Temptation Grand Miches Resort 21 Plus: Amazing resort

It was really nice trip. Rooms, service, food, entertainment-++++++++++ Special thanks: Joel-Sexy Pool Bartender, Antonio-Dining room Server, Popey, Capuchino, Electra, Bubles and all their friends-Entertainment Staff.

Riu Republica: Had fun

My boyfriend and I had a great time. The beach was beautiful and we took a walk on it each day. They had many different kinds of food that wasn’t too bad. I wish the restaurants that they has would serve you food, they were all buffet style, except for the steak house. The pool that has a swim up bar and music, the water was filthy. Our room key, probably six out of the seven days stopped working on us and we had to go to the front desk to get a new one that’s was frustrating. It also wouldâ [... read more]€™ve been nice if the entertainers played more games with the people staying at the resort and were more engaging with us. If you don’t go to the RIU parties there’s not much going on during the day at the resort I felt. It would be nice if more of the RIU parties were during the night and not during mid day and dinner time. Either way I still enjoyed myself.

Royalton Splash Punta Cana: Worst Customer Service

The hotel grounds is clean, and the grounds are nicely maintained. The pools are clean and with various options. The service model requires a significant over haul. whether a diamond club member or standard room the service was the same and horrible. My family experience he worst treatment at this Royalton which was surprising given we've stayed at the Royalton in other countries and found the service to be fantastic. We experienced everything from being ignored at the bars, being ignored a [... read more]t dinner waiting over 20 minutes for cutlery or even worse almost an hour for drinks to go with dinner. Being a diamond club member meant premium liquor applied to us, but when we called for it at the bar the bottles were not apart of the package. Two minutes later the same bartender is serving the same bottle of liquor to a non-diamond club member. Royalton Punta Canada Splash you need to do better.

Occidental Caribe: Amazing Resourt

The hotel was very clean the staffs was very polite and courteous. One down side we didn’t receive a face cloth for the 5 days we were there, and only one bath towel per person per day. I would visit this hotel again

Dreams Dominicus La Romana: Great times at Dreams!

We went to Dreams Dominicus La Romana for our Honeymoon and had a great time! This is resort is low key and relaxing. The staff were so kind and helpful. The food was excellent. We especially loved the buffet and Italian restaurant (Portofino). They had great gluten free options at all meals, and the a la carte restaurants clearly labelled the gluten free options. We went during September and it was not very busy - we never waited for the restaurant and were always able to find a lawn chair. The [... read more] beach was absolutely gorgeous - we watched beautiful sunsets and there was zero seaweed.

Catalonia Bavaro Resort: Not the best unfortunately!

We have travelled the Caribbean well over 20 times. We have been to DR 3 times. We were going with a large group and this resort was chosen for us already. Many of us suffered from horrible food poisoning after eating at the italian restaurant. Everyone that had the chicken that night. Those who were sick were in their rooms for 1.5 days wasting their vacation and were still under the weather and not able to fully enjoy things for several days. We witnessed many unsanitary conditions when it c [... read more]ame to food where visible, I could only imagine what was happening behind closed kitchens. Raw meats being cooked on open grills (chicken especially concerning) using the same tongs to handle raw meats as to serve the customers cooked foods with. Birds being allowed to walk all over food in the buffet and seeing feces on fruits. I'm sure this country has health regulations but they were not following them here. I'm sure many other visitors have fallen ill as well. Only about 50% of the staff was happy in any way to be there working. Only in Dominican have I experienced this. No towels, no hot water for 2 days. Electrical wires exposed outside my children's room. Never again will I go back to this country or book this resort chain again. I feel very ripped off we lost 1.5 days of vacation due to illness and experiences many other inconveniences considering the money we paid for this resort. Star rating should be lower until they step it up!

