Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Good food, old resort, still nice.

It's an older resort, and it shows. Very nicely landscaped grounds, otherwise a dated resort. My 7th Iberostar, and definitively not the best. - Grounds: The lobby and courtyard area are the best for relaxing or enjoying the nightlife - Rooms: Plain, and functional. Our first room was terrible, nothing worked, and the washroom pumbling was bubling, very dangerous! - Layout: A lot of walking for such a small resort. Narrow paths and switchbacks a very annoying - Pool: Nice layout, a bi [... read more]t dated, and needed much more cleaning of debris, dead bugs and feathers - Beach: a typical wavy Dominican beach, with sometimes rough seas, and often closed by the lifeguard. However it's the only quiet spot if you are looking for this. - Bars: long waits at every bar, even if you just want to get a glass of water - 10 minutes; you have to bring your own water bottles, which is not a good thing on vacation / resort. - Food: The buffet was very good. The restaurants can be skipped. You have to line up to get a spot, you cannot reseve 2 of the 3 restaurants, and the Japanese isn't worth reserving. - Staff: The staff is friendly, but don't offer much service. - Other: The New years party was well done, the resort really tries to entertain it's guests with special events! Overall a pleasant experience, marred by lots of small annyances that should not happen at a '5-star', or iberostar resort, especially at these extremely high prices. Still much better than all the other resorts in the area.

JOIA Bavaro by Iberostar: Better than last year

We stayed last year at the same time and loved this resort. Unfortunatly we could only book 2 weeks last year because of availability. We moved to TRS Turquesia for our last week and were dissapointed. This year we stayed for weeks (Dec. 14 to Jan 4) and enjoyed it very much. We stayed in room 7379 Oceanview Butler suite which, in my opinion is the best room in the resort. We toured the oceanfront rooms and the price difference was not worth it. We loved the beach as well as the pool areas. The [... read more] food was great in all the resteraunts as well as the buffets. My favourite place for lunch was the grill by the pool, best burgers ever. Our butlers Cofe, Renaldo and Juniour were very attentive and made things very easy to handle. I am mobility challenged so the elevators and the size of the resort were perfect. The bars are well stocked with high end choices as well as freindly bar tenders. We did not do any excurtions but heard Samona was nice. The staff were very accomodating like yelly who was very good. We will be going again next year at the same time.

JOIA Bavaro by Iberostar: Fabulous Resort

Well manicured grounds and stately architecture. Love the lagoon and boat replica. Suites comfortable and nice decor with balcony & jacuzzi tubs in bathroom. Small property so everything quite accessible and within walking distance to lobby, beach, restaurants. Great accommodating staff, esprvially fun Animation team. Lovely beach- white sand, not rocky with palapas for shade. Pool nice and weekly foam party. Bingo, archery, darts, dance lessons, disco, yoga and more with nightly entertainment. [... read more] Light music, DJ, singers, tribute shows, lots of dancing shows. Gourmet style food in restaurants, lots of sushi. Theme night buffets. Wonderful buffets for Xmas & New Years celebrations.

Iberostar Origin Daiquiri: Iberostar Origin Daiquiri is so nice.

The variety of food was very good considering this is Cuba. The resort was clean. Staff was friendly and the stores were open often. The pools were clean and maintained. The beach was awesome. The activities were plentiful. Room service was great. The rooms themselves were a bit dated. Fridge worked. We had hot water in the shower. Suggestions: they need to install more hooks. We had nowhere to hang up our wet towels and swim suits. We could have used an extra dresser as well.

Iberostar Selection Esmeralda: I Star esmeralda

This hotel has wonderful staffs and the food served during our stay were good enough ! They even served lobsters on 1st Jan and was a big surprise! The new year eve animation was Excellent! However, the disappointments were the stained chairs, free access of flies on desserts and some foods and not too clean cutlery! Hope management take note!

Iberostar Origin Playa Alameda: Resort rundown

The resort is poorly managed, shortages of basics, bad smell from the washrooms, room keys not working, rooms very outdated and quite non functional. We don’t go to Cuba for the food, but this time was the worst since we’ve been many times in 25 years. Despite the kindness of Cuban people, we will not return any time soon.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Amazing Resort!

This was a beautiful hotel with nice rooms, tons of activities, good food and friendly, fun staff. I was impressed by the gluten-free options available. Not all are visible, so you have to ask. When I asked if they had gluten-free pizza, they made me my own custom-made pizza, which was really good! My only complaint is that the rooms were really cold and when we lowered the air conditioner the bathroom ceiling would drip a lot.

Iberostar Origin Daiquiri: great resort 4th visit

great staff very nice beach no shortages lots of food fantastic xmas eve meal our 4th visit to this resort at xmas will return next year no power shortages. special thanks to Adreana , Marieelene , Keven, Leo, Samy ,Richard and Big mama. Raoul, and Rachele

Iberostar Selection Varadero: Amazing Resort!!

