Riu Republica - All Inclusive - Adults Only

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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10707 reviews

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  If you like to have a good time and aren't expecting a 5 star resort you'll love it here.

  Just returned from a week long solo trip and had a blast! I only ate at the buffet as I didn't want a set time to eat. I thought the food was great, always fresh and a good variety. The nightly stage parties at the resort, and RIU Parties at the RIU Party complex were all great. I mostly drink beer and stuck with that at the resort. The few mixed drinks I had were good and strong. It definitely wasn't as easy as I hoped meeting people being a guy (haha) with most people already having "their group of friends" but met 3 different groups of people and a couple solo travelers throughout the trip after people loosened up later in the day/night. The beach was great with no seagrass while I was there with plenty of chairs. I stayed on the top floor in room 4057 with an ocean view (mostly blocked by the tall palm trees) in front of the party pool. I could barely hear any nose from the partying with the balcony door shut. AC in room worked great and I never saw any bugs in the room except a couple nat looking things (that probably traveled in with me from outside or having the balcony door open) but that's expected on a tropical trip. I did however see 2 roaches in the hallway while walking on the first floor. My only real thing I have to gripe about is the elevator situation. The elevator by my room was getting completely replaced. I had to use the elevator on the opposite side of my room. By the 3rd night it quit working. But that was from someone literally kicking the steel door and caving it in as I clearly found out while walking the stairs down and saw the damage. Luckily there was still another elevator on the other side to use which was the furthest one from my room. I've traveled to 10 or so different Caribbean islands/resorts all being 3 or 4 stars. This riu was no different if you're not expecting a top notch 5+ star resort. You'll definitely have a good time if you like dancing, drinking, a nice beach, and a party atmosphere

  Feb 21, 2026
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  A So-So trip

  At the beginning of the week everything seemed great but as the week went on the service became slack. Rooms were not made up regularly. Vomit in the lobby not cleaned up, bathrooms in public areas with doors that don’t lock. Transfers to different RIU hotels were supposed to go every 20 mins and after waiting over an hour we complained and had to wait an additional 10 mins for a 7 min drive. At the Breakfast buffet, the servers were just standing around and didn’t ask if you wanted coffee and you had to flag them down to get any type of response. We booked a deep sea fishing trip- paid in full- got up and waited in the lobby at 6:45 am for the pick up at 7:10am. And they never showed up. They never gave us any email or any notification of the cancellation. We were told we would be reimbursed in 10 days- I’m not sure if it will even happen. We paid for a late checkout as our flight to Canada was not to depart until 11:15 pm and we had a day around the pool only to return to our hotel room to find out they had deactivated our keys- ugh so we had to go back down to the lobby to complain to get our room key reactivated. Such a hassle. I think we will go back to the Bahia Hotels.

  Feb 21, 2026
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  Nice place to relax.

  A comfortable and relaxing place, perfect for disconnecting and spending quality time with a companion.

  Feb 21, 2026
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  Birthday Stay

  My stay was awesome. 8/10. The service was amazing, the water extremely hot, clean, nice location. I will definitely return. Shout out to Elias. He's a great guy.

  Feb 21, 2026
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  Dominican Getaway

  Went for a quick 5 day trip with another Couple. Juana in the buffet was a blast! She Made sure you were having a good time. Plenty of restaurant options for dinner. My only complaint would be that the evening entertainment was limited. The shows that were there were good but there wasn’t things every night.

  Feb 20, 2026