loved melia ignore negative reviews, husband just got 8 days melia caribe tropical loved, honestly not sure people stayed wrote bad reviews, not royal service area regular hotel room great time, thoughts size property yes melia large property, enjoyed walks dinner bars form exercise, building 25 right pool, walks dinner 7 10 minutes, not want walk 2 trams circle property 10 15 minutes, enjoyed fact resort flat ran times vacation.food/drinks food ranged good excellent, breakfast lunch buffets pretty standard cook-to-order omelets fruits pancakes french toast, lunch pasta bar grill hot dogs pizza salads sandwich meat, dinners excellent, ate reservation restaurant night happy, favorites le gourmet ma maison dominican mexican, italian favorite enjoyable, menu choices 3 4 courses, picky eater enjoyed dinner, not worry drinks watered strange brands, drinks strong absolute vodka week, hotel rooms room nothing overly impressive, reminded marriott hilton sheraton stayed, beds comfortable enjoyed ceiling fan, small refrigerator nice soda water.other comments 1 posting trip advisor recommending bringing insulated mugs visit, bought 2 left happy, used bottled water bar drinks nice cool, bar tenders nice happy serve drink container have.we did not issues service bar tenders waiters, personal preference tip, tip 1 2 buffets 3 4 dinner, drinks tip 1 round, staff works hard definitely deserves tips, people did not tip not think service suffered.we booked melia rci timeshare, result priority check-in dinner reservations, definite perk, hotel does not make dinner reservations night hotel, got room 4 pm saturday called reservations 4 different restaurants, result not think restaurants hard means.my husband played golf twice, dirt cheap 35 round course good shape, shuttle hotel.there small casino property, went 2 nights did not spend lot time, not quite impressive las vegas casino, br/ pools beach bit beautiful pictures, hit pool 11:00 able chair quickly easily, 2 main pools swim bars music lots activities, 2 quiet pools spa well.we wonderful time melia, definitely, recommend hotel friends, seriously did not understand bad reviews received picky travelers,