Overall I would say that is the place to eat! If you go to Cabo you absolutely must take a boat tour over to "Lovers Island" and "Divorce beach."

Recommend the short boat ride to The Cabo Arch at Lovers Beach and Divorce Beach.

We took a water taxi to the rocks and arch, highly recommend going to Divorce Beach there as the beach is beautiful.

Saw sea lions, lovers and divorce beach where we got out for an hour and enjoyed a swim.

Sea Lions, whale watching and more from the beach out there called Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach.

but always had exhaust fan noise from 8 am to 8pm.

We didn’t sit on the beach during the day just at sunrise, so we didn’t have to worry about the constant pressure sales.

Construction noise was annoying and prevented me from a relaxing massage.

but they are not easy to hear around the hotel, and heard of several rooms who could not hear these announcements at all.

The booze was constantly flowing and it wasn't a constant party every night

PROS: GREAT VIEWS (that's it)
CONS: NO RUNNING WATER, NO AC, HORRIBLE FOOD, WATERED DOWN DRINKS, NOISE ALL NIGHT, FLIES EVERYWHERE, CHILDREN'S RESORT CONNECTED, BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE, NO RESOLVE OR COMPS OFFERED FOR BAD SERVICE, HOT WATER IN POOLS, NO COOL RELIEF ANYWHERE.

but these were constant and were pushing drugs.

The restrooms on the resort were horrendous, people were using the bathrooms and there was urine and feces everywhere.

My husband is a plumber and if you don’t hear air when you turn the faucet, there’s no water.

But because the air conditioner being so loud you couldn't hardly hear the TV anyway.

My only thing is that while in your room, you can hear all the noise from the hallways, including the doors constantly closing, and the people being loud in the hallways as well as the nighttime entertainment, I wish there was a way to soundproof them more.

This place reeks of a spring break party atmosphere with constant, constant noise and ridiculously loud music at all hours of day and night.

But if it was off, you could hear either pool or show noise like you were right there.

If I had my family at the other resort, I would be pissed to have the loud noise and experience around my kids.

Because after many calls to the hotel property, RIU.com, and Priceline I have been unable to get any sort of refund on a trip canceled by my airline due to Cabo runway damage.

Note this is a large U shape resort and you can hear music like an amphitheater
•	English is universal here,

We came to our room to rest after a long day of traveling and could hear people yelling and screaming through the hotel.

Food great Servers in the buffet ( Emmanuel ) and Restaurants ( Evelyn ) were excellent and over the top friendly and ambitious.

Overall the Riu Palace Baja California was a great time and I would return, The bar and restaurant staff were very accommodating and friendly.

Enjoying the dinner on NYE was one of my favorite parts.

This facility has a variety of amazing restaurants to dine at and the ambience was truly amazing … I felt at home.

Agave restaurant folks helped with really good veg food.

We had a variety of food options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Everything about this hotel was top tier -- the service, the parties, the food, the pools and the clean and spacious rooms.

The food was good considering it was resort food.

Buffet was exquisite such an incredible variety of food.

Italian restaurant is not good, go to the steak house it is very good.

Resort accommodated one of the couples in our group who booked at the RIU Palace since Baja was sold out and they allowed them to join us for dinner one night no charge.

My spouse and in-laws spent Thanksgiving weekend here and all got incredibly sick from the food!

The entertainment, drinks, and food were all wonderful.

The room service was horrible… Everything else was amazing….

We also went inside for the buffet; once again the food was amazing, especially the stir fries!

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We took a private yacht tour out of the marina to see the sea lions and the arch, lovers and divorce beach.

The best part about downtown is that you can rent a private nice boat for about $150.00 an hour to take you to the Ach, Lovers, Divorce beach and whale watching or fishing .We did that and it was amazing.

Other things to do in Cabo 5/5: 
Water taxi to lover’s beach/divorce beach/el arco.

Around the property, it seemed to be stronger and more consistent.That is a concern as we were stuck having to do zoom calls in public areas of the hotel for the WiFi and that was not as comfortable.

but you also don’t want to run up your mobile phone bill by using 3G/5G when WiFi ***should*** be PLENTIFUL.

