Resort Details

Dining
OnSite Dining
  • Don Emiliano

    Offers buffet-style dining and show cooking. Theme dinners served twice a week.

  • Dona Adelita

    Offers buffet-style dinning featuring 'on the spot' cooking. Open for Lunch and dinner with theme buffets twice a week.

  • Gran Dragon
    Asian cuisine, open for dinner only.
  • La Botana

    Beach restaurant offering continental breakfast, lunch and snacks during the day and a grill steakhouse for dinner in the evenings.

  • La Piazza
    Offers Italian cuisine dining in the evening
  • Various Lounges/Bars

    - La Cantina - lobby bar
    - Sports bar
    - Pancho - pavilion bar
    - Villa - pavilion bar
    - Bahia Banderas - poolside bar

  • Various Restaurants
    Some restaurants may operate on select schedules and expect appropriate dress. Consult hotel upon arrival.

Customer Ratings & Reviews

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating

TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_3.5 7203 reviews
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 1.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Don't book this hotel.

    Sadly this has been our WORST Riu out of the 6 we have thoroughly enjoyed. It is overrun with locals who purchase day passes every afternoon. No seats by or even near a pool. Restaurants are filled with load unruly people and sadly the resort is dirty. The beach is so dirty we didn't get to enjoy it. Our fist morning a dead (decomposing) sea turtle. Resort chairs were old and in need of an update as is the entire resort. Don't waste your money.

    Sep 03, 2025
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 1.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Cyclospora in Riu Jalisco 2025

    I would like to warn all prospective visitors to Riu Jalisco Resort about insufficient hygenic practices in the resort. I visited the resort for two weeks in May-June this year and got poisoned by a very aggressive and destructive pathogen called Cyclospora. I got my first symptoms just four days before the end of our stay. We did not leave the resort all the time. I had terrible diarrhea, was sick for the rest of our stay and another week in Canada.

    Aug 23, 2025
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 4.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Great Vacation place, some areas to be improved. Fair price

    The Hotel is great, well managed, food very good during breakfast and dinner. The lunch restaurant at the beach need more options. Pools were too hot during summer. beach is good despite the dark sand, except when there is crocodile alert. The air conditioning in the rooms is very poor. The room towels were sticky. The design of shower is very dangerous and easy to slip and fall. Be careful. Hope be changed during the renovation.

    Aug 20, 2025
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 5.0 star tripadvisor rating
    Very Clean Hotel

    This hotel is impeccable. The cleaning staff does an excellent job in the cleanliness of the hotel. I’ve stayed at more expensive places it wasn’t as clean as this hotel.

    Aug 13, 2025
  • TRI_LOGO_ANCILLARY_ 5.0 star tripadvisor rating
    I love the place 😍

    First time with my family and we so love the place. It's a paradise, a happy place to relax and enjoy!

    Aug 11, 2025