Riu Palace Antillas: Beautiful Aruba Amazing Resort

Thank you O’Neil Graham of Tripcentral for arranging this special holiday and suggesting this fabulous hotel. Celebrating our 45 Anniversary and making this mild stone very memorable. The hotel and the rooms are very clean and service was excellent. The food was delicious in the speciality restaurants and the buffet. They say Aruba is a windy island but the breeze was welcoming allowing you to spend the entire day on the most beautiful beach. Cant wait to go back!

Riu Palace Aruba: Riu Palace Aruba stay 7 fays

Hotel needs upgrades. Room was not satisfactory. Breakfast/ lunch was good. Dinners horrible. We ended up going out for dinner because food quantity and wait was terrible. Wouldn’t recommend this hotel to anyone. Beaches are beautiful. Pool was okay. Lots of people at pool bar throwing their cups in pool causing hazards. Need staff in pool cleaning up cups, and mint from people’s mojito drinks. Overall 4 out of 10 for resort and 9 out of 10 for Sunwing Airlines

Riu Palace Antillas: Amazing Trip

Best experience I've ever had, friendly, great service, amazing food, Aruba is beautiful. We had the time of our lives, the ocean is gorgeous, nothing bad to say what do ever. I'd go back to this hotel again in a heartbeat.

Riu Palace Antillas: Excellent choice!

The food was fabulous..we did not get the room we requested but other than that th resort was pretty clean...food was amazing..service was great...we would recommend this resort to others, Thank you, Jelena

Renaissance Ocean Suites: great family resort

Wonderful atmosphere and friendly staff. The room was clean, spacious. the All inclusive package was amazing. Plenty of delicious food!! The flamingo island was so fun and the beach was so pretty. The flamingos were funny and very friendly. This holiday was one of the most incredible times we had as a family. Fresco is the italian restaurant on the grounds. The food was marvelous, and we chose to eat there every night. Delicious italian fresh food. From the manager to the wait staff were most a [... read more]ccomodating, friendly and very professional. They would take the time to spend time with us and get to know us. the resort had a bbq night on the beach with entertainment , music and dancing. We saw a lot of young families enjoying their holiday.

Riu Palace Aruba: Loved Aruba!

The Riu Palace grounds were amazing. Food was excellent. Only thing is the rooms need updating and some love put into them. With all the newer resorts there, Riu needs these updates. Staff were pleasant for the most part

Riu Palace Aruba: RIU Palace, Aruba - Excellent

Though older, this hotel is elegant, grandiose and beautiful inside and out. The rooms (I've stayed in a couple) are spacious yet warm and cozy and well laid out. The beach is well maintained, clean and free of vendors. The beach is also very beautiful and the sea is always warm. The Hotel offers a wide variety of tasty food delights to suit all and the staff at this hotel, in every department, provide a warm and welcoming friendly service twenty four hours a day and they are outstanding. [... read more] This is my second stay at this hotel and it won't be my last.

Eagle Aruba Resort and Casino: Amazing Resort

The hotel is amazing…clean well maintained staff are unbelievable and accommodating. Thanks to Richard Roy and Jeritza Arends for making our stay so memorable. Thanks to Jerry Lascase and the team for making my husband’s birthday so special. This is definitely a 5 star resort for us.

Divi Aruba Beach Resort: Great Resort

We enjoyed this resort immensely. Our rooms were modern and clean with a hard working staff who aimed to please. The restaurants were great and an abundance of good food and drinks. At this resort you are able to travel easily by shuttle to the sister resort .

Riu Palace Antillas: Amazing Resort

We stayed at the Riu for a glorious week vacation with my 83 year old mom and a friend. I can honestly say we wanted for nothing. Right from the time we arrived the staff were out of this world. They went on and beyond to make sure all our needs as guests were taken care of. The food at this resort was amazing and there isn't anything you would want for. The steakhouse and Italian at night were our favorite. The constant cleaning was ongoing throughout the hotel. It was spotless. Hats off  [... read more]to management at this hotel for running such a well run chain. Oh and the beach and water. Absolutely stunning. A huge thank you to our agent O'Neil Graham. His service is always over and above the call of duty.

Riu Palace Antillas: Fantastic Resort

The location on Palm Beach was perfect. Room clean & beds most comfortable. Staff accomodating with requests for extra bedding/toiletries etc. Food available in 4 themed restaurants along with buffet. Great variety Casino ( especially for craps players) - only one table , but always action from 9 30 pm onwards The general atmosphere inside as well as great daily entertainment around the pool.( Adult oriented.... not for kids ) Nothing negative to say about our stay.

Riu Palace Antillas: Fantastic resort

We had a great time the Riu Antillas. The hotel was clean inside and out we had no issues with the accommodations. The staff were extremely friendly and were always there to help us out. The food was excellent at all of the restaurants and buffets. We would highly recommend the Aruba Antillas as a destination for anyone looking for an awesome Caribbean get away

Riu Palace Antillas: Almost perfect!