Bahia Principe Explore La Romana: An okay resort

This hotel was nice to stay at but it wasn’t up to expectations. The food was mediocre, it was edible but there wasn’t anything that stood out and that included the restaurants. You can only book the restaurants 3 times in your 7 days and your wait time will be very long before being served and the food will be just okay THE BEACH IS DIRTY. Some of the staff will try to tell you that there was recent flooding and that’s why it’s not swimmable but other staff will tell you that it [... read more]’s been this way for years and just hasn’t been cleaned. I have read some reviews from the past now and it seems the beach has been dirty for a long time. There is not a lot of nightlife. The bars close early at the resort and after the 9pm entertainment show there is nothing to do so if you’re young and looking to have fun this is probably not the resort for you (the crowd is mostly elderly people and family with young children) Overall, if you are okay with just relaxing by the pool and going to bed early this is a great resort to stay at. If you’re looking for nightlife and beach days a different resort is better to book.

Select Sosua Adults Only, Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: Casa marina Select

We were very happy with our choice!! Staff was excellent!! Food was wonderful plenty of choices. Cleanliness of room and grounds were great !! Not any complaints to speak of !! We never even used all of the a la cart restaurants this time around but Herman’s was fabulous!!

Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa: Beautiful resort

Beautiful resort, very clean and helpful staff. Took our family with out 8 months baby, and we had the time of our life. From checking in to check out everything was smooth and stressless. The restaurants and the buffets were amazing as well serving all types of foods.

Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Just OK

The receptionists Luis and Juan at the lobby are responsive, but the housecleaning and room service staff are not at all. I asked the reception for my sheets to be changed (because it was dirtied with a shoe print on it!) and towels at 5pm but they never came. Same thing happened when I ordered room service through the app, they never delivered my breakfast. To be honest I think the staff are overworked and underpaid, they looked miserable, not happy even when you tip them. Food was good and ba [... read more]rs were good. Enetertainment team was great also. The ocean was bad, and jellyfish all around to sting people. Lots of flies and mosiquitoes both outdoor and indoor, I wish there was something the hotel could do about it My biggest complaint is the Air canada/Coming 2 guy Johnny Pena at the tour booking desk. Not only did he book the wrong tour for us, he would not admit his mistake but instead accusing us for not checking the "ticket" that was never sent to our email. I only took a picture of it just in case, and obviously it was in spanish too. He refused to apology and instead of admiting his fault and being apologetic, he was mad at me and spoke only spanish to my friend when we were trying to resolve the issue. He was the most arrogant, unprofessional, and rude person I have encountered on this trip.

Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa: great getaway

The grounds and the staff were very welcoming and beautiful. The pool was quite big and lively, but not too crazy with party goers. the Beach is not crystal blue water, it is a bit darker, but beautiful regardless, we went right after a storm, so the beach was closed for 2 days because of immense amts of seaweed, but the staff wroked around the clock to remove it and they did. The rooms were always clean, but a bit outdated. The entertainment was VERY good, with a variety of things to watch and  [... read more]separate shows for the kids, but all shows were kid friendly.

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: So family friendly!

Overall a great experience but of course there are some pros and cons Pros: 1) Family friendly, everything from where the family rooms are located , elevators everywhere, a path that's shaded to get your little one out of direct sun, a kiddie pool, lazy river and splash pad, kids menu, high chairs , elevators, mini club and activities 2)the property is just beautiful, tastefully decorated and they even have that spa smell 3) Some staff really go above and beyond, Rubin and Wendy at the bea [... read more]ch Bar, Carlos at the lobby bar, Jose at front desk/lost and found was a life saver ! Johanna at the splash pad was like a big sister to our son, Photography crew, animation crew, can't say enough good things about all of them. Cons 1) Definitely not a party resort, so if you want that vibe you'd have to go out or stay elsewhere 2) The beach is not really good for swimming, lots of seaweed and despite their best efforts to clean it out some days the water was almost black in colour from all the seaweed and rocks coming up to shore so not great for a beach lover unless you go out on excursions 3) The food and service is inconsistent. You're not likely to get a drink the same way from two different bartender so follow the person who makes it the way you like it. Some days the same dishes at the buffet were overly salty or overcooked. It all depends on who you land on. And some staff were border line rude.Twice within the week I had to call to ask them to clean our room...etc. 4) it's first come first serve for à la carte restaurant. It's nice that you can just walk in but with a baby we didn't have the luxury of time to be on a waitlist . The only one you can reserve is tappiniyaki and we did enjoy that one Other relevant information 1) the air Canada experience and the transfer to and from the hotel were a nightmare . Sunwing seemed to be the better option in comparison 2) I couldn't get an answer in time on whether I can get a crib in the room or not so I had to pack mine, I had emailed the hotel and our rep here a few days before we left but didn't hear back

