Riu Atoll

Pool bar team super good.. We all had the best time on our vaction ty so much Pool bar team. Roshan pasi jessica niko dasun

just returned to uk from a 12 day epic holiday at riu atoll. where to start really ,we were greeted by members of the staff at the boat dock and it only got better from there on. we had a beach upper room,our choice,room 1110.huge well appointed rooms with exelent air con and walk in showers.practical lighting and air con stays on during the day ready for your return from the hot sun. The place is spotless everywere ,lots of very happy staff ,where nothing is too much trouble.new tv in the room in 10 mins after a small issue with ours.lots of water bottles everyday and unlimited towels.the bar staff and buffet,resteraunt staff were the best anywere in the world i have experienced,Lots of food choices meat and fish both.the steak resteraunt was my favorite ,had 3 visits btw..the theme nights,white night,80,s night music band nights were brilliant fun.and mostly premium drinks.had the best time at this place couldnt really fault anything.only little niggle needed another week...top notch imo.

Pasi,Roshen, Jessica, Shah, Nicco, Silva, Dasun, Sheila are the best, perfect service, will miss them.

This is my fifth stay in a RIU hotel, this time at the RIU Atoll in the Maldives. I know it is only classed as a 4 star, but being the Maldives, I think my expectations were to be higher! Don’t get me wrong, it was still a great hotel, but, as said, the Maldives is your dream holiday. We stayed in villa 21, had a beach bungalow, this I would really recommend, straight out onto the beach, sea just in front of you, what would have been good though, a light outside on your terrace, to enjoy sitting there in the evenings before going to bed. The main buffet restaurant was quite good, there was something for everyone’s taste, a bit disappointed with the choice of fish, was expecting a lot more choice. We went to the steak restaurant, this was quite good, didn’t fancy the Italian one, but decided on the last night to give it a go, well, wished we had been there earlier, fantastic choice of starters, main meal choice was great, give it a go. I must mention two staff though, Susie and Nathalie, both in the buffet and in the speciality restaurants in the evening, they both went above and beyond, a great asset to our stay, so thank you to them both. The pool bar area was good, staff again were very accommodating, we did not use the pool, as we only went down to the main area for breakfast and evening meal, as it was so peaceful and idyllic outside of the apartment, the snorkelling was absolutely fantastic, we did go on the snorkelling boat trip, but the sea was a bit cloudy and did not see much, no fault of the staff, but we saw much more around the hotels reefs. All in all, a fantastic holiday.

This was supposed to be a wonderful final trip for me and my sister due to her cancer. It was not. The room was cold and we froze at night. Not allowed to adjust temperature or open doors to get acceptable temperature. Refused extra blankets when we asked for them. Bed sheets and towels had dirt stains. Reception asked ”do you really want new sheets?” After beach we did not dare to go back in our room to change due to hostile housekeeping asking us to leave. Housekeeping left water on floor and the door open which made reception send US an angry email! This made my sister scared to enter room, she sat outside crying. (At this point we contemplated to rebook an earlier flight home.) After this a machine for drying air, very noisy, suddenly appeared in our room making sleeping hard for the rest of the stay. The Travel agency finally helped us getting warm blankets. Transfer by domestic flight was not pleasant. Delayed and no information if the flight was canceled or not. The restaurant, however, was wonderful. Excellent service and helpful arranging our vegan food. The manager made our stay very pleasant and went out of his way to take care of us.