Riu Palace Pacifico Adults Only - All Inclusive

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7098 reviews

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  7 days

  Resort was very clean. Food was average. The steakhouse was amazing food. Entertainment was average. Lack of bathrooms!

  Mar 11, 2025
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  Great vacation

  Great getaway. Wonderful hotel. Service was absolutely incredible. Lots of sun recliners and shade umbrellas. Had a problem one night with neighbour ... drunken, noisy party after midnight .... security showed up and closed down the 'party; within 5 minutes of my call

  Mar 10, 2025
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  2025 vacation

  We love this resort and the staff! Have been coming here for 7 years and will continue to. We are thinking of bringing our adult children next year too.

  Mar 10, 2025
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  Excellent Facility and Phenomenal Staff

  This was our 11th visit to the Riu Palace Pacifico. The staff has always been Phenomenal, Janet and Monica in the morning buffet, Jorge in the sports bar, Lucy in the evening buffet just to name a few. Our housekeepers took great care of our room. Since the remodel the facility is on par with the staff. All of the Ala-cart restaurants were very good. The steak house was our favorite this time. We really enjoy the ocean to sit by for the view and the breeze. But we also like the separate pool fro the pool bar just to relax in.

  Mar 09, 2025
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  Fabulous time! Sparkling resort.

  Fabulous time at the Riu Palace Pacifico! We have been here a few times starting about 10 years ago. We decided to start going to other resorts in Nayarit due to the need to make reservations for restaurants here and the need for my husband to wear pants to the sit down restaurants. Haha. A travel agent suggested to return here due to many changes they’ve implemented-no longer the need to make reservations for restaurants, no need for my husband to wear pants, change to adults-only resort and the remodel. This resort sparkles. Everything is clean and new. They remodeled the pool and divided it into 3 pools. I love this. I also love the fact that they added bathrooms down on the beach. Previously you had to walk way around their huge pool to use the bathroom under the buffet restaurant. This makes it much more convenient! We are beach people. No need to get up early to reserve a beach chair! We were able to even move around to different chairs in the afternoon. There isn’t a lot of shade on the beach, but you’re able to pay to rent an umbrella from the nearby salespeople. The salespeople coming through are very polite and not intrusive at all. There’s beverage service on the beach starting around 10:30am. Jose’ and Lalo kept the beverages coming. I can’t say too much about the pool, since we didn’t use them. There seemed to be many chairs available though. We ate at the buffet a few times (Lisa was amazing and always had our drink orders at breakfast) and there was always something we found and enjoyed. The best restaurant was the American Steakhouse. They had a line starting around 5:15 to get in at 6. If you’re “elite” you can make a reservation. We loved the food there. I had the surf and turf. The steak was cooked correctly and I’ve never had such a huge lobster! Cooked just right-not rubbery. The other restaurants were easy to get into. An Italian, fusion and Mexican and Asian. The fusion was our least favorite. The addition of a coffee stand in the lobby was great! I had iced coffee most days. They also had some sweet treats there and sandwiches. We ate at the American Sports restaurant for lunch a few times. Fresh made to order. I should say that this resort skews older. There were mostly Canadian and Americans there and I would say average age was around 45-50 and older. Everyone was having a great time. The Palace patrons are able to go to the club at the Riu Jalisco and use their facilities. All in all, we plan on coming back next year and bringing my extended family with. Thank you for a wonderful vacation!

  Mar 09, 2025