Riu Republica: Fantastic hotel!

Just came from the resort, we loved it! Beautiful beach, great food, tons of entertainment options. The place is new, so everything is still in good shape. The rooms are lovely, big and bed is huge. Air conditioner works perfectly. Overall had a great time, value for the money.

Riu Santa Fe: Great resort good location

The resort is nice and clean. Food on the buffet is average buffet food...but be careful on the weekend while locals invade the resort...quality goes down (tougher steaks...more local foods) and lots of empty trays. Ala carte resaurants have amazing food...but good luck if they decide to open or if they will let you in. They are scheduled to open at 6:30 but some never open and when they do...it's usually 7. Rooms are nice and constantly cleaned...do not leave change laying out as they assume [... read more] it is a tip and it will be gone after they clean. I didn't mind since it was pocket change or small peso coins. It is on a beach that you can't swim in due to the undertow...but you can walk down a bit to a beach that is swimmable. It is a 15 min cab ride ($14 US) to town for 1-4 people...so split a cab if you can. All in all its a nice clean friendly resort.

Riu Palace Peninsula: It's all about shrimp and the view!!!

I'll make it short. Pros: The ocean view from the room!!! New, fancy and clean resort. Thursday Lobster night. Great choice of spirits (don julio, jack daniels, etc). Great service throughout the resort. Lots of jumbo shrimp every day for dinner and supper. Cons: Very uncomfortable bad and pillows. Same food every day. The food is just ok. Lame a la carte restaurants. Alcohol dispenser not renewed in the entire stay. No slippers or bathrobe in room. Dos xx beer on tap absolute [... read more]ly sucked. Snack/sport bar food is terrible Night shows are boring (no imagination, just parodies on pop stars). Snorkeling (almost no fish). Resort shops unreasonably expensive. AC temp. is not adjustable so it's either too hot or too cold in the room.

Riu Caribe Cancun: Great resort, wish I could have stayed longer!

I was looking for a 5 or 7 night trip, only got 3 nights 3 days unfortunately - I'd love to win ! The staff, room, food, ocean and trips were just great and that made my short stay a great one nevertheless. I would definitely return to the resort, but I do like to try new places each time.

Riu Republica: Great Hotel, Beach and Food!!

The beach was amazing, I could walk for a long time along the shore. The water was the most beautiful colour and clear. The selection and quality of the food was wonderful and the hotel was clean and beautiful. The staff are hardworking and friendly. Unfortunately I became very ill on vacation, possibly a parasite due to the symptoms. But these things can happen in a foreign country, a chance we take when vacationing in the caribbean.

Riu Palace Riviera Maya: Loved it!

The hotel is a bit dated but is still beautiful and immaculate. The grounds are very well manicured and the RIU standard is very apparent. The beach is lovely white sand and the water is warm and rock free. The food is wonderful and the staff are amazing.

Riu Republica: Wonderful resort!

Great staff, beautiful grounds and so many options! We spent a week there without leaving the hotel once and had a blast. The restaurants were much better than your typical resort with great food and friendly service. I've never gone to the same resort twice but might just have to come back some day!

Riu Republica: Riu Republica

This resort just opened in June, however, it already is starting to look worn. There is cracking and peeling pain, the tiles appear dirty - especially the grout. It is touted as a 5 star but, realistically, it is only a 4 star. The food is good but not spectacular. There is a nice variety of fish in the buffet but nothing really jumped out at us. The bread wasn't great as it was quite hard - usually if all else fails, the bread is usually quite good. The floors in the dining room were very [... read more] slippery, they should have had someone dry mopping the floors as we saw several guest slipping on the tiles. The Japanese was our favourite. The rooms were nice, however there were no chairs in the room. There was a perfect spot for a small table and a couple of chairs. When asked for an additional one or two chairs for the room but we were refused. The housekeeping was somewhat absent. We had the rooms cleaned twice in the week we were there. One day they arrived at 07:50 to clean the room - we hadn't even showered yet so we asked them to return later - they never did. Another day they arrived after 5:00 pm when we were getting ready for dinner - again we turned them away. They really need to work this out. The front desk staff were quite friendly - no complaints there, however, we had booked a courtyard view room but were assigned a room at the very back of the hotel - the farthest away from anything - beach, restaurants etc. When I inquired about obtaining the correct room we were advised, as expected, that they were full and to come back the next day. I suggested they have guests leaving each day so there should definitely be a room available. By the end of the day, the Sunwing rep was able to obtain a lovely courtyard view room for us. I'm sure they count on most guests just accepting what they are given because it is such a PIA to move rooms. The pools we used were fine. The one with the swim up bar was a bit murky - but still packed. The salt water pool we were in was too warm to be considered refreshing but it was clean. The beach was nice but because of the man-made sand dune, it was not visible from the resort. It was definitely not handicap accessible. Because of the hurricane passing through, the waves were incredible - possibly even dangerous at times. We had a blast in the ocean. The sandy beach, as always in Punta Cana, was great. If you walk to the left, the beach is much flatter for walking and you can walk for ages. All in all, the resort was nice but not a 5 star as advertised.

Riu Republica: Lovely Resort

We recently returned from a week at Riu Republica in Punta Cana. The hotel is huge, with lots of shady seating near the gorgeous pools. The trip to the beach is a bit of a hike over a sand dune, and there are no washrooms on or near the beach. There are very few washrooms period, which was a bit of an issue, as I was travelling with my mentally disabled brother. The elevators are also few and far between, and in out of the way areas. Hotel is built like a rounded W, so there is lots of walking t [... read more]o get to your room. Staff were lovely, but few spoke much English. Food was awesome, as were the drinks! The lobby area and bar are gorgeous, with tons of couches and chairs to relax in or meet with friends. The sports bar is 24 HR, and is usually hopping. Had a great week, and would recommend the hotel. My only complaints are too few bathrooms in public areas, and too small elevators in out of the way places.

