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Riu Merengue All Inclusive
Just returned from an 8 day stay with my husband and 2 year old at Riu Merengue on N. coast of DR... We Loved: -our room - beautiful 2 rm suite on the beach -size of the resort: Merengue is contiguous with 2 other Riu resorts sharing a coastline and within easy walking distance from one another - we liked the pool, the tranquil lagoon, and dining room at the Bachata next door so that's where we spent much of our time (except for dinners) -how child-friendly it was: kiddie pools, playgrounds, activities -the beach area: beautiful -the staff: housekeeping, dining room, recreation, front desk - everyone was smiling -the weather - perfect every day! -daytime recreation - in addition to windsurfing, snorkeling, etc there was always an activity to join - merengue dancelessons at the pool, water aerobics, beach volleyball, etc The food was great too, though eating buffet style for every meal got a little old by the 5th or 6th day. -Didn't do any off-resort activities....More

Melia Santo Domingo Hotel & Casino
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Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino
I stayed in the Jaragua for 4 nights.... 2 nights tower, 2 nights garden The pluses: Breakfast is great, casino is decent and open 24 hrs, tower rooms are nice and garden rooms are more "liberal" to guests but not all the time. Bellboys and Casino security staff nice and useful for the in's and out's of santo domingo Pool is very nice and bar is conveniently priced for a pool side drink or three The minuses: NOT 5 Stars.... at all.... Front desk is incompetent and extremely lazy. If you book the most expensive rooms on HOTELS.COM and it says it comes with a balcony and salon area IT DOES NOT. You get a deluxe room. When we mentioned this to the supposed head manager, he offered to move us from tower to garden after he showed us the room, it was larger and same price, though beds were less comfortable. They told us they would move the bags and put us in our 2 rooms in garden area and would be done by 3 pm. My group and I went out all day to the colonial area of SD. When we came back at 5:30 pm another"shift" of desk people were there and had no Idea what was going on or who we were. After 20 mins of them looking lost on the computer and our group yelling at them in spanish, they figured it out and said our bags would be moved. We went back to our old rooms to move our bags ourselves, they were sitting unattended in the hall way. We grabbed them and a passing maid said nothing. Not even buenas dias. Anyone could have taken our bags. This was aggravating and they did not seem to care. The hotel was decent... NOT 5 STARS... Service was sub par... have seen it once would not go back. Saw many other hotels at the same level. And much like the rest of the hotels in DR, the casino and lobby gets PACKED with "street workers" at around 10-11 pm... and it stays that way til the early morning. And you cant bring any of them back to your tower room. Have fun! Thanks for reading....More