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ann & keith watson from sheffield travelled to Club Hotel Riu Bambu with
thompson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2007 | rated the Club Hotel Riu Bambu as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The hotel was spotless. Staff cleaning all day. The bedroom was also spotless.
We have been to all inclusive hotels and food repeated every 2 days but not here lunch and evening food was different each day. Yes a few extra pounds went on the waste band as the food was excellent!
We arrived in the rain so couldn't go on the beach until next morning. The sand was so powdery well worth the wait. There were enough sun beds for everyone{so need for anyone to be up before breakfast with towels}.
You couldn't asked for better staff. My husdand was ill one evening, so went for my meal alone and the staff were so friendly towards me. They asked if my husband would like his meal taken to the room.
We can't wait to go back for another holiday!
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Yvonne Richardson from loughborough travelled to Club Hotel Riu Bambu with
Thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2006 | rated the Club Hotel Riu Bambu as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: When we arrived at Punta Cana airport we were queued up 2 x 2 for photos with some lovely Dominican ladies which you are shown on your way back and can buy if you wish. I think they were 7 dollars. It was fairly fast at getting our luggage and our bus for transfer to Riu Bambu.
When we got to Riu Bambu we received a warm welcome and soft drink, collected our keys for our rooms, put the room number on a sticker which we attached to our luggage and were delivered to our rooms within a few minutes.
We had a suite (room 107) and our kids had a standard room (309). Both rooms were good but our suite was lovely and big, with a living room area which consisted of a two seat sofa and armchair, coffee table and loads of extra drawer space. The bathroom had bath with shower over (very good) twin sinks with a hairdryer and a separate toilet and bidet. On our balcony we had lie down white plastic sun loungers and a small table with clothes airer.
The kids room had the bamboo style beds and was a fairly good size, with no bidet and 2 normal plastic chairs on their balcony with a small table, and 2 wooden chairs and a table in their room.
Both suite and room had mini bar and fridge with the same stock.
The food and drinks were very very good. Try the lumumba (brandy and chocolate milkshake) for a nightcap - lovely ! The mango daiquiri and Dr funk were very good too. Watch out for the mojito - they grind herbs (twigs and leaves) into the bottom and it was revolting!!!! All cocktails can be made with or without alcohol and the beer was ok. The coffee was great and they have machines which are maxwell house which you can have latte, cappuccino and normal coffee. That was surprisingly nice as I'm very fussy about my coffee from abroad.
All the food was great with the exception of the caribe grill - a little bit of a strange combination - we ordered steak and mushroom sauce and got steak (which was small but good) with a bowl of mushroom sauce that tasted like mushroom soup served with 1 tinned tomato, 2 sprouts and some cauliflower!!!! The steakhouse steak was better - larger very good steak served with rice and or jacket potatoes in foil with some veg. All the food in the main buffet restaurant was very very good!!!
The entertainment team work very hard, we enjoyed most of the shows. My kids enjoyed the Michael Jackson show most of all and the comedy shows where they involve the audience are great fun!! My daughter was particularly fond of Oliver who does a good dance to "cotton eyed Joe" where he always keeps his tongue out for some strange reason!!!!!!!!!!! They went to the disco and they said it was good, but was better as it got later - I think it's open till 4am !!!!!
Beach and sea were amazing - theres no other word for it. We went to Riu ocho Rios in December/January and this beach was lovely but Punta Cana beats it hands down. You can walk for miles if you've got the energy!!!!!
Would we go there again - THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING US !!!!!
We had a blast!!!!!!!
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Stephanie from Basingstoke travelled to Club Hotel Riu Bambu with
Thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2005 | rated the Club Hotel Riu Bambu as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The Riu Bambu is definitely without a doubt the best hotel I have ever stayed in.
The rooms are spacious and clean, and are within easy access to the beach, pools, bars and restaurants. The hotel itself is spotlessly clean with beautiful flowers everywhere, and all the staff are friendly and smiley and will do anything for you.
I couldn't believe how good the food was, there was so much to chose from even if you are a fussy eater like I am, there is something for everyone. We did eat in the Steak House a few times and thought the food there would rival any top restaurants in this country, it was delicious.
I can't wait to go back to this hotel, and will hopefully do so next year.
