Great place to take grand children

Food is good , hotel very clean , staff great , weather hot , small enough to walk every we’re comfortably , it is a four star , al 21 of us had a great time ,lots of things to do to put in time . If did not what to lay a round and sun bath.

Riu Playa Blanca was a very clean resort.

The food and the clean atmosphere made our stay a pleasant one. We rate it Highly !!!!!! Sunwing people where very professional and knowledgeable at their job. We Thank them. Sunwing needs to look at the time slots the planes fly in and out of Toronto to Panama. This would increase more Travelers from Canada for sure. The Pederson's Ontario, Canada

Excellent. Amazing

It was so clean and friendly. Staff were always cleaning and offering assistance, answering questions. This was our first time to do an all inclusive and were very impressed. The tour we did from the hotel was excellent and would recommend highly. First class!

Nice Place with Amazing staff!

We flew into the Rio Hato airport that is only 10 mins away from the resort. Check in was amazing! Very fast. We were given rooms 1019 and 1020, and we were very pleased with where they were.. nice and close to the pools. Rooms were clean and beds were comfortable. The pools were awesome.. 4 in total, quiet, sports, childres's and the Swim up Pool Bar, which was a favourite place for me! J. Villa was an Awesome bartender! Only complaint is that there is not a bathroom near the pools, which [... read more] I had read in other reviews.. looks like there is one in progress, and that will greatly improve the experience of guests! If you are a beach person, I don't know if this is the resort for you.. the water was cloudy and murky, and the sand is black.. it looked cool, but not sure if beach people would enjoy.. I am not a beach person, so it did not phase me. Food was okay.. we always found something we enjoyed. One of the people in our party got ill and required medical attention. Sunwing was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I actually cannot thank them enough for the support they provided us.. Estelle and Omar from the onsite team were awesome.. but Jose Rogriguez was an angel. I really don't know what we would have done without him.. truly a wonderful, caring person. Fabiola from the resort was also fantastic.

Good resort but very isolated

The Resort/Hotel is great but its approx. 125 kms away from Panama City. Note the drive to Panama City can be 1 hour 12 mins without traffic and 2 hours 30 mins in traffic. There are no great places to visit in the surrounding area. You are pretty much confined to the resort unless you rent your own car or buy a package tour. They have Ace Car Rrental right in the main lobby and you should try to book in advance if you do plan to go outside of the resort as their selection and number of cars is  [... read more]very limited. The service at the resort itself is pretty good but you better have a little grasp of Spanish. A little more English speaking staff would be helpful. We had bottles of water and pop waiting in the fridge the day we arrived. If you need additional drinking water you can always pick a bottle or two at the front desk in the main lobby. There is a mini bar in each room with 4 different types of drinks for e.g. gin, vodka etc. The service folks refill your room stock every two days. And best of all these are free. The beach is not that great. There is debris on the shore many times. The under currents are very strong and its not fun to swim in the murky waters. You are better off swimming in the resort pools. The resort itself is very nice except the pools are way too far from the lobby. They do provide towels at the pool but one of the days the towel shack by the pool was closed and there were no signs indicating why or where to get the towels. They have a gym but its comparatively small. It does have everything you may need considering there are not many people using the facility. They had entertainment shows in the evening but these were only par. Nothing to grab my attention and make me want to go back. They have 3 specialty restaurants for Chinese, Italian and a Steak house (only in the evening) . We did not know until the final day that the steak house actually served a continental lunch buffet during the day in additional to the main continental lunch buffet. All in all the food is not bad at all and anyone and everyone should be able to find something they like.

Very nice resort!

Rooms were beautiful...our view...not so great. Looked out on the wetlands. Grounds were well kept, although they were adding the new washroom in the pool area which is a great idea. Food was good. Nightly entertainment was fun. We did find a lack of afternoon entertainment(music). Staff was vey friendly! I think more advertising of local restaurants and the casino would be good. Didn't know there was anything to do outside the hotel besides Sunwing tours. We probably would have spent money loca [... read more]lly had we known what was local. All in all had a very nice relaxing vacation. Beaches were very nice, had read some reviews saying otherwise. Did take the water-taxi to Pipa's....fun afternoon. Also didn't post the nightly shows in the lobby.

Great Vacation!!

