Riu Palace Aruba - All Inclusive

Beach

Everything included, always food and alcohol available, beautiful rooms. Breakfast is amazing! Cocktail bar is the best. Good location but you don't need to get our of the hotel. Huge pool and private beach.

The hotel was beautiful & staff were very friendly and helpful. We stayed in a junior suite and our room was very large with a huge balcony & jacuzzi tub on the balcony (however, we did not use it ) we had a partial ocean view. The bed was very comfortable, the bathroom was large & shower was fantastic. The room came with a liquor dispenser ( we also didn’t use it) and fridge was stocked daily with large bottles of water & pop. The pool area was beautiful with plenty of room, daily activities were very entertaining & pool bar staff extremely friendly. Staff walked around to see if you needed anything from the bar often. The beach area was well kept and plenty of loungers to use. The nightly shows were fun & entertaining. The lobby bar provided delicious variety of cocktails & staff came around to tables often to take drink orders. The restaurants were first come first serve ( no pre booking) but if you got in line 30 min before open you always got a table. The food was fantastic! We chose steak & lobster most nights but they had a Japanese restaurant with delicious tapas & Italian restaurant. The buffets were fabulous as well and I am not usually a fan of buffets but everything was freshly made and delicious. They were extremely helpful with booking excursions. I would definitely stay here again!

Room service was very nice and always ready to go above and beyond to assist. Arturo and Yolanda down in the Don Nicolas hall were so amazing and sweet. Arturo helped me plan a bday celebration for my spouse in which she loved. Yolanda took a nasty fall in the car but after helping her up, she was just the sweetest person I ever met. She deserves a raise for her hospitality and ability to get right to work after a nasty fall in front of everyone. She is a great team player.

Great location and good food at buffet and restaurants. Staff was friendly. Pool and beach areas were great. Close to Butterfly farm and shopping nearby. Great onsite nightly entertainment. Pool swim up bar was nice as well.