Riu Bambu All Inclusive

A short stay with my co-workers. Beautiful beach,great pool, nightlife was okay. Food was good. Very friendly staff....good service. So relaxing and entertaining at the same time. We enjoyed it very much.

I didn't find the bed to be comfortable. Otherwise the rooms were updated and very clean nice. Each room had a terrace with seating. Each room had unlimited liquor. The specialty restaurants should have had taken reservations because it was impossible to get seating after 7:30pm. Otherwise the resort was very clean, the staff friendly and knowledgable. The pool area was very clean and the beach well maintained. I would definitely return.

I had a blast. Was very disappointed that the water park kids section was closed and the people told my 7 year old that the slides wasn’t for his age. Also I hated the 2 twin beds pushed together. They keep rolling apart. Other than that everything was great.

The quality of the food and drinks was below standard for an all-inclusive resort, especially at the so-called specialty restaurants ( Mexican, Italian and Asian). The drinks in the room were all local Dominican brand and most of us who drank more than one of those got a headache. The fitness room was actually part of the resort next to Riu Bambu and at least 15 minutes walk. While the beach and sand were excellent and it was in the high 70s and low 80s when we went from Dec. 30 to Jan. 6th, the daily evening entertainment was not of a high enough quality that anyone would pay for if it was not included in the all all-inclusive price. Besides the announcements were mostly in Spanish and so loud that even when they spoke a few words in English, it was hard to understand what they were saying due to poor sound clarity. The clothes we sent for washing for their laundry service took 48 hours instead of 24 hours at most hotels. The Wifi service was spotty, worked well but its strength kept going up and down like a yo-yo. Overall certainly below par and I would not recommend it.

I have stayed in many resorts, in Dominican Republic. The service in this one , Riu bambu, was poor . My rooms a/c did not work , blew around the hot air... Called 2x. Was serviced 2x. Still did not work. When called a third time, no one came. In fact , when I called front desk , I was hung up on, so I gave up. The beach is beautiful, the food was good, but not excellent ,... There are better places to stay in the hotel zone of arena gorda. I will not return here.