Going back for the 4th time and can't wait!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 5/15/11
I will be going back to Riu Montego Bay on 16th June for one week. This will be my 4th time there in 3 years, I first went there in 2008 (3 months after they first opened) and then I went there again in October 2009 and again in May 2010. Firstly I will start with the bad points (the reception staff were all very young, inexperienced and I wouldn't say "rude" but just very shy and quiet (hence this could appear to some people as being rude).
The accommodation is very nice, the rooms are cleaned daily and it is all very comfortable and the air conditioning is amazingly cool which is great as it's always so hot outside. The rooms can smell a little musty (they always have done as the room I first stayed in on my first visit had never been occupied previously), the rooms still smell the same, almost as if they are newly plastered and painted. They are spotlessly clean and the towels, soaps, shampoo's etc are all replaced on a daily basis.
The food was lovely, well I thought so anyway and I am generally a very fussy eater. It could get a little repetitive at times but it was always lovely and freshly cooked, the fruit was always beautifully fresh and everything was clean and prepared to a very high standard.
The pool area is gorgeous however, there are the odd loud mouthed larger louts there, which you will get anywhere you go but they sound fade out when they realize that people don't appreciate their pathetic "I AM" attitude.
The drinks, well I drank quite a lot, but never got tipsy so it's possible the drinks may have been watered down. However!!!!! I did on one occasion as advised by another guest to ask for Smirnoff Vodka instead of allowing them to pour their local vodka - 3 or 4 of them and I felt a little light headed and went back on the fruit juices. Also, if you go to the beach party, fill an empty coke bottle with the spirits from your mini bar and take with you as the drinks are so strong on the beach party in tiny little plastic throw-away cups that you'll have bleeding livers for a week.
Anyway, I must say, I have travelled to many places, including the Maldives (which is always my first choice of holiday) but Riu Montego Bay is most definately my second choice of holiday anywhere in the world and I am sure that although this is my 4th visit, I will no doubt be re-visiting this hotel for many, many years to come.