Our priorities in choosing a hotel are safety, cleanliness and service. The Riu Palace Antillas more than exceeded our expectations. The entire hotel was impeccably maintained and we never worried about our safety or that anyone would violate our belongings at the beach or around the pool. The service was superb; requests handled promptly and efficiently. A staff member was never more than a few steps away. The food was fantastic, especially the 4 restaurants, the Italian being our favorite. [... read more] The only criticism we would have is the amount of activity and music around the pool. There are 2 pools, a smaller swim up bar and directly beside it a larger “quieter” pool with a pathway separating the pools from the beach area. From about noon until 5 every day the entertainment staff hooked up their speakers to engage the pool guests in games, activities, dancing etc. It would have been nice if the “quieter” pool was a little further way. A few notes for first-timers… - Exchange your dirty pool/beach towels at the end of the day so you have them to reserve your palapas/pool chairs early the next morning. For front row palapas, you need to be there by about 6:00. 7:00 gets you second or third row (which really isn’t bad!). There always seemed to be palapas available, albeit closer to the pool). Each palapa has a number but we left a book to identify which was ours…just in case we forgot the number. - Make sure you download the Riu app and go to “Bars and Restaurants”. You will find the menus, hours and a description of the restaurants/bars. There are QR codes to scan at each restaurant instead of menus (although they are available if you don’t have your phone). Besides the noise issue, we really did enjoy our stay and give full credit to the staff and management at RIU Hotels – they are top class!

Eagle Aruba Resort and Casino: Excellent Resort

This is our second trip to Aruba and first time to this resort. We chose Eagle Aruba Resort for its proximity to the grocery store, bus stop and beach. All within a five minute walk. What we didn’t expect was the cleanliness of the entire resort, our room, pools, and public spaces. The staff were very friendly and helpful at all times. A great resort for all ages. We will return in 2024!

Riu Palace Antillas: Beautiful resort

As usual the RIU did not disappoint. I enjoyed the beach and pool area. Food was superb and staff very helpful and friendly. Room was comfortable although the bathroom lacked any kind of towel bar or hook. It was inconvenient as there was no place to hang towels. I did not have a an ocean view room. The only negative was a construction project right next door of the new St. Regis resort and a barge in the water in front of it. It was noisy all 7 days. But that can’t be a negative about RIU, ju [... read more]st a comment about the surrounding area.I enjoyed walking to the strip at night, felt very safe. Took public bus to Orajenstadt, it was a beautiful short ride, getting to know the island. Cost was US$2.60 one way. No need to take taxis or tours. Lots of tourists everywhere. My vacation was a success.

Riu Palace Antillas: Excellent resort !

Hotel was really great. Rooms were large and clean. Service throughout was efficient and very friendly. The buffet was very extensive and of high quality. The other restaurants were excellent for dinner although there could have been a couple more for greater variety. The location of the hotel being right on the gorgeous beach was perfect.

Riu Palace Aruba: beautiful property...

the grounds, pool and beach front were beautiful, however, the hotel buildings are showing it's age, rooms need to be renovated, we were lucky to receive a renovated room, however, it was located on the second floor with NO elevator, we asked to be changed because of my hip issue I couldn't do 14 days without an elevator...second room was horrible! it had a horrible musty smell, we were ankle deep in water in the shower every single time it was used as it wouldn't drain properly, in addition one [... read more] of the bathroom sinks had draining issues as well and we were constantly finding drain flies in the shower and bathroom area, they sent someone to fix the issues, we were then asked if "things" were fixed :( !!...we were moved to a third room, this room didn't have the musty smell thank God, but the glass shower door was missing, but a shower curtain had replaced the door, but fell off the wall as the pole wasn't long enough to have proper tension against the shower walls and was assisted with cardboard to fill in the additional space that the rod didn't fill in...the lock hinge on our patio door fell out and couldn't lock our door (we were on the first floor) the air conditioning unit didn't go higher than 21*C and was very cold, had to wear my down filled jacket a few nights over PJ's we also had to shut it off completely, we found too many dirty dishes in the dish stacks in the dining room..for the price you are paying, there were too many stupid issues to deal with

Riu Palace Antillas: Excellent

Everything was fantastic. We are saving and planning to go back next year. Unfortunately, the entertainment/theatre was under construction later in the week, but that was okay, we walked around the area and visited the sister resort.

Barcelo Aruba: Not a good experience, not even close to other Barcelo resorts

It's the first time ever I write a negative review, but I've felt it's in the travelers' interest to know about our bad experience with Barcelo Aruba. I would pass on the fact that the hotel is outdated, the beach crowded, and you have to wake up early for a spot in the shade. Worth mentioning that buffet food has no variety. But what I can't accept is spending 3 nights at 18 deg Celsius, that got us almost sick. After the first night, when we tried to adjust the temperature manually, automati [... read more]cally, turn it off, etc, we complained at reception. A mechanic was sent to fix the problem, but he was unsuccessful. After a second night we complained to management, and they moved us to another room. Needless to saying that the same issue re-occurred in this new room, and another mechanic was sent to verify the air conditioning. He confirmed what we expected that there is a problem with the system. A team of 2 mechanics showed up on the 4th day, and fixed the issue, a solenoid valve. Spending 3 nights in a refrigerator in Aruba is un-unacceptable and we are very dissatisfied with two managers, they know who they are; their service and approach on solving this concern was very poor. One showed a visible mistrust and miscontent when we mentioned that the second room we moved in has the same concern, and the other gave us a geography lesson about Aruba being near Ecuador and subject to high humidity, requiring a specific air-conditioning system. Really dissapointing.

Barcelo Aruba: Not a great hotel to stay

The hotel is very outdated and I was not impressed at all. We had issues with the air conditioning and it took 2 days to figure it out, and then change the room. The a la carte restaurants were super good but the buffet same food every day. The beach is nice and clean and people are nice but very slow on addressing our concerns.