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Sam from England travelled to Club Hotel Riu Bambu with
Thomson
on a family holiday.
There were more than 6 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 11 2004 | rated the Club Hotel Riu Bambu as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We arrived at Bambu and were greeted by very friendly staff including the assistant manager (Wellington). We checked in extremely quickly and were shown to our rooms.
The rooms were beautiful and clean. The only point that I would like to make is that in our room there was me, my husband and my 2 children which did make it quite cramped. But hey how long do you spend in the room so I'm not complaining but when we do go back (notice not if) I do think we would op for the suite.
The food itself was fantastic lots of different choices every night. We did visit the two other restaurants which were exceptional, especially the steak house far too much food!
The hotel is situated on the beach and wow what a beach. White sand and turquoise water beautiful. We had quite a few walks in both directions and it never failed to take my breath away.
The hotel pool was lovely must admit to spending an awful lot of time at the pool bar (oh to be there now!) The only point that I would like to make here is the fact that the children’s pool is quite away from the main pool area. So my advice here would be for parents with small children make sure you take plenty of inflatables for them. We were lucky my children could touch in the shallow end of the big pool but they are 6 and 4.
All of the hotel staff are extremely friendly especially the restaurant and bar staff. They adored the children and couldn't do enough for them.
The Animation team are the best, they really made our holiday. Special mention to Jimmy, Benjamin, Danny, Wendy, Richard, Coco, and to everyone else. They put on fantastic shows every night I really don't know how they do it. Oh and nearly forgot to mention that I won Miss Bambu competition (well ok came joint first) and have the certificate to prove it!
I can honestly say that we loved this holiday and would recommend it to anyone who is looking at having a wonderful holiday. We really can't wait to go back!
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Claire Price from Birmingham travelled to Club Hotel Riu Bambu with
Thomas Cook
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2004 | rated the Club Hotel Riu Bambu as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: My husband and I went to this hotel on our honeymoon. It was our first time in the Caribbean and our first time doing all inclusive, so we really didn't know what to expect.
Our first impressions of the hotel exceeded any expectations that we had. It was wonderful, the lobby was stunning with huge fresh flower arrangements everywhere, it was spotlessly clean, and the staff were pleasant, friendly, and well presented.
Our room was excellent, two big double beds together. The bathroom was lovely, big bath and the shower was awesome, but the crème de la crème was the minibar, with its soft drinks, water, beer and not forgetting the brandy, rum, vodka and bacardi optics! To which we had unlimited use! It was stocked every other day and if you left them a tip they would fill you up everyday.
The maid visited us everyday, without fail and she would always leave us a sweet towel animal, decorated with freshly picked flowers.
The facilities and the activities available at the hotel were superb, there was something for everyone.
The pool was a little cramped and crowded but with the beach just 50 yards away who needed the pool.
The beach itself was breath-taking, it was spotlessly clean and the sea was probably the best we'd ever seen. Whilst on the beach the staff would bring you drinks and fruit to keep you hydrated. If you managed to spot a gardener he would even get a coconut down for you from one of the trees and open it for you, so you could drink the milk and eat the coconut.
The numerous restaurants in the hotel were all of excellent standard, very clean and well presented. There was plenty of choice on every single sitting, for every meal time, whether it was breakfast, lunch or dinner. The puddings were especially moreish!!
The restaurants were especially good on the themed nights, which happened two or three times a week.
All staff in the hotel restaurants were great, couldn't do enough for you.
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he entertainment in the evenings was good, again something for everyone.
The hotel itself is part or the Riu complex which runs along the beach. There are about four other 4* hotels and one other 5*, which was the Riu Palace. Their guest had to wear wristbands, unlike us and the other 4* hotels. This was because we were not able to go into the Riu Palace, but we could go into any of the other hotels on the complex to use facilities and eat or drink.
There was also Caribbean street which was part of the hotel complex, this was lined with little shops e.g. jewellery, pictures, clothes etc. We found it nice to take a walk to there in the evening.
The entire complex was very well signposted, and there were well-laid paths everywhere. At night the paths were very well lit.
All in all we had an absolutely wonderful time. We would highly recommend this hotel to anyone. We would definitely visit this hotel again or any other Riu. VERY IMPRESSED.
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