HL Rio Playa Blanca Hotel

Kirk Line

This is a late review as we have stayed here the last 2 years and are going back in 3 weeks time with all the family. I have seen some pretty unfair reviews regarding the drinks and food and would like to clear this up. There is beer on tap, wine on tap, soft drinks on tap and local spirits...what more do you need. One of the main reasons we keep coming back is because of the choice of food available. We have 5 children and being kids, they are fairly fussy however there is a really good mix of food and always something different available. I'm a big foodie and find the food is really tasty with a huge selection be it meat, fruit, vegetables or desert. The staff are incredible, always happy to help and they keep the place clean and tidy. The rooms are spacious and they are clean with good air conditioning. Credit to the cleaners because they work really hard. There are times when we have told them not to worry about cleaning the room because we keep ours clean anyway. Great entertainment for adults and children. All in all this hotel is a fantastic place to stay so well done HL group, keep up the good work

tony Greensill

Ex TUI holiday village and not hard to see why they lost that title. The location is nice, but they are really understaffed meaning the few staff they have on site are overworked, stressed and therefore not very friendly. The common sight of staff cleaning the outside areas in other TUI hotels doesn't exist here which means the common areas can seem grubby when busy. The onsite 'gym' turns out to be a Wendy house where every machine is broken beyond repair, it does have half a set of dumbbells and a ragged bench.... Meals are the usual TUI fare, breakfasts are much better than usual in my opinion (because they have really good bacon). The onsite Italian is mediocre and we were informed by the manager BEFORE WE EVEN ORDERED that we had to rush as he had to turn the table around. Very rude. The entertainment is lacking. The on site team do stupid little things around the pool once a day like guess someone's age and win a shot. Bit of pool Zumba. The evening entertainment is very poor, it's either a local double act doing some unicycle riding/ gymnastics for 30mins or the on site team miming along to popular movie soundtracks while prancing about in costume. Weirdly though they have a full theatre setup which could host some really good shows, a leftover from the holiday village days I guess. Overall I would say the worst TUI site we've visited and would recommend trying the mainland Spain or greek versions instead.

Colette Woodhouse

Basic but good clean hotel. Spacious rooms, wonderful showers, good facilities and quiet location. Was grateful as other hotels are facing main road whereas this was set back. Food pleasant but not that varied - never went hungry though! BBQ ribs were a special treat. Staff really nice - from reception, to the bars, to the cleaners. The animation team treated everyone well and were good at entertaining the kids. Husband wanted to use treadmill in the small gym but it wasn't working sadly so had to continue training in the blazing heat! Location bit remote but my husband and I are into walking so didn't mind the 2 hour trek to and from the very far mall - lots of restaurants and eateries with shops en route, about 20 mins walk to main thoroughfare. Really liked the main pool but equally enjoyed the quiet pool round corner. All in all a lovely stay. Thank you HL Rio!

Susan Windle

We have just returned from a week's holiday at HL Rio Playa Blanca. We had a lovely stay. There was some confusion in relation to our room on arrival. It was rectified by reception staff quickly. There is something for everyone at this place. If you want a more relaxed atmosphere the pool to the rear has plenty of beds & generally quiet. There doesn't appear to be the sunbed rush either in a morning or towels out the night before. The food is generally good. The one thing that was poor on this visit was the honey rum. We had this during our visit in Nov 24 & enjoyed it. This year it was terrible. To the point we returned it to the bar. It tasted like chemicals & honey. We will definitely return as we had a good holiday. All staff are very hard working & friendly. Thanks for having us!

Katie Ellis

So we've been here 3 times , first year absolutely faultless stayed in the master suite , never used the hot tub so didn't bother the other 2 times we returned , cleanliness is faultless , food plenty of choice , hotel grounds kept immaculate, just the all inclusive drinks especially the cocktails heavily watered down !! , first year this was not the case, 2nd year was the case in the day but not the evening , but this year was the case day and night , I don't mind not drinking in the day but in the night i was massively disappointed, so we spent a lot of evenings out this time or I bought my own from the spar and took back to the hotel, based on the hotel and cleanliness and suitability for children I would be back , but please go back to using tidy mixer juices for the cocktails that's all it takes! Entertainment for the kids is amazing my daughter absoluteltly loved the greatest showman and lion king 😊