Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Great Value

My wife and I spent a terrific week here last month and would happily return. The amenities (even a gym), location, entertainment, service and especially the food were all above our expectations. Wifi was good, and though not free, was inexpensive.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: A definite on my return list!!

I had reservations on traveling solo for a tropical vacation... But it turned out to be awesome... Great service, amazing food...all my needs met and then some! I would give it a 4.5 rating. My trip central agent chose the best place for me... And would use her again.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Great family vacation

Excellent resort for families with little guys. Room was spacious and modern. Large private beach with hard packed sand nice for walking. Grounds and buildings were well maintained. Only complaint is the hotel supplied cribs were unsafe & rickety at best. Bring a playpack if you have children, everything else was great!

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Great resort.

Grounds and main pool area are wery well kept. Beach is close to anywhere you are staying in the resort. Buffet was extremly good with large variety of foods. A la Carte restaurants were also very good.

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: playa dorada celuisma not even 2 star

This was my first trip to Dominican Republic. It was not a great first impression. Resort is in need of major repair and service. Rooms were old, no fridge, air conditioner was noisy and didn't work Taps leaked, more water came out of the taps than faucet, toilets did not flush properly, toilet was always plugging. Light fixture did not work consistently. No hot water for showers. Food was terrible and always cold. I have been to a 3 start resort in Cuba and the food was better there. There was  [... read more]a water cooler on each building but unless you ask you do not get water, and even when we asked, it took 24 hours before we had water. Service in the dining area was terrible. Also, only one four slice toaster for the entire resort. Beach was lettered and a lot of seaweed. The bartenders at the beach bar were fantastic, very friendly and would walk out onto the beach to serve you.

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Very friendly resort

The hotel is beautiful. I found the staff to be exceptionally friendly. Got plenty of towels for showers. Basically you get what you paid for. The food didnt cause stomach aches so thats a plus!!!!! However the buffet needs more variety.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Great resort

Very good resort, very clean, staff were friendly. drinks were ok, not a lot of selection. If you wanted mamosas or baileys you need to be a vip. Food in a la carte restaurants was good but hard to get in because not a lot of seating. Buffet had a large variety of foods. Always something different to eat. 1 of our 3 rooms had shower issues and a new room was offered. Over all great place to vacation.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Beautiful

The resort exceeded my expectations The food was excellent with a vast variety of dishes from all over the world..Very helpful and friendly staff.Get the suite if you can it`s well worth the additional cost.I would defiantly come here again.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Excellent Resort

Hotel facilities were beautiful! The food at at the Buffet was excellent and there were always variety. The service was excellent! We were there during a storm and got flooded but they still moved our room. The beach was not very nice though. It was brown. It was private though.

Riu Merengue: Ok resort

The hotel rooms were great food was good entertainment was horrible staff were great was next to impossible to book an alacarte it rained for 4 out of the 7 days we were there all day all night and all through the night the beach was all rock .

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Nice resort

The hotel itself was very nice. The rooms were cleaned and also fumigated while we were there. But that only brought the bugs out of their hiding spots. I found the service poor, there is no waiters if you wanted a drink you needed to go get it yourself. Also their choice of alcohol left a lot to be desired. Their wine was was watered down. The pool was not very cleaned, so we spent 98% of our time at the beach. The beach was well kept. All weeds picked up every day. The food at this resort is t [... read more]he best , the A la cart restaurant were first class.

Paradise Playa Dorada: Grand Paradise Playa Dorada - we'd go again!

The resort is beautiful, the grounds are kept very clean and the staff is very friendly. The only problem we had was we had 3 days of rain which brought up a lot of seaweed on the beach - but eventhough the beach was cleaned daily the rain made the seaweed impossible to keep up with - but of course this was not the resorts fault.

Casa Marina Sosua Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: good with the bad

Rooms were clean food was good. Staff was excellent and ready to please. Could be more liquor selection and a 24hour food place would be nice but again, you get what you pay for. Safe place cool people. Overal a good time.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Beach area not good.

The buffet hardly has any seafood to offer, lots of fish however. A vacation resort should always have a coffee machine for cappuccino and espresso, a vending machine is no good. No snacks to be found on resort after 10.00 P,M. Steak house is an illusion, for impossible to book a seat without shelling out some big American dollars to the staff. A bag of Lays chips cost $6.00 U.S., about $10.00 Canadian WOW........ Thinking of starting my own chip selling business there. The Casino has no air con [... read more]ditioning, and toilets that look like the ones in N.Y. city subways. I almost got stuck in the bathroom. Too much H2O in the alcoholic drinks. The ice is made from tap water, therefore causing many people to be sick.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Nice hotel

Bed was uncomfortable!! Beach staff was always after you (almost harassment). Server's and maid was excellent. Pools are clean, beach was nice! Food was not soo good! First and last time in Rep.Dom.!!

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: beautiful resort!!

Relaxing, peaceful resort - very large resort with a cozy feel. You can walk for miles and enjoy the markets on the beach o en th shops at the strip mall. Food was amazing and staff make you feel at home.

Riu Merengue: It was a nice trip!!

The hotel was kept very clean. I had been there 3 years before so I knew it was going to be a good choice. My only disappointment was not knowing that I was booking a room on the village side. I would have preferred the garden side. The maid kept out room clean and tidy, and always brought fresh towels. Only complaint would be that the pillows could be a little thicker. The entertainment got pretty repetitive on the village side, same dances and what not, but we didn't watch much as we had to p [... read more]ut our baby to bed at a decent time. The staff was incredibly friendly!!!! I can't stress enough about how amazing they all were. This is one of the reasons why I wanted to go back to this resort. The food was good for a buffet. Lunch had the most limited selection, but let me tell you, those pancakes at breakfast were always a huge hit!! Not going to lie Sunwing was a little disorganized when it came to figuring out what shuttle we were on to get to the resort, and the staff with Sunwing at POP airport weren't the greatest either. All in all, I would go back for a third time! :)

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: ok but not fantastic!

beach great, entertainment terrible- staff's comedy & entertainment pretty terrible & not really funny. Not a place for kids. Found one cockroach in our room. Scams everywhere if you are looking to go out of complex. Don't take any fishing excursions....all scams. Food ok.

Blue Bay Villas Doradas: Very good resort

Hotel very clean, well kept. Friendly staff, helpful. Food was good. Only downside was venders on the beach. As well as trying to be sold more trips through "circle one" very pushy and use the guise of "hotel information" to get you to talk to them. Advice: Decline any propositions unless you are interested. Excusions were fun. We booked one through air transat, and one through beach vendors. Both were fine but transat was put more professional. Great vacation overall.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Wonderful service

Wonderful service the rooms were so clean and well kept The staff were very gracious We would go back in a heartbeat!! Thank you for the wonderful memories we will recommend this resort to all our friends!