Dreams Flora Resort and Spa: Lovely getaway

Tropical grounds. Good food and drinks beautiful beach. We enjoyed our 5 day get away as a couple. Would definitely come back and bring the kids. Don’t pass up going to the seaside grill, fantastic steaks!

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Grand El Portillo Samana

Excellent staff. Beach is awesome . Food is good. Beach bbq awesome . Some restaurants could have improvements. ( fish market) Italian restaurant is a definetly a five star, Alcohol drinks need definite improvement . More selections such as premium alcohol. Ground keeping immaculate. Rooms very clean . Some a little outdated though . Definite would recommend this hotel

Zel Punta Cana - All Suites: A very comfortable resort for a family

We were part of a three-generation family holiday. The resort was great. The facilities were very clean and well maintained. The rooms were large and comfortable. The grounds are a delight. The strongest aspect of the resort is the staff. They were efficient, helpful, very friendly and often doted on the young children. The only weak part was the food. Although it was OK, it definitely did not measure up to the other aspects of the resort. I enjoyed the week, and would be quite happy to return [... read more] in the future.

Riu Republica: Great holiday

The Republica exceeded our expectations. Food was good , alcohol was decent if you asked for the better stuff they gave it to you. The staff very good. Resort super clean the rooms a little dated but clean and comfortable. Anything you asked for they delivered. Beach was great and never an issue to get chairs. Fun place too!

Grand Sirenis Punta Cana Resort: Meh

We don’t travel a lot so keep that in mind. The resort grounds were lovely. The customer service and cleanliness could use improvement. The water park entertained the kids but would not be up to Canadian safety standards. Tuck in your elbows or bring a load of bandaids. The slides are like sandpaper. If you require help in your room, be prepared to call many times. Our credit card was also stolen and used. The beach was lovely, although quite a few cigarette butts in the sand. The kids loved the [... read more] waves. It felt safe in the water and we saw a school of beautiful fish. A la carte restaurants were tasty and you could book as many as you want. We avoided the high pressure sale presentation for time share as we were warned in advance. They’ll call repeatedly asking how your stay is and how they can make it better. They won’t take action on your requests and only attempt to lure you to the sales meeting. Would I go back? No, but my kids loved it, great family time was had and we didn’t break the bank.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Iberostar Costa Dorada

With Iberostar you always know what you'll get. Same layout, mostly same fitures. Costa Dorada is an older resourt, but it's in very good shape. Food and service are good. Rooms are comforable and clean. We asked for delayed check out and got it for $10/hour. Beats seating in the lobby for many hours. Airport transfer could be more comfortable.

Playabachata Hotel: Will NOT Return

Internet is not available outside the lobby and very poor in the lobby. Room towels are picked up from rooms at 9 AM and no towels in rooms until 5 PM Room A/C - you could NOT adjust the temperature. It had to be turned off at night and windows opened. Beach chairs are limited unless you get up at 7 AM to reserve them either at the pool or beach. A la carte restaurants are limited to 2 and when we arrived on Tuesday all were booked for 1 week. If you like bar service by the pool or bea [... read more]ch there is none. Our room patio door or screen door did not slide easily but other rooms may be ok. The maid did a great job. My grade of buffet food and service would be a 4 out of 10. The grass and grounds were well maintained though out the hotel.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Great Get-Away!

This Hotel was a wonderful choice!. This vacation being a little pricy it didn't disappoint. The people here were very accommodating, they could never do enough for you!..as for the hotel itself, the grounds were well kept, the whole resort was pretty much spotless, they were always cleaning, painting, polishing the brass fixtures......etc., always ? smiling. It was not hard to see that many of the people are return customers because they are called by name and hugs are plenty!. Our room was  [... read more]updated 2018 with swim up, it was super nice to have when you have had enough of the main pool or beach. Food was good...we didn't do the "a la carte" restaurants, as we prefer the "buffet". We did hear that people were enjoying them, but they found it difficult to book them. Their website/ app for here needs improvement. Wifi was included, and worked rather well!. The beach is beautiful, soft sands, warm water, lots of seating with or without covering. Sadly, it is suffering increased erosion and becoming unsafe in spots, they have it marked and working on a solution. The pool was nice and quite large, kept very clean, loud at times but still fun!. YES, people still put their towels out early to have the best area. YES,,even though it is frowned apon.... We are definitely happy with our choice to stay at Bahai Principe Luxury Ambar. We recommend this resort and will return again someday!

