My wife and I got married at the Rui on 12/13/08 and we returned for our one year anniversary this year and we just got back. After going last year i pretty much knew what to expect and thats exactly what I got.

Food- is nothing special, most of the meat is over cooked, the fish was dry, the fruit was not ripe, a few days they ran out of ingredients to make the omlettes.

entertainment- there was a show everynight but not worth watching, one night there was a couples game and theas was ok but for the most part dont bother as there was no nightly party on the beach or anything like that.

Rooms- last year we were booked in a room without a ocean view and with it being our weeding we wanted a ocean view so we changed rooms and before we moved I saw a bug but it wasnt a roach like a lot of people say because the roaches are huge and you wouldnt be able to miss them if you saw one. the rooms are stocked with 4 bottles of cheap island alcohol also.

Beach- to snorkel you have to give a $25 deposit and its only for 1 hour, the water is full of weeds and its not clear at all, you'll have to travel about 10 minutes down the beach to the sister resort because there beach is a lot nicer.

Jamaicans- WATCH OUT! this was my third trip to the island and I have been to the hills to see the ganja growing and havent really had any problem until this trip when I walked about 10 feet down the beach and decided to talk to the guy who cooks the live lobsters on the beach and before i knew it there was a Jamaican standing next to me and he tried to slap a pair of handcuffs on me, they were old and rusted so they didnt lock onto my wrist and i had to snatch my arm away and run back to the resort, the security wasnt concerned either.

although the hotel charges you a arm and a leg for taxi service its worth it. Jamaica is a third world county and it can be very dangerous so always keep that in mind, with the proper precautions you can have a wonderful time.

We decided to go to Dunns River Falls and that was a bad mistake. it takes about 3 hours to get there and although it was fun it really wasnt worth the 6 hour round trip.

Ricks cafe- very overrated. food is amaricanized so sure order the hamburger. the cliff divers were cool to watch though.

Craft Market- BEWARE theres probably 5 hundred little huts and every last one of them are gonig ot ask you to come and look at their store and 9 times out of 10 its the same stuff you just looked at in the other store.

Special restaurants- you must make a reservation and you have to do that in the lobby at 8am and none of the resturants were worth eating in.

all in all this is a cool resort as long as you dont expect much, its very over priced, I would rather spend the extra couple of hundred dollars and go to Sandles where you can have lobster everyday and all your trips off the resort like dunns River are included in your price. Not recommending it ONLY because you can spend a few more dollars and have a much better time.

My husband and I stayed at the Riu Negril for our honeymoon this past February. I had never been to Jamaica before, but my husband had, so I didn't really know what to expect. Our flight got in a little late, but it was nice getting to the resort. They took our bags to our room for us. The staff was always nice and willing to help.

Our room was very nice, your typical hotel room. We had a problem with out tv once or twice, but you don't go to Jamaica on vacation to watch tv, so it didn't really bother me :-) They sent someone while we were out to fix it right away any how.

We have actually booked to go back for our first anniversary and chose the same hotel for the very reason that we know we like it and we LOVE the long beach. There is enough room to have your own privacy somewhere along it - we like down on the end as it tends to be less crowded. Also, our room was in the fourth building, which many people seem not to like. We loved it for the pure fact that it is kind of secluded and away from everything, just not that big of a deal, it's really not that far - it was a nice leisurely walk to take.

The shows each night were entertaining for me as I had never seen before. We didn't go to a restaurant but ate at the main one the whole time, lunch was jerk chicken at the Jerk Hut every day! The food was pretty good and they had themed nights.

I just wanted to let those know that are trying to decide on staying at the Riu Negril that it is a good place contrary to what some of the reviews state. I guess it just depends on what kind of attitude you have. We aren't super picky people and we thought it was a fine place to stay!

Just want to reassure travelers that this is a fine, clean and accomodating hotel located on Bloody Bay with more expensive hotels that are similar in quality and older than Riu Negril. The only negative was the amateur entertainment and perhaps lower brand liquor but you can request certain upscale brands at the lobby bar. Also buffet had great variety and only the gourmet restaurant , Sir Andrew was better. Can skip the Brazilian and regular steakhouses which also require reservations. We took a combination snorkeling and sunset cruise to Ric's cafe tour given on Tuesdays and Thursdays which was superb!

My family stayed at RIU Negril for a long weekend and there were good and bad features of this all-inclusive resort. First, the good. The property was very clean and impeccably maintained. The food was much better than any all-inclusive I have ever stayed in (including another popular and more expensive one in Negril, Beaches). The drinks were good and they had liquor dispenser in the room, which I have never seen anywhere.
On the bad side, I felt that many staff members were very friendly to European and White American guests, while treating African American and other people of African descent badly. This was disheartening because the overwhelming majority of the workers were African Caribbeans. A few were nice to us, but many would smile, greet and laugh with white people and would not even say "Hello" to us. I travel often and tip just as well (or better) than most people. Therefore, I hated being discriminated against by people who look like ME! Jamaica is a beautiful island, but I am not sure if I would return after the rude treatment by "hospitality professionals."