Wonderful Resort

This hotel was top notch. The staff was so pleasant and obliging. Always greeting with a smile and “Ola”. Their hard work did not go unnoticed, especially the outside workers. Our rooms were so clean. The ground’s immaculate. Pools well looked after, all bar service amazing . Beautiful resort. Been to many resorts but by far the best food at this resort. A fantastic vacation for sure.

Wonderful Resort

This hotel was top notch. The staff was so pleasant and obliging. Always greeting with a smile and “Ola”. Their hard work did not go unnoticed, especially the outside workers. Our rooms were so clean. The ground’s immaculate. Pools well looked after, all bar service amazing . Beautiful resort. Been to many resorts but by far the best food at this resort. A fantastic vacation for sure.

Great Resort

The hotel and staff were very good. That being said, there are 2 things I would improve: 1. Mention that the pool table in the Sports bar is an extra cost of $5 per hour. 2. The quality of the steak at the steakhouse. The steak was delicious, and sizeable, but very thin. A thicker cut would have been nice. That's about it. All in all, it was a great hotel!

Fantastic Resort

We visited the Riu from April 13 to April 20th and had a fantastic time. The rooms were cleaned and tidy. The buffet food was very good. The beach was clean and pools were amazing. The staff were friendly but most of them will speak Spanish and did not speak English . I will rate this resort as a *****.

Amazing Resort

Very clean resort and rooms All the workers do amazing job.keep up excellent work I will most certainly be back to Stay again absolutely no complaints I will recommend to other people. Food was fabulous loved it very much

Great resort

The resort was fantastic; I realized I wasn’t an all inclusive person; but the service was outstanding even with one elevator down. I went on one excursion and it wasn’t the best; really a waste of time and money. The food was great!!

Good reaprt

Overall the resort was good. We enjoyed the restaurants and pools. However breakfast should start at 6 am. Pool side bar opens too late in the morning. Scuba Caribe was not a good choice. You should not promote them. Extreme was far better. On resort entertainment was good.

Panama Playa Blanca

Hated people saving chairs at 6am Otherwise Awesome Hotel Liked the tours we went on Staff was friendly - great mini bar service, very clean - maid did excellent job liked the easy, fast check-in thank you

Very clean resort!

We found the hotel to be very clean and the staff was very friendly. On a down side they did not fill the bar fridge often enough leaving us short on water and pop. Overall a very nice experience. Very nice well taken care of grounds.

Very clean resort!

We found the hotel to be very clean and the staff was very friendly. On a down side they did not fill the bar fridge often enough leaving us short on water and pop. Overall a very nice experience. Very nice well taken care of grounds.

Great trip

My friends and I came to Panama for a week of relaxation. The RIU did not disappoint. The food was incredible, the Italian restaurant was mouth watering(I am still thinking about the buns from dinner) the cocktails were delicious especially the Spanish coffees. Service was great, never had to wait too long. We only had 2 complaints 1. We called down to the lobby to ask maintenance to look at our tub as it wasn’t draining properly. It wasn’t fixed. 2. The pillows in the room were tiny and unc [... read more]omfortable.

A great resort

The resort is very clean and well kept. The rooms were nice and comfortable. The staff were very friendly and worked very hard. The food was very good, from the buffet to the there Alacart restaurants. All the pools were nice and clean. The beach was nice. There were always loungers available but you have to get it there at around 630 even though they said you weren't allowed to do that. The only complaint i have is they didn't give you enough water in your room, when i asked for extra water one [... read more] day, i was told by the manager that he would give me some this time but your only allowed a water restock of for bottles every other day. Had a great time!!

Great resort!

Hotel and staff are great! Beautiful beaches and food is delicious! I've traveled to a number of places and resorts, this was one of my favorites for food! Drinks are tasty too. Would highly recommend!

Great time

The hotel is approx 10 mins from the rio halto airport which is fantastic. Transfer to hotel was simple and quick. Check in was smooth with plenty of people to help. Grounds are immaculate and clean. Pools are great. Very difficult to get loungers unless you are down there at 7:30. Beach is very nice with black sand. Food was plenty and very good with lots of choices. 1 thing I didn’t really like after being to many resorts in many countries was the à la carte restaurant process. You [... read more] are required to wait in line and is on a first come first serve basis.

Amazing a true 5 star :)

This place is awesome:) Lots of food 24/7 :) Cocktails 24/7 :) Riu app was awesome, super quick to fill your needs, ie more water & beer in room :) Adult pool was wonderful:) Live music daily:) Super clean inside & out :) Friendly staff :) Felt safe on beach & off resort :) Panama & Riu was wonderful:)

Decent Resort

Overall, the resort was very clean and well maintained and the night time entertainment was excellent. The food was decent quality but the buffets didn’t provide much variety throughout the week. The ala cart restaurants did not allow for reservations, was a first come first serve basis and was lined up at opening time with lots of “golden age” guest who you would assume had proper manner and etiquette, but sadly did not. They also followed the same social behaviours with the pool lounge chairs [... read more]. At the guest orientation, we were told that the lounge chairs were not to be reserved before 7am. Two out of three pool lounge chairs were “sold out” well before 6am all seven days of our stay and said “golden agers” occupied these loungers the entire day. This is not the resorts fault, but they could have enforced these rules a bit better. It seemed to be over populated for the amenities they provided. I would happily go back to the Grand DeCameron, Panama over the Riu.

Disappointing!

Only 3 à la carte restaurants. Food too salty in all 3. No reservation system in place so long line ups. Quiet pool (adult) was impossible to get lounges. Despite there being a rule of no reserving before 7 a.m., they were reserved by 5:30 a.m. No poolside bar service or wait staff in lobby bar. Hit and miss getting Chardonnay in any of bars/restaurants and no Pinot Grigio at all. Adult entertainment started after children’s entertainment at 9 p.m. Only one area designated for entertainment [... read more] (other than beach) so no music or entertainment in lobby bar. Only one bank of elevators so in a hotel that is shaped like a U, if your at one of the end sections, you have to either go up/down multiple floors of stairs or walk along endless hallways to get to elevators so wouldn’t recommend for anyone with mobility issues.

Excellent resort

Beautiful resort, very clean grounds, food was great with a lot of variety, service was great but could be better if the staff spoke English. The staff did not speak English at all which was a bit disappointing, I asked for a glass of wine and the girl just took everything from my table. Even the entertainment staff very few spoke English. Otherwise we had a wonderful time

Relaxing and Safe Resort

This was our 4th visit to RIU Playa Blanca. We have always requested ocean view. We requested a room change which we were able to do on our second night of a 7-night stay. We got the full ocean view after the room change. The first room was partial ocean view. When you looked out the window of the first room you do not see the ocean. Only the rooms across the other side of the U shape of the hotel. You only saw the ocean when you were on the right side of the balcony Food is always good at the b [... read more]uffets and specialty restaurants. Cocktails are amazing and you can request your favourite drink that is not on the cocktail menu. Hotel is very clean and staff very friendly. We will go back for sure! Good value for money.

Great vacation

Very pleasant and well run resort. Nice beach , guaranteed weather and warm ocean water. Polite and very friendly crew. Great food with a lot of selections. The varieties of the evening shows with professional performers.