Hotel Riu Playacar - All Inclusive

“Fantastic stay”

This will be a long review and I will list pros and cons. We stayed here for 2 weeks in November. I previously stayed at the Yucatan 5 years ago so had a comparison. There was none. Playacar is far superior. PROS Hotel - The cleanliness is stunning. Everywhere you go, rooms and social areas a… more

This will be a long review and I will list pros and cons. We stayed here for 2 weeks in November. I previously stayed at the Yucatan 5 years ago so had a comparison. There was none. Playacar is far superior. PROS Hotel - The cleanliness is stunning. Everywhere you go, rooms and social areas are constanty cleaned. I liked the central walkway down to the beach. Nice and wide and bright. The Yucatan can be very dark. Check in was quick and cheery. No problem when we asked to be moved down a floor as there are no lifts. Rooms - Nice and large with plenty of storage. Balcony with coffee table and chairs. 2 sinks in bathroom. Shower gel and shampoo in nice large shower. Optics in bathroom with well stocked fridge, replaced when necessary. Large bed. We were in room 5223 on 2nd floor. It overlooks the walkway. Beach - Lovely beach. Raked each morning so very clean. Plenty of sunbeds on beach. Sunbeds - on arrival there didn't seem a problem at all but on our second week had to get down beore 10 to nab one. Plenty of shade around the pool. Bars - Excellent. They work very hard. Good choice of cocktails. 2 bars in theatre in the evening is handy if it is busy. Lobby bar open 24 hours if wanted. Restaurants - Buffet was excellent, plenty of choice and service good at breakfast and dinner. They don't enforce the long trousers rule for men. Our favourite was the Italian and we weren't too keen on the Asian but liked the Steakhouse and Mexican, which are down by the beah. Lunchtime buffet was also good. Entertainment - the team work very hard during the day and evening. Theatre shows are generally good and sometimes excellent. Didn't expect to enjoy the Mariachi show but was really good. CONS None. Excellent hotel

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“Amazing Rui Playacarf”

We had the most amazing time at Rui Playacar. Everything was perfect. Great room and food. Fabulous beach and we felt they went above and beyond to make the guests have a great holiday.

“Almost a 5 Star”

Everything was amazing, i personally thought beds could be a little more comfortable, everything else was excellent

“RIU Playacar Nov 2024”

First stay at a RIU resort. Likely better than expected. Enjoyed the location, food, services. The ability to visit other RIU properties in the area was great! I don’t drink but there was always non-alcoholic beer available. I found the bed uncomfortable but my wife didn’t have any complaints. Plen… more

First stay at a RIU resort. Likely better than expected. Enjoyed the location, food, services. The ability to visit other RIU properties in the area was great! I don’t drink but there was always non-alcoholic beer available. I found the bed uncomfortable but my wife didn’t have any complaints. Plenty of hot water and pressure for showers. There was a Scuba Caribe on site that allowed for free hobicat ‘rentals’ for experienced sailors. My biggest complaint (which isn’t all that big a deal) was the ice machine in our building broke a couple days into the vacation and they never fixed it. There were usable ice machines available in other buildings that were literally one minute more to walk.

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