Royal Hideaway Playacar All Inclusive - Adults only

Staff is awesome. Grounds are immaculate. Food was unbelievably good for an all inclusive.

Super spotless clean, very quiet, no parties (older age group), food was pretty good but chicken was terribly overdone at every restaurant but shrimp, fish and octopus were all good. The beach is wonderful with powder white sand and small waves. This location is somewhat sheltered from seaweed and they clean up the seaweed very fast. I recommend this place and it was an amazing value for us.

Ive been to Playa Del Carmen over ten times and have stayed at seven different resorts. We stayed a total of 13 days and truly enjoyed our stay. I wanted to give a shout out to Carlos Quintal in the Grill restaurant. Carlos Quintal truly defined what customer service is all about. He was so attentive to our needs and also a true gentleman. Carlos, along with a great resort, is the reason we plan on returning. A+

Loved our stay. We were here for 7 nights and it still wasn't enough to enjoy everything the property had to offer. ALL the staff was amazing. Everyone was so incredibly helpful and kind. We traveled with my 85 year old grandma and they accommodated switching our room part way through our stay since the stairs became hard for her to manage. All the restaurants had such great options for a vegetarian like me! Can't speak highly enough of how wonderful this hotel is.

Loved the food quality, ocean view pool and the other quieter pools scattered throughout. My husband and I enjoyed the 1pm classes offered everyday. We went kayaking for free (had to figure that out on our own). A short 30 minute walk to 5th Ave and the public beach.

We had a wonderful stay at the Royal Hideaway. The a/c in our Sunset room was not working correctly on our first night. Someone did come to fix it and it was slightly better the second night, but the room was still warm. We advised our concierge, Suncil, who upgraded us to a suite for the balance of our week. This was the only problem we had, but it was quickly rectified. Both rooms were extremely clean and this is possibly the cleanest resort we have ever stayed at, out of the 15 all inclusive trips we have made to the Caribbean. The restaurants were all delicious, with Azia and The Grill being our favorites for dinner. Lunch at The Deck was great every day with numerous buffet or menu selections. The bars were all excellent with almost every top brand liquor being available. Wish we remembered the bartenders names at Bar Allegra, but they were great. We will definitely put Royal Hideaway on our list for return visits. Thanks for a great week!

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Very few activities to do in the hotel

The property was beautiful and it was pleasing to the eyes. I knew there was a problem with the A/C before we got there because it was set to 13C, but it was 23C in the room… the lowest the room temp got to the entire time was 22.5C, and it was running the entire time. While the beds felt great, it was uncomfortable sleeping at such high temps. Our shower was also difficult to control, as it was either all cold or scalding water… there was no in-between. The food, while there were plenty of options, was less than desirable. This was one of our first vacations where we both lost weight. We found dishes we could eat, but had a tough time as we didn’t want to eat the same thing every meal… breakfast was probably the best thing there. Our concierge Ricky was awesome. He was kind and really seemed to know how to help us with anything we needed, although I will admit that I didn’t mention the A/C until the final full day we were there, after asking another guest about their A/C experience. We make an intentional effort to not be a nagging couple. We agreed that cruises will be our vacation of choice after this experience, even though we did enjoy spending our anniversary together.

Great property, nicely setup and well taken care of. Common areas are fantastic, with touch of luxury and authenticity. Food is nothing special, average at best, but the restaurants setup is really nice. If you like activities, the staff is not that interested in summoning people in to participate, there is not an active engagement to get few people in to play volleyball or stretch. If you are there, you're there, if no one shows up they leave. Service is wonderful, rooms are great. Beach is super nice, but seaweed is unbearable, like in all areas of that coast. Water is brown. I am a beach person and dont like swimming pools, yet couldn't force myself to go into the water, it was that bad. Yet again, it is not a property issue, it is a regional issue at large. Outside areas are nice and safe to walk. There is a small shopping plaza right across and Playa Del Carmen is 25 minutes away walking. Cab is $10 each way. The whole area is safe and fun to walk around. The whole Playacar area is gated, and the hotel is double gated. We had a great time.