Riu Palace Meloneras

We stayed for 1 week 17-24 August 2019 in one of the Superior Family rooms. The holiday was booked through TUI and we flew with Norwegian from Gatwick. Holiday cost was £3749 (booked in July 2019). The reception area was beautiful and reception team were always friendly as were all the hotel staff. We stayed in one of the rooms near the pool that was closer to the sea and walking from the reception pass the pools you are treated to stunning grounds filled with palm trees. Our room was exactly as seen in the photos and clean and well maintained with a daily maid turn day service. The grounds, rooms, restaurant areas were all immaculately kept. One of the things we really liked about this hotel was that the pool area was not too busy or loud which we were concerned about going during the summer holidays. The restaurant provided varied food for breakfast and evening meal. Lunch time a separate restaurant (onsite) provides food or you can order a meal by the pool. We were Half Board (I believe most people there are) and this made sense to us as previous holidays we would never eat / drink enough for all inclusive rates to be cost effective. Plus it means you can order decent drinks and not be restricted to the cheap drinks in the all inclusive allowance. On an evening there are shows that are OK, the Flamenco dancers were amazing. Table service was excellent and we never had to wait around or try to catch a waiters eye to order a drink - this was also the case in the restaurant were there were plenty of attentive staff. There was an excellent drinks/ cocktail menu including dry martinis being made to your taste at the table - we found the drinks to be a reasonable price for a 5* hotel too. Outside of the hotel there are plenty of shops to wander around although some do get a bit repetitive but there are fashion label named shops. Also on the way to the shops there is a boulevard of restaurants in case you wish to eat there for lunch. Going a bit further there is a beach although we found this to be a little run down so spent little time there. In summary we loved it here and would even go to say it was one of our favourite holidays / hotels and all agreed would want to come back again in order to explore the island a little more next time.

Omg. I am always finding fault with hotels and holiday destinations - I am impossible to please. However, this place was faultless - from the hotel, position, staff, hygiene, pools and food, it was all perfect. Every member of staff seemed so eager to assist us as guests and they all seemed genuinely happy with it. It was very peaceful yet not boring. It was like a huge, spacious, calming spa break. The maid service was so efficient and everything just worked. The food was overwhelmingly amazing with copious amounts of choice and such lovely staff. The whole place makes you feel a million dollars - luxury!

Faultless in every way, Anybody who moans about this hotel want their head examined, This is up there with the triple Diamond hotels in Vegas. The food is amazing,so much choice it makes you go back for 2nds, ALL THE STAFF HAVE SMILES FOR YOU, I would recommend this hotel to anybody who likes to get what they pay for, 100% will use RIU again, THANK U RIU