This resort far exceeded our expectations!! The staff were some of the kindess, hardest working, friendliest people we have ever met. The grounds and rooms were spotless. This trip made us fall in love with Cuba and its' rich culture. Excited to go back!

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Iberostar Dominicana

It was second time staying there. The hotel was good location not to far from airport, very clean, cute little casino and golfing close by. The staff was amazing great food. Pools and beach are really over and above.

Iberostar Selection Esmeralda: Great Resort

Good experience!staff is very helpful. The salon staff is great. Beach is beautiful. Pool is beautiful. Location very picturesque. Beach is very clean. Pool is very relaxing. Drinks are great. Carry your own food.

Iberostar Origin Daiquiri: Great Christmas Experience

I must say when we first got to the resort we were pretty unhappy with the food and our room. The room we had was right beside the shared balcony, and our sliding door lock was broken. However we got our room changed, and the food was way better the next day. Yes cuba food is cuba food, but normally we don't have issues with that as we can always find something. However the first day was not like that. Day 2 on was a lot better. The people there were amazing! Very friendly! The Christmas [... read more] eve supper spread was simply amazing! My eyes just about popped out of my head with amazement! The shows were fantastic, and the Christmas events they put on for the children was amazing! I love the Cuban culture with their children. So very nice! I thoroughly enjoyed the events. We also noticed they were roasting a pig and turkey outside so we went over to investigate. The guys there were hand turning them for 6 hours! That is crazy, and it was very tasty. It is a very windy area, and because of that there were many people wind surfing, which was fun to watch. We normally snorkel alot, but this time of year the water isn't very warm. So we only got in the ocean once. We were told this area isn't great for snorkeling! Thank you for the lovely Christmas experience Iberostar Origin Daiquiri

Iberostar Selection Esmeralda: The resort is ok

The resort was nice but the food was terrible. The snack bar only had ham and sausage every day. The only other option in my 14 days stay was bacon on the last day. The food in buffet and a la carte was terrible. At the a la carte we found a fly in the cake and another table found a fly in the ice cream on another day. Stay away from this resort.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Great value

Ocean was not aqua blue, buffet was edible but not top quality, rooms are very clean, use the blow dryer to dry your sheets because it’s damp! Service was great, nice gym, peaceful place. Eat right at 6PM when the buffet opens.

Iberostar Waves Paraiso del Mar: Outstanding Resort. Beautiful ambiance and beach.

Our stay at the Iberostar Waves was amazing. The resort is vast and surrounding by lush mangroves that attract birds and hear their chirping. Our room was fabulous close to the beach and could hear the sound of the waves from the room. The staff and services are great. The only drawback was the entertainment. The hotel needs to raise the bar on entertainment. The hotel has many restaurants and offers an international cuisine vegan and gluten friendly options. There were a few East Indian  [... read more]families and it would be nice if indian food was added to the menu. It is an eco friendly and paperless resort therefore you have to rely on concierge to assist with figuring out the services and navigating the resort. Overall we had a great experience.

Iberostar Waves Paraiso Beach: 5th time to Mexico and by far the best

Just came back from a pre-Christmas Mexico trip that will be hard to top. The resort was fantastic, the food was excellent, the weather and beach was great. The key item though was the attention paid by the staff. There were initially a couple of issues with the room which were addressed but we were still in two separate non-adjoined rooms. Maria at the front desk kept track, and followed up the next day by offering much larger adjoining rooms for a small upgrade cost. This allowed the who [... read more]le family to be together and also have separate spaces critical with 3 teenagers for the best experience. I have been to many good resorts over the years but Iberostar Waves Paraiso Beach was by far the best because of the quality of the resort but much more because of the quality of the service.

Iberostar Selection Paraiso Lindo: Fun and relaxing

Great food and pools. Beach was very crowded but enjoyable. Restaurants were easy to get a table at. Quality of food at buffet and restaurants was very good. Location was a bit isolated, though everything you need was more or less there.

Iberostar Selection Holguin: Nice resort

It has all you need to enjoy a calm and quiet vacation. It is a nice resort, the common areas are very well maintained. We had great time at the swimming pool, the beach is very pretty, but definitely the people made the difference. The employees at the resort are very friendly and try really hard to please the tourist. The rooms are big and comfortable (humidity was high so there was a wet odour). The food was not bad, a little repetitive though. For a family wanting to have a relaxing time, [... read more] it is the perfect spot. For luxury, find another place.

Iberostar Origin Bella Vista Varadero: Good resort

We really like Iberostar Bella Vista Cuba Friendly staff Great location on, great beach location, food, service. We enjoyed our two weeks vacation I and my friends planning to go back for another vacation

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Resort was great, well maintained as to be expected

Everything was maintained very well. Good food and the a la carte restaurants were very good good. Ocean was rough a few days but nothing the resort could do about that.overall highly recommend to anyone