Riu Jalisco

My boyfriend and I visited this resort the first week of March. Flight to pv with sunwing was great, lots of room on the plane. Facilities The hotel grounds are beautiful! Well kept, clean. The pools are very nice, lots of lounge chairs and swim up bar. The beach was very nice, again lots of chairs. Beach activities avalible for extra cost. The water was pretty rough each day but fun to swim in. Our room was good, standard resort room. The shower was great, bed was comfortable. Clean upon arrival. Cleaned daily. No complaints Entertainment The entertainment team offered lots of options around the resort, pools and beach. The mardigras party at the pool was great, lots of fun The evening shows were average, the aqua show was awesome, dont miss that one! Food The food overall was good for resort food, the buffet was great, options changed throughout the week. Our waiter Alonzo was fantastic, quick, friendly, and always had us set for drinks as soon as he saw us enter the buffet! He made us want to return to the buffet. Lots of specialty restaurants, we ate at the steak house Great location, very nice to eat on the beach. The service was just okay, the food was not that great. I had adjusted my expectations of the steak, however was still not impressed and the sides and desert was not good. The service at the bars throughout the resort was great, drinks were overall very good as well. Would definatley recomend this resort The flight home was originally suppose to be direct, mid day however was changed to a evening flight with a stop that we didnt get off the plane. Plane was very cramped, and the stop made the flight much longer. We did an excursion with pv adventures, we did the all terrain Rzr safari and it was awesome. Expensive but definatly worth the money!! Cab to peurto Vallarta is roughly 250 pecos or 17 usd.

First two weeks of march, with friends through Tui. Firstly, arrival at airport, expect to queue !! Hotel arrival, drinks and canapes whilst waiting to check in. Rooms spacious. Plenty of storage space. Iron and board in rooms. English channels on TV. Hotel is spotless, cleaners constantly seen throughout. Hotel set out, easy to access everywhere, esp if in a wheel chair. Restaurants offer a buzzer service at evening meal, you book in and they buzz you when your table is available....as well as the main buffet, 5 restaurants. You will not starve here ! Staff brilliant. Tui rep excellent. They offer 3 for 2 on trips which we normally book ourselves but did both, 3 trips (whales, Las caletas, rhythms of the night, amazing !) We also got a taxi to la boca, and water taxi to yelapa, all reasonably priced. Plenty of sunbeds by pool and beach. You can use Rui Vallarta as well (apart from evening meal) but so glad we booked Jalesco as pool packed and very crowded there. Walk along beach to Bocorias, about an hour but taxi only 140 peso (@ £5 between 4 of us) Taxi to puerto vallarta about 350 peso, 40 min drive, lovely walk along promenade, loads of bars, restaurants, and beautiful sunset. All in all, really enjoyed the hotel, plenty to do, entertainment every night if you want, beach party in the evening the first week and daytime the next. Staff all work really hard....would I go back, yes !

My husband and I are in our late 40’s and travel to all inclusive resorts in various locations several times a year. This is our 9th RIU resort and we were not expecting much from this one & that was ok because it was cheap. We traveled with a group of 28 and I think everyone was satisfied. We requested a ground floor room & got room 1131. Very small, but it worked out fine. We loved our view of the gardens, the party pool & the entertainment. Nice & secluded during the day & loved listening to the music at night. Yes, we had roaches & some flying bugs, but I expect that in tropical locations. The food was typical RIU fare, there is always something you can find that you like. We really enjoyed the Japanese. The morning buffet is crazy noisy & busy. We discovered our last day that breakfast was also served in the Mexican restaurant...much more quiet & the best omelets.....wish I would of discovered that earlier. Drinks are good, especially the Mexican coffee. Sports bar was a great place to end the night with some microwave food (try the spaghetti & put some nacho cheese on it)! The beach is clean, but it’s pacific so don’t expect Chrystal blue waters. The people selling stuff are very nice and not overly pushy. Try the Razor excursion through the mountains if you have good mobility and enjoy a little rough & tough rides! Super fun & the best guacamole & tequila back the bar/restaurant. It was through the Canyon River Adventure company. This hotel is certainly a litttle worn and definitely at the lower end of the RIU chain. But for the right price it’s a really fun place.