Riu Republica: Fantastic vacation

we had a fantastic vacation, resort was beautiful, staff was fantastic, great food selections. Always something to do while we were there. daily entertainment at the pool was a lot of fun. Beach was beautiful

Riu Republica: Nice resort

Very modern, clean resort. Enjoyed the daily entertainment. Food was good but not great. The hotel staff was very accommodating and provided good service. Enjoyed the pool and bars. Sammy was great for booking day excursions.

Riu Republica: Riu Republica

Not a 5 star resort but a great place to enjoy! Beautiful beach, decent food and accommodations. Only a few small complaints. No room service and you had to pay $3.00 US for a game of pool in the sports bar. Overall, we had a great time!

Palace St. Martin: Riu? maybe not

When we arrived at the hotel we were greeted with a cocktail drink which was warm. The grounds were dark we arrived at night they could have used more lighting around the premises. This hotel is still undergoing renovations it was another hotel (I believe, Radisson, so I heard) and Riu acquired it 2 years ago. The pool is at the very end of the property right next to the ocean. There is no swim up bar, and it makes it inconvenient for those in the pool to get drinks. The ground were okay, n [... read more]ot that many flowers it could have been the time of year we went in late Sept.-early October. The service in the buffet restaurants was slow. We had to wait almost every day to get a drink; the food was great, the selection was good. The employees area all awesome people, very friendly and almost always happy. I would rate this hotel 3.5 to 4 star at max. No way it is a 5.

Riu Ocho Rios: Fantastic resort

Great......extremely accommodating...rooms clean, dinning room was fantastic, smaller eating areas were of great selection! Satisfying to all.🛫🛏🚿🛀☉🌫⛈🌞🏊🎶🍸🍷🍻🍞🧀🍖🍗🍔🍟🍲🍿🌯🌭🍕🍦🍨🍾🍳🌴🍌☕😎😉

Riu Palace Costa Rica: Fantastic Place!!

Service is excellent - people are nice. Food is good - can't think of a better place I wanted to be. So much to see and do. Coco Beach is absolutely wonderful!!! Second time round at the Riu Palace for me. I will go again in a minute. Weather is good - even in the rainy season (only rains at night).

Riu Santa Fe: rui santa fe

the hotel and people were great , too bad the ocean was not swimmable but can not complain , ocean view is the best and ala carte restaurants are great Alex at the buffet and Bibbanne at the steak house treated us like royalty

Riu Montego Bay: Trip to Montego Bay

Everything was great, food, entertainment, drinks. Fabulous The lobby was really amazing. A nice first sight to see Staff was great and can't say enough about the pool and the drinks and entertainment. My family and I had a great time

Riu Montego Bay: The worst vacation ever

There are two constructions going on; one next to the pool and one close to the beach. Noise and dust. Mosquitos and yellow ants on the beach, no service at the beach. Tiles were falling off the pool. Rooms are with old furniture, moldy and dirty. Our rooms got flooded from the toilet on the forth day of our stay, my luggage got soaked. Nobody seemed to care about any problems that occurred during our stay. Food was kept on the buffet with flies coming and going, very few items that were prepar [... read more]ed properly. Ice cream melted and ice cream scoop placed in the very dirty water that nobody cared to change. I tried to find a cup of coffee during the day ( they had instant coffee machine with sugar already mixed in it that wasn't drinkable) and when I asked for it they told me to go out of the hotel and purchase one! That is all inclusive for you! We spent more than 300 American $ in tips trying to get something better out of our stay, even that didn't help us. Last day, I called front desk to send someone to help us with our luggage ( we had 4 kids with us) and I had to call 4 times until somebody showed up. In the meantime, it started to rain very much, so we had to run with kids, finally made it to the bus, we were late and wet. I work in Hospitality industry for 20 years and I this was really poor expiriance. Was expecting much more from RIU hotels!!! The funniest part is, when I told them that this is not acceptable for the 5 star hotel ( their signs display ***** everywhere ) they told me that if I go to their web site and check, they hold only four stars. Unbelievable !

Riu Republica: Excellent resort

The resort was great. I was expecting a few glitches since it's fairly new but can't say I can complain on anything that wasn't dealt with immediately. Our first room was a king bed and I was there on a girl's trip and required two beds. No problems ... fixed and upgraded to Ocean View. All the staff - cleaning, reception, restaurant, bar, beach waiters, animators were so friendly and quick to serve and help you. Tip or no tip the service was phenomenal. The beach is beautiful, quiet  [... read more]and although there's no beach bar close by, there is a waiter that comes by and takes your order (if you're in a hurry you may need to get your own or have a large bubba). :) Rooms, cleaned daily, fridge always filled with beer, pop and lots of water. Food - no complaints. I actually gained a few pounds and that might be a combo of the food and the beverages. lol Activities - it was windy so we didn't take advantage of any of the water sports, but the nightly entertainement was good. Daily fun was had at the pool (bar). I'd go back. CD

Riu Santa Fe: it was a great resort

this is a great resort . a lot of walking but we like that . the front lobby and center court reminds me of a small Mexican village. food was good and the steak house was delicious. service was excellent we enjoyed it and had fun.would return again