Overall Ratings & Reviews Hotel Riu Republica - Adults only - All Inclusive

It’s a pretty property. Shame they don’t care for it better. The attitude from the staff and the litter blowing around the lobby at check-in are unfortunate but it was downhill from there. Didn’t have water 3rd morning. Toilet broke the last day. TV didn’t work on arrival. To say the food selection at the buffet was average is extremely generous - Soggy french fries at every station for dinner?! Otherwise it was bland, mislabeled, overcooked, nightly repeats of the same unseasoned soups, mushy vegetables, soggy pastas and mystery dishes. So I tried the Indian restaurant-ordered quinoa tofu-it came barely room temperature, no tofu and very cold tomato chunks. Asked about the tofu, the gentleman shrugged said no tofu and walked away. So I mostly stuck to fruit at breakfast & from the dessert bar at dinner. After the trip, I found out the week prior there was no power for 3 days and no water for a day and a half. So I could’ve done better research but the pools are lovely and they’re generous with towels. My goal was to relax, get a tan and read a book with a beautiful view…and I was able to do that.

The facilities were unclean and unkept. There were bugs in the bathroom. The air conditioning was lackluster. Our room key cards stopped working every day. It The service was terrible. The staff was rude. The food was mediocre at best. Some food was burnt while some was undercooked. The pool was dirty. The water was so murky that you couldn’t see your legs and yet no one cleaned them.

Everything perfect, but the smoke of cigarette everywhere.

The staff that work at the buffet had great customer service, friendly and helped at anytime specially Frandy and Franklin great!!!

Service was great . The staff made it welcoming

Bedbugs I got bitten up phone didn’t work and I reported it and the table top was broken and I reported it and they never fixed it

The Riu Republica had a lot of food to choose from, large pools. Swim up bars are Excellent. Only down side is the air conditioning not working properly in 1 of 3 of our rooms. All in all, I would definitely go back. Do the Sharkys Catamaran Tour!!!!!

We had a great experience overall. The cleaning staff and some of the other staff were kind and welcoming. My husband and I did not like the food options. We are from the Dominican Republic and the food that was served was not an authentic food choices from the Dominican Republic. Over all we had a great experience with the tours and excursions.

The Resort is a beautiful one. The food was great, The staff were very friendly. I think they should have more staff checking around the resort so you don’t see the plates with leftover food or empty cups around that people leaves in the hallways or on top of trash cans. Kudos to

Dinner is basically from 6pm-8pm, after that, its hot dogs, hamburgers, and movie theater nachos (but heads up, the meat tastes funny). Went to check out and she told us its another $20 charge if we do not bring the pool towels back. This is after my roommate and i went days without getting those towels because they were all out (by 11 am). I went back to the room to grab the towel and the cleaning lady had already thrown it in the hamper. I had to grab it out of a dirty hamper to avoid another charge. Staff was very kind, music was cool. Definitely a party resort. Do not come for chill vibes or great food.

Food in comparaison with other resorts is probably a 4 out of 10 , Drinks are not premium but for the price i will say its ok. Rooms are comfty big and clean the A/C is a problem it goes and comes. Housekeeping was excellent. The parties and music was great. Shout out to Brianaand Jhan at the sport bar and to Cesar at pool bar.

We enjoy staying at Riu hotels. This hotel

Overall great trip for a budget friendly all inclusive

It is it a good idea to reserve in a package because they give you the worst room available, very far from the beach, plus the electric plugs not functioning at all. Since it is everything included the staff does not serve you well unless you give them money in every meal

Room Key isn’t working well. Sheets and quilts stink and humidity level is very high. Totally disappointed

Great trip will likely come back

Pool. Trash everywhere.

Party hotel. Be prepared to be woken up by drunken people at all hours of the night. The rooms are run down. Had to get switched out from my original room to another room because the main door handle was almost completely detached from the door. Fresh fruit was delicious.

The front desk staff was rude. The TV and Phone did not work in my room. The hot water did not get hot. The room had a-lot of mold. I notified the front desk of all of the issues. Staff just stated they will send “someone right up”. After two days of asking them to fix the problems, I just gave up. Do not waste your time or money at this hotel, If you do you will regret it.

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