Beautiful resort, but still not 100%

Rooms and grounds were extremely appealing. It was very well decorated and very well built and designed. The view and Cabo itself was also beautiful, a must see. However, service was slow or non responsive, nightly shows were boring and repetitive. Singing and dancing. Every night. Was in bed by 9:30pm because of this. The shows also last until 11pm which I think is too late for people who want to get to bed earlier. If they pushed shows back an hour it would be perfect. The rooms also have i [... read more]ssues. Overflowing shower, and very thin walls. You can hear people above you and water pipes very easily. Elevators also have the wrong floor numbers, so it was confusing. Food decent, at best. A la carte's were more disappointing than the buffet. Only some are open at specific times of the week so if you don't arrive at the door 15 minutes before they open you may be looking at a 45 min+ wait time. Also, staff in the A La Carte's was horrible 90% of the time. They did not know what they were doing, never explained the menu's once in the 4 restaurants I dined at during my week, they were extremely rushing and felt like they were trying to get us out of there as quickly as possible so people didn't have to wait. Pool area was gorgeous and well designed. Just enough pools, bars, and spots to eat lunch very close to the pool area. The entertainment during the day was very lack luster. Music playing only at one pool bar, and pool games started late (3pm or so), sometimes none at all. Riu Fun staff wasn't around as much as I'd like. However, I noticed at this adults only it was mainly people 50+ years old. Maybe try the Sante Fe if you are young because you will get bored. Overall, the place was very clean and beautiful to look at, however things do need work starting with staff and service. I can't imagine this place at 100% capacity during these times. It will be a mess.

Good times in Cabo

The Riu Baja California only opened in December so we were expecting some "hiccups" but were pleasantly surprised at how well everything was running. The service was excellent and anytime we had any questions or needed anything they were happy to help and responded quickly to our requests. The rooms were beautiful and we loved the infinity pool. We had no complaints with the food at the buffet and all the a la carte restaurants were great. You couldn't make reservations as it was a first co [... read more]me first serve which meant you had to get to the restaurants right when they opened which was a little bit of a downfall. However, we managed to get into all the the restaurants and loved the food and service. Brandon and Carlos were great bartenders at the pool and Carlos (head waiter/manager) at the Sofia was awesome. Also Susanna who was a waitress at the buffet was great. We also did some tours with Cabo Adventures which was booked through our Sunwing agent at the resort and they were all fabulous. All in all we would recommend the Riu Baja California and we would love to go back to Los Cabos.

It's good here

We had a great tip. We loved that it was a small resort with big resort amenities. Lots of chairs. Lots of towels. Amazing food!!! Strawberries and Shrimp. The staff was super great. Beautiful location. We enjoyed the water slides at the attached resort.

New,very modern,clean

This is a brand new hotel in the Riu chain.The rooms are beautiful with balcony and you have a rack to hang wet clothes.The pools and sitting areas all terrace down in the centre of resort.Very good view of the beach ,sea and the cruise ships that come in.Lots of beach chairs on the sand and around the pools.Only a few minutes with the town bus to go to the marina or about a 40 minute walk.Walmart is outside the resort 15 minute walk if you need to get anything.The buffet was amazing with so m [... read more]uch food to choose from that you should never say there was nothing there you like.The restaurants,the Italian was great,good lamb chops.Good selection of entries. Japanese was very good,not as much your choice for the appetizers they just bring out sushi.entrie was good. The Krystal fusion was likely the best and the most organized with the staff.You made the choices for both appetizers and entre.Very good.The steakhouse needs to be revamped. Location in itself makes it to be very noisy.The staff where literally running around causing more confusion.You had no choice for the appetizer which came out with octupus,scallops.shrimp in hot sauce.Not everyone will eat these things so its pretty limited .The main course was steak ,lobster etc.Your choice.The steak was good if you got it cooked to your taste.My husband's steak came out raw the first time.Sent back but was barely cooked in places to medium.They fool around a lot with serving the entre with trying to find the ladies meals first.They lift the lids to find on the tray who's meal is who's,which to me causes more chaos.The tray fell to the floor which caused more stress on the wait staff.The French fries served with a very spicy coating was not good.You had no choice with the potatoe.We did not go back to the steakhouse.It needs a new menu and choice.The Indian restaurant was with no choice you just where sent out small dishes of I am not sure.Very spicy and for myself I just couldn't enjoy anything.It also needs to have choice and a new format.But when all is said the buffet was always a good choice to eat with everything to choose from.Fish ,salmon,lobster all was available to enjoy. The resort really caters to the party group so not much peace and quiet.The resort was beautiful and I like the quiet in the morning too sit by the pool and just relax.No music but by 10 am the music is on and it's the music for younger adults.It would be nice if they had spa music till noon.The partiers are likely just getting going by noon,or maybe they could use some quiet music for their hangover.You had bar service all day at the pool with staff getting you your drinks.Very good. The aquafit was very good when run by Alexandria.You got an amazing workout. Entertainment was there each evening but I am not one to take that in.The tenors were good.No comment on entertainment. The young adults running entertainment where very nice. Overall the resort is beautiful,good food,and the view is amazing.I saw the most amazing sunrises each morning.Its a resort you should enjoy.We did.We had 3 couples over 60.

