Amazing resort with some impruvements needed

Hotel and resort is amaising very clean and nice arangements . Superb garden and pools. Food excelent. Drinks like every resort try local resources, The only anouing is the marichis bands . They come like 4 or 5 bands to the beach from 1pm till 9Pm and they all play at same time different songs that it become o big noise all afternoon. I understand is public beach but they have to do something about it. The lifeguards I think are a bit to protective will kick you out of water even 2 feet high [... read more] sometimes.

Awesome place for families

We loved our stay here! A family with two adults and two kids. The food was great; the grounds were beautiful and the view spectacular. Not too busy in May and we always found a spot in the shade near the pools or the beaches. The grounds are quite large so there were very few lines for food or drinks. My kids had a blast on the on-site water park and had so much fun in the waves. You can't beat the sun setting over the ocean every single night.

RIU Emerald Bay

We would rate the hotel a 5 star! The hotel was excellent and always spotlessly clean, the staff amazing and always pleasant, happy and helpful and the food was great! The beach was very clean and the pools amazing! Everything exceeded our expectations and we will definitely visit it again and recommend it to our friends! Thank you!

Our Home Away From Home!

My husband and I love visiting the Riu Emerald Bay, it just feels like our second home! The staff are very welcoming, friendly and hard working, housekeeping never stops cleaning diligently and front desk staff are amazing and very accommodating, their knowledge of English truly inspiring. The hotel grounds are just beautiful and immaculately kept and the restaurants are numerous with plenty of choices for all tastes. Our room is always kept fresh and clean with welcoming little "towel animals"  [... read more]to greet us every day. I would have to say the only real complaint we have is there are no English channels on television except for two news stations. Often, after a tough day on the beach and a delicious dinner, it would be nice to watch a movie on television in English to finish the evening. The televisions we have had here throughout the years we've been coming have their HDV ports damaged, so we were not able to use our firestick as a backup.

You need to go here!

This resort is clean and well staffed with great service right from the start. The food here is absolutely 15/10. We really enjoyed the Mexican food options, fresh guacamole, and the seafood. We loved the sheer variety of food at every meal. The bartenders are awesome at both adult pools and it was never long to get a drink. The beach was beautiful with no problems finding a chair on the beach at all. Sometimes it was a little bit more difficult to find a chair at the pool, but we weren't too wo [... read more]rried about that. Pepe's food was a great option every afternoon if you were enjoying your time in the pool and not wanting to dry off. There were great options like tacos, nachos, burgers, fries, hot dogs, etc. Along with the staff being very helpful and attentive I also found just everyone in general at the resort friendly and there for a good time. I usually go to adults only resorts but there were lots of families there enjoying their time as well. There are two adults only pools where we spent our time along with the beach. I thought everything would be crowded and we would have to wait for food and drinks but I can't say it enough. This resort was so well staffed that you barely had to wait for anything and there was always enough food and drinks for everybody. I also found with the amount of guests at this resort I never felt like it was crowded. If you're headed to this resort also try a "dirty monkey" at the bar as well as a round of "mini beer" shots with your friends! We will definitely be back and probably bring the whole family next time.

You need to go here!

This resort is clean and well staffed with great service right from the start. The food here is absolutely 15/10. We really enjoyed the Mexican food options, fresh guacamole, and the seafood. We loved the sheer variety of food at every meal. The bartenders are awesome at both adult pools and it was never long to get a drink. The beach was beautiful with no problems finding a chair on the beach at all. Sometimes it was a little bit more difficult to find a chair at the pool, but we weren't too wo [... read more]rried about that. Pepe's food was a great option every afternoon if you were enjoying your time in the pool and not wanting to dry off. There were great options like tacos, nachos, burgers, fries, hot dogs, etc. Along with the staff being very helpful and attentive I also found just everyone in general at the resort friendly and there for a good time. I usually go to adults only resorts but there were lots of families there enjoying their time as well. There are two adults only pools where we spent our time along with the beach. I thought everything would be crowded and we would have to wait for food and drinks but I can't say it enough. This resort was so well staffed that you barely had to wait for anything and there was always enough food and drinks for everybody. I also found with the amount of guests at this resort I never felt like it was crowded. If you're headed to this resort also try a "dirty monkey" at the bar as well as a round of "mini beer" shots with your friends! We will definitely be back and probably bring the whole family next time.

Excellent resot

Extremely friendly staff. Clean Excellent entertainment location was great not to far from the airport I really can't find anything negative to say. Yes the elevators were slow but really who is in such a rush on Holiday's. I would gladly return to this resorts.

Fun in the Sun

Excellent all-inclusive resort. Very clean, excellent food, friendly staff, large rooms, beautiful view and wonderful pools / grounds. It is easy to catch the green bus from outside the resort to downtown Mazatlan.

I could recommend and could be back

Riu Emerald Bay was honestly beautiful, The food was awesome, The staff was was incredible, The rooms and view spectacular. However some improvements would be welcome; * The pools were often dirty and full of bugs due to low water levels the pool skimmers weren't being reached. * The beaches were beautiful and clean however from 2:30pm-6pm it was impossible to be on the beach due to loud mariachi bands playing over each other much too close to the chairs this was a common complaint tha [... read more]t anyone i met had. Over all me and my partner really enjoyed our stay for our week stay.

