Great resort

Overall a great resort - pretty big, rooms are nice and clean, buffets are great, a beach is good. Car rental facility is fair in price and right in front of the entrance. The staff is professional. The whole check in and out process is very well organized. The la carte restaurant food is lower level than expected. A bit weird policy in regards to drinking water - feels like there is a shortage of it and you have to refill the bottles in the bars or lobbies. Most of the staff doesnt speak E [... read more]nglish, but it's not a big deal. Water motorized rides and tours are quite expensive - just keep in mind. But overall we spent great time there and we liked it a lot.

Awesome

This resort was amazing. Good food great people nice rooms and hot. Close to a town. Excursions to book. Pools were clean and big. Would recommend this place to everyone. There are shuttles to take you around the resort

Nice

very clean lots to do good food great pools beauitful beach lots of activies to do day band night service could of been better with more staff knowing to speak english and understanding the beach very clean and white

November Vacation

We thought this hotel was great!! Very large, & a lot of walking, but beautiful & well kept. Food was excellent, never had an issue with quality, & we tried quite a few places within the resort. Staff were great also. Learning a bit of Spanish goes along way in Panama, since there really is no second language, English is not spoken by everyone.

Beautiful clean resort

I thought the hotel was amazing. My only complaint was we went off season so a lot of the buffets and restaurants where closed. Also I found a lot the employees don't speak English. The shows where not interesting at all.

Decent resort

Well designed, not crowded, clean rooms, A/C technicians could use some more training in the field, excellent entertainers on the beach during the day not so great activities at night. Too bad the fridge is not refilled with anything. Good food.

Landscape beautiful

Bed great, housekeeping poor, grounds nice, beach too rough, food ok, but menu was limited and excursions pricey. Staff spoke very little English and nite shows in Spanish only. The staff were not very friendly and most locations were closed as they said it was there low season.

Hot!

This hotel is huge and built on the side of a very large hill. There are three lobbies uptop along with several restaurants, a casino, bars, and pool. This is where the oceanview and standard rooms are located along with the golf villas. This is also where there s free wifi and where you make dinner reservations. It s almost 90 steps up the staircase from the lower level to the lobby. It is possible to arrange a shuttle but we are not sure how. We stayed in the beach front rooms (1212) on the lo [... read more]wer level. It was on the 3rd floor, corner room. No elevators but that was okay with us. Great views of the ocean, beach, and pools. We would definitely stay in the lower section again. Only real complaint is that there were not enough staff at the pool bars. You had to stand in line to get a beer, maybe as long as 10 minutes. Be sure to bring flipflops as the sand and decks are very hot by 11 in the morning.

Very nice resort.

This resort is very nice and laid out quite nice. I was in building 31 on the 3rd floor. Perfect location & great beach front view. all areas were kept clean at all times. most staff only know Spanish but we made out ok. they were all very friendly. all buffets and ala carts & washrooms very clean at all times the flight with Air Transat was the worst I've ever been on.1 1/2 hour late due to there catering company a bag with a sandwich, water & snack. they had nothing else to offer on the plane. [... read more] Coming home plane late due to catering issues from Toronto. they ran out of hot food coming home and offered what they had till they ran out. the movie only played in French for some of the plane & the channels for the radio would change on there own or the volume would blast in your ear.

Good Time

Rooms were comfortable and clean. Bring facecloths and facial tissues. Food was OK but the booking system for restaurants was confusing and stressful. The restaurants were never full and we had a hard time getting reservations over the dinner hours. We ate either early or very late. You even have to book the buffets.There is also the language issue. Some staff are very fluent in 2-3 languages, others had no English especially the serving staff. The pools, beach and hotel grounds were immaculate  [... read more]and there was always someone tending the gardens, sweeping and cleaning. The resort is very diligent about security, they even checked the ground level rooms sliding doors every night to make sure they were locked. The check in and out was very organized as was baggage handling. The trip to and from the airport in Rio Hato was a dream. All in all we had a wonderful time there, all our needs were taken of and we enjoyed the resort.

OK Resort

Rooms are a little tired and walls are thin (noisy). Beds were comfortable. Rooms have safes but you have to pay to use them, not equipped with iron, coffee maker, robes, facecloths or tissues. Food was edible but not great

Amazing resort

We like everything . We were so surprise how was well organized. Only was minus because hotel staff doesn't speak English or speak little. And there is not program on English language. But we start learn Spanish . Hola till next trip . Will be always with you . Thanks

Very clean but....

