Our family of six spent a week here over March break. Things we loved: staff, that it was easy going (not fussy about the small things), enough or almost enough chairs, the food was great… probably our family’s fave buffet ever, and we go to a lot of resorts, drinks, it was clean,..sand & water are nice. Towels are a cute colour. The path out front is great! I like that the gym is open 24/7 (even though I didn’t like the gym). Rooms were always cleaned nicely. Things that were fine: rooms, elevators. Things that could be better. Well- the beach- but that can’t be helped. I love a long beach that’s not rocky. You can’t really get in a long walk here. The gym. Honestly- it’s not great. It’s too small for the size of the resort, and therefore nearly always too busy in the mornings. The layout stinks. There’s not much space to lay out mats & exercise. It would be nice if there was a swim up bar that all ages were welcome to. As well as a hot tub on site. All in all we had a great time. Would I go back? No- but only because I need a good walkable beach & gym.

The hotel staff were very welcoming. They were always available to make sure we were getting the most out of our trip. This resort has a great selection of restaurants, along with a fantastic buffet area. We came with a large group and there was plenty of room at the beach or around the pool. This trip had a great balance of rest and relaxation along with some fun parties. Whatever you are looking for I think you will find at this resort.

The Hotel hasn't lost it touch. I was absent from this hotel for some 20 years and found it to be in great shape. There was a good choice of restaurants to choose from aside from the buffet. Staying at the Private Villa section, I was able to experience The Kulinarium Restaurant witch was absolutely fabulous from a food a service perspective.

The hotel was very well maintained, was a good size so easy to move around. The service was really good from ALL employees. I didn’t have one bad experience, everyone was nice and helpful and made you feel welcome and special. Food was also plentiful and much better than typical buffets.

Everything was perfect, hotel, food, fun, the Riu parties were super fun, as were the DJs, beautiful, first-class service, all the waiters were super friendly, variety of food and delicious, the bar was 100% full with drinks, super fun, we had an incredible time and would return to the same beautiful hotel

We absolutely loved this resort! The staff are very friendly, rooms were always clean, beautiful beach! The only recommendation I would have is for the check in staff to provide a bit more information. Ie we were allowed to use steam room and hot tub daily and didn’t even know until the spa service staff told us. Otherwise had a great stay!

Highlight is the food and the service. Lots of employees everywhere. Great drinks. Loved that you could get fresh avocado and smoked salmon every day with the breakfast. Almost guaranteed to find shrimp every night with dinner at the buffet. Oh the Riu parties next door were quite fun. Liked the daytime one more as there were more people in the pool.

Resort was beautiful, the grounds are nice and clean, beach if very nice and close, food and drinks very good, Hotel staff was very nice, location was great. All in all it was one of the best resort we have been to.

Everything was perfect. Staff is amazing friendly and helpful. Thank you to all employees for your exceptional service.Kudos to all kitchen staff and servers for your true professionalism. If I would get chance again, I would love to stay at this resort. Thanks

Hotel is clean; rooms as well, fridge full of drinks replenished on a daily basis, great improvement done with entertainment . A new Riu party is a great benefit for young people to make their stay more enjoyable and memorable.

Good food and rooms. The resort is clean and lots of staff working all day for the upkeep. We took the city bus to Mercado 28 and down to CoCo Bongo. With taking the bus for sure. Cheap and not a far ride. The area is very safe for walking as well.

Very Nice Hotel, big rooms with big balcony area, but the air conditioning is like you are in winter inside the room,room clean is everyday, several pools for all, a lot of entertainment there, BBQ in pool areas, good food, restaurant are good, I didn't like much the Japanese Restaurant, but this is me, coffee area is excellent I enjoyed it, and the 24 hrs Sport Bar too, hamacas section is nice too. Beaches are nice and clean, they clean the zargaso every morning, some beach spots are rocky so pay attention to it not to get injures if you fall inside the beach, I felt and got minor injuries. Staff is good but many times service is just for tips, so be sure sure to tip to get good service, reception people do their job but many problems with magnetic cards that allow you to open your room so you go many times to reception to get another magnetic card, is anoying. Licking water inside the room often but they send technician, night shows are just music, only one day was really a good show, so a little noisy at night because of party people, I was expecting more shows, one small souvenirs store and a nice jewerly store, if you stay in this hotel you have access and eat at other Riu Hotels in Cancun and even you can ask to stay in other Riu Hotels if you want so is excellent option, you can order your breakfast to your room at no extra charges is you got the all included option, you can bring your plate with food from buffet to your room in case you want to eat in your room. All kind of beverage, so all options for drinking, this Hotel is for party people mainly, if you go Solo or you are quite person go for Villas option. Only 10 minutes by any Bus 12 Mex pesos to Shopping Mall Puerto Cancun with all brands and many boutiques from Spain, Cancun Downtown, Mercado 28 to buy artisan, La Isla, Kuiulkam Mall, Selecto supermarket very nice, other small malls and stores, and Cocobongo and others, location of the hotel is perfect if you want to walk and go shopping, only 30 minutes from Airport if no traffic. Staff speak English so no problem with this. I booked with Trip Central and everything was OK. In general good experience, I can go there again and also try other Riu Hotel, they have excelent options.