Wonderful adult only resort

Checking was quick. Room was spacious,very clean, could of had blackout curtains. Coffee was available in the room but no tea was available. There must be a unit that could make coffee and tea with hot water without the coffee flavor residuals. Water was readily available, ran low once but phone and water was delivered in less than 10 minutes. Dining- overall adequate. New resort still on a learning curve. E.G. eggs not always cooked throughly, easy over still runny,bacon inconsistent, some [... read more]times burnt, rice sometimes over cooked. Coffee came in crafts but tea served in 1 cup pots. Would of been nice if there were some crafts for tea only. Buffet was my go to.Restaurents don’t take reservations so at times waites were up to two hours.....back to the buffet. Not all restaurants open all of the time, they rotate a couple of them during the week. Hotel staff very friendly but as mentioned, still a learning curve for some due to this RIU just opening in December 2018. Grounds very clean. Pools were clean and warm, refreshing though. Towels were still given out in exchange for the cards, which seems somewhat antiquated these days. I’m sure this resort will be a full 5 star in the near future.

Great resort!

A newer resort...some kinks still to be worked out (your floor depends on which elevator you take!). Staff mean well and try hard but need to let guests pass first (they usually barge through but not in a rude way if that makes any sense). Food was of very good quality. Rooms were clean, modern and bright. Numerous pools to lay beside. A short taxi ride to town. I would stay there again! Thank you Gina for a great recommendation :)

Disappointed

We paid a lot of money to come to this hotel. I have been to other Riu properties and they were always fantastic. I suppose the hotel will be fine once they get the proper staff in place and it’s been opened a little longer but for now they should be offering deals to stay there since they are not ready nor have the full staff to accommodate. The room smelled of sewage which we continually told them everyday when we can back from the pool. They would send someone to spray the room. Didn’t he [... read more]lp there is definitely a problem going on. They should have given us another room since the hotel was empty. We requested a high floor near the pool. They gave us a room at the back of the hotel on the ground floor. Request was not even considered. Ran out of propane in the heaters. Took 3 days to fill back up. It was cold at night they should have had those filled immediately or had back up.

Amazing Resort

The food and service was second to none. The atmosphere and scenery is beautiful. There are three items that I would recommend being looked at: 1) when someone is too drunk instead of giving them a bucket to throw up in, take away their band so they can no longer drink for a period of time. Any kind of fighting the persons should be kicked out of the resort. 2) the stairs need to have a strip on the bottom of the stairs, the brown seems to blend into the next stair making it a trip hazard.  [... read more]3) Do not let vacationers put their own music on, the resort picks the music and that is it. There seem to be a lot of tension when one group wanted their music and not everyone appreciated it. If the resort is in control of the music that will eliminate discussion on music.

Amazing

Had fabulous stay with outstanding service. Will highly recommend for adults. Breathtaking scenery and easy access to everything. Staff extremely friendly. For being so new was near flawless stay. Was a tonne of fun