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Won't go back

Staff were very unfriendly and rude We would ask the main lobby for an americano, they would tell us to use the machine. we waited an hour for the coffee machine to work because it was empty and still wouldn't make us a coffee with the machine at the bar. Cockroaches were all over the room enterainment was minimal and not good. bars would stop taking orders before 11pm

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: Great resort

The grounds are great, the facilities excellent especially the lazy river, the room was clean but the beach was covered with sea weeds which was not great. The service in the dinning room was very poor most of the time. Michael was the only person that provided excellent service but we did not get him at all times. At times it was wait time to get into the dining room and conclude the dining room was not large enough to accommodate the amount of people. Overall the facility was great.

Coral Costa Caribe: Amazing Resort

This was my 15th time to the Coral Costa Caribe. It is the best Caribbean resort and I have traveled extensively to 6 Caribbean countries over the years. The resort caters to their clients and treat me like royalty. I have now gotten to know a lot of the staff personally and the greeting I receive when I show up is unbelievable. The accommodations, beach, food and customer service are all top-notch. I will continue to make the Coral Costa Caribe my holiday destination as I know what I a [... read more]m getting every time! The location is close to numerous interesting places to visit off-resort and places you will want to visit every time you visit. It may not "present" as a 5-star online but this resort offers like a 5-dtar in my opinion.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Amazing Resort

Second trip to the Ambar and it's totally awesome here. The one negative thing I can say about my recent trip was a lack of service staff at the Sports Bar. This is a popular hangout but this time there were only 2 waitresses to serve the whole bar. We had to leave, twice, because our waitress never came back with our drink order. Other than that, 5 stars for absolutely everything else. Will definitely be returning.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Bad

We booked all inclusive for my spouse and I for our honeymoon. To start, the hotel is about 30ish mins from the airport. Trip Central supposedly let the hotel know that it was for our Honeymoon however of course the front desk staff didn’t know about that and when we told them upon check-in nothing was offered except “oh, we didn’t know” We booked the Junior Suite with 1 king bed and the room itself was nice from afar but that was it. No hot water, the bed was harder than a rock (I n [... read more]ow need to go to a chiropractor) and much more. We were in building 41 and they were doing a huge construction project on a pool right outside of our room with jackhammers going all day long Monday-Sunday 8 am to 7pm, that was extremely unpleasant, loud, and dusty, we went to the front desk to ask to change rooms however they responded with “we have none available” lmfao. All of the pools at the Cofresi side were in very bad shape as in paint chipping everywhere, garbage in the pools, the waterfalls weren’t on etc. also, they close their pools at 6 PM and there is no swim-up bars operating probably because they’re leaking water. This hotel is in very rough shape. The housekeepers didn’t speak a speck of English so trying to talk to them was impossible. Our phone didn’t work in our room so we had to walk up 16 flights of stairs and about 15 min walk to get the front desk for Them not to do anything. The buffets were good however (The Pearl) There is 96% of Dominican locals that stayed here when we were there and they were what almost seemed like put off because we were Canadian which gave us a very uncomfortable vibe the whole time. The beach: Nice, good swimming conditions, next to no seaweed (we’re there in august) but that’s we’re the good ends. Between the Spa Salesman, Giftshop people, Cigar shop people and timeshare salesman’s made our experience crappy as we were harassed everyday to buy something (we got really good at saying no lol) The timeshare salesman wasted half of our last day for us to continue to say NO every time! My husband said the men’s bathroom in the buffet (the Pearl) has a leaking urinal when he went in and there was a blue POOL TOWEL underneath it to catch the leak like EW! and they give you those blue pool towels to use 🤢 All staff expected tips even for poor service. As per front desk: you only get your mini fridge stocked day of arrival ONLY. I walked up to front desk one morning because we had no water in our room and our phone never worked to call them. Front desk tells me “we don’t have bottled water and you have to wait for the buffet to open to get a GLASS of water” like what? I guess I’ll just dehydrate all day to wait for the buffet or bar to open. What a joke! We had to go off resort to buy more bottled water. (The hotel water is potable, obviously) They say “All Inclusive” but you have to pay for: Wifi, Safe Lock, Xtreme Zone, most activities etc. This was one of the worst resorts we’ve ever been to. We will never be back and we are making a complaint to Trip Central. By far the least all-inclusive resort.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Excelent resort

