it was great very clean, Big choice of food, great team of staff, we could walk across the beach to the other two Riu hotels, use there pools bars and eat at lunch times, which was a nice change. Only downside didn't feel safe to go out side hotel on are own. more

Hello all, please don't listen to all the bad reviews for this resort....it was beautiful. My boyfriend and I were there from Nov 2- Nov-9 and it was the best trip we have ever taken. The staff was wonderful, always helpful and friendly. The rooms were a little out of date and the beds were a little hard......but come on,... more

Where do I start? The beds in the room were horrible. So hard I wanted to sleep out in the grass. The room smelled of mold and the AC barely worked. The food was terrible. It reminded me of cheap german autobahn food. It appears as though the hotel is trying to please their German and British guests with their... more

This was the second time we have been to this hotel, the best place we have visited. Staff helpfull friendly food good soups to die for. Our hairdryer not working in the room rang up went to beach came back later and a new one put in also reception rang that evening to check it had been done and to... more

I stayed at this hotel from the 31st August 2009 until the 14th September 2009 with my boyfriend. Well what can I say, loads I guess, we loved it. Even the cockroach that my boyfriend found in our room. I mean come on what do you expect, its that type of country you are going to come across creepy crawlies... more

I stayed at the Riu Merengue with my boyfriend and my parents for 2 weeks we had a great time! On our first night though we came across two cockroaches in our room very scary i complained at the reception and they were very shocked and fumigated my room i did continue to find babies but they had crawled out... more

well wot can i say so dissapointed come on riu this hotel is so out of date needs total refurbishment if you have £2000 to spend dont come here dom rep is cheap and this hotel is a cheap riu drinks are rubbish,sweet ice spent 3 weeks trying to get drunk but still didnt manage it ,the dom rep is... more

To Be Honest This Is The Best Holiday I Have Ever Been On, And Belive You Me Ive Been On MILLIONS ! i wouldnt like to clear up that riu merengue has no bad qualities at all! so dont belive any of thoes rubbish reviews ! they probably haven't even been. i went with my grandma and my grandad and... more

just back from riu merengue. was there 2 years ago and was mega excited about going back! it was everything i remembered it would be! beautiful beach! reasonlble sized pool which the pool guys were constantly cleaning throughout the day! the anamation team were just as energetic and friendly and over the top as they were before! look out for... more