Riu Montego Bay - Montego Bay

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Family of Five, All Inclusive

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Located in the north-west of the island, constructed directly on the beach of Montego Bay, this Resort will offer a wide range of services including the All Inclusive system, in which guests' convenience and enjoyment is paramount.

Location

MAHOE BAY, IRONSHORE • JM

Facilities

Barber / Beauty Salon
Boutique Shops
Business Services
Car Rental
Disco / Nightclub
Laundry / Dry Cleaning Service
Meeting Rooms

Pools:
Number of Pools: 2
Outdoor Pools: 2
Swimming pool with adjoining jacuzzi. Children's swimming pool

Golf:
  •  NEARBY
  •  Holes: 0

Tennis:
  •  Number of Courts: 2
  •  Outdoor Courts: 2
  •  Lighted Courts: 2

Water Sports On Site:
  •  Snorkeling: Complimentary
  •  Wind Surf: Complimentary

Other Sports Available:
  •  Horseback Riding: Additional Charge

Health Club / Spa:
  •  Jacuzzi: Complimentary
  •  Nautilus Equipment: Complimentary
  •  Sauna: Complimentary
  •  Manicure / Pedicure: Additional Charge
  •  Facials: Additional Charge

Details

Total Rooms: 701
Year Opened: 0

Credit Cards: • Visa • Master Card • American Express

Specials

FAMILIES: FAMILIES OF 5 MAY SHARE A TRIPLE GARDEN-VIEW WITH EXISTING BEDDING (TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN 12 & UNDER).

Restrictions

Fee required for WiFi.

Room Types

OCEAN VIEW
Air-conditioned, 2 double beds or 1 king size bed, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct dial phone, radio alarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe. Bathrooms with bathtub, double sink, hair dryer and amenities kit. Balcony or terrace

STANDARD RUN OF HOUSE
Air-conditioned, 2 double beds or 1 king size bed, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct dial phone, radio alarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe Bathrooms with bathtub, double sink, hair dryer and amenities kit. Balcony or terrace

SUITE OCEAN VIEW
Air-conditioned, 1 king size bed, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct dial phone, radioalarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe, separate sitting area, walk-in closet. Bathrooms with hydro-massage bathtub. Balcony or terrace.

GARDENVIEW
Air-conditioned, 2 double beds or 1 king size bed, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct ial phone, radio alarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe Bathrooms with bathtub, double sink, hair dryer and amenities kit. Balcony or terrace

TRIPLE GARDENVIEW ROOM
Air-conditioned, 3 double beds, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct dial phone, radio alarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe. Bathrooms with bathtub, double sink, hair dryer and amenities kit. Balcony or terrace

OCEAN FRONT
Air-conditioned, 2 double beds or 1 king size bed, ceiling fan, satellite TV, direct dial phone, radio alarm clock, mini bar, liquor dispenser, electronic in-room safe. Bathrooms with bathtub, double sink, hair dryer and amenities kit. Balcony or terrace

Dining

Riu Montego Bay features 1 meal plan option:

All Meals, Drinks & Tips

There are 4 Restaurants at Riu Montego Bay:
Little Italy - Italian restaurant serving buffet for lunch and a la carte for dinner.
Rose Hall - Buffet style restaurant with show cooking, serving international and local specialties.
Kalu - Asian specialty restaurant. Open for dinner.
Mahoe Bay - Poolside restaurant serving buffet lunch and a la carte Steakhouse for dinner.

Activities & Entertainment

Daily Activities & Entertainment:
Table Tennis. Beach Volleyball, Scuba Diving Lesson (in pool), Bllards ($), Sailing
Nightly Activities & Entertainment:
Shows, Live Music, Game Room (with slot machines), Night Club

Children's Programs

Mini-club
Applicable Ages: 4 to 12 years old.

Children's Facilities
PlayGround
Children's Pool

Babysitting Fee: Available for fee
Advance Notice for Babysitting: Yes/Subject to avail

Our Average Customer Ratings (based on 39 reviews)

Edward

Pool: The pool was nice.

Beach: The beach was small.

Food/Drink: The buffet food was better than the specialty restaurants.

Accommodations: Average, but clean. Reasonable enough.

Service: It was mostly good.

Cory

Pool: The pool was great, nice bar area too.

Marsha

Pool: Very nice.

Beach: Very nice beach but small.

Food/Drink: Good food.

Service: Excellant!

Overall: Wonderful!

Eric

Pool: The pool was big. It never felt crowded.