The service at this resort is A+++ from the lobby bar, restaurants, pool side, beach....to daily room service. All the employees working here are just friendly, attentive and helpful. The beach is large and filled with plenty of lounge chairs & umbrellas. We definitely will come back to this resort in the near future. Thanks RIU !

How do I start we’ll arrive at this amazing hotel was so welcoming the staff was incredibly friendly and attentive to our needs our week was super fun food wow so delicious we heard a lot of negative before traveling but was all wrong I would return to back to the riu palace peninsula without a question is way over the top we got a upgrade without asking 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫

hotel is very clean , staff is attentive , professional , and very friendly .l the hotel is along the most beautiful stretch of beach , with a rocky part and sandy part . the negative part i find is the speciality restaurants. the food is not great what so ever . it's best to stick with the buffet , which is excellent , with lots of food choices . the pool grill is closed way too early , sometimes just after 2pm . there also should be a washroom in the pool area , so people don't have to go into the hotel , or get lazy and go in the pool . the stage show entertainment in the evening is good , but , nothing much after that for entertainment . overall it's a very nice resort , great staff , and nice relaxing holiday

My wife and I stayed at RIU PP Jan 16-23 we had a wonderful time.A true 5 star resort.The staff are amazing hard working people (Alicia,Luis in the buffet are great).Bartender (Max) at Plaza bar,amazing.We will recommend this resort to everyone.

Loved the beach area, we had a double balcony with fantastic ocean view. Staff were excellent. Food very good. I have already recommended this property to numerous friends. Loved the whirlpool tub in the room with view to the ocean.

We had a great time at the resort. Staff was fantastic and the food was excellent. I would come back in a heart beat. It was close to the main strip which was great. The isla mujeras island ferry is a 2 minute walk from the resort. Great location!

The rooms are clean and modern. The food was excellent at the buffets and all 6 restaurants within the lobby area. I enjoyed the fact they offered the premium liquor and beer as opposed to the local brand ( it was available) The beach and waterfront for me was okay I would definitely go back to the Riu

The grounds are well kept and beautifully landscaped. The view from room 1631 is a sight to behold. We photographed ourselves each night before dinner on the balcony using the sunset, the ocean with the pirates boats, and downtime Cancun as the background. We also photographed sunrise in the morning using the same background. Our sincere thank you to Maria who cleaned our room and many thanks to Madai and Reyes who looked after us both at breakfast and lunch. These three staff members treated us like family during our two-week stay. The entertainment staff was great led by Eric, Carlos, and Angel. Over the the two weeks we took over 4000 pictures including activities by the beach, pool, and the Latina theatre. The Mexican, Mayan, and Michael Jackson shows were fantastic. The food and drinks were great. However, one sour note is that all three of us got sick from the food so proper hygiene practices must be in place at all times to prevent this from happening.

Nice hotel but not a five star. Stayed in mid April Pros: Clean hotel, friendly staff, lots of good food. For us the buffet was enough of a variety. No need to book for a la carte, if you wanted to try the many restaurants.Good entertainment. Cons: We would have liked more live music and a night club at the resort. The music is done at 11:15. The bands were very good...just didn't get enough of them. There really isn't much within walking distance either. For such a large resort it just seems a bit quiet. The rooms were a bit different as well. The bathroom is just part of the room...it is all wide open. Would have preferred a room that has a separate bathroom with a door.

We just got home from 10 Wonderful days at the Riu Palace Peninsula. I don’t have anything negative to say about this resort other than the evening entertainment was lacking a few days. Spectacular location wonderful room terrific food, superb service and great drinks made for a memorable holiday. I would go back in a heart beat.

Building is new and up-to-date, superior friendly and efficient services from the front desk, servers in restaurants, housekeeping, entertainers, etc. etc. You can't find any other place at this price. Food in the international buffet restaurant is the best I ever had, especially sea food. Also the grill seafood/steak house restaurant provides top grade of Angus/New York steaks and lobster. Don't miss it..... Room is clean and the ocean view is gorgeous. I am more than happy to stay here again for the next visit to Cancun. Tips : The marina across the road provides all sort of water sports and boats.