I've never seen a cleaner resort. They are always scrubbing down the chairs and cleaning the floors. The food was hit and miss. If you want service in the buffet, just grab the water jug and they will come running to your table. The beach was beautiful to walk on, but the water is very wavy and has a STRONG undertow. This is not a beach for swimming. Both my sister and I got stung my jellyfish. Nice to see Panama, but wouldn't go back.

Good variety of restaurants, bars and pools

Lots to do everyday! Great pools, and a large variety of things to do plus all of the off site options. Beach is great for long walks as well Only 5 minutes from airport is something else to consider!

Worst resort

Room amenities were lacking,every dinner meal you need to make a reservation including the buffets which took over an hour in line to make,cut up hot dogs and horrible chicken nuggets in breakfast buffet,majority of staff doesn't speak or try to speak English

Beautiful beach and golf course!

This was our 2nd time at the Royal Decameron and we were not disappointed. The grounds are beautiful, the rooms are clean and have everything you need. The food was amazing! Staff are friendly and very helpful. Any issues we had were minor and we overlooked them. Yes there is a lot of walking and a lot of stairs - this is not a bad thing - the exercise is good for you after indulging at the buffet and unlimited drinks. I don't know why people complain about this resort - they must be hard to ple [... read more]ase and very picky! The only we didn't like was that the golf used to be included in the price and now the golf is extra and you need to buy the package. It was still a great deal though. We will definitely be returning.

Beautiful ocean views very scenic

Very large hotel lots of walking which we didn't mind. Staff friendly but very little englishspeaking. Rooms were dirty we stepped on shards of glass twice in our room. You get what you pay for. Very out of the way

Beautiful resort

This was our 2nd trip to royal decameron panama..grounds beautiful and clean..food so so. .not as good as last time ..staff..exceptional in most AL a carte .not so good anywhere else...if AL a carte ..servers can do English why can't buffet staff..not many will acknowledge your presence unless spoken to...had to ask for coffee most days..felt very ignored..pool staff were the best..fun and entertaining.. staff including management need to acknowledge their guests while walking around resort..we  [... read more]found if we did not say hello first..no one except pool and maintenance staff spoke first..to management...many of you standing around talking in different areas not acknowledging your quests. Shame on you..we as guests are the ones keeping you open...buffets need needing to keep birds out..many few in at breakfast and staff just laughed. .landing on people's plates or were just be a nuisance..this is a major health and cleanliness violation...I worked in people service all my life..food..bar..weddings..special receptions...if we acted like the majority of your staff do including yourselves..we would have been fired..we will return but only for the sun and the accommodation. .maids were wonderful..just remember...if you don't have guests coming back you won't have a hotel..don't turn your back on English speaking countries. .I'm proud to be a Canadian but I'm not french ...

Royal Decameron - Panama - WoW!

The Royal Decameron Resort in Panama is a magnificent resort. Weather was very hot in February. We stayed in the Villa, near the golf course. Rooms was small but adequate for the vacation. Clean and well kept. Everything about the resort, was very enjoyable. It is a very big resort so be prepared to do a lot of walking. They do have a shuttle service that you can get at any of the 3 lobbies to take you around and shorten your walking but the walk is relaxing. Free Wifi is also available in all t [... read more]hree lobbies, slow sometimes but it works. The 10 restaurants have a large varieties of delicious foods. You have buffets for breakfast and lunch in the main restaurants, just walk up and enjoy. For dinner you need to make reservations at the restaurant of your choice. You can reserve for up to 3 days ahead at any of the 10 restaurants but you nee dto book early to get the time you want. There are some small issues with language, not everyone speaks English, but in the end the message always got across. The 2 pools are very big and inviting. They also have 2 smaller pools, including one adult only pool. The beach is also right there if you want the ocean. Swimming in the ocean wasn't possible due to large undercurrents and jelly fish. At night there are several things to do. There is a show on the main stage every night, plus smaller things throughout the resort, movies, musical performers, etc. Good for all ages but perfect for adults. The resort also have an amazing golf course...MantaRaya. Book in advance through your travel agent to get the best deals...and you can set your tee times in advance through email directly with the course. Overall great place, very safe and reasonably priced. You won't be disappointed. Loved it.

Great Resort

We found the staff in this resort extremely friendly and pleasant. The grounds were very clean as were the rooms. Lots of activities during the day to keep you busy. Beautiful scenery. Would go back in a heartbeat!!!.