Awesome Resort

We had the BEST time at Riu Emerald Bay! The staff was awesome, super friendly and helpful it really seemed like they loved being there! The hotel its self was SO clean, second to none! Food was good if you go hungry here it's your own fault they had everything anyone could want! Service was great no lines for food. The bars can be a bit busy but that's to be expected but never waiting longer than about 5 minutes for a drink. Pools were great! Beach is AMAZING! I would recommend this hote [... read more]l to anyone. We brought out 3 kids youngest is 9 and oldest is 13, they had a GREAT time and we felt SAFE SAFE SAFE the entire time! The only bad thing I have to say is that the beds were quite hard not overly comfortable unfortunately. But other than that totally worth it!

Wonderful Resort RIU Emarald Bay, Mazatlan

I was a wonderful stay at the RIU Emarald Bay resort last week. The place was very clean, The staff was very friendly, with daily entertainment and fitness classes. The food was amazing and lots of choices.

Wonderful place

Was very impressed how clean the resort was especially the public washrooms. The food fresh and tasty with different flavours. Loved the long walks along the sandy clean beach. Loved the ocean view with balcony’s and spacious room. I only wish they had supplied shower caps and conditioner

Nice resort

This is a very nice large resort. We were impressed with the high level of staffing numbers and how nice they were. Only critique would be I wish they had more seafood ,, ex: shrimp Pools, beach, loungers , drink service was great.

Pristine beach & accommodating staff

If you want to avoid heading to a beach destination where there is the potential for algae invading the beach, then you are better served heading to the Pacific side of Mexico. The waves are more present, the water is surprisingly warm during the winter months and you witness spectacular sun sets. As for the hotel all inclusive package experience, I would rate this hotel a 4.5 on 5. Tripcentral.ca provided useful information before and after our travel. The service offered is what you would e [... read more]xpect from a serious travel provider. Thank you Martine

Great vacation

The transfer was fast and direct to hotel. Check in was organized and fast. Room was ready upon arrival. This hotel is very clean, the buffet has wide selection always restored. The specialty restaurants were all good, favorite was Italian. The steak and salmon are delicious. The grounds are very well kept. The beach is great for walking. I would recommend .

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Rooms were terrible and we were in a superior room. Specifically the beds were bricks and the most uncomfortable mattress we have ever slept on at a hotel. It matters for a two week trip. Maid service was fantastic and it was clean. Only English channels were news channels. It’s nice to have some variety especially when the hotel caters to visitors from Canada or the USA. Food was very good but no variety. Very repetitive to have the same meal selection every single day for two weeks. The à la c [... read more]arte restaurants were not à la carte - they were buffets and not very interesting. The beach was spectacular and one of the best features of the resort. Very accessible for explorers because the green bus is right out front and well worth 13 pesos. Staff were very nice and professional. Pools were filthy. Very disappointing. Birds were everywhere eating scraps and bees were swarming the adult pool. Entertainment was very nice but the chairs were uncomfortable most having holes in them with a flat cushion to cover up. Gym was absolutely terrible. For a resort with 1100 rooms there should be a premium gym. People do workout on vacation especially younger people and fitness should be taken seriously by hotels. One jacuzzi for thousands of people is just inadequate. Wifi service was spotty and inadequate. We would not recommend this resort.

Great resort!

Awesome food and service! Loved the Ocean view rooms.Great set up for a larger family. Our family has been to this resort twice and would definitely go back for a third time! Our travel agent was Saskia who was very helpful with attention to detail.

Well worth the money!

Our group of 10 thoroughly enjoyed the RIU Emerald Bay Resort. We had read a few negative things about the resort, mainly elevator issues. Some people reported waiting up to 20 minutes for an elevator. We were on the 19 floor and did wait a couple of time but not nearly as bad as reported. However, we had requested 2 doubles beds but our request was not honoured. After a lengthy discussion with the front desk we did get it resolved.

Great deal

We got an awesome deal for one week The hotel was great. Very big. Lots of dinning options. Rooms were dated but ok. The Riu app was not very user friendly. Difficult booking ala carte. Had to log in at 7:00 am to book for the same evening. Restaurants were booked yet when we did go to the Italian when we finally got a reservation it was more than half empty. Grounds were clean. I liked the roped off area on the beach so you were not bothered by all the salespeople. Entertainment in the even [... read more]ings were not the greatest. The instrumental was drowning out the vocals. The “ battle of the bands” on the beach was very annoying. We moved to the far side of the beach so we didn’t have it blaring in our ears!

Great deal

We got an awesome deal for one week The hotel was great. Very big. Lots of dinning options. Rooms were dated but ok. The Riu app was not very user friendly. Difficult booking ala carte. Had to log in at 7:00 am to book for the same evening. Restaurants were booked yet when we did go to the Italian when we finally got a reservation it was more than half empty. Grounds were clean. I liked the roped off area on the beach so you were not bothered by all the salespeople. Entertainment in the even [... read more]ings were not the greatest. The instrumental was drowning out the vocals. The “ battle of the bands” on the beach was very annoying. We moved to the far side of the beach so we didn’t have it blaring in our ears!