There is improvement needed for room condition. For example some light bulbs are not working. Some AC outlets are loose and out of order. There's stain marks on bed sheet and towels. Food is good all around except the 24 hours Sport Bar, should have more choices. Services are excellent throughout with smiles. The only drawback is at Krystal with the feeling of being pushed to finish the meal ASAP ,may be due to the size of this restaurant. Other aspects of this resort are quite good. One more👍,the Wifi is excellent throughout the entire resort,even when you are on the beach !

Every personnal give their best to statisfy their customers. We feel be at home, meals are perfect and well présented. Different animations every Day. Every body could find games or sports for satisfaction. Night animations are présented with professionalism. Singers and dansers are perfect

Beautiful views of the ocean.... great staff and clean resort....Would go back definatly................................................................................................................

We stayed for seven nights in the king jacuzzi suite. The suite was massive, larger then our 2 bed condo downtown Toronto with a huge patio. Amazing views of the sea from every window. We were on the sixth floor. I've stayed in many all inclusive resorts this was by far the best suite we've stayed in. That said, the food was poor for a hotel of this grade. We were left hunting for it a lot throughout the day which infuriated us. Drinks too you needed to tip just to get beach service. The service, I found almost everyone I dealt with had poor customer service. From the front desk to the bars. Some were great but on the whole not what I would expect. This is contrary to every other Mexican resort I've stayed in. I really found them all to be unfriendly and unhelpful. The other glaring thing I noticed was the lack of English. Again a resort of this size and star rating I would have expected better. I found this a plus, but it is a drive in a cab to the main strip. Because we found the food so poor at the hotel and truthfully because we like to eat out we left the hotel every night and found ourselves spending as much as $30 US to get to any particular high-end restaurant. Overall I found for the money we spent and the suite we stayed in, it was good value for money. However if I had stayed in a regular suite which were no larger than small New York hotel rooms I definitely would not recommend this hotel there are better beach closer to the strip in Cancun. If you're not a really fussed about food but do you want five star amenities this hotel really does have all of that.

Hotel was excellent and Every one was pleasant to deal with and service was pretty good. We all being vegetarian the the choices and quality of food was great. We enjoyed the other amenities like lobby, pool and beach. The place is very neat and clean. The rooms were excellent with ocean views.

We really enjoyed our stay at this great 5 star hotel. We bought it as a last minute trip but it was all the bells and whistles. Friendly staff, great food in the Buffett and other restaurants. The room was superb and terrific view of the ocean. Would definitely recommend this hotel and hope to go back soon.

I'll make it short. Pros: The ocean view from the room!!! New, fancy and clean resort. Thursday Lobster night. Great choice of spirits (don julio, jack daniels, etc). Great service throughout the resort. Lots of jumbo shrimp every day for dinner and supper. Cons: Very uncomfortable bad and pillows. Same food every day. The food is just ok. Lame a la carte restaurants. Alcohol dispenser not renewed in the entire stay. No slippers or bathrobe in room. Dos xx beer on tap absolutely sucked. Snack/sport bar food is terrible Night shows are boring (no imagination, just parodies on pop stars). Snorkeling (almost no fish). Resort shops unreasonably expensive. AC temp. is not adjustable so it's either too hot or too cold in the room.

I went there for my honeymoon and I loved every minute of it. I have been to all the RIU'S in cancun without any doubt this is the best one it's only 5 minutes away from the cancun strip and you have access to all the other rius. Beautiful resort, Great food, great service!!

The Riu Palace Peninsula was a lovely hotel. Excellent service, delicious variety of food, several pools to choose from, the beach was lovely with soft sand, premium liquors. Our jacuzzi suite was just beautiful with an incredible ocean view and was always kept spotless. Overall, a lovely relaxing honeymoon and just what we would would expect from a Riu Palace!

The buildings, grounds and rooms were immaculate and staff was always cleaning. The wait staff were always helpful and quick to respond to your needs. Food was excellent, could have been a little hotter at times. The pool side chairs seemed to book up fairly quick, all taken by 10am or so, I think because it was cooler the week we went and the beach wasn't overly busy because of the cool breeze. The resort is a small property and everything is in close proximity to one another. if you like to go for long beach walks, this isn't the lace for you.... Beach although beautiful was a little rocky and shared frontage with neighbouring Riu.

The Riu Palace Peninsula was a great resort. The grounds were quite large for a resort in cancun. The food was amazing, as were the drinks, service and rooms. There is sun available at the pool and on the beach all day.

