Incredible Resort!

This resort is absolutely beautiful. Our room was amazing (we had a loft suite) and very very clean, I could not get over how nice the rooms were, especially after going to Cuba last year, this well exceeded our expectations. The food is great, the staff is amazing, the beach and pools are fantastic (especially the secret pool). I really cannot say enough good things about this resort, I have zero complaints. It even rained for a day and overcast the next and we did not care a bit. I nev [... read more]er write reviews, I always say I will but this is literally this first time I ever committed. It was that great and I strongly recommend this resort to anyone.

Great Resort

Rooms: we were in a newly renovated single story room in the palace section. Rooms were up to North American standards (with USB wall plates and a Bluetooth alarm radio for example). As you will read in other reviews, shower design is odd... it is a little difficult to get into and out of the shower (need a wooden step). Not an issue for people with no mobility issues but could be a problem for elderly guests. Also, there is only a sliding frosted door (with a finger hole) separating the room fr [... read more]om the bathroom. Not a big deal for a couple but could be awkward if you share a room with a friend. Also, if you can, try to get second floor room as the balcony is covered and is a nicer place to hang out (perhaps while your getting ready for dinner). Wifi: fairly strong free wifi throughout resort. Good enough for FaceTime. Beach: amazing beach. Chairs were not that difficult to find. We would go to the beach at 8am and could find very good seats in the "front row" with a parasol and there aren't really more than 3 rows (more or less) or chairs. Pools: pools were very nice and one is open late. Fairly relaxing atmosphere while we were there (ie people were having fun but it didn't feel out of hand in terms of partying - on the same note, i suppose that if you are looking for a more wild party trip, you may be a bit disappointed). Restaurants: Food was very good (relatively speaking - for an all inclusive resort in DR). Decor / ambiance was very nice in each à la carte. We went to six à la cartes. Our favorites were the steak house, Italian and Brazilian grill (we did not get into the Japanese restaurant but hear that it was also very good). You cannot make reservations unless you are in the royal section (i think). We would typically go to dinner around 8pm. I understand that if you go when restaurants open (6pm), you get in fairly quickly, otherwise you go on a waiting list. In our case, we waited anywhere between 15 minutes and 1.5+ hours. I would say the most frustrating part of the trip was getting into the à la cartes. Restaurants are sometimes half empty but you are still made to wait (i assume to keep tables open for whoever can reserve). It is also sometimes very difficult to figure out how much time until you are seated or how many tables are in front of you on the list. For example, you can be the next table on the list but then watch people walk into the restaurant ahead of you. When I asked if anyone can reserve tables (simply because I was trying to figure out how the system worked) I was told no... but I really think some guests can reserve and jump the line (royal guests and travel club perhaps???). This is all "fair game" if that is the case and perhaps if this was clear I could be "upsold" to one of those rooms if I decide to return in the future. In any event, we are on vacation and have nothing better to do so it did not ruin the trip or anything...also, you typically get a pager and can go wait near a bar so it was not that bad. Japanese was the only restaurant everyone could reserve but be ready to line up at reception at 7am if you want a sitting earlier than 1015pm. Also, if you have children or do not want to wait, the buffets were excellent and probably just as good as the à la cartes. Summary: great resort. Would consider going back, but with the option of reserving restaurants... so maybe upgrade to royal if price difference is not unreasonable (but could also be convinced to try another 5 star in the area).

Very nice

In many ways the Grand Palladium Place Resort and Spa was excellent. The hotel itself is very nice ,the customer service representatives were friendly and accommodating. The grounds were beautiful and kept clean and well maintained.. My wife and I found that meals were well prepared and gave each of us a nice choice to choose from. Waiters for the most part were friendly however, at times seemed to forget others and concentrate on people they knew better . We had a junior renovated s [... read more]uite and it was spacious with only a few problems that were fixed in a reasonable amount of time once they were identified. The major problem with the room was the tub. When having showers the water would leak onto the floor in the area of the bed. The glass tub enclosure (s) and I say enclosures because many of my siblings experienced the same problem. Checking in and out was very well organized. The hotel computer for printing out boarding passes was not working the best and after paying all that money why do we need to pay 5 US dollars to print out a boarding pass(30 min pc time). Myself and others experienced pc problems and, if they were not sorted out, the cost would have been much much more to print it out. To me this payment is a form of gouging an individual. A strong point is the fact that come 11 pm you could hear a pin drop, the bands had stopped playing in the vicinity of the hotel. Allowing all to have quiet a noise free environment to just sit back and relax or sleep. We would definitely book the hotel again.

