리우 플라야 블랑카 - 올 인클루시브, 리오 아또

The hotel was great, offered everything you needed without even needing to leave the hotel. And I mean everything. There is not much available around the area, you would need to drive 30 minutes to get to a nearby town to find things to do. So the hotel offered everything. Staff were very friendly, facilities great, hotel was clean & lots of fun.

Overall, the stay was great! Rooms were nice, food was good and the pool scene was fun. You can lay by the beach under a palm tree or near the pool in the shade. Great value under $200 per night per couple. The place did cut corners to make money i.e. no bacon or breakfast sausage at the breakfast buffet. But all in all, great value if you don't pay up to much.

The staff didn't try to help. one of the room have a really bad odor coming out from the bathroom and they said its normal. I request connect rooms but they said that the hotem was full and that was not true...saw several rooms empty and available. I feel like this is because I use this to pay and book.

Overall very good. Negative: only 2 restaurants were open and the gym is pretty poor.

The themed restaurants no longer take reservations It's a first come first serve is what the front desk told us. What they didn't tell us each restaurant has 100 guest limit. If you show up at 6 PM you can get seated. Now if you want a later dinner you have to wait at the restaurant until it fills up then they give you a beeper for an hour later. It was an aggravating experience since the only other option was the buffet. For being playa blanca. The beach water was grey and the sand had black soot and horse manure. When we sat at our beach chair there was a used condom near our table. We immediately moved to another chair to be surrounded by stray dogs on the beach. We left the beach immediately. All the elevators are at the lobby. The fire alarm went off at the crack of dawn around 7 AM waking everybody up. There is no direct access from the lobby to parking lot. Have to walk up and down a huge ramp for around stories. Wifi free in public places except on the beach and in your room. If you wanted wifi in your room you had to pay 12 dollars. The front desk mentioned the fridge bar was complimentary. They only had 3 bottles of liquor and the fridge was empty.