Bad water in the hotel
Arrived Sunday 6/7/2026 for one night with my wife. After checking in went to pool area (only restaurant open there on Sunday). Wife asked for some glasses of water, server redirected her to glass bottle of water on dining table - server said the hotel's water was making people sick. So we ended up purchasing a bottle of water for like $14 from the hotel. Seems pretty stupid, if the hotel's water is making people sick why am I paying for water?
Nonetheless, my two mixed drinks arrived with ice. Server assured us the ice would be okay, as it "comes from the ice machine." (Geez I wonder where the ice machine gets its water).
I am headed now into an Urgent Care as I have had EXTREME gastrointestinal distress since yesterday (day following the water episode. Was lucky to get all the way back home intact through 11 hours of travel.
Inexcusable. Joined RIU on Saturday looking forward to the experience and hoping for more in the future, now will probably never stay at a RUI again. Somebody in hotel management needs to do their job, or additional others will be made sick as well.
Too many other high class options in Panama City - my advice is to use another.