Select Sosua Adults Only, Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: pertect relaxing resort

Nice resort although a bit lbig. Easy checkin and good service. lRoom was ocoean view through palm trees, very nice.Modern bathroom wioth glass shower. Lots of hot water. TOwels change every day. Were in the elite section so had owen resteraunt with good food and good bar. Lots of beach chairs at all pools althjough some people saved them for no reason learlyh inthe morning. Lots of local dishes Buffet was greatl lots of fresh fruitll and tasty meatl lsuch als porkl land beef. lLSeafood [... read more] pasta with shrimp. Yum

Melia Caribe Beach Resort: Good rooms, bad food, poor entertainment

We loved our room setup with having 2 kids. We had the family bunk bed room near the beach and pool. They did forget to make the beds some days or replace towels but otherwise they were spacious! The food was repetitive and cold. After day 4 I was looking forward to getting home to real food. The lack of entertainment in organized activity for kids lacked. Not many resort personnel organizing “fun” activities to keep people entertained as almost zero. Beach was well maintained. Haba [... read more]cchi restaurant was was extra ($60US per person). Other a la carts were not great. Enough transportation carts to the lobby. Front lobby as not helpful with information for reservations, flight transportation or access to information.

Playabachata Hotel: It was very clean!!

Honest review. Very clean. Room: no hot water all week, no water pressure in shower. Beach:beautiful but not enough chairs to sit on at beach or pool (they really need a system so greedy folks are not saving chairs at both - which we have seen). One day we sat on towels in sand (seniors). Came home with diarrhea (hubby still suffering after a week from onset).

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Great value for your money!

The food was great, the bed was firm and comfortable and what I loved most was that there were always plenty of chairs at the pool and lots of chairs with an abundance of shade on the beach. If you wanted sun you could sit in the sun but there was always shade. The wings were awesome at the restaurant on the beach as well.

Playabachata Hotel: playabachata peurto plata

I have been to this resort before and found it an ok resort. I would give it about a 3 star rating. The food was good but by day 5 we were done with the same food options. This trip the resort was very busy and you had to save your chairs by the pool by 630 and stay with the chair until at least 7 or the security would remove your towels and belongings. On weekends the local people occupied the whole resort and we found them at the best of times very rude. Doing the enter and exit into the  [... read more]country was also a pain. We did the forms prior to leaving and the form was accepted in Hamilton but not in DR so therefore had to redo before departure that was a challenge as they wanted done on their computers which they only had 5 and were all busy. It is about an hour to the air port stopping on the way to pick up other visitors from different resorts. I would recommend to stay at the senator next store you can usually get an elicart at the bachata we could not get any as they were always booked even standing in line for hours trying to book. Also our room was not cleaned everyday and the phone connection to friends room did not work. We would tell at front desk and they said they would talk to cleaning staff the next day cleaned then the next day was not. bonnie kesimaat

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Excellent Resort

The resort was very clean and nice looking with lots of bushes, plants and palm trees. The food was excellent and the service was great. The Al cart restaurants were very good and you didn't have to make reservations which was really nice. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. Our room was nice with a big walk in shower, not sure if it was newly renovated but seemed like it might have been. Over all it was a great week, the resort is a nice comfortable size.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Average and tired

Room: The furniture in the rooms was very dated. The bathtub did not drain properly; by the end of the shower we were standing in 2 inches of water. The shower door did not slide properly, one of the rollers was broken off. There was no hairdryer in the room and the phone did not work. After 3 attempts we finally received a hairdryer but the phone was never operational during our 10 day stay. We had hot water all but one day in a 10 day stay. We received clean towels and large bottles of water  [... read more]every day. Beds were quite comfy. Staff: The housekeeping staff was fantastic, no complaints at all. Most of the staff in resort were friendly and helpful except for the VIP and main reception. I always felt that I was bothering them and that they really did not care. Checkin: seemed a bit chaotic as a large group of people were crowded in small area at VIP desk but we get through it fairly quickly. Beach: clean and plenty of sunbeds but no palapas on beach? However there quite a few trees for shade. Pool: Sunbeds were not as plentiful and shade was scarce. More palapas are needed. Entertainment: We only attended 3 shows which were good. There is no entertainment before 9:30. Wifi: Terrible in our room (block 4 garden view main floor). Beach and VIP lounge were the best locations. Food: We enjoyed the specialty restaurants, especially Mediterranean. The buffet was limited and repetitive. We only had bacon one day! Drinks: Drinks were good and great variety. The best drinks were at VIP beach bar (premium liquour) and the sports bar. Note: there is no lobby bar which I found strange, the sports bar is located beside the lobby but is enclosed. Wifi is non existent in sports bar. Also this resort recently changed ownership, not sure what changes this will bring

