Frommer's Review
Opening onto a 5km (3-mile) stretch of beach, this is the newest addition to the beachfront. In December 2004, the Riu Hotels chain refurbished the old Sheraton Grand here into an all-inclusive megaresort. Renovations included enlarging the pool, adding a restaurant, and generally enhancing rooms. This 14-story ecru-colored high-rise offers some of the most comfortably appointed bedrooms on Paradise Island. It's more understated than the Atlantis, a lot cheaper, and more user-friendly and manageable in terms of size and layout. Your kids would be happier with all the spectacular events at the Atlantis, but the Riu is a viable runner-up for the family trade. Guests can leave the shelter of the poolside terrace and settle almost immediately onto one of the waterside chaise longues at the beach. The hotel is within walking distance of the casino, restaurants, and nightlife facilities of the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort & Casino properties.
Welcoming drinks are served while you relax on comfortable chairs in the lobby bar amid palm trees and tropical foliage. All the spacious accommodations here are deluxe and tastefully decorated, and equipped with medium-size bathrooms containing tub/showers. Many have spacious balconies that afford sweeping water views or luxurious terraces.
For an extra charge, you can skip the all-inclusive dinner fare and dine at Tengoku, a Japanese-themed restaurant. Other choices available to jaded buffet-goers include Atlantic Restaurant, serving some of Paradise Island's finest steaks and featuring a nonsmoking section, plus a terrace; and Sir Alexander, which is Riu's gourmet a la carte restaurant, featuring highly refined, mainly continental gourmet cuisine with first-rate ingredients. Live entertainment is available 6 nights a week.
Facilities: 3 restaurants; 2 bars; pool; 4 tennis courts; gym; spa; Jacuzzi; sauna; kids' club; watersports equipment; salon; room service; massage; babysitting; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; rooms for those w/limited mobility.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