Very clean, great service, the several pools meant that they were never crowded and the beach itself was beautiful. My only disappointment was with the a la carte restaurants. I found the buffet to be superior to the other restaurants. The entertainment was as good as could be expected.

This resort was fantastic! Extremely clean, awesome staff and amazing food! We chose this resort because it was rated a 5* on trip centrals website. It absolutely is and you won't be disappointed if you choose this resort! We can't wait to return! ☺

Excellent resort. Good was great, pools were fun, everything was clean and what you'd expect from a 5 star in cancun. This hotel is in the hotel zone but a little bit off of the frat boy area where the hard rock is so you can avoid the party scene if desired. The beach is a bit rocky but the water was clear and warm!

All around excellent. Large lovely room with great views. Beautiful pool deck area with no struggles to get chairs. Pools located right next to the beach. Lovely white sand beach. Great quality food, especially at buffet. Very courteaus and friendly staff. Stunning modern architecture with a very thoughtful layout. A true 5 star property. Minor niggle, is no robes and the daily pool card towel hassle.

I wouldn't call this a 5 star resort. The service at this hotel was below average. The rooms were nice but we had issues with lights not working, mini bar is not kept cold and the doors don't close probably. Everyone on our floor was slamming their doors shut so it was difficult to sleep in. Beach was fairly good...a bit rocky and the pool area was very lively.

My finance and I had a great stay at the Riu palace Pennisula. The staff were very friendly and helpful, the hotel was immaculate and the beach and water were amazing! Our room was exactly what we asked for and we didn't feel "ripped" off at all. We stayed for ten days and not once did we complain about the food.

We just got back from our vacation at Riu Palace Peninsula in Cancun and our overall First impression was that it was a very beautiful and clean resort. All of the public areas, such as the lobby, all the restaurants, the pool areas and the beach areas were all lovely, with great attention to detail. The beach was nice although there was some seaweed in the water. There was a rocky area as well, but those were quite interesting as inbetween the rocks were little mini 'private' beaches as I liked to call them. Some iguanas took residence there as well. The hotel rooms were also very modern and clean and most rooms had an ocean view. I have no complaints about the room that we had, except the trouble it took to get it with the front desk, but in the end it was resolved pretty quickly. The buffet restaurant was pretty good with a good selection of food. The theme restaurants lacked in quality, especially the Italian restaurant.......the food was salty and dried out and the appetizer buffets at these restaurants were picked over and not replenished, especially if you had the later dinner seating. The best restaurant in this category was the Fusion restaurant. Unfortunately you could only book one restaurant a time in advance so that was an inconvenience. We went to book the morning after we got there, which was a Tuesday and we couldn't get into any of the restaurants until the Thursday. The lobby bar was quite nice with the piano as a before dinner location. Good place to people watch and nice big windows overlooking the resort. Entertainment after dinner was lacking however, with lip synching entertainers dancing around to the pre-recorded music.......somewhat lame. There isn't a disco or anything where the younger adults can go to listen to music and dance so that was lacking as well, but places like CocoBongo were only a 5 minute bus ride away if you were so inclined. The spa was good but very expensive, cost $280 U.S. for two 45 minute massages on the beach. The only other area that was lacking was shopping on the resort. There were only two stores, one a jewelry store and the other a little gift/beachwear/sun lotion type of store. Again, you could hop on the bus and go shopping further down on the strip. The staff were really friendly and hard working. All in all, we enjoyed our vacation at the Riu Palace Peninsula and would return again.

Excellent resort. Food and accomadation were absolutely magnificent. Night life and interaction with other guests were limited. The Rui next door met that need. It is a really good base to branch out of. Town is close.

Resort is beautiful. I don't like that the toilet is separate from the sink and that you have to walk out and open and closed door and get to the sink, I think it is not hygenic. Also that the whirlpool tub is beside your bed.

The food was not good and the service not the greatest. We expected more from this place since it's a new built resort and under "Riu Palace" category. Pool service was horrible. The beach wasn't good to swim .

Impressive Hotel, First rate Food, Fun, Friendly guests from around the world are all impressed with the unique architecture of this magnificent building... Amazing view of the peninsula. Most people would have no problem returning to this paradise in Cancun.

Everything was top notch. The food at all of the restaurants was awesome. We stayed in the adults only section and it was a fabulous upgrade with a nice private pool and drink service at the pool. We will definitely stay here again.

We do lots of travelling and Mexico is our #1 destination. The Riu chain is excellent and this hotel is no different.Rooms are great with modern style decor,food was excellent,ocean was fantastic but sometimes sea was a little rough (not a complaint) and the staff simply awesome.My wife and i would certainly go back to this hotel without a doubt.Go and enjoy yourselves ;-) Cheers