Great Resort !

We were very pleased from the moment we arrived to the Grand Pladium Palace .The staff was extremely warm and friendly . Although our room was not ready when we arrived we were advised of which restaurants we could go to and our luggage was well taken of . Very shortly after our room was ready and we were very pleased .The room was as exactly shown online and very clean . The resort accommodated our requests to be close to the pool and beach . The food was great , lots of choices and entertainm [... read more]ent each night . I would definitely visit this resort again !

My review

The hotel and ground were perfect. The staff at the hotel were very nice and so helpful. Diffently go back in the future. The only downfall was it rained one day. All in all it was a perfect holiday.:)

Grand Palladium Palace Resort Punta Cana

The Good: Staff at all buffet restaurants Cleanliness of rooms Beautiful Grounds and pathways Trains and Golf carts to get between resorts Music in Palace lobby nightly Quality of made to order grills and omelettes Adult pool Beach and ocean Ground level room Television choices Friendliness of ALL staff Great lobby in Palace Great smoothies at Breakfast Ice cream variety at dinner Variety of guests from different countries ... Good ranges of ages too The average: Comfort of be [... read more]ds Food at buffet restaurants, but variety of salads, breads, main courses and desserts was outstanding The shows, singing and dancing The needs improvement: Better design for shower in rooms with jacuzzi for guests with mobility issues Too much effort on sales for Travel Club and SPA More effort to promote activities offered throughout resort that are free Improved method for a la carte dining Breakfast should go to 11:00 AM Staff needs to improve their language skills at lobby and buffet restaurants Better method of colours on wristbands. Somehow adding country flag sticker on the wristband would be helpful to.improve guest interaction

2nd Time Around

This was our second visit to the Grand Palladium Palace Resort & Spa. They had made a few changes since our first visit 2 years ago. We really enjoyed the upgrades to the lobby area, the pool area, and the room was very nicely decorated. The only thing we didn't like about the changes was the setup of the room with the bathroom enclosure: we could see privacy being an issue for some people with the frosted glass partition and, as we'd read in many previous reviews, there was a lot of water t [... read more]hat leaked from the shower into the bed area. Aside from that, we have only positive things to say. The restaurants were consistently delicious and had great options, we found different things to eat at the buffet every breakfast/lunch/dinner that were equally delicious. Loved the easiness of grabbing a hotdog from the cart around the pool or grabbing some fries and fried chicken at the beach snack bar. Also loved the late-night snack offerings in the sports bar--perfect after a night of drinking and dancing in the disco or lobby. Staff are overall amazing, friendly and efficient, from the waitstaff and bartenders to the gardeners, maids, and entertainment team. They made our stay feel like home and like a lot of fun. We love the size of the Palladium complex. We like to stay on the resort for the entirety of our stay and the amount of available activities onsite really added to the fun of our week. Almost every day we took a break from the pool or beach and either participated in pool games or went to the sports center to play basketball or tennis. One of our favourite activities was renting bikes for $5USD each: because the complex is so huge with so many pathways, it was really fun to tour it that way. Another favourite activity was the spa... We spent $10USD each to use the spa facilities, which included cold and hot pools, a sauna, an ice room, steam room, relaxation areas, and an area to apply your own mud/clay bath. The overall resort is beautiful and Bavaro Beach can't be beat. Even though it might be busy, there are always loungers available and lots of shady spots under the beautiful palm trees. You could walk the beach for hours if you wanted to. We would definitely recommend the Grand Palladium Palace to people who enjoy a great, fun, relaxing vacation with good food and service.