Everything was just right! We came for a vacation and to celebrate our 25th anniversary ! Never a disappointment at all! Loved the staff in every area...pool.beach/meal service areas nothing to complain about! Some people........will GE cranky

Would not return - even if it's a beautiful resort

The beach is NOT golden sand like Sunwing describes it. It is black volcanic sand, which would be ok.. but the Ocean it very murky and is not appealing to swim in. KIDS beyond KIDS.. yelling and screaming ALL the time.. there is NO place on the resort for adults to sit and enjoy without being amongst loud kids. Swim up bar is great if kids were not always screaming splashing around the pool... The food was OK but there was little variety. Many of the same dishes for all three meals. Too few bath [... read more]rooms, however, they are in the process of building one closer to the beach and pool area which is good.

Great Staff

Good resort for families, wouldn't recommend for couples looking for peaceful getaway. Many small kids running around the restaurants and pool area by themselves, quite noisy. The resort caters to Spanish speaking guests. Ninety percent entertainment and all music both by the pools and disco is Spanish. Food was good, facilities too. Staff were excellent even if very few spoke English.

Looks much better in pictures (resort)

This hotel was ok I would give it an overall of 4 stars, food was good but more or less the same everyday, the rooms were decent, service was good, sea water was warm but dirty because of a flow of water into the sea from a canal close by. I would not go back just because of the dirty water.

Nice Resort

Riu is a nice resort, the rooms I would rate it a 3.5 star , the garden view was nice, the pools were very nice, the beach was not clean, the water was fair. The food was good. Overall I would Rate the riu playa blanca a 4 star max.

Riu Playa Blanca Panama

Very nice, clean well run hotel, the hotel staff are very friendly and accommodating and efficient. The food is good, the beach is nice, but wavy. Great location, only 10 minutes from the airport, no airplane noise is heard at the resort.

Nice resort great for family

It was great only the entertainment for adults at night needs some changes more diversity.the beach needs cleaning dirty leaves the beach close by was very clean. One night lots of people got sick Sunday night. The view was great the people were great the room was clean

Great Resort

The ocean front room was spectacular. We were on the 6th floor overlooking the pools. Meals were better than most all inclusive resorts. Fruits were in season. The ocean could not be enjoyed due to possibility of stingrays but there was plenty of room in the pools and ample chairs for everyone.

We liked it

We really liked it. Everything was good: food, drinks, our room, service, night entertainment for four nights of seven was good. Nice that you don't have to book a restaurant in advance if you want to go for a steak or Italian.

Amazing resort!

Food was amazing, it was hot not humid which was great! The drinks were good, and restaurants great. Rooms were clean, friendly staff, amazing shows. The only problem we had was that the pool closed at around 6 or 7, and thats when we wanted to swim because we got sunburnt. Also the beach for most days had the red flag (which means water is dangerous dont swim). When we looked at the water, it wasn't bad, but what do we know we're only tourists. But all in all it is an amazing resort, and w [... read more]e had an amazing experience, and yes it deserves the 5 stars.

Great trip!

Overall a great experience! I traveled with my husband 6yo son and 8 month old baby and another couple with their 8month old baby. Resort was clean and hospitable food was great no issues. Im not one to expect 1st class treatment on a beer budget but I always felt safe everything was cleaned well and I didn't have high in the sky expectations. The big issue I read about was the washrooms so I timed how long it took to walk to them it took me 60 seconds to get from the pool to one washroom an [... read more]d 90 seconds to the other one just leave yourself a minute to go to the washroom and you will be fine!

Beach is NOT swimmable

The hotel was infested with bugs. The food was ok. They had the same selection of food everyday. The beach was the biggest disappointment because it was not swimmable. The water is brown and the beach has all black debris in the sand and at no point over the 7days did they clean it. Overall this is a 3 1/2 start hotel. The best part is the fruit selection an the staff.

So glad we decided on Panama!

The Riu Playa Blanca Panama was an amazing resort! So peaceful and beautiful. Very well maintained resort with amazing food! Bartenders were all very friendly and always on the ball. Beach was spectacular! The beautiful black and white sand sparkled in the neverending sunlight. Accommodations were great. Hotel design and decor was fabulous! Some room for improvement with a la carte restaurants. Felt more like additional buffet restaurants instead. Would have also been nice to have washroom facil [... read more]ities closer to the beach. Bar service on the beach would be a welcome addition. All in all, would recommend this resort to anyone.

Great time!

Our trip to riu playa Blanca panama was great. The resort was clean and very modern. The staff were very friendly and felt like family at the end of the week. Drinks were great, food was decent- though was hoping for some more seafood selection. Pools were beautiful, beach wasn't as nice as other places I have been but the view from our ocean view room was gorgeous. My only complaint is the lack of bathrooms throughout the resort. When drinking, once you break the seal, ya gotta go often, and ba [... read more]throoms were scarce. Otherwise great vacation!