However, my partner got their phone taken from one of the cubbies at the neon party and unfortunately it wasn’t recovered before we had to leave the following afternoon, so I’d suggest keeping anything valuable on you or locked in your room.

My son also stated that when he went to there called the security guy on his personal cellphone..not on the walkie-talkie not on the hotel phone.

She
told the person on the phone that we need both housekeeping AND maintenance.

My friends had to call a pharmacy themselves.

Brother had blood stains on his duvet
- Had to call and ask 3x for a rollaway bed

He calls the front and gets the room number.

We were not allowed out of room come Sat and that was all the food given until 2pm - after numerous calls.

After realizing this I wandered around and asked 3 different security people to let us in our room or at the very least call the front desk to have someone come let us in.

Could not even talk or hear music on the phone.

My only tip would be to upgrade the plugs etc to accomadate phones etc.

Had to call for maintenance to get it unlocked.

There was a sense of dissatisfaction if employees didn’t receive tips for the slightest of actions as calling a cab.

I figured no one was taking me seriously so I did not want to call and instead just went there.

I attempted to call the front desk 5x from the phone in our room without any success.

Before then my phone was turned off so I was not able to locate it.

- If you are less mobile, please note there are LOTS of stairs to get around here. I would like to note that Nicole tried to make amends for the many issues we had in our room upon checkin by making us a few "reservations" at the specialty restaurant (though getting a table at the restaurants was not hard)

The cocktails were fantastic with a plethora of choices and the use of name-brand liquors…the bar staff were fantastic (our favorite was Paul/bar waitstaff on the “Lazy” pool side).

Iris, the breakfast and lunch server, was delightful and joyful!

Food was excellent, staff were very friendly and responsive, and the rooms were nice.

Excellent service, food was fantastic, and the entertainment never disappoints!

We ate at the buffet most every meal and it was very good.

Raul was great for dinner service and always willing to help us "continue the celebration".

The Japanese restaurant was great food, as well.

A lot of delicious food, we tried every restaurant and some were better than others

Great service by all and Raoul was great as our waiter during dinner service.

love it will stay again very quiet great assistance easy resort to figure out very beautiful a lot of activities to do and the food was OK need more seasoning for me n=but hey overall it was a great resort with lovely swimming pools

but when 
we opened our doors, we were taken aback by a very strong overwhelming sewer stench in both our 
rooms.

- Moldy bathroom and dirty bedroom furniture.

Rooms showed signs of mold and smell of mildew.

The sheets feel wet and everything smells musty.

The windows, balcony, furniture were left FILTHY!

Just a disgusting experience especially the food.

Smells like sewer really bad and rooms have fallen apart. Beware.

but there are paint chips, chipped wood moldings,cracked tiles, chukcn out of concrete walls, bathroom fans that don't work, etc.

Even the Saxaphone was dripping in sweat which was also not appealing.

Smoking locations are not wheelchair accessible and too remote.

very stiff and questionable and the seafood smelled like it had been left out in the sun for days.

Very warm and smelly elevators, lacking any form of ventilation.

Food lacked flavor, floor in room got my feet dirty when walking barefoot on first day of stay, sometimes it smelled like sewer water in our room and on the atea by the pool, taxi service super high compared to local rates

but since there was no exhaust fan in the bathroom, the room felt musty and a bid humid.

They shouldn't put the smoking station by the swim up rooms that people pay more money for!

but our neighbor smoked on his balcony, there was someone by beach washrooms smoking, guests on ground floor with pools attached smoked in their pools and a few poolside smokers trying to be sneaky.

We'll just open the balcony door and enjoy some fresh air since the room was musty smelling anyway.

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It was under construction and WINDY, both of which we didn't expect.

Only to arrive after a long day,  they book you in, then tell you that they are having maintenance issues and they will be sending you to their sister hotel, way out of town,
Stupid expensive, and you are stuck in the middle of no where, and the place is being
Built still so the construction is ridiculous.

but were disappointed this year when we found out the construction of the Grand Solmar has taken away a pool from the Solmar.

Besides wasting the whole afternoon in their crazy shuttle, we wasted the evening trying to fix the air conditioner… (10) By the second day we were there they started construction in 2 rooms, one right by our right and one right by our left.

but "classic"  to the era of construction.

