Indoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers

Reviews of Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria

5 out of 5
Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria
Cabocan Lote E2, Santa Maria, Sal, Cape Verde

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 46 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 46 reviews" "

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Josephine

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kina

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Josiana

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joao Carlos

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Danielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Olamide

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great experience, looks just like pictures, worthwhile resort…although pricy

8/10 Good

Peridice, Brockton

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful Property but doesn't have any of the local architecture or culture in the design or esthetics of the property.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Xaverie

Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was very clean and big. You can be sure to walk off all the food from the all inclusive. The staff are very welcoming. Special mention to reception staff Lewis and Leno Reis who were patient with our requirements and also made recommendation on must visit local places. They were always on hand with any queries we had. Also a special mention to bar member Giovanni who went out of his way to ensure he assisted me as i was carrying a baby and another child on hand. The entertainment was also great. My 4 year old loved the kids' club and the staff really do have patience with the kids! There are enough pools to choose from and further entertainment in the pool giving it the Cape Verdian atmosphere. The weather is the beautiful African heat even when they say clouds are grey; the wind you get on that siade of the coast is actually welcomed. I will most certainly visit again.
Stayed 8 nights in May 2022

8/10 Good

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Stayed 7 nights in May 2022

4/10 Poor

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My wife and I are very happy positive polite people, our glass is always half full as oppose to half empty, we rarely leave feedback but on this occasion I must. My wife and I visited the Rui Palace Hotel from the 10/03/22 to 20/03/22, We were so excited having had friends that stayed there over Christmas They so enthusiastic with the array of fresh seafood that was on offer, Tuna and Grouper etc on a daily basis, and to celebrate my wife's Birthday (my wife is a vegetarian with the addition of fish in her diet,So 5 star luxury with fresh sea food, delicious fruit would be perfect However our experience was not a pleasant one, Quantity is not better than Quality, the food was very bland and invariably cold or lukewarm, the salad and fruit had no taste, the only fresh looking fish that was on offer once, was a whole trout obviously cooked from frozen, plenty of frozen hake fillets was cooked daily tasted of nothing The fish I caught from the beach in the early mornings, that was graciously cooked by the lovely lady's at the swim up bar was the only fresh fish I ate, my wife was ill room bound for three days (tummy bug) I was the same a few days later. (no food eaten off the complex) I emailed the manager with our experience and had no response VERY DISSAPOINTED The entertainment staff were fantastic
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2022
Response from Online Reputation Manager on 17 May 2022
Dear Peter, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We regret that some aspects of your stay at our hotel did not fulfil your conception. Gastronomy is a very important part of the overall impression of a vacation in our hotel and our goal is to provide good food to our guests and our chefs strive to satisfy the many culinary wishes offering the most delicious international and local dishes. Rest assured that we will forward all your impressions to our management team for follow up and we truly hope you allow us the opportunity to welcome you again and share a more pleasant experience. Warm regards, Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria Online Reputation Manager

10/10 Excellent

Fraser

Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Etti

Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jackson Flomo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, very nice!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Manuel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kerry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Ellie

Pros: plenty of food and drinks to go around. You'll rarely, if ever, go hungry or thirsty. Some lovely staff in some of the restaurants. Plenty of loungers. Lovely white sand beach. Cons: food quality very varied depending on where you go. Rooms are not fitting for a 5* property. Our room had lots of ants and mosquitoes, the motion sensor bathroom light shines straight through the frosted glass into the bedroom when you're trying to sleep, and the doors are useless at soundproofing so you can hear everything happening in the echo-y hallways. The people trying to sell excursions on the beach are really aggressive so you feel like you can never relax on the beach.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022
Response from Online Reputation Manager on 10 Mar 2022
Dear Ellie , Thank you for your valuable feedback. Whilst we are delighted to note you enjoyed the staff members´friendly service, the food and drinks offer, as our goal is to deliver the best service, it is disheartening to read that we fell short of your expectations in some aspects. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our service therefore we are grateful for the feedback and we forwarded them to the responsible department for an adequate follow up. We hope you will consider giving us another chance to provide you with the excellent hospitality and comfortable accommodations which we are known for. Kind regards, Hotel Riu Palace Santa Maria Online Reputation Manager

10/10 Excellent

Julia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Aimerick

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vacances de rêve au cap-Vert !!
Plage de rêve (sable fin, eau translucide, aucun déchets ni algues...), toboggans du parc aquatique supers tant pour les enfants que les adultes, restauration et bars de qualité tant en choix que goût.... Très grand hôtel (1001 chambres!) mais bien dimensionné au niveau des installations communes qui fait que vous pouvez profiter de tout sans attente ni bousculade. Aucun problème de sécurité (police et sécurité privée sur place pour faire le ménage sur la plage parmi les vendeurs sans autorisations par exemple). En bref, de superbes vacances, merci Riu Palace Santa Maria !!
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Isabelle Renée

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Séjour très agréable. Personnel avenant et réactif. Établissement très bien entretenue. Équipe d’animation au top lors des spectacles en soirée.
Stayed 9 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Établissement très propre, très bien situé, personnel aux petits soins, et équipe d’animation formidable
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Gianni

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
malgré la taille de l'établissement et donc du nombre de vacanciers, il n'y a aucun problème pour avoir de la place sur la plage qui est magnifique, car tout le monde reste au bords des piscines.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Sandra

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Un très bel hôtel très grand mais les constructions non finalisées autour gâche le paysage !
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

philippe

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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10/10 Excellent

Maria João

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Philippe

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kerstin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Giovanna, SAVONA

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ottima struttura dotata di molti confort
Stayed 11 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

AXEL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Les repas etaient excellents la chambre tres bien amenage et le personnel tres reactif
Stayed 12 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carmen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
wir hatten einen wunderschönen Aufenthalt im Riu Palace. Unser Villa Pool Zimmer war ein Traum und die Hotelanlage ebenso. Das Essen war köstlich, die Auswahl an Speisen riesig. Wir durften eine traumhaft schöne Woche hier verbringen und kommen auf jeden Fall wieder. 100% weiterempfehlung
Villa Pool Zimmer
Yapanisches Restaurant
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

8/10 Good

Helga

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Khalid

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Marie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un site unique mais beaucoup de vent en février
3 grandes piscines chauffées , une mer turquoise à proximité, des chambres très confortables avec un ménage fait soigneusement , de nombreux restaurants avec des buffets variés et même des langoustes le dimanche . Un bémol:le temps un peu frais avec beaucoup de vent qui a empêché la baignade en mer 5 jours sur 7 .mais seul endroit en Afrique sans paludisme
Stayed 8 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tolle Anlage mit Swim-Up Zimmern (privater kleiner Pool). Sehr freundliches Personal, viele Angebote (Fitness etc) und weitläufige Poollandschaft. Neben dem Hauptrestaurant kann man auch in 4 Länderküchen speisen. Der Strand ist direkt vor der Tür und direkt vom Hotel aus erreichbar. Alles da was man für Erholung pur braucht!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente a todos os níveis
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Jonas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Céline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bel hôtel sur la plage de Santa Maria
Très bel hôtel, bonnes prestations mais le service doit être amélioré pour être conforme aux exigences des Riu Palaces. Cadre magnifique, superbe plage, nourriture variée et de bonne qualité pour un séjour très agréable.
Stayed 13 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

ana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 11 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Schöner Aufenthalt, All-Inclusive
Das Hotel ist etwas von Zentrum entfernt am schönsten Teil des langgezogenen Strandes. Die verschiedenen Pools und Restaurants wirken am Tag nie überfüllt und es kommt kein "Dichtestress" auf. Leider stehen am Abend nur wenige Themen-Restaurants zur Verfügung. Diese können nur mit einem dreitägigen Vorlauf, jeweils morgens ab 08:00h reserviert werden und sind praktisch immer ausgebucht. Das immer verfügbare Haupt-Restaurant ist am Abend daher immer sehr gut besetzt. Das Zimmer war neu und ausgesprochen gut. Der Kühlschrank wurde alle zwei Tage mit Mineral, Süssgetränken und Bier gefüllt. Die Minibar an der Wand (4 Flaschen hochprozentiger Alkohol) war schon Overkill. Das Bad hat eine (Stark-)Regendusche, was in einer so ariden Zone an Verschwendung grenzt. Service, Hilfsbereitschaft und Freundlichkeit aller Mitarbeitenden war exzellent. Auch wenn weitere RIU-Hotels in der Nähe sind, können diese nicht ohne weiteres besucht werden (COVID-Massnahme?).
Stayed 19 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Jasmin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Das Essen war eher mittelmässige Qualität.
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lígia M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Sergio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantástico
Muito bom, hotel novo e moderno.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Pascal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vacances de rêves!
Arrivée rapide. Personnel efficace. Endroit très propre avec les règles sanitaires respectées. Le All-Inclusive très réaliste. Très vaste choix de nourritures à toutes heures.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2021