Overall a good all-inclusive but a bit overcrowded, especially on the one day that we had rain.

Food, drink and room good. Comfortable, clean and staff helpful. Good sized swimming pool but tends to be colder than you might expect. Mini bar in room plus 4 large bottles on optics, very tempting!

The only down side was the resort was very busy, it could be difficult getting a chair by the pool, though there were a lot of them. The beach is 10 minutes walk, small and crowded with no shade for midday. Shows OK but we saw better at other resorts

First things first, I would like to say that we had a great time! We went with 6 of our friends and that in itself made an awesome vacation. The place was beautifully upkept, the staff were always friendly-ola, ola, ola! We always left meals very full, and the selection was great. Most of us came down with the mayan revenge for one day and we believe it was the fruit at the Riu Yucatan. The drinks were good and the bartenders were quick and friendly. Our favorites were: Blue Ocean, Miami Vice, Daquaris, margaritas, mai tai's, and bahama mama's. Our advice to anyone going is to bring a big cup! We did the extreme mayan adventure tour and it was very good. We got to do a zipline down to a cenote and repel down a hole into the cave, Then we went snorkeling, had lunch and then went to Tulum to see the Mayan Ruins. The only complaint we had was the LONG van ride. They picked up us first, we then drove 40 minutes in the opposite direction to pick up 2 people, and then 40 minutes to pass our hotel to 2 other hotels and then onto a 25 minutes bush ride of bumps and turns to get to the cenote. Our guides were ABSOLUTELY amazing and they made the tour that much more enjoyable. We also spent a couple hours one day riding scooters around Playa del Carmen, which was great. The men body surfed the waves and played in the ocean like children, and us women tanned and occasionally went in for a swim. The only complaint I have about the trip is a sad one. We purchased a brand new digital camera worth a chunk of change and I lost it the second day at the hotel. We had just finished playing tennis and went into the sports bar. We were checking out the computers and I must have put the camera down. When we realized it was missing I went and asked at the sports bar and at the front desk and no one had turned it in. I asked day after day and no one had turned it in. We really do believe that a guest has taken it and is ignorant enough to keep it, the staff are searched at the gate when they leave their shift and our friends had left a computer and other stuff that could have been taken and it hadn't. It makes me sick to my stomach that someone didn't have the decency to turn it in. The camera is just an object, but the pictures of my children and the great pictures of the first two days are irreplacable. Whoever took the camera has no software, or hardware, or recharger for the batteries. My advice is to hold onto your posessions. Hopefully after reading this you will be a little more dilligent than I was. Overall the Riu Tequilla was a great place to go!

My family stayed 14 days at Riu Tequila and those were some of our best days.
Great staff and great hotell.
We will be back.
Mats Palmgren
Umeå
Sweden

My fiancee and I stayed at the Riu Tequilla from Jan 5-12, 2006. We had a great time!! The staff is amazingly hard working and so friendly! The beach was beautiful and very close. I agree with other reviews that anyone who would complain about that short walk is extremely lazy. There was a huge selection of food and we enjoyed the buffets the best. The Mediterreanean restaurant that served all seafood wasn't good at all though. A definite thumbs down. The steakhouse restaurant was really good.

The rooms were very clean and adequately spacey. I've read other reviews that complained the drinks were watery, which I really disagree with. We found them to be very generous with the alcohol. ( and we drank a wide variety of drinks.) Obviously the pina coladas and daquiri's were somewhat weaker since they seem to be pre-made mixes.

Our only complaint is that we wanted a couple's getaway and the Tequila did have a lot of kids running around, especially around the pool. And we didn't mind the little ones at all, but it was mostly the pre-teen boys making alot of noise and cannon-balling into the pool that annoyed us the first day we layed out. Since we had access to the Riu Yucatan and the Riu Playacar (and they were on the beach anyway),we used those two pools more. The Tequila did seem to have an amazing kids program, so anyone with kids, it would be a great place to go.

All in all, we would highly recommend this hotel. It's beautiful and well-maintained with an amazing staff!!