Riu Tikida Dunas

Currently at this hotel for a family holiday with 6, 8 & 14 year old children, booked this hotel the day before we travelled due to finishing out I had cancer. Having stayed at three other RIU hotels in various destinations the last being in Mexico I can honestly say this Riu has let the name down. Unless you are a local then don’t expect the 4 star service it boasts, this mainly being in the main evening restaurant, you are told where to sit, ousted to the back and forgotten about, so do not expect to get a glass of wine or water in good time. The entertainment in this Riu is very different from others we have visited, and the atmosphere is dull mostly in the evenings, we often feel like there is a private party in the hotel that we haven’t been invited to (joke) . The day entertainment is like Groundhog Day, maybe this is due to the season?? But we were advised by our travel agent that the entertainment is currently the same all year round. The rooms are lovely, probably the nicest part of our stay. Overall we are disappointed having spent a large amount of money to come on a family holiday not knowing if or when we can holiday again.

Resort is nice plenty of sun beds staff friendly thank you to the bar staff and our room maid she made our room lovely every day We stayed in room 4020 it was damp throughout our stay Paint fell off in the shower no coffee or tea facilities luckily I emailed before and took my own kettle took me three days to get an airer as on the ground floor you have no where to hang towels or clothes to dry The alcohol is not very strong at all food was ok but great breakfast as they do serve bacon three times in a week The al a carte meals are buffet style and I was not really impressed with them Resort could do with a revamp with the tiles and paintwork entertainment staff did try hard to entertain us the charge for your late room is very expensive at 10 pounds per person per hour after check out time so if you can get early flights that would be better for you if not at least you are aware now of charge

We have recently returned from 11 nights at the Riu Tikida Dunas where i can honestly say nothing was too much trouble. We found our room to be impeccably clean and the shower was fantastic! The cleaning staff were friendly and non intrusive. The food was varied and the waiting staff attentive but not over powering - I will say Aziz in the main restaurant at dinner was superb from ensuring you had a finger bowl straight away if you had prawn etc to also making sure that your drinks were replenished without a second glance. The Lobby bar was lovely in the evenings and the team all worked very hard! We ate at both the Asian and Moroccan restaurant - the Asian was not to our taste at all but the Moroccan was just amazing. Yes the pool was cold - but we knew that would be the case! The promenade outside was a lovely walk to the Marina and there was no persistent hassle - a polite no thank you was all that was needed.