Bahia Principe Explore La Romana: Okay Resort

The resort is very clean and well kept. Housekeeping services for rooms was excellent. The major downfall of the resort was the food in the buffet Many of the food trays appeared to be brought out night after night Ie beef strips. One night turkey was being carved and served as a feature. It was all gone in 45 minutes and the server advised there was no more turkey available!!!!! Evrntually they brought out some chicken but even that was limited. Someone grossly underestimated the amount o [... read more]f turkey required when the resort was apparently nearly full. Thankfully they had pasta-pizza etc available every night. Overall the food was a disappointment compared to other resorts I have been to. Our room was directly opposite the lobby of the Boganville lobby which was a turn around point for the shuttles being operated by the e hotel. Everytime they backed up the reverse alarm would start beeping which sounded like an alarm clock going off No sleep for the first two nights After complaining strenuously I finally got to speak to the person who supervised the shuttles and he was able to quiet them during the night but they would start up at 7 AM. Would have been nice to sleep in a bit while on holidays. MY ADVICE. Avoid building o 32

Bahia Principe Explore La Romana: Okay Resort

The resort is very clean and well kept. Housekeeping services for rooms was excellent. The major downfall of the resort was the food in the buffet Many of the food trays appeared to be brought out night after night Ie beef strips. One night turkey was being carved and served as a feature. It was all gone in 45 minutes and the server advised there was no more turkey available!!!!! Evrntually they brought out some chicken but even that was limited. Someone grossly underestimated the amount o [... read more]f turkey required when the resort was apparently nearly full. Thankfully they had pasta-pizza etc available every night. Overall the food was a disappointment compared to other resorts I have been to. Our room was directly opposite the lobby of the Boganville lobby which was a turn around point for the shuttles being operated by the e hotel. Everytime they backed up the reverse alarm would start beeping which sounded like an alarm clock going off No sleep for the first two nights After complaining strenuously I finally got to speak to the person who supervised the shuttles and he was able to quiet them during the night but they would start up at 7 AM. Would have been nice to sleep in a bit while on holidays. MY ADVICE. Avoid building o 32

Lifestyle Residence Suites: solid four star

This is a big beautiful property. It has several sister hotels in the area which are accessible by provided shuttle buses, or walk.(maximum time to get to any hotel 6 minutes). the hotel we stayed was called Residence. There are many stairs and hills. Would not be suitable, in my opinion, for persons with mobility issues. There were many pools, never did I see overcrowding. Beach, we had a couple of beach days, we did not have a problem finding a cabana to use, however by the afternoon, i [... read more]t might be harder. It is my experience that the sea here is usually very wavy. (which we like). This would not be the beach for snorkelers. Food/drinks. There was never a shortage of food or drinks at this hotel. The food I gave a 3. There were a lot of stewy type foods. Even vegetables, at times were in some type of gravey. I truly believe they could do better with food, however I never walked away hungry. We went to the Italian al a carte, this was the only time we came across almost rude, employee.We came for a reservation 4 minutes early, the reception, stated, all these people are waiting, (she waved to show all the people sitting by the pool waiting to be seated) she stated, you will have to wait your turn. yikes..... I should mention, not every hotel offers everything. Example, all entertainment is at one sister hotel, the al a cartes are all at different sister hotels. It truly is not a big deal as there are many shuttle buses to take you were you need to go. There was a 20.00 us fee per person to get out of the country.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Love the resort

This was our fourth time there. I have all the best to say about the resort. Everyone was nice and helpful. Beach was great, rooms very nice and clean. Cleaning staff was excellent. Servers were great, working very hard to make sure we had a good time.

Playabachata Hotel: Playa Bachata

Major shortage of poolside lounge chairs had to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get a chair for the day. Food was repetitive and made, mostly into chopped up mixtures Staff was very pleasant. Cockroach in my room