Just come back from spending 11 nights in the Riu Hotel Tequila.. I have to say fantastic holiday all round... hotel is really good ... food excellent including specialty restuarants (asian and most of all steak house)... rooms very good and spacious, only negative was silly but went to cape verde last year to a riu hotel and everything was exactly the same, reception / dining room / bedroom etc, i was looking forward to something different, i suppose if you have a winning formula...

We spent most of the time on Playacar hotel beach which was fantastic, a bit of a walk (ten mins) but was great after an early breakfast... bar and the staff in riu tequila was excellent very friendly a focal point of the night... entertainment was just ok, 5out10 for trying hard, abba night was the best because you could sing along with the songs... (didnt understand why the entertainment crew wasted 2 hours on kids entertainment when there wasnt any kids there....

never went in the swimming pools to be honest a bit too cold for me, and pool bars were always busy... before i went i was a bit worried about the racoon looking animals that wandered around riu tequila, there are loads of them and i would expect round that hotel pool they were a pain ..... but the only people to blame are the idiots feeding them... there are sugns everywhere saying please do not feed them... i had no issues with them

visited island opposite where all the crusie ships go, cosumel (boat trip a bit bumpy. it was a dull day) really worth a visit ... if you go visit Jimmey Buffet's Margaritta ville, fantastic american style restaurant... it has free snorkeling and all kinds of climbing things in the water (very safe for kids)

Town of playa del carmen very good for a walk round on a night time, very safe... you get a bit fed up of being invited into shops to look at loads of silver / t shirts etc etc... go to the
bottom of 5th avenue where all the nice restaurants and bars are... we went twice to blue lobster .. fantastic food !!!!!

finally fantastic hotel and area, very safe, fabulous beech ... people friendly and amazing ... we will be back next year...






bottom of 5

just got back from this great hotel. two fantastic weeks of fun. the directors,staff and reps are brilliant. everywhere is spotlessly clean. the food is to die for especially the steak bar. i have never witnessed staff who are so good at there jobs. the rooms are spacious and cleaned every day. the waiters and bar staff work there butts off to keep everyone happy. the entertainment gang are brill and put on great shows at night but work equally as well around the pools with a barrage of fun and games. will return.

We wanted some winter sun and a relaxing time to recharge our batteries, this hotel provided what we wanted. The staff were very friendly, the rooms clean and the food good. As well as the buffet each night which included 3 hot food stations there are 3 speciality restaurants you can book, of which the steak one is the best.

The beach is great as is the pool area. The evening entertainment was some nights good, others not so good, it is difficult to provide entertainment for everyone due to the different nationalities staying in the hotel.

We will certainly consider going back for another holiday

We stayed for 2 weeks from 17th January and had a wonderful time. There are ample bars and restaurants and the food is to die for especially in the main buffet restaurant, after seeing the food on our first night we just knew we were going to have to diet when we got home, how anyone can complain about the food I don't know! As for the restaurants that you had to book for yes you did have to book early to get the sitting you want but we never had any trouble in getting in any of them. We booked them early on in our holiday as because of the jet lag we were getting up early anyway but one time at was about 8.30 am that we booked and still got in. We did use to go to the beach and use the Riu Yukatan during the day and we enjoyed their pool with swim up bar, the barmen were really friendly and kept the drinks flowing. You could also use the Riu Playacar hotel during the day which we only decided to do on our last full day it was a lot quieter and the day we went they had a bbq at the poolside for lunch which was lovely. We then went onto the beach and to our surprise waiters came down with trays of assorted drinks for anyone to have which was very welcome. The entertainment at the hotel was very good the entertainmnet team worked very hard and you would find some people coming from the other Riu hotels at night for the shows because they were better at the Tequila. The rooms were were nice and clean, the shower was great. I found the curtain instead of a door to the bathroom a surprise but it was no problem. All staff were friendly and we had numerous calls from the reception asking us if we had any problems with the room which I thought was a nice touch. Would we go again? Definitely and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this hotel to anyone else - what are you waiting for? go for it.