There is construction going on at the resort (even

Not sure if it will ever be the same if and when the construction stops.

Yes, our first room was a bit outdated and unfortunately was right next to/over the construction happening on their new entryway,

Construction was still ongoing at the Solmar,

We moved into a room, that was away from construction noise and had sun.

Another issue was when ever we wanted to take a nap in the middle of the day they had construction going on continuously and the worst part was the Jack hammers.

Despite some negative reviews I read there was hardly any construction noise.

The resort again was inundated with construction noise from the additional lobby work.

Construction going on which was very loud at times.

But more than that, we were given a room (told it was a free upgrade to a special suite, "no extra charge"), only to find a major jack-hammering construction project was going on right outside of our balcony, 10 hours a day.

Because of construction, we were relocated to the Playa Grande from the Solmar Resort and Beach Club.

The beds were comfortable and I did not hear any of the construction noise others have mentioned.

The construction noise was at times loud,

The prices are bad to start with then they add IVA tax and a 10% resort service charge - which according to the manager is optional

We also played multiple cards games on the daily.

I would caution people that they do charge to the room even if you request to pay separately which caused disruption at checkout

The resort will shuttle guests to their other properties without charge.

The All-Inclusive option is a tremendous value and we love the food and drink options, we do wish the tip option was a little more transparent so we could ensure if we were tipping on the room charge that it would go to our server,

no ac 
Plumbing was backwards
Everything  was not so
Hot water not so hot
Ac not so cold
Refrigerator not so cold
They wouldn't let uber past the gate because the hotel charges $100 for airport when it's $40 for uber.

I paid the balance a week before the trip.

Paid online and my card was processed on Mar 19, 2022.

One thing to be aware of is you cannot add a tip to your credit card.

Don't drink any of the bottled water provided in the room or you will be charged.

I lost $800, and no credit was offered either.

Not even a place to charge your phone by the bed.

Additionally we got home to find $$271.00 additional charges on our credit card.

I was charged 40.00 for 4 shots of Don Tequila when I have been sober for 30 years.

On top of that they triple charged our credit card charged us the day we checked out days after we left so now we have to call the bank and have that fixed.

but he could use my west jet credit card.

The rental agent agreed and it was only when I received my credit card statement when I returned to the US that I saw I had been charged the higher price.

Has overpriced restaurants charging $25 for a fettuccine Alfredo when their sister facilities sells full seafood dinner buffets for $37 for adults and half for kids.

Walking over to Divorce beach and snorkeling over at Lovers Beach is a highlight.

We were able walk from the hotel to climb over the rocks to Honeymoon Beach, Divorce Beach and Lovers Beach to swim in the Sea of Cortez.

You are a few yards away from what they call divorce beach.

If you are reasonably fit and up for a scramble you can walk to lovers/divorce beach - bring your snorkel or rent one at lovers beach to swim at pelican rock.

The rock formations are phenomenal and offer small beaches including a honeymoon and a divorce beach; both lovely!

The location near land's end was perfect as well, so you can hike over the small rock formation to get to Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach.

If you would like to take a ride from the harbor (marina) to the arc or a lovers beach, divorce beach,Medano beach, look for "el Capitan Perico".

We walked to the end and went up and over the big rock hill to the lovers beach and divorce beach.

Solmar is RIGHT in the middle of the marina, el arco (the arch) and between Divorce beach and Lovers beach.

From the location point of view, you can stroll along a magnificent beach undisturbed and access Divorce Beach and Lover's Beach by climbing over a small rock hill.

If you're in good physical condition, you can climb the rock formations a short distance from the resort and make it to Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach within a 5 minute walk from the resort.

The walk over the rocks at the end of the peninsula led to Lover's beach (swimable) and Divorce beach (not swimable).

So, don't pay extra for the taxi and just climb the big stone (a very easy hike with sandals NOT flipflops) and you're at divorce beach, which is right across from lovers beach.

Quick walk to Lover's Beach, Divorce Beach and Los Arcos.

Very attentive staff for poolside drinks and snacks and in the restaurants on-site.

bars and restaurants are extremely over priced and staff will try to take advantage by giving you digital water at $10 a bottle or using premium liquor without asking.

