My husband and I stayed at the Riu Cancun from October 19-26. We had the time of our lives, it was an amazing experience! We are already booking for next year, same time. It's hard to write a short review, because the place is amazing, but I'll try to keep it as short as possible:
Food:
My husband is a very picky eater, so before we even left home, I was worried that he would have a hard time finding food to eat. I even went to the local wholesale store and bought snacks to take with us, just in case. Having been to Las Vegas several times and endured the horrible buffets there on more than one occasion, we weren't sure what to expect! Well, we had no problem finding things to eat!! We ate at the Don Juan restaurant for breakfast every day. You can get eggs any way you like them, and maybe even some ways that you've never heard of before! There is a large selection, including cold and hot cereal. There is also a huge fresh veggie and fruit bar, as well as a smoothie bar! The fresh donuts are amazing, I highly recommend you try them.....(man, I really wish I had one right now!)......If you have trouble finding something to eat, I think you must have bigger problems, there is more than enough different food here! We ate at the resort every day for 7 days, neither one of us got sick, and my husand also has a very sensitive stomach. Just remember, a tequila back with eveything, will kill anything living in your system! :) The pizza at La Mision is also excellent. Remember, you're in a different country. So, the food might a look a little different than what you're used to, but give it a try, if you don't like it, try something else. Don't just look at it a think "oh, that doesn't look like something I'd eat" and then write a review that says the food was bad. If you didn't try anything, that's your own fault! But if you didn't even try it, you surely can't say that the food is bad!
The Rooms:
The rooms are a bit dated. We stayed in the Annex building (the smaller one) in a Junior Suite. You get a little bit bigger balcony, plus and sunken living room with a couch and a dresser. Otherwise, it's the same. I did like having the bigger balcony tho. We really only slept and showered in our room, otherwise we were at the pool and the beach most of the time. So, I wasn't really overly concerned about the decor in the room. The beds are hard, but to us, they were fine because they're about the same as our bed at home! We slept SO well the whole time we were there! The walls are thin tho, so you might want to keep your "extracirricular noise" to a minimum......a word of advice: don't leave your balcony door open at night! There is a sensor on the door so that, when the door is open, it tells the air conditioner to shut off! If you want to watch an American channel, try channel 12, it is a South Florida channel. You can tell what the weather is going to be like by looking at what their weather will be like the next day! The rooms do smell musty, but it is very humid there, so what do you expect! I brought incense with me and it killed the smell pretty quickly! I did not, however see one speck of mold. I think you people smell must and you automatically think it's mold, but there wasn't any mold anywhere that I looked, and I looked for it, just so I could testify after reading so many people say that! I don't see how there could be mold, when there are people constantly cleaning every square inch of this resort! If there was mold, it would definitely be in the shower, and I thoroughly inspected our shower and didn't see anything but a very clean shower!
Pool/Beach:
The activity pool can be very fun. If you don't want to listen to it, you can go over to the Quiet Pool. Contrary to what people say here, the activities only go until about 1:00pm during the day, then the people with the microphones go away. Sure, you can hear people down at the pool bar, but it IS a pool bar, so......that's what happens there. I don't know what the lady was talking about that said she heard loud music until after midnight, the pool closes at 6:00, and they are very adamant about making everyone get out at 6:00 because they start dumping chemicals in the pool. Our room was almost right above the Pacha night clubl and I never even heard the bass from the music.....and we were in our room and sleeping by 11:00 every night except for 2. The beach is very nice! On a couple of days, the ocean was actually warmer than the pool! We got our picture taken with the Photoshop staff that walks around the pool with the birds. They took great pictures and only charge us $20 US for 3 8 x 10's printed on Kodak Extralife paper! They have volleyball and soccer on the beach every day too, lots to do! :)
Service:
Lastly, I must comment on the service. I have never been treated so well anywhere that I have gone! The service is second to none, you ask for something, you get it, fast! Please don't forget to tip the staffl, they do a wonderful job, and they get paid very little. These people make $20/day and always have a smile on their face and are happy to get you anything you ask for. So please, be nice to them, they work very hard, for very little.
Well, that's about it. We can't wait to go back, we will return to the Riu Cancun again and again, for many happy years! :)
