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 Clubhotel Riu Tequila by Sandra30
Riu Tequila has a great pool, which includes a poolbar. The rooms are very large with (i by the way found very good and unusual) a toilet separate from the bathroom). All rooms have a fantanstic tropical garden view. Riu Tequila has 3 restaurants, one main restaurant, one ala carte, which also serves as a lunch restaurant and one beach restaurant. Naturally the food in the restaurants were excellent, that goes for breakfast, lunch and diner!! Theme: HotelComparison: about averagePhone: 52(984)8734300Directions: 77710 Playa del Carmen Quintana Roo. MexicoWebsite: www.riu.com Other Contact: clubhotel.tequila@riu.com
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| Riu Tequila-All Inclusive: An awesome all inclusive
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Unsure if I was going to be able to travel this December, we ended up booking this trip just a couple of weeks before we traveled, I was surprised with the economy that better deals weren't easier to find but I guess a lot of the vacations were already paid for. It saved us around $200 to book a resort not on the beach but we still had beach access, the Riu Tequila is one of 6 Riu resorts in Playacar and we had access to two of the Riu hotels that did have beach front property, the Riu Yucatan and the Riu Playacar and also the Riu Lupita which is built overlooking a golf course. We did not have access to the two higher class Riu Palace resorts.
The Riu resorts are some of the resorts that are furthest from Playa del Carmen, it took us about 25-30 minutes to walk to the edge of town at a moderate pace. The clientele was mostly European, lots of German and British guests but also a wide variety of other nationalities. Many of the European women sunbathed topless.
Our room didn't have much of a view but it was very nice, two comfortable queen size beds pushed together. There's an in room safe, ironing board, a small refrigerator, mini bar with water and soda and 4 bottles of alcohol set up tap style, TV with several cable channels. We couldn't get our air conditioner to work but the overhead fan cooled the room just fine.
The shower had great water pressure and always had hot water. Toiletries were minimal, shampoo and bath gel, both in little packets and soap. The towels were big.
The hotel was renovated in summer 2008 so reviews prior to that may not reflect the actual condition of the property
There are three reservation restaurants, a steakhouse, Asian and Mexican, we only ate at the steakhouse which was good but a bit slow. The buffet restaurant was really good for all three meals, breakfast with made to order omelets and Mexican food if you can handle quesadillas and empanadas for breakfast. There was also French toast, pancakes, breakfast meat, fruit, cereal, pastries, juice, coffee. Lunch and dinner were also quite good, we never felt the need to head into town for supplementary food like most resorts. Lots of Mexican dishes which is mostly what I ate but always good quality meat and seafood. And I couldn't resist the yummy coconut ice cream for dessert or the guacamole at lunch. We found the food better here than at the Beach Club near the beach.
The hotel has two pools, one with a swim up bar. The jacuzzi was attached to the pool and hence cool water, the only disappointment of the resort. The beach club was a short 5 minute walk across the street or if you are extremely into vacation mode, there's a golf cart shuttle every few minutes. Plenty of lounge chairs, lots of sun and shade under palapas and palm trees, nice beach and access to breakfast, lunch and beverages at the other Rius.
Non motorized water sports are included and motorized sports and snorkel trips were extra.
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| Riu Tequila-All Inclusive: Lovely all inclusive hotel
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The Riu Tequila is an all inclusive hotel, located in Playacar, five minutes from Playa Del Carmen, along with it?s sister hotels, the Riu Yucatan and the Riu Playacar. It is a beautiful hotel with excellent pool, a buffet with such a large choice - The choice of food changes daily so you are never bored and you have a plateful before you have even seen half of what's on offer!
It is about 5 minutes walk to the beach, which was fine, however, we spent most of the time by the pool as there was no shade on the beach. It can be difficult to get a shaded spot if you come any later than 9am though. The swim up bar was excellent, if a bit crowded midday, but the whole pool area was never too crowded to ruin your enjoyment. If you have children, there is certainly a lot going on to keep them entertained, both during the day and early evening.
There is a different show every night - eg Michael Jackson, Grease, Mexican night, Moulin Rouge, the only draw back was that as we were on the later dinner seating (9pm-10.30pm) we had difficulty in finding a seat at the show.
All in all, I would thoroughly recommend it here. Theme: HotelComparison: about averageWebsite: www.riu.com
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| Riu Tequila-All Inclusive: Riu Tequila - a real gem
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 Hotel entrance by teddifax
On the whole, we have always liked where we have vacationed and have made the best of our time and taken advantage of what the various areas have had to offer. This was no exception here. We took the ferry to Cozumel, toured Chichen Itza, Tulum, Xel Ha, Coba, Xcaret and enjoyed them all. We have liked other places in the past, but not to the extent we would return to the same resort, if we returned to the same destination. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Riu Tequila and for the first time have said it is a resort we would go back to. This resort gets our recommendation. Theme: HotelComparison: more expensive than average
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