Beach: The beach was nice, but once you went into the water it was very muddy. No one liked it.

Food/Drink: Pretty decent for serving so many people. The jerk chicken hut on the beach was great.

Entertainment: The shows were decent. The staff worked very hard.

Accommodations: The room was large. Two double beds pushed together to make a king was not what I would like to see.

Service: Amazing. Everyone was so nice.

Overall: Great time. The service levels really made it worthwhile.

Kevin said, 'Absolutely fantastic. Professional and knowledgeable. I will definitely be using you again for all my vacations. Thank you.'

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Kelly said, 'I will definitely use this resort and this agency again! and REFER to others!!! 100% Perfect'

Pool: perfect

Beach: Good - but we didn't utilize mostly stayed by pool

Food/Drink: awesome - friendly staff best food we've had at all inclusives

Entertainment: hardworking staff and great entertainment

Accommodations: WONDERFUL

Service: PERFECT

Overall: 100% Perfect

Steve said, 'Great vacation!'

Pool: plenty of shade area

Food/Drink: alway found something we liked

Accommodations: very nice

Service: excellent

Overall: Great vacation!

Charlie said, 'We have been there (3) times and we intend to go again. Excellent location, near airport, across the street is shopping.'

Pool: Nice activities during the day

Food/Drink: Excellent

Entertainment: Very Good each night

Accommodations: Beautiful

Overall: We have been there (3) times and we intend to go again

Geraldine & nathan said, 'Had a great time at the Riu. Our fourth year booking. Would do it again'

Pool: Relaxing, clean

Food/Drink: Rose Hall had the best meals and service.

Entertainment: Best entertainment Ever

Service: Excellent. Front desk, commend Carline, Shanay and manager, a young man all were friendly and helpful.

Overall: Excellent

Michael said, 'We had a good time!'

Pool: it was fine, we preferred the beach

Beach: good all around

Food/Drink: good all around

Accommodations: good all around

Service: good all around

Overall: we had a good time!

Ginger said, 'This is the second time we have stayed there and we will go back again'

Pool: beautiful

Beach: small, but peaceful

Entertainment: very good, fun

Accommodations: clean

Service: very good overall

Overall: this is the second time we have stayed there - will go back again

Kathryn

Pool: Loved the size and clealiness

Food/Drink: Meals on most evenings were good

Accommodations: Very clean hotel and rooms

Service: Loved the employees

Nancy & donald said, 'Will book again with Dream Vacations ,everything went as planned. '

Pool: Pools were very good

Beach: Great

Food/Drink: Great

Entertainment: Great

Accommodations: Great

Service: Great

Overall: Great

Bruce said, 'Great place that's not far from the airport. Loved the beach and they have a nice pool that was very clean with plenty of chairs.'

Pool: Nice pool that was very clean with plenty of chairs

Beach: Loved the beach

Accommodations: Clean good sized rooms

Service: The service is good

Overall: Great place that's not far from the airport

Cynthia said, 'Another fun vacation! We've never been disappointed with Dream Vacations. The entertainment here was the best ever. Excellent.'

Pool: Nice facility

Beach: Beach was very accessible and water was warm

Food/Drink: Drinks were good and food was average

Entertainment: Excellent, The best ever

Overall: Always a good time

Rachel said, 'Steel band was the best and they had great water aerobics. Pool and bar and restaurant folks were good...beautiful sunny days and a lot of fun.'

Pool: Great water aerobics

Beach: Pleasant

Food/Drink: Beach noon grill was the best.

Entertainment: Steel band the best

Service: Pool and bar and restaurant folks were good

Overall: Beautiful sunny days and a lot of fun

Sally

Entertainment: Scubacaribe offered on beach activities such as aeorobics that were great fun, especially with Sylvester!

Service: The people waiting & serving in all compacities were excellent

Claire

Pool: Very clean, nice cushions

Food/Drink: Very good

Entertainment: Fun pool games, wonderful costumes at night entertainment

Overall: Loved the sun

Charlie

Pool: Very close to resturants

Food/Drink: Very good

Accommodations: Very good

Service: Verygood

Overall: Will go again

Gayle s said, 'The pool was very nice and both the food & drinks were excellent! We had a great time.'

Pool: Very nice

Food/Drink: Excellent

Accommodations: Great

Service: Great

Overall: Great

Jennifer

Pool: Entertaining and fun!

Beach: Relaxing

Food/Drink: Plenty

Entertainment: Nice to have new entertainment every night

Accommodations: Comfortable and friendly

Service: Friendly and accomodating

Overall: Excellent!

