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Malc from Sutton Coldfield travelled to Club Hotel Riu Negril with
Thomsons
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2008 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Negril as follows:| Cleanliness |  | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: From the reception through to the gardeners, the staff at the club Riu Negril were absolutely superb, friendly helpful people to whom nothing was too much trouble. The hotel itself was immaculately clean as was the room, the buffet restaurant had a varied choice of food at all times with several themed nights, the a-la-carte restaurant's, which had to be booked were also of excellent standard. The entertainment included a resident troupe of excellent dancers, and some professional acts that were adequate. Any problems with the room IE faulty air con were dealt with quickly with the minimum of fuss......mini fridge restocked every other day but more was available if requested...the gardens were beautiful but the beach had been ruined by the hurricane which hit a couple of weeks prior to our arrival, so no complaints at all......everyone was brilliant apart from the Thomsons rep who was about as useful as a chocolate firegaurd.
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paul from manchester travelled to Club Hotel Riu Negril with
thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Negril as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Just got back from jamaica where we stayed at Riu club hotel negril. Quite simply the whole holiday was brilliant. I have never seen so many nice members of staff. We were told that tipping is included in your cost of your holiday which it is and the staff dont except anything. But the service they give is brilliant so a couple of dollars here and there is nothing. Once i had given this barman the money every night he knew what we were drinking without asking and brought drinks over to our table all holiday. Anyone who goes must do the dolphin cove trip and do the full swim. It takes 2.5 hours to get there so you want the full 45 mins in the sea with them. We are going to book for xmas in the same hotel
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shirley from manchester travelled to Club Hotel Riu Negril with
thomson
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 04 2007 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Negril as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Lovely hotel, much larger than I normally go for, it has 420 rooms in 4 blocks.
Room beautiful and spotless, large clean bathroom with double washbasins.
Complimentary soap, shampoo etc.
On a large sandy bay with many palm trees for shade, always plenty of sunbeds available. Poolbar always busy and too loud for me but loved the quieter end of the beach near the fish sanctuary, very peaceful.
Only ate buffet as we didn't bother to book a la carte, the food was excellent with a huge choice.
Didn't watch the entertainment but lots of people seemed to enjoy it, all in all a lovely hotel with very friendly staff.
I would recommend it.
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Joanne from Newcastle Upon Tyne travelled to Club Hotel Riu Negril with
Thomson
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2006 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Negril as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: We were supposed to go to Menorca for our 1st family abroad but due to some flight changes we ended up going to Jamaica (Negril). The holiday was fantastic.
The Riu Negril was a lovely clean hotel.
The food was excellent and 2 of my daughters would eat anything as they aren't fussy eaters but my other daughter who is very fussy spent 2 weeks eating pasta so the hotle caters for all. The dining areas were lovely and clean (apart from spotting 2 cockroaches) but so what we were in the Caribbean after all.
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t chambers from Kent travelled to Club Hotel Riu Negril with
Thomson
on a friends holiday.
There were more than 6 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 10 2005 |
rated the Club Hotel Riu Negril as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The hotel itself is wonderful, it is just over a year old. The rooms are spotless and cleaned every day.
The grounds are immaculate and constantly maintained. It is located on a beautiful stretch of sandy beach. When we arrived we hit the end of the Cancun hurricane which caused the weather to be grey and overcast and the sea very choppy. The beach was cleared of the seaweed washed up every day. There was no seaweed once the sea calmed down.
The hotel is a little distance from Negril ( a taxi ride) and there is not much within walking distance, but we did walk up to the next hotel the Riu Tropical where there is a duty free (only jewelry, perfume and table linen) it took about 20 mins. The taxi drivers who wait outside the hotels will pull up and offer you a ride but you just need to be polite smile and say no thanks and they leave you alone.
The food in the main restaurant was excellent, constantly changing with lots of choice every night (the Green Island). You could eat once per week in sir Andrews and Shadows for which you had to book a day ahead, get there early to book. Food in these places was very good. Pizza bar stayed open 24 hours, but some nights was lacking pizza.
The staff were all very friendly and helpful. If you make the effort to talk to them and get to know them the entertainment crew are wonderful. They are constantly trying to involve you in pool games, dancing lessons, darts, horseshoes on the beach etc- join in you win rum.
The pool bar is excellent and the barmen there make excellent cocktails and shots-try a few but make sure you've had lunch first. The staff are always singing and happy.
The aqua aerobics is wonderful, in the sea or the pool and ladies the view is GOOD!
The entertainment crew are as I said wonderful and do their best but some of the material they have to work with is not good. They also have beach party's and entertainers who come in, the fire man and the steel band are brilliant. oh mustn't forget the resident band who go round the site singing and will teach you a few rude versions for a dollar or two.
When we arrived we were a little reticent about going out alone( cos of what we'd heard) but we did and had no problems. We did a few trips, Dunns river Falls (brilliant but the waters cold), Bobs place ( which is way up in the hills but you must do it just to meet the tour guide Captain Crazy and hear his amazing laugh), the half moon bay catamaran (takes you to a beautiful little bay), the rhino boats ( the men enjoyed it but you just go down one little side river and then come out onto the sea and get a tour of the hotels, not what I wanted) and us girls went horse riding and in the sea with the horses which was a blast and we learnt a lot from the two guides who looked after us really well.
The taxis in the hotel reception seem quite expensive but we hired a diver called Jerome who took us shopping at times square and waited for us, then took us into Negril and again waited while we shopped before taking us up to Ricks place (a must to see the cliff diving and the colour of the water) before taking us to a cheaper bar where he showed us the smugglers caves and took us up to the point to see the lighthouse and picked fruit off the trees for us. On the way home our kids spotted the Burger king in Negril so he waited patiently again while we purchased. We would have hired him to take us further afield but it was the day before we came home.
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