Hotel Riu Palace Antillas

This resort is FANTASTIC!!! I travelled here with my girlfriend in Aug. 2025. The airport is 20min away - super close. The check- in was very easy and quick. The staff are amazing! They really care about you and want you to have the best vacation. The resort is very very clean! They go out of their way to ensure the cleanliness! The rooms are spacious and well kept! The beach is breathtaking! Make sure to go early morning (latest 730am to get a palapa - shady huts). They are limited. Make sure you take a trip (either by tour or rent a car and drive) to see Baby Beach! It was stunning!! It's about a 45min drive from the resort. The resort has 4 restaurants; Italian, Krystal (fish), steakhouse (best one) and Arubian. The buffet is also very good! The entertainment staff was also great! They did a great job with games and activities at the beach and pool area! The resort is also a 7-8min walk from the strip! Lots of great restaurants and little shops to buy stuff! I highly recommend Giannis restaurant! Make sure to make a reservation in advance as it is very popular! Trust me this resort is fantastic and Aruba is beautiful and safe!

This hotel is excellent. Clean, very friendly staff. Food is very good. Must try Krystal restaurant all inclusive. Fine dinning. Try the poached egg with ratatouille & short rib w/mashed potatoes. Didn’t get to try the steakhouse. I will when I go back. Best all inclusive hotel I have stayed in for food, cleanliness, excellent staff. This vacation resort has become my most favourite.

Overall, this hotel was beautiful. The staff was very welcoming and kind. I enjoyed how close we were to the beach and the bars and restaurants outside of the hotel. My boyfriend and I were able to walk from the hotel to different restaurants and bars and really enjoyed the nightlife. We found the most issues with lunch time, after we had been in the pool. You have to be completely covered up in order to eat at the cafeteria, which is 5 feet away from the pool. It didn't really make sense to use because I wanted to get out of the pool and have lunch. I should be able to throw on some shorts over my bathing suit and eat. However, that isn't the case. We had to get fully covered before getting food. It was also odd because we thought it was adult-only, and usually at adult-only resorts I've been to, that is never a problem. It just got annoying having to go up to the room to get clothes in order to eat. Everything else was great.

I was here from July 28th - August 1st arriving from NYC via Jetblue. Checking isn't until after 3pm. On the day if my arrival, I was notified by the on duty manager (I forgot his name but it began with the letter "W") that housekeeping was short staffed that day with 133 guests arriving. When the manager assigned my first room, I was displeased. A 2nd attempt was made and still to my dissatisfaction. Thankfully, manager "W" was patient and still professional amongst the busyness of the day and found a 3rd room for me; which he said "3rd time should be the charm". He was in fact correct! I really liked my room 1826. It had a great ocean view, comfy bed, nice bathroom and the water pressure from the shower was great and the room was not far from the elevator. This was 7th time in Aruba but my first time at The Riu Antillas Aruba and definitely won't be my last. Please give my regards to manager "W". He looks to be in his 50s, no facial hair, wears glasses and is Latino (?). I want him to know his efforts to assist me did not go unappreciated. *Bon dia!

I recently stayed at the Riu at the Elite Club. The good: We opted for the Elite Club. The drinks were well made and the bartenders, especially Margarita, were wonderful. The pool area and the beach were beautiful. The omelette station was good along with the breakfast food in the main dining area. Water aerobics was also fun. The bad: Our room was in the separate, older area. (Our mistake during booking) Our room was next door to a construction site. Construction started early in the morning and lasted into the late afternoon. Not ideal for a relaxing time. We were not told that we had separate eating area in the main dining room until the day before we were leaving. The ugly: I contacted the Riu before our stay to see if I can have the room decorated for my husbands’ birthday. No one responded. I emailed the Elite concierge when we got there. She said she would leave a note for the person working on that day because she was off. I heard nothing further and the room was not decorated. There was a two towel minimum at the pool/beach. Absolutely ridiculous! At a resort of this size, they should invest in more towels! I called the front desk for extra washcloths, they never arrived and I had to go get them myself. Our soap was empty and WE had to remind the room attendant to refill it.