Riviera Nayarit

We had a great experience at the Riu Vallarta. The resort is beautiful and the staff is great. You can tell a lot of care and attention is put into every detail and they do a good job of keeping the place clean. Our room was wonderful and food was great.

In majority, a very positive experience! Big resort, great staff, 5 restaurants without the need to make reservations for dinner. Food was great, lots of variety, appealing presentation. 2 adult pools, one with a swim up bar, 1 kids pool. Daily animation by the pool. Beautiful beach without sea weeds, you can walk for hours which is fantastic! Room was outdated, brown bath towels but it was clean. The hotel is getting a makeover this fall. Nightly shows are hit and miss. There is a kid show before the adult one. I would definitely go back!

We arrived to a lobby full of locals and plates of food all over and spilled drinks and cups. I must say, as a travel agent walking into this was shocking. We checked in online and still waited 45 min to check in. Room was not what we asked for. As we were walking with the bell boy through the lobby, I slipped and fell from drinks that were spilled on the floor. There was not one caution sigh to be seen. I went to customer relations were Jessy Gomez was very helpful. Went to the room, I could hardly move my neck and had a terrible sleep. The next day Livs Manvel from the front desk who was amazing moved us to a ocean front room. The room and view were beautiful but the weddings everynight with crazy load music was a nightmare. Once again we could not sleep. Food was very good and the servers were the best. The sports bar was the worst because all the servers did was wait on the locals so we left and never went back in. The pool snack bar was the same. All they cared about was the locals. Never went back there either. Pool was small but the amount of locals in the pool was terrible so we spent all the time on the beach. Beach and service on the beach was great. The grounds at this resort were beautiful. I have never seen a resort that was so wonderful to walk around. It is sad to say that I would not return here for the simple fact that the locals take the place over and the ocean front rooms are right above the wedding venue and the music is ridiculous loud. I was at the Grand Palladium Jamaica in Oct 2024 and it was amazing. They need to make some changes at this one.

We had a good time at this resort this March. Friendly staff, perfect hospitality, great food, fun activities and shows. As a family with 2 boys, we enjoyed a lot and recommend this resort.

We have never stayed at a Dreams resort, but we had heard they were great for families. This resort is one of the few that were built to be a Dreams/Secrets resort (many others were purchased and then rebranded as a Dreams resort) and it's fairly new, built in 2021 I believe. It's expansive and there is always a pool or restaurant to go to without much wait. You never feel like it's crowded or that you have to wait in a long line. Our kids (ages 3 and 6) loved the pools, waterpark, poolside grill, and especially Kids Club (starts at age 3). The rooms were well designed though there is construction going on next door to the resort that does impact some of the views of the more expensive 'oceanview' rooms. In this respect, I'd advise not splurging for the oceanview until the construction is complete. As for the staff, very friendly and accommodating. Great entertainment--fiesta night, fire show, st. patrick's day event. Good fun for the whole family. Make sure to ask for a VIP access for at least one day to try the Secretes French restaurant called Bordeaux--it was amazing. Also, Sofi at concierge was super helpful with setting us up with access to the restaurant.

Loved our stay at Paradise Village. This is one of the best resorts in the area. The property is held to a very high standard of maintenance. Stunning beach, with shallow swimmable water. Close shopping centre for basic amenities or groceries. Very good food. Excellent cafe/bar in lobby. Main tower and Uxmal tower recently renovated.

Front desk handoff to time share people is beyond annoying. Your bracelet is put on by time share people Needs to be front desk and get you to your room. Buffet was mediocre at best. Room and resort were decent. Near impossible to get a reservation at the Al a cartes. Resort is very member and time share oriented. Adult pool is very nice. If you can get a decent time reservation for the Amalfi restaurant, do it as the food is fabulous. Overall rating 2

The staff there make a huge effort to make sure that you're happy. Every time when we were searching for an item on the buffet Food & Beverage manager Alfonso went into the kitchen and produced it for us. Apparently no one had ever heard of having bacon with your eggs for breakfast or drizzling oil and vinegar on lettuce and other outlandish practices such as toasting a slice of white bread. All in all a pleasant holiday full of surprises and moments of astonishment.

Overall I enjoyed my stay. The food was better than other all-inclusive I have stayed at. I was traveling alone and felt very safe.

Amazing from arrival to departure. Excellent food, excellent service. Room was spacious. Whole resort was kept spotlessly clean.