The resort is quite nice, the grounds and the tropical vegetation is awesome. The beach was very pretty and have nice surrounding trees and palm trees. There was no seaweed. The service was good, the amenities were good, particularly the sports bar and the the gym. The buffet and a la carte restaurants were pretty good. Animation team and recreation activities including the evening shows were fun. Have a great time

Grand Palladium Select Bavaro: Save your money and go somewhere else

I paid $1788 cad a person which I find is overpriced big time for this hotel. One room was great but the other was terrible. Broken toilet seat, shower head, and shower door. Air conditioning was leaking water on the floor daily. Service: not great. Took them 3 days to bring me toothpaste as I forgot mine. First 3 days we could hardly get coffee and water served for breakfast. Very slow service - got better by day 4. Drinks were good. Beach was terrible. HUGE amounts of seaweed that they just gr [... read more]ind it down- they don’t pick it up but this is an issue in the ocean so I would avoid the Atlantic Ocean resorts. We love the beach but only went 2 days. Pools could of been cleaner. Water was hot buy 1:00 pm as it was really hot. 42 degrees with humidity. Plenty of chairs and towels. Food was very good. I have severe allergies and the head chef would take me to explain what each item had inside the food. I did stay away from the areas that had seafood ( my allergies) as people mix the spoons. Entertainment wasn’t great. The kids arcade was great. The resort is HUGE which I found too big. Be prepared to walk tons. A la carte that were great; the italian and Japanese. Steak house I didn’t like and the food only came at 9. Air conditioning needs to be improved in the buffets and restos as with the extreme heat, we were boiling hot 🥵. I have asthma and struggled with this. Check in was ridiculous. Took us 1 hour as the guy i had didn’t know what he was doing. Check out was great. The bus to and from the airport was great. Great AC. Airport was brutal. There isn’t AC everywhere and it’s a long wait. We stayed in the duty free stores till the end basically but when we had to board the plane , no AC. Long line and we were put on a bus that had no AC. I almost fainted and had an asthma attack. Bus takes you to the plane then you have to walk up a ramp into the plane. In the extreme heat, if you have health problems I highly suggest you either do VIP or have help from the airport prior to booking. I regret this as I didn’t realize this could of happened. Thank god the airplane is really cold but took me 2 hours to feel better. When I arrived home, they also stole my cigars so don’t leave any cigars in your check in luggage. I’m sure it was the airport in the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately I don’t recommend this hotel. I would not return. Also, not many people speak English so learn Spanish. I speak Spanish and still could not get the service at times. Gift shop extremely expensive. $6 usd for toothpaste, chips were 2 for $18 usd , I bought a stainless steal coffee tumbler and it was $30 usd. Bracelets were 3 for $10. Beware of the peddlers! They harass you everywhere you go especially the beach. They also start extremely high with prices then go really low when they see you won’t bite. We did 1 extersion which was good. The party boat - seascape - booked with Marcus. We paid $83 usd per person. They said high prices due to the pandemic:(. Bargain with the peddlers. We wanted to buy 3 bracelets and they asked for $80usd. Then we only took 2 of them and got for $15 usd each which it already broke . We purchased the metal ones with the blue stones. Anyway, al in all, I won’t return.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Amazing Resort Luxury Ambar

WHERE" to start and "HOW" to start saying THANK YOU. Also how grateful and blessed I am to have spent even a week with all of you at the BAHIA PRINCIPE in PUNTA CANA, especially at the LUXURY AMBAR. Having a "home away from home" to come back to every vacation made my trip more enjoyable and memorable. Your hospitality, service, kindness, respect, Love and friendship were exceptional, appreciated and will never be forgotten. I can't stop talking about the enormous amount of fun I had with al [... read more]l of you. It is always a pleasure to visit the Bahia Principe in Punta Cana, especially the Luxury Ambar. Words cannot describe how grateful I am to all of you for making me feel so special. Thank you.