Great location! Step out of your room and onto the beach! or 2 minutes walk to 5th Avenue with great shopping, wonderful food and amazing atmosphere. Rooms are a little small, and bathrooms even smaller, air-conditioning a little loud, and the hotel could definitely use an update. Also, continental breakfast included in the room price only equals toast with jam, juice & coffee (eggs and bacon are extra). HOWEVER, the location, friendly and helpful staff and clean rooms more than make up for the outdated fittings. And, I guess it they updated the place, it wouldn't be such great value! Just don't expect a fancy 5 star place and you'll be more than satisfied :)

We really liked staying here as it is right on the beach. The rooms are "typical" Mexican rooms meaning the bare essentials including a small fridge. Very clean and well maintained. We had a king size bed and they were going to be purchasing new mattresses that were to be softer so that would be a bonus. They were very accommodating with providing us with a foamy for on top of the mattress we had. The people who worked the attached cafe and bar were very nice. The level of massage offered by the pool was exemplary and very reasonable for 1/2 to 1 hour full body massages. They were professional in every way. This area of Playa del Carmen is quiet so we didn't have to listen to Blue Lagoon and the other noisy places further up the strip. There is a bigger bar next door and it shuts down very early. Walking along the beach and eating at various beach restaurants provided plenty of wonderful food and drink.
I took a Magic Bullet with me as I like Margaritas so made them in the room and put it in a small thermos as the drinks were quite expensive and not the best Tequilla! (PS go to Walmart and get a good bottle of Tequilla!)
We have been to Playa del Carmen 13 times over the years and the food is impressive, good people watching on 5th Ave at night (or during the day!).

I have been coming to Playa del Carmen since 1996 and for the past 5 years coming there more often, 3, 4, or 5 times a year.

For the last 5 years, Room 105 at the All Riviera Resort has been my home when I visit Playa del Carmen. All Riviera is a diamond in the rough. Right on the white sandy beach of Playa del Carmen, 1 block to the well known 5th Avenue where you can find shopping, shopping, and even more shopping with a number of restaurants mixed in.

And the best rates of ANY hotel - Right on the Beach - in Playa del Carmen.

But oh the view ! Right on the beach ! And the great friendy staff ! What more could you ever want ?

I have made many friends at the All Riviera, all of the names mentioned in other reviews. Each time when I arrive one of my amigo's from there is out at the street waiting for me waiting for senior S.... to arrive and upon seeing me they brighten their smile and greet me with open arms. And that is repeated every morning when I come down for breakfast or walk past the front desk either coming or going.

All Riviera is a small hotel that is well managed, always very clean, very comfortable, and very safe, simply decorated, with a nice little restaurant / bar aside the beach where service is FANTASTIC and provided by even more of my friends.

For those of you that have visited there before, before June 2010, and frequently as I do and got to know him, you too probably too miss our passed amigo Jose, who managed the restaurant and bar and talked proudly and always had pictures of his ranch out in the jungle West of Tulum. Jose, my amigo, I miss you, I think of you often, and even more when I listen to one of my favorite songs - "The Life" by Kenny Chesney. That is our Jose !

Salute Jose !

To all of my friends at the All Riviera that I just got to see last week- Thank you again for everything ! Thank you for being my amigos and I will see you all again soon, in January !

Senior S . . . .

Step out of your balcony with a table and chairs, room #207 and you see the beach and ocean right in front of you, the pool is very, very small, also has a hot tub next to the pool.
2 blocks from the main pier to go to Cozumel which is a 5-minute walk, as well as the main bus station to go to anywhere in Mexico, and the main street were all the action is as, all for $50.00 per night but you have to pay for 2-nights and 3rd night is free, the free breakfast is just a glass of OJ white bread toast and all the coffee you can drink, the room is nice, clean bathroom, big bed, a small refrigerator to keep the beers and goodies cold, overhead fan, table with chairs, open the glass door to the balcony and all the fresh cool ocean breeze you can handle, perfect for the tourist who are on the go all day and just need a nice clean secure hotel on the beach to come home in the afternoons, Plus all the Maya ruins and Family parks are just behind you in the jungle of playa del carmen, all very close.

Re; restaurants to eat; the main street has some of the most beautiful looking restaurants you will see in Playa Carmen, if you don't want to pay high prices from eating on the main street just go off any side streets and you will find really low prices and good food, if you want to eat on the beach the restaurant right next to the hotel just step out the back of the hotel and turn right; A whole fish grilled with all the goodies was just 50-70 pesos, large seafood cocktail was the same price and you can bring your own cold beers (your hotel is next door) and your eating right on the beach under the stars and cool ocean breeze.