Riviera Maya Vacation - Part Four

I absolutely love being away on vacation. I would be completely happy if the only thing to do was just sit on the beach............but for some reason everybody likes to eat as if they hadn't seen food for months and months. Indulgence at a high level.

If you are on a cruise, there will be plenty of food and plenty of drinks. If you are at an all-inclusive resort, such as the Grand Palladium, there is plenty of food and plenty of drinks. The difference?.............aside from being on solid ground as opposed to floating at sea..........you will be paying for the drinks on the cruise. All-inclusive resorts take eating to a higher level in that you are tended to by the staff at every turn. Furthermore, there are far more options to choose from.

There is always a buffet.........and the Grand Palladium Resort has more than one of those. There is a different theme for each night........Mexican.......Caribbean.........French.......American.......Italian..........Spanish........etc. If you can't find something that you like at the buffet, then there must be something wrong with you and you need a doctor to check it out. The buffet offers breakfast........lunch......and dinner.....every day.

As buffets go, I would not say that this was the very best that I have encountered.........but there was plenty of food.....plenty of options.....and plenty of space to move around. On a scale of one to ten, I would give it a seven. If you compare these pictures to those that I posted about the buffet at the Iberostar Bavaro Resort.......well........just visually you can see what a ten looks like.

This resort is kid friendly.............and thus.........there is PIZZA!

Very clean.

This was the first time I had ever seen uncooked lasagna noodles used as a food decoration.


The decor was rather minimal.......and not at all over the top.


I am not a very big dessert person, but the desserts here looked fantastic and well done. Supernurse seemed to enjoy the desserts........hehehe.


If a buffet does nothing for you, there are several different ala carte restaurants on the premises. One night we chose the Ribs And More ala carte. Another night we chose the Italian ala carte. Both were very good and the service was excellent. The ala carte restaurants are part of the all-inclusive package........you already paid for it.

Very.....very......nice presentation.

Enough about the food already. Sure......I probably could write alot more about it but I woulld be just echoing stuff that others have already written in various reviews on TripAdvisor and the Palladium Addicts website. I recommend both sites.

Stay tuned folks!

Part Five is coming next and there is so much more to tell you.