Wonderful trip

Our family had an amazing time at this resort. The resort is beautiful with lots of great restaurants and food. There are many pools and they didn't ever seem overcrowded no matter what time we showed up. As a family, we were looking forward to the children's club, however, we were quite disappointed. We had a hard time finding information on children's activities and really any kid's club information in general. The resort did have some activities going on for adults as well but again,  [... read more]they weren't well publicized (sometimes posters would be up at different locations but not for all activities) so we would just happen to come across them at different times and locations throughout the resort. Overall, a fantastic stay with lots of positives.

Great Trip with some exceptions

I will rate the following based on our experience at Palladium Palace; Food, Facility, Entertainment, Room and Sevice … then Overall. Food - 7/10 We found the Buffets fairly good with variety and quality. The a la carte restaurants were a bit of hit and miss; Very good – Mexican, Japanese (Show Grill), Average – Italian, Poor - Steak House. Mexican – Good menu and atmosphere, supply good quality and plentiful food. Service was the best at this restaurant. Japanese – Good Show at [... read more] the Grill (Hector), very engaging and entertaining as well the food was good. Italian – Food was average (self serve apps and pizza were good), pasta was a bit over cooked. Atmosphere was dark and service was standard nothing special. Steak House – There really nothing good to say … the self serve apps had Caesar salad just soaking in dressing, onion soup was a bit on the salty side and steaks were thin and dry. Service had a hard time getting the order correct, just a poor experience. Facility – 8/10 This is what I would consider a Super Resort – 4 resorts in one big complex, even so I have to admit the grounds were well maintained, pools were cleaned regularly and shuttles to move around the resort were abundant (really necessary). You can walk, but going from RST to the Sports Bar would be a hike. Entertainment – 6/10 The animation team was fairly inconsistent, some good/bad. Many times when an activity was scheduled (beach volleyball) you would have to chase them down to get a ball as no staff were at the beach. In the evenings, each resort within the complex would have music, but to see the shows you would need to do some walking/travelling to another area in the complex. Room – 8/10 We had a renovated Loft at the Palace, overall the room was nice the only knock was the funky design of the shower/tub and the dresser drawers in the closet need TLC. Service – 8/10 Found that tipping really went a long way to getting sustained or good service. Ie room/mini bar/buffet/bars/a la carte. Other – 2/10 In my opinion, there’s just way too much selling going on. You should have the right to a peaceful vacation (that’s what you paid for !!). Whether at the lobby, walkways, pool or beach we were constantly being solicited for Travel Club, Excursions, Spa or goods vendors. This wasn’t unique to the Palace as all resorts in the complex had the same atmosphere. For us, it got to the point that we avoided certain areas either by walking around the lobby or just not taking routes that made us pass the vendor tables. I know the Palladium probably sees this as a cash flow, but while it didn’t ruin our vacation it certainly contributed negatively. They post no reservations required at the a la carte restaurants, but with the proliferation of the Palladium App (Chat) this is no longer the case, we made 5 reservations on our 1 week vacation. I would recommend everyone take advantage of the system while you can, from our perspective it was just pandemonium at some a la carte restaurants (Japanese). Lastly, the sheer size of the resort and number of vacationers. While would had a good experience and would recommend Palladium Palace, it’s not for everyone. At least not if you’re looking for a more intimate atmosphere. Overall 7/10 Cheers

Beautiful trip

Let me start by saying thank you to all the staff at the Grand Palladium Palace, they made our stay very memorable. We have stayed at their hotel in Mexico and we will gladly return to others in the future.

Beautiful Resort with an Unexpected Surprise

After 3 stops to drop off guests at other hotels we arrived at the Grand Palladium Complex. It is a huge complex with separate lobby areas for each of the 4 resorts within it. We were dropped at the Palace Lobby ( so we thought) It turned out we were at the Royal Suites Turquesa Lobby. We were offered hot towels and champagne while