- Mexico Holidays
- Playa del Carmen
- Riu Yucatan
Charming colonial-style architecture meets one of the most beautiful beaches of the world – the Riu Yucatan close to the famous holiday resort of Playa del Carmen on the Mayan Riviera is a fantastic Caribbean oasis. It is surrounded by tropical gardens and a wonderful pool landscape and enjoys a white sandy beach, crystal-clear water and limitless excellent services.
Although the hotel has some construction work happening at the moment it’s still fully operational. Rooms, food and staff are brilliant especially POALA in the buffet restaurant. Will be coming back next year to see the complete refurbishment
My third hotel visit at Playa Del Carmen Riu hotels. Room 3214 was great in the middle of wild life seen monkeys every morning heard birds… Food, staff friendliness and hospitality top notch, entertainment and availability of everything from hotel rooms to food items another great holiday at Riu Hotel. Hopefully see you soon.
Building works are an eye saw and large groups of locals making a lot of noise.
I am extremely disappointed with my experience at Hotel Riu Yucatan, particularly because of an incident involving a front-desk employee named Nari at the end of our stay.
Our transportation pickup was scheduled for 4:00 AM, so we were waiting for our ride before leaving the resort. When my group went outside and got into our car, security stopped us and told us we could not leave because we had not checked out. We had not been told that we needed to complete checkout before leaving, so we went inside to resolve the issue.
At the front desk, Nari told us that we could not leave because we had spent approximately an hour at the bar and another 30 minutes sitting outside. We explained that we had simply been waiting for our transportation. He told us we needed our room keys, which were still in our room, and said we could not leave without them.
We eventually went through the process of having our wristbands removed and getting new room keys so that we could return to our room, retrieve the original keys, and complete checkout.
While this was happening, I told Nari that I was recording the interaction. He then forcibly took my phone out of my hand and physically grabbed me. He demanded that I delete the video and would not allow me to leave until he believed I had deleted it. He also told me that I was not allowed to leave the resort or return to America.
I have video evidence of the incident and have preserved it.
This was incredibly frightening and completely unacceptable. A hotel employee should never make a guest feel physically unsafe, take their personal property, or prevent them from leaving.
I have contacted RIU regarding this incident and am requesting that management investigate what happened, preserve the resort’s security footage, and take appropriate action. I am also contacting Delta Vacations because this resort was part of my vacation package.
The resort itself may have beautiful amenities, but the way this situation was handled by the front desk and security completely overshadowed our stay. I hope RIU management takes this incident seriously and reviews the conduct of the employees involved.
Be on our way to the airport soon .have had a wonderful holiday here .food amazing with so much choice rooms comfortable and kept very clean. Gardens immaculate ! Lovley pools plenty of sun loungers ! All bars and entertainment really good 👍 best thing we will remember is our waitress Pauola always had a smile and such a lovley lady very good at her job thanks Paula keep smiling and being you because you are amazing 👏