Sanela

Pool: Pool area was nice

Beach: Grass and gooey sand in the water.

Food/Drink: Plenty of choices given

Entertainment: Same shows in every riu that you visit in diff countries.

Accommodations: WET and humid. Bed was wet for entire stay!

Service: Men were friendly, women were not. barely made eye contact or even a hello

Overall: Was ok

Richard

Pool: All were good

Beach: Clean and calm

Food/Drink: Good for East Caribbean

Entertainment: The best I've seen

Accommodations: Didnt expect more

Service: Riu is always the best

Overall: As good as ever with Dream Vacations and Riu

Asia

Pool: Pretty

Beach: No umbrellas available

Food/Drink: Terrible, except for breakfast

Entertainment: Did not attend

Accommodations: Hardest beds on earth, TV did not work

Service: Not eager to help

Overall: I would NEVER recommend this resort

Geraldine & nathan

Pool: Nice, Difficult getting drinks. Very busy

Beach: Nice beach. Lots of beach chairs available for guests.

Food/Drink: Buffett was good, lots of choices. White tablecloths gives the service an added touch that you don't usually see with buffetts.

Entertainment: Good, especially the tribute to Michael Jackson. A lot of the pre show games could be left off and saved for the beach or pool areas.

Accommodations: Great. Maid service very good. Always fresh clean towels and washcloths available.

Service: The saff were all friendly and helpful except for one lady who worked for the tours. The one sitting in 2nd desk fo the left as you leave

Overall: Very good. Would return.

Charlie

Pool: Didnt use it much

Beach: kept very clean

Food/Drink: all foods were good except Asian Spectialy rest.

Entertainment: Michael Jackson was Excellant

Accommodations: Room overlooked a Jungle setting With a tall

Service: waiter/waitress were very good

Overall: scale of 1-10.....8

Rodney

Pool: very nice and enjoyable

Beach: refreshing

Food/Drink: love the variety

Entertainment: amazing and talent filled

Accommodations: expected more from the room

Service: staff was very pleasant and accommendating

Overall: one of the best trips I have taken

Elizabeth

Pool: There were lots of children taking over the lounge chairs in the actual pool a group of about 8 children...traveling with their parents

Beach: Nice,but small

Food/Drink: Italian restaurant the best, buffets loved the vegetables...great... we were fine with the food at buffet

Entertainment: loved the steel band;they try very hard to please

Accommodations: very clean, very well kept, very nice

Service: no service at the pool except for the pool bar

Overall: Glad we stayed in Montego Bay

Kathleen

Pool: Pool was attractive, but very loud recorded music was played much of the day. Pool unavailable to children during adult pool games.

Beach: Beach was clean. Lounge chairs were always available.

Food/Drink: Food was very good. Preferred eating in one of the three reservations-only restaurants because it was quieter and more relaxing.

Entertainment: There were shows every night which was nice. Two during our week were not appropriate for young children.

Accommodations: Beds were incredibly hard.

Service: Service personnel were very friendly and accomodating.

Overall: Would not return to Riu MB because of the beds and because of the amount of smoking all over the property. Had to leave a show one night.

Peter

Pool: One of the pools was shut down the majority of the time

Beach: Beach needed some music and the ocean bottom was mucky after the first 15 feet

Food/Drink: Great selection, quality could be improved

Entertainment: Michael Jackson show was really good

Accommodations: A little musty, noticed litter in a lot of common areas

Service: All service providers were very accomodating

Overall: I would return

Amanda

Pool: Loved the "chairs" in the pool.

Beach: Lots of chairs, very nice

Food/Drink: Loved the steakhouse

Entertainment: Beach party was cool.

Accommodations: The resort was gorgeous and room was great

Service: Everyone was nice

Overall: Would definitely return

Vanessa

Overall: had a great time. thanks!

Vincent said, 'All was excellent, I have already referred people to the Riu Montego Bay and to Dream Vacations.'

Vincent said, 'Wonderful trip. I have already referred people to use Dream Vacations as well as this location '

Beach: wish there were more shaded areas

Food/Drink: wish there was more jamaican food

Entertainment: shows were a bit boring

Tiffany said, 'I'd travel with Dream vacations again and will refer to friends and family.'

Overall: I'd travel with Dream vacations again and will refer to friends and family.

Hilary said, 'The Riu Montego Bay is a great place for a family looking for lots of diversions. They also have a great kids club.'

Food/Drink: Not enough specialty restaurants

Entertainment: Great kids club

Accommodations: Spacious room

Service: Better than expected

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