Riu Palace Aruba: Fantastic Food and Service!

The rooms were exceptionally clean and spacious, the staff were friendly and genuinely concerned that everyone had a great experience. I do not eat meat and this resort had many, many options for me - I was never left unsatisfied!

Barcelo Aruba: Fantastic Lively Resort!!

Dec 8-15, 2018. The grounds of resort are very nicely manicured and kept very clean. Bathrooms on resort are kept clean as well as the pool area and beach. Both buffet restaurants were very clean and nicely decorated. Our room was nice, bed and bedding very comfy and cleaned everyday. We found the staff excellent!! Great job!! We loved the lobby where they had live music daily and nice club chairs to gather in as well as the bar area. We give the hotel a 4.5 star, beach a 5 star, and food a [... read more] 4 star. The location of hotel was fantastic with shopping and restaurants and bars right outside front doors. Overall value we believe it was priced a little high as we have been to another resort in Aruba last year with fabulous food and a couple hundred $$ less. Overall we really liked the resort!!

Riu Palace Antillas: Shake your booty!

Pool rocks with boomin music! Classes in pool with enthusiastic leaders who love their job! Great food at the buffett...best desserts ever and a beef wellington that will melt in your mouth! Only one pool, so if u r lookin for quiet downtime...it is not here!! Rooms are clean and great! Aruba is ONE HAPPY ISLAND!

Tamarijn Beach Resort: Beautiful Resort!

The Tamarijn Beach Resort was just beautiful. Very clean resort and hotel rooms. We had an ocean front view room on the 2nd floor and we would totally recommend this, so nice to walk out onto your balcony and see the beautiful ocean and white sands. The buffet & restaurants on site were very good. The nice thing about this resort is that you can also go to the sister resort next door and use their pools and restaurants as well, you just hop on the free shuttle and you are there in 5 mins. Whe [... read more]n they say Aruba is one Happy Island they are not kidding, everyone was happy and very accommodating with directions or a simple question. There are many excursions you can take while you are there, I would highly recommend the Off road Jeep Safari it was just amazing, you stop at 5 different places and you can see the whole island of Aruba!! I would definitely come back here again, I didn't want to leave!!!

Riu Palace Antillas: Rui Resort

This was a wonderful vacation beautiful Island and terrific food. The only thing was the bathroom in my room could have been cleaner, I would probably stay on the other side of the Rui were it is a little more updated, the side that allows children only because it seems the rooms may be better.

Riu Palace Antillas: awesome

food is very good , we will be going back next time we will take a higher sun screen , it's a very hot island , never seen a dirty bathroom once , its a happy place , tip a dollar they are happy about it

Riu Palace Antillas: Great food and location but dated

The food is amazing! Unfortunately the hotel is dated, the beds weren’t very comfortable and we needed someone to do repairs twice while we were there for the week. The pool and beach are great and the staff are very friendly.

Riu Palace Antillas: Overall Awesome Resort!

I really enjoyed the beaches, food and entertainment! Room I was upgraded to a top view which was a big bonus! Only downside I would say is due to a bad back I expected better beds because I did not have good sleep at all. I have been to other resorts and spent less and beds were much more comfortable. Please make that an improvement for the future.

Riu Palace Antillas: Great Resort

It was clean. Staff was great & helpful. Entertainment was great. Pool side entertainment was great. Room was sufficient. Food was good, being a picky eater myself, I enjoyed all the I tried. Beach was amazing & always clean. Only complaint would be that they watered down the drinks a bit.

Riu Palace Antillas: Fantastic Vacation

The service at this hotel is the best I have had. All of the staff made me feel special and ensured I had everything I needed. I was surprised at how good the food was in an all inclusive hotel. The room was a little dated, but it was very clean every day.

Tamarijn Beach Resort: Very good experience!

Good experience, overall clean and good position to enjoy the island. Staff available and ready to meet request. The rooms are okay, but the oceanfront position is great. The food was good both buffet and restaurants à la carte.

Tamarijn Beach Resort: Great resort!

We stayed in the last building farthest from the bars and the lobby, but it was so peaceful and relaxing. It felt like we had our own piece of paradise. Food was great! Beach was stunning! I would ask for beverages in our fridge daily, that was the only disappointing thing. We would absolutely go back!

Tamarijn Beach Resort: Amazing beach!!!

This vacation was about the white sand beach, clear water, sunsets and relaxation! The rooms were clean, resort was easy to get around, and the island is safe. Would have liked bottled or canned beer. Only draft available so we had to purchase a cooler and bottled beer from the nearby grocery store. Some restaurants are better than others. We enjoyed the Red Parrot and the Paparazzi (Italian). Buffet was very good, lots of fresh options. Service was good also. You drag lots of sand in you [... read more]r room, would have been nice to have a broom available to sweep it up. Overall...fantastic resort!!! A must see for the room with a stunning ocean view!!!

Riu Palace Antillas: Not an amazing resort

Hotel was not what we expected and what was advertised on the site. Very old and things are broken in the room. Balcony door not easy to open or not working, bathroom horrible, beds are not comfortable. Service was ok. Not being able to reserve for the A La Carte restaurants was a nightmare. One night at the Italian restaurant the wait was 2 hrs and then no waiter came to the table until 15 mins later. The restaurant was closing so we got the remnants. Horrible! Horrible! The Hotel manag [... read more]er tried to make up for it but this is still not acceptable. Did not get what we paid for. I would give this hotel a 1 - 2 rating. Would not recommend this hotel to anyone.

Riu Palace Antillas: Fantastic stay

The hotel staff were amazing, always friendly. The beach was beautiful. The rooms could use a bit of a paint touch up, but other than that I have no complaints about anything. There was lots of variety in the restaurant options at the resort, and all the food was sooo good! My least favourite restaurant was the steak house.

Riu Palace Aruba: AAmazing

This hotel , the ground, staff and entertainment was absolutely amazing. We are looking forward to visiting again in the future my husband and I thinks this trip was the best .we travel at least twice a year but this was the best location thus far. Thanks very much for your help

Riu Palace Aruba: Amazing resort !!!

This resort was the best we have ever stayed at. The food, service and amenities were absolutely perfect. Our travel agent from trip central, Krista Shaver was AMAZING. She provided us with every detail we needed as well as requesting things for our honeymoon which the resort did for us. Best trip ever !

Riu Palace Aruba: Awesome resort

Hotel and pool grounds were amazing. Beach was beautiful. The halls in the building we were in wee strangely dark but rooms were bright, modern, clean and airy. Staff were all very friendly and the food is one of the best I’ve had at all inclusive resorts. Also really enjoyed not having to do reservations at the specialty restaurants!

Riu Palace Aruba: Amazing Resort

Loved the hotel, rooms were clean, grounds were kept clean, staff friendly. Food was excellent, lots of selection at the buffet and the restaurants were excellent. The beach was beautiful, white sand, blue water. Weather was amazing, the constant breeze was refreshing

Riu Palace Antillas: Nice resort with friendly staff

While the hotel is dated (by dated I don't mean run down, just a little older), the hotel is clearly one on the better ones on the strip. The restaurants are all good, the staff is friendly and eager to help and they don't cheap out on the booze at any bar. The beach is kept clean and the beach staff will get you whatever you need. We had a great time and would recommend this resort to anyone.