Me and my wife stayed here for 6 nights. Checking in was swift and easy Quinton got us squared away and explained all the amenities about the two properties. They gave us a welcome drink and also had a bottle of wine and snacks with a welcome letter as we arrived to our room. We had the swim up adult only room which was very nice having a pool right outside our door. We did end up having to switch rooms the second day due to the power not working properly in our room. The staff and housekeeping worked swiftly to get us into our new room which only happened to be a few doors down from our original room. Yannick was very helpful during our entire stay with excellent hospitality and service. The Rif hotel is connected to the Mangrove Corendon and since we stayed at the Rif guest have access to all Restaurant on site and amenities at COREDON as well. There are a total of 9 restaurants between the two properties and a cigar lounge where you can get premium alcohol, it is not included with the all-inclusive. Most restaurants open at certain times but the a la carte Restaurant is always open. The breakfast buffet has a wide variety of selections. We didn’t eat lunch there much but ate dinner there one time. The Italian Restaurant and the pool side buffet were good. The Harbor was my least favorite due to the lack of service. The wait time to get served was longer than usual and guest were visibly upset about it. Muhammet and a young lady had the best service. Especially Muhammet he was cleaning tables seating people, taking and delivering orders and drinks alone and did an exceptional job. We ate at the Harbor multiple times and the service was slow every time most of the servers were nice except for one whose name I won't mention. He had a horrible attitude and confronted and accused my wife of making complaints about him to his manager. That was very unprofessional and to top it off my wife nor did I ever spoke to his manager about his service. We even told him during his rant that we didn’t speak to anyone. He continued to say how mad the he was and that the staff was upset. We repeated that we didn’t speak to anyone three times before he realized it wasn’t us and he said sorry and walked off. My wife was upset and didn’t want to eat there anymore( I didn’t blame her). And then we actually went to speak to a manger about what took place. The manger (Tei-Rock)we spoke to apologized and promised to take care of the situation. Other than that incident and the lack of service some days the harbor is a great choice. The best restaurant on site is the Barbecue(Cor & Don) one. It fills up pretty fast for reservations so make them early. The Bars were good and drinks were good as well. There are a total of 4/5 bars between both properties. The beach bar at the Rif is open 24/7 which was nice. The hotel is located right outside the city attractions its about a 15 min walk and 5 min drive. I loved how they provided many shows throughout the week for us to attend that gave the Curacao experience and showed their culture. Warning, wear a lot of sunscreen and insect repellent, the heat and mosquitos are crazy! I will still give this place 5 Stars. The only reason I didn't rate the service 5 stars is because of the incident with the waiter at the Harbor. Great job to these additional staff members for excellent service, Julia, Ariana, Tei-Keith and Tei-Rock, Muhammet, The fella at the cigar lounge ( I can't remember his name)! There are a lot of beautiful polite people at this location, much appreciated!