In fact they don’t care what you spend on food or drinks.

I had most of my meals at El Tejaban and everything was great.

The food was excellent, glad we sprung for the All Inclusive package.

The special dinners have amazing authentic food and live music.

Also, thanks to Jose Luis (a long-timer at Solmar; I think 38 years now), Susana, Gerardo, Alexis, Jorge, Salvador, and Margarita.

The grill restaurant was pretty good as the food was very fresh.

A great place, very nice and helpful staff, good food, nice drinks (pina coladas is extra tasty in this kind of environment).

We had a margarita and a vodka at the pool and with a modest tip it was $37US!!!!

If you want a fun-loving staff with great food and affordable all-inclusive, please give Old Solmar a chance!

The food is delicious and the all inclusive option includes sushi.

The all inclusive meal plans were very much worth it.

The food and service staff are always 10/10.

Jorge kept us fit with aerobics while we ate and drank our way through Cabo.

However it was much more convenient than I anticipated to just always order water (complimentary with the meal plan) with my meals, or drop by the pool bar.

The people working here make the resort the best and to name just a few of those working at in the relentless gear to keep us rehydrated with water, beer & cocktails as well as keeping us all happy in the restaurant every day (Tejaban 10/10) were - Jose Luis,  Salvador, Alfredo and Gerardo.

7am - 7pm for $100 per person with unlimited food and drink is totally worth it.

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Caveat: because I had kept my phone on airplane mode to avoid roaming charges, I couldn’t use “find my phone” nor did my phone show the “call me message” we programmed onto the Home Screen from my husband’s phone.

As a result they charged me $760 for an “additional person.” I’ve been sitting at Agave now for 30 mins.

Also we were told there were no charges on our room so did not look at the receipt

The hotel provided shuttle guy charged us 20 us dollars per person to get back to the hotel.

but they put a hold on my credit card for $750.00, which would be "refunded on checkout".

- Towels: You get 1 towel per person and have to return your "towel card" at the end of your stay or get charged $50.

-We were double charged for the excursion anyway.

Within 7 days when it didnt show up on my credit card, I contacted the hotel and they said to dispute the charge with my credit card.

but there were many hours that deserve credit as well!

I then disputed the charge with my credit card company and despite providing proof of the erroneous charge failed to get a refund.

but you don't have to worry when EMI and EIZABETH are in charge.

but please charge it to my hes and not my heart

you get a small plastic towel card at check in.

However the front desk charged me for the full 7 days, so an additional $294 was charged to my card for a day I did not use.

I was unimpressed that at check-in I was forced to give a credit card deposit of $329 which is still pending ..I've traveled to many hotels I've never been asked for a deposit.

even though we were the only ones there the young lady at the front desk said she didn’t know how to do it so we stood there for 25min because the guy who could help us was on the phone with a customer who was disputing a charge, I could hear the whole thing.

It’s better to trust your guests to share, remove the cards and just put fresh towels out every hour or similar.

Then, the resort blamed US for this error and almost charged us MORE (no apology or kindness during that entire situation).

We actually walked to Lover's Beach and Divorce Beach along the shoreline.

Many mornings she was working the host stand at breakfast or serving cupcakes in the cafe.

He has good recommendations about restaurants near the hotel and thinks about tipping him well.

He talked about the busy season here and told us more about the restaurants.

Manuel Ceseña has been very helpful at the Agave restaurant helping provide me the dining options available for my gluten allergy.

The best place to get lunch at Sandos Finisterra is by far Agave.

José has also been excellent at organizing packed lunches for our excursions.

Louis at the whale watchers bar made the BEST cocktails in the evening.

When our night end it is us and new friends looking for just that perfect cocktail for night cap.

The most surprising was how good the food was.

Absolutely every part of your experience was next level; from the amazing service from every single staff we encountered, the food, the entertainment and the beautiful resort.

Marlen in the Cupcake Café is AWESOME!!!

so we went to the tacos stall by the pool every day (which was good).

Three pools and four restaurants to chose from.

We thought the food was very good for an all inclusive resort.

The food was also above average for an all inclusive and there were lots of choices.

The resort is clean, the staff are SO helpful and the overall, the food was quite good.

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