Great resort

Great modern rooms , different restaurant every night, no reservation , awesome pools and swim up bars, friendly staff and service , beautiful long beach, entertainment and Riu fit ... all did at a great price !

Great Resort!

Very new, clean, big resort with great food and entertainment. A new section opened while we there that included a water slides area and 2 other pools. Lots of pools to choose from and no trouble finding areas to sit with a large group.

Great stay

Pros- New, Clean, Modern, Friendly staff, Great Buffet. Good club. Lots to do. Wicked beach. Cons- Day time entertainment is repetitive and can be too vulgar -Night time entertainment is complete opposite, more suited for old timers. -Overserving— people falling in pool area or having to be wheel chair escorted back to room -Mid way through our trip resort expanded, restaurants closed instead of 7days wk -Intermittant water issues That being said overall great trip and would s [... read more]tay here again!

Fantastic resort.

Stayed at the Riu Republica November 12 thru November 19 2017. Very modern resort with great concept for the night show. Seating in theatre extends out into large seating area adjacent to large bar. All guests have opportunity to watch the show and i would estimate 500 people plus must be in attendance each night. Great beach long and wide. Lots of shade and lots of beds. Ocean was a little rough with big waves although I'm sure not like that all the time. Animation staff are the best I  [... read more]have seen. The leader " bugs bunny" has unbelievable energy and runs his crew from early morning to late at night. Food at buffet was plentiful and very good. Restaurants were all a mixture of a la carte and buffet. Lots of different options. Republica 1 opened up the day before we left. More restaurants pools and waterslides . Great rooms lots of space. Very attentive staff at restaurants and lobby area.

Had an awesome time!

Hotel was great! The room was very nice. The ocean view from the room was great. it was so relaxing to sit out on the balcony and watch the world go by. Tons of fun at the swim up pool bar! The food was good (some restaurants were better than others, but that's a personal food choice). the beach was awesome!

Great resort!

My husband and I returned from Punta Cana on Friday after a 7 day stay. Overall we were very pleased with Riu Republica. The hotel was a decent size and very well kept. Rooms were super clean and maintained everyday. The food.and drinks were also good. Staff was very friendly and the entertainment crew did a great job. The beach was beautiful and very clean. I would definitely recommend this hotel! :)

Fabulous honeymoon!

We chose this hotel for our honeymoon. We are a mature couple and weren't too sure about the adults only, but it was great! The pools are between the hotel and the beach and are laid out from party pool (with bar on the right), to a quiet pool on the left (with another swim up bar), and a medium action/noise pool in the middle. You have a perfect choice! The entertainment staff is excellent! There is also a wide variety of food. All looks great and taste is usually also good. There is  [... read more]always lots to eat! The steak house is good, first time not so great , second time amazing! The Italian was, ok but I honestly preferred the buffet. We didn't try the Japanese or the fine dining, But it was nice to have the option to just walk into any a la carte without needing a reservation. Our room was great very clean, modern and the bed was very comfortable. We were in the middle wing, ocean front, third floor. The view was amazing! The beach was unparalleled. The best sand ever, no rocks, no shells, although the water is sometimes too rough to be on the kayaks etc....the resort is on the Atlantic Ocean not on the Caribbean Sea, the water is very warm though. The beach is definitely the place to be for sunbathers and romantics. The new part of the hotel wasn't yet open but the whispers were saying by the end of November. It looks great! The best thing about this hotel is the staff. We didn't have the room we had expected when we arrived and I was quite upset. Victor at the front desk really went out of his way and made it right the next day. The servers are very friendly, happy people who seem to always be working hard. And AGAIN the entertainment staff are amazing...yes make sure you see the Tuesday night Michael Jackson show, and stay to the end, it's the best part! Special shout out to "sexy coffee" who runs all the entertainment at the quiet pool, he is hilarious and so charming! Can't wait to return!! Will definitely stay at Ruis in the future and will definitely be back here!

Lots of room to grow

This new RIU is similar to the others in terms of quality of service and food. My gardenview room was really a view of a construction site. Regular jackhammering near the lobby was a turn off. The buffet was decent and the a la carte restaurants were hit and miss. The beach was beautiful - keep in mind that the water is rough. Our phone had to be repaired three times and our safe needed fixing. Lots of small ants in our hotel room. Free taxis to shopping was nice. Hotel employees were always kin [... read more]d and good natured despite the fact that they have limited knowledge of English. Obeide at the front desk was a delight. Overall the hotel is more of a four star. If you simply want to get away from your stress in life and enjoy a break this resort is good value for money - I paid about 1200.

Beautiful clean resort!

Large resort lots of room For everyone. Clean rooms and grounds. Beautiful beachfront and 3 large pools where one can choose the party crowd or the quiet crowd. No reservations required for the a la cartes was nice first come first serve. We were a group of 6 or 8 for most meals and never had to wait to be seated together

GREAT RESORT FOR THE PRICE

NICE RESORT, GREAT STAFF,GOOD SELECTION OF FOOD .SHOWS AT NIGHT TIME NEED SOME WORK.BAR TENDERS AND SERVING STAFF ARE GREAT.ROOMS WHERE VERY NICE AND CLEANED EVERY DAY.WE ONLY USED THE STEAKHOUSE ONCE IT WAS ALL RIGHT BUT BUFFET WAS BETTER.

FANTASTIC HOLIDAY

this was the first time we were every away alone without children. we had a great time, the resort was clean and very new, the staff was friendly and quick to respond to your requests. The entertainment crew was great !!!!! fully recommend this resort !!!!!

Amazing resort

Everything was amazing from the food, entertainment, drinks, service, pool, beach. They had nightly shows going on, and the entertainment dancers were really good. Buffet was massive and steak restaurant was good as well. Had a lot of strawberry daiquiris at the pool bar. The beach was beautiful and pool was massive as well. They even had a foam party one day which was a lot of fun. There was always something going on at the resort which was nice.

Amazing resort

I enjoyed this resort. There was a lot to do and something for everyone. The entertainment staff was great but I feel like the shows and night entertainment needs a boost. Beach is stunning and rooms and resort were always clean.

Love this resort!

The hotel was always clean. The staff was amazing! We always ate at the buffet because there was such a variety of food. The animation team was excellent very friendly. This was our 2nd time there and I would definitely go back.

Fantastic Resort

From the Front desk to the rooms...excellent service. Very helpful and nice. The food, waiters and bar tenders were very friendly. The entertainment at the hotel amazing and the hotel entertainers at the pool full of energy, friendly and fun. Especially Chanty and mostly Bernice. Always a pleasure to visit. Thank you

Nice Resort

Great choice of food, nice beach, front desk was amazing. Only I would like to be improved the entertainment team. Rooms were spacious and clean. This resort is very similar to RIU Playa Blanca in Panama

It was great

the hotel is new and fairly clean although some things dont work so well, including the key to open the door... everybody was going back to reception when we arrived because it did not work - and we were a large group of over 30 people! the beach is amazing and so is the food. it's more of a party place than we thought and we were woken up every single night with people screaming in corridors and breaking glass. they do a good job of cleaning things up and keeping it as clean as possible, but t [... read more]hat was not a nice experience. the gym was nice but small and always packed - considering the type of people who attend "party" hotels, it would have been nice if it would have been a bit bigger. the 4 pools were amazing and needed and ranged from a party pool to a quieter pool with local music - which is where we hanged out when not at the beach. no problems with towels, we often changed them more than once a day. i know the hotel cant do anything about it, but the weather was also amazing! it was a great stay but we probably will not be back - too big and noisy for us

First time all inclusive and had the time of my life!

The Riu Republica was a beautiful resort with great food, amazing entertainment , the rooms where modern and clean. I loved the glass wall in the shower going into The bedroom. I went on this trip by myself and loved every minute. The spa was so relaxing with the steam room and cold and hot plunge pools. I loved the beach and you could walk for miles. Can't wait to go back. Ask for Armstrong at the bar and Isael in the buffet restaurant. Mariel in the spa gave me the best stress cure massage I' [... read more]ve ever had. I'll be going back soon!'

Riu Republica

Beautiful beach, nice pools, nice rooms,terrible food!!!! They say this is a 5 star resort YES all but the "food", the restaurants are all buffet except for one but that didn't matter cause the food there was probably the worst, sushi forget it. What made our day was the beach, gorgeous you cant go wrong, water amazing and most of all relaxing cause its a adults only resort. Rooms are clean and resort is new so there is a lot of construction going on. We booked garden view and got constructi [... read more]on view, when I asked the concierge he said that they were sold out and couldn't move us. One more thing Sunquest needs to stop upselling packages on the plane, then the next days meeting with their rep and then continuously on the resort, come on Im there to relax if I want an excursion Ill ask for it. If you want drinks you'll have to stay by the pool, the service at the beach is non existent. There are no bars on the beach although we were told that one would be built in the future.

Great resort

we really enjoyed the location on the beach the waves were si much fun,clean and intertaining resort,food was hood with lots of selection,the only bummer was service in the morning was really slow and very attentive,but on all I would definitely go back