Our trip to Playa del Carmen this time was the best one yet. We've been there about 8 times and just can't get enough of it. We stayed this time at Riviera Maya Caribe. The hotel is in a great locatoin in North Playa. We arrived before scheduled check in and our room was available which was really nice. The room is very comfortable, clean and the pillows are awesome. We stayed in a standard room with a balcany. We had plenty of hot water for showers with great water preasure. The pool area is great. The people who work there are even greater. They are the nicest people. The yoga dog on the premises is simply the best. The hotel gives you passes for the beach club and provide you with nice big pluffy towels for your use. They give you passes for breakfast at a restaurant nearby which provides the best "American Coffee." I don't know how they make it so good. We definitely will return to this hotel in the future. Looking forward to going back to PDC!

Stayed at HRCM, for 6 nights. We arrived late evening check in was a breeze. This property is perfect in every way, Location: one block to 5th ave. Short walk to Mamitas and Kool beach clubs. In spite it´s located on 10th ave and 30th street, Absolutely NO traffic Noise is heard in your room. They gave us Pool front rooms, Loved our terrace, rooms nicely decorated, 3 level fan, air conditioned, Cable TV, mini fridge (accesible prices, 15 peso soda, water etc). Our stay included beach passes to mamitas (never used them, no palapas/loungers when we got there, used Kool instead), daily use of clean soft beach towels, WIFI, use of computer/internet, daily continental breakfast at a little italian restaurant on the corner of 26th street and 5th ave. can´t remember the name sorry, the continental consisted of toast, jam, butter, coffee and fresh orange juice, if you ordered an other kind of breakfast (omelet, eggs, etc) they discounted the coupon value to it, we had breakfast there 4 times, loved thir TOAST, very affordable. Pool was just wonderfull, they have a couple of rafts you can lounge on. Nice firm matress, and cute bathroom. We are so happy we chose HRCM, affordable, IMPECABLE, Nice Staff, Close to the best part of playa (THE north end). We will stay there again next year. Any questions I will be happy to answer. Gracias Hotel Riviera caribe maya for making this an enjoyable stay.

Stayed here Mar 7 & 8, 2008. Was in Playa for 6 days but had already booked another hotel and just needed somewhere for the first couple of nights. Found this hotel on the internet, read some good reviews so decided since it was only 2 nights we could handle it regardless of what we walked into. Well it met all of my expectations. Alejandro checked us in and was very pleasant helped us carry our bags up the stairs to the top floor :) We had a standard plus room with balcony overlooking the pool area. We had 2 twin beds (it was a friend and myself) which is the same room I believe as a king as they push the beds together. Room was very clean everyday. Staff was always very friendly and eager to help with anything. The wireless internet wouldnt work on my computer for some reason but they have a computer to use in the lobby with usually no wait. We slept with the balcony door open and the ceiling fans on and it was awesome. waking up to birds chirping and sounds of nature. I liked that there was not a lot of noise coming from the streets (however they were paving 10th avenue going north so that side of the street was closed). One quick block and you are in the heart of the North end of 5th avenue with many restaurants to choose from. The breakfast is served at El Baretto (sp?) an italian restaurant just a couple of blocks away. it was a simple toast, coffee, juice but they would allow you to order more and give you a discount. Food was good. We also ate dinner here and the food was amazing. Beach towels were provided by the hotel daily. Get a discount to Mamitas beach club which is less than a 5 min walk. i have no complaints and after staying two nights didnt want to leave to go to the other hotel but already paid. I am looking to return to Playa for a week in May and so far Riviera Caribe maya is my top pick again for a place to stay.

We arrived Sunday evening and were greated by Alejandro, he took us to our room and helped with our bags. Our room was on the first floor and being an older couple with dive bags this is great. We stepped out on our patio and saw the wonderful pool area. The pool is kidney shaped and has an area for young children and deeper end with a large raft for adults and older children.

We always had a clean room and the showers were cleaned daily.

We had free passes to the beach club, but since we are divers we were not in need of them.

The breakfast is small, however if you want a larger breakfast they will take a percentage off of your bill.

We had read the reviews and were ready for the hard beds (the reason is because unlike America they do not use bed springs.

The other nice thing about this hotel is that it is only one block from fifth avenue and has a great number of restaurants in close proximity to the hotel.