Holiday World Riwo Affiliated By Meliá

“Enjoyable Family Holiday”

First of all let me deal with the negatives which other reviewers have mentioned. The hotel is dated and in my opinion is more 3 star than 4 star. It is also designed for family holidays, so I would not recommend it for couples hoping for a romantic break. Now the positives, the hotel is kept clean… more

First of all let me deal with the negatives which other reviewers have mentioned. The hotel is dated and in my opinion is more 3 star than 4 star. It is also designed for family holidays, so I would not recommend it for couples hoping for a romantic break. Now the positives, the hotel is kept clean and the staff are friendly and helpful. We went all inclusive and the food was fine. There was a decent selection of drinks, including alcohol free beer. We went as a family, with our two grandchildren (aged 6 and 3). The hotel had a small pool, and being all inclusive we had access to the Hotel World Beach Club, which is a great waterpark for kids. If we had not been staying at the hotel a day pass for all of us at the Beach Club would have been €355. As we went 3 times that would have been over €1000. The kids loved the hotel pool and Beach Club. We were also able to go to the neighbouring Hotel Polynesia, which had better entertainment for the kids. For what we paid, I felt it was good value, and the main thing was the kids thoroughly enjoyed it.

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“Lovely 10 night stay”

Lovely 10 night stay in a Sky suite, the Sky suite was spacious with a separate kitchen & sitting room. Side balcony & then large balcony with shower, egg chair, lounges, chairs & coffee table, from the large balcony we had sea views. The suite was kept spotless by the housekeeping team. We had fre… more

Lovely 10 night stay in a Sky suite, the Sky suite was spacious with a separate kitchen & sitting room. Side balcony & then large balcony with shower, egg chair, lounges, chairs & coffee table, from the large balcony we had sea views. The suite was kept spotless by the housekeeping team. We had free use of the spa with us staying in a select suite, the pool & sauna were lovely. A nice touch was the reserved sitting in the buffet restaurant, my only recommendation to the hotel for this separate area is to look at the lighting it's far too bright. The food was good at breakfast & lunch, but I feel the evening buffet could be better, we found it sometimes very greasy in the evening. The buffet has a theme each evening, It would be good to see at the start of your holiday which theme is which night, so you can plan ahead. One particular member of staff in the restaurant at breakfast always made us so welcome, unfortunately I didn't get her name. Also thank you to the chef who cooked me a fresh mushroom omelette every morning. We found all the staff throughout the hotel extremely friendly. The outside pool area is lovely & the select reserved area is a great plus point. Overall we had a great holiday & we have booked a Sky suite again for our return in October, hopefully we will be allocated a Sky suite on the 4th floor again. Thank you team Rwio

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“Very poor”

I will always give a honest review, we have travelled all over the world, so in my opinion I have seen a lot of hotel's. 1 , arrived only to be greeted by abrupt reception, 2,never had this before at a all inclusive hotel, we were given a plastic token, you handed it in at the bar and was given a … more

I will always give a honest review, we have travelled all over the world, so in my opinion I have seen a lot of hotel's. 1 , arrived only to be greeted by abrupt reception, 2,never had this before at a all inclusive hotel, we were given a plastic token, you handed it in at the bar and was given a plastic tumbler, if you loose your token or leave the tumbler, you have to get another token, cost one euro ,without the token or the tumbler you can't get a drink. 3,we paid for a safe in the room ,we reported it not working, two days later a maintenance man asked use where the key was,only to find out you need a key to switch it on,down to reception asked when we paid for the safe why weren't we given a key, a shrug of the shoulders was the answer. 4, ingrenral all the other staff in the hotel were very good ,the housekeeping was good and the room although dated was kept clean. 5. Our shower wasn't working properly you could only get cold water ,then when it was suppose to be fixed ,you could get red hot water coming out, dangerous.. the beds were comfortable but if you use the put you up in the lounge you get sheets and what looked like old army blankets. 6.pool towels are provided, we went to change them after three days, only to be told if we swapped the towels we had to pay for fresh towels. 7.i am not a person who wants English food when aboard ,but in over fifty years of travelling i have never seen so much food wasted, or left on plates. 8, if you look at the travel brochures you get the idea you can use the other hotels. A couple when one day to one of the other hotels only to be told if they wanted to eat there the cost was thirty one euros per adult and eighteen euros per child. 9.bars two number,one by the pool shuts at 7 and one in the hotel. No other bars 10. Coffee machine only available at breakfast. Then if you want a coffee with your lunch you have to go to the pool bar for it. 11,crazy golf would be better playing on a building site, needs maintenance. 12 ,forget the opening hours shown in the hotel shop that's hit and miss. 13 the pool sunbeds are plenty but again dated and in need of a clean, the lifeguard was very good, the pool area is clean and tidy the pools are great for Kids you get one type of beer anything else you pay for. The pool bar food did not change hot dogs hamburger chicken nuggets chips. Salad. 13 ,don't think about walking anywhere you need to be a mountain goat, a young family when out one day and they words not mine it nearly killed me pushing the bugger up that hill. 14. we paid for our grandkids and they have travelled all over the world with us. Not one of them enjoyed the food and there was five of them. I could go on but I think you can see from my comments. Not a place I would recommend. Shame

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