Riu Palace Maldives - All Inclusive

Staff were very friendly and helpful, enjoyed every day and highly recommended to all ages.

Excellent location - services and amenities- super friendly staff

A very good hotel with excellent food, alcohol included and great recommendations by the staff. Especially Desy from Indonesia is very good in advising cocktails. Next to the all in formula we did plenty of water sports activities, like diving (PADI certification for open water acquired), where Emma really inspired us and made us fall in love with diving and others like jetski and wakeboard. Thanks to all the RIU team to make our vacation/honeymoon an unforgettable experience.

We arrived after a direct flight from Heathrow to male and a very well organised connection from male to dhalu airport followed by a 15 min boat ride to the riu. We arrived around 11 am and we we were both absolutely shattered and disappointed that we were unable to access our room until 230 pm. However we had come prepared with swim stuff in hand luggage. We were in room 216 sunset side top floor. Absolutely perfect. Fab air conditioning, plenty of space, large bathroom with rain shower however not much pressure so a bit disappointing. We did report but not much improvement. Whole resort is fabulous, fantastic service. Had a problem with one of the a la cartes and manager suli contacted us the following day and rectified this. Krystal was lovely we weren't overly struck by the Japanese. The food in the main buffet was absolutely fabulous and so much choice that we did not bother with any more a la cartes. Service. Oh my goodness the service is amazing from bar staff to restaurant staff they cannot do enough for you. Aminda, poonam and James were fab always remembered our names and drinks. Nilan and melisha in the restaurant really looked after us as did all the staff but these two really stood out. They are both a credit to riu and nilan I hope will be promoted soon. That young man is dedicated to making the guests happy he certainly always made me smile. We certainly missed them both on our last day as it was their day off and we certainly noticed the difference in service. The Palace is lovely it is spotlessly clean and such a chilled vibe. We wandered over to the atoll side a few times and absolutely hated it. It felt like butlins not my vibe at all. My husband used the gym on a regular basis. However he said for a 5 star hotel he would expect one to be on the Palace side with a bit more entertainment I.e aqua aerobics and just actually to see some of the entertainment staff. He asked on several occasions about yoga sessions and no clear answer was given. The Palace is beautiful. Not the best reef but plenty to see whilst snorkelling. We spent the majority of time on the beautiful beach. I would say however for a 5 star hotel the sun beds were extremely uncomfortable. We had a lovely two weeks with fab service, food and drink. If you are looking for a 5 star hotel at a low end budget this is a nice hotel for what you pay. However we would not return as would like to try an authentic maldivian island next time instead of a brand. All in all we had a fab time.

One of the most beautiful places I've been to. Lots of peace and quiet. Palace at the highest level. Thank's very much to the RIU staff for the highest level. I recommend to anyone who wants to relax.

Beautiful room over the ocean with private pool on palace side. Is it worth it? NO! Everything here is booked via an app, which is mostly not working (so they claim everytime when room service is late which has been everytime for me. Room service can take more than 3hrs and only has 5 items (3 Sandwich selections and 2 salads, no change, it's a joke right?. Restaurants leaves much to be desired, feel is more like boarding school mezzanine. No nice views from here. Beachcomber is much better than Riu (I have been to Mauritius Beachcomber resorts- they were amazing).

This was our first time in the Maldives and it was out of this world. The staff at the Riu Palace were amazing and couldn’t do enough for you. Special mention to all the bar staff , including Frederick- their cocktails were fab and everyone was always super helpful and smiling! Would highly recommend the Riu Palace and hope to be back one day .