Riu Republica

We are currently staying here... but I thought i would leave a review while experiencing the place.... rooms... while airy and bright there has been a few issues! Air-conditioning not working , electricity going off and water not working.... some for a few hours others longer.... housekeeping do a great job and room.was cleaned everyday.. although we did have e to have room fumigated due to bugs!. Restaurants... we tried all Restaurants specialities and buffet.... the buffets were plentiful and fresh... the only speciality restaurant we found exceptional was Ole' the Mexican/spanish ... service with a smile and music is an understatement food was fresh and so tasty.... Pools ... they are everywhere, some with swim up bars x 3 volleyball pool party pool plus others! Out of all the pools and pool bars i cannot recommend La ola highly enough' the service we received from "Rodriguez, Cristofer and Yina" really made the holiday.... smiling joking great drinks, made everyday great.. Overall the hotel is clean and tidy but tired! Its needs an overhaul.. the staff do there best and most do a great job... Mosquitos are a nightmare so come prepared!.... and if you like to party and dance.... you will have an amazing time... overall with a bit of TLC this would be an amazing place to stay, and as I stated the staff especially at "La Ola" made our holiday so thank you again Rodriguez Yina and Christofer and all the staff working with you....

Me and my partner came here for my Birthday. We honestly had the best time. I’m going to be very truthful about this. The resort is pretty and clean, the rooms were also clean but could do with a make over. We were on the quiet side of the resort and had no issues so I would say if your planning to book this make sure you get a room the quiet side. Sometimes the corridors were a bit loud from drunk people but hey what else would you expect from a party hotel. The food wasn’t the best but there was loads to chose from so you won’t go hungry. The Spanish restaurant, American restaurant and the steak house were our favourite. The staff are ever so friendly there. We had no issues regarding our room the air con worked fine and the water was fine. If you’ve booked this hotel and seen the reviews and are now dreading it don’t. Because we had the best time and I was dreading it after reading reviews . Just go with an open mind.

This resort needs some major improvements…. The location was fine as it is very big and has multiple pools and swim up bars. It also has a lot of space to sit around the pool. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. The room were equivalent to a two star hotel at best There is what appears to be mold along the shower door floor, the refrigerator in my room 0151 had rust all along the bottom front that was very visible. When I left a wrap up plate on the dresser when I picked it up hours later, there were very tiny bugs all over the plate. The safe in the room did not work at all and neither did the phone. No dial Tone. The entire place on the right side of check-in smell of mildew very badly or bad sewer lines. There is no hand sanitizer buffet or any food for that matter and myself in a couple of friends got very sick. Some of the food should be on ice and it’s not and I’m not sure if they’re regulating the temperatures of the heated up items either. The food was very subpar to say the least. It was a Party environment if that’s what you’re looking for, but your health risk to be more important. The use utensils that are placed inside of the food for everyone to use fall into the food and again there’s no way to wash or sanitize your hands so this may be the reason I am very sick… in order to make reservations at a restaurant they make you stand outside in a line and by the time you get to the front after standing in line for 30 to 40 minutes, you won’t even have a spot they need to allow you to book that on the app. I would never go here again. Find somewhere else in the Dominican Republic. This is not it.

Went 3 years ago and was good but now it's gone downhill badly. Electric constantly tripping out, no air con many times aswell as no water. Food wasn't as good either, won't be going back.

Confortable stay, atmosphere wonderful, beach relaxing, food delicious and clean, very friendly stuff, I definitely recommend. The only Tthing that disturbed us is when drunk people shouted at late night and woke us up couple of times. Hotel needs to be more strict about that. Thank you.