying for a room then there should be three towels without having to ask! The rooms and bathroom were clean however, and we found the aircon worked just fine. It's a good taxi ride away from anything, but then again that's why we picked it - and the gardens are lovely!

My husband is Mexican, and I am a low-maintenance kind of girl, so I suppose our standards and what we are looking for when we go on vacation may be different than some.

With that said, we really loved the Boca Chica. We stayed in a corner
suite, which looked like most of the other rooms, but had a king-sized bed (which was comfortable, not luxurious) and a private balcony that wrapped around the room. We could watch the sun rise over the hills across the bay in the morning, and watch the sky changed as the sun set each night. We also had a view of the beach and La Isla de Roqueta.

Besides the nice room, the staff was very pleasant, if not particularly energetic. And, unlike the last reviewer, we found both Playa Caletilla and Caleta (just steps away) very charming and clean. We loved walking by the fisherman each morning, who sold a wicked ultra-fresh ceviche around lunch and the general Mexican aura of the beach. I don't particularly want to see a lot of Americans when on vacation, so it was nice to be in a more local (albeit also touristy) scene.

A couple of days we camped out for $3 under an umbrella on the beach, taking turns reading and swimming, sipping micheladas, coronas and pina coladas (served by the owners of the restaurants toward the back of the beach).

Like many said, the hotel restaurant is excellent, not only the included breakfast but also the Marina Bay lunch and dinner spot under the high palapa roof. Try to get the older, paunchier waiter, he's really fun and will give the ladies a fresh flower.

Overall, the Boca Chica's ambience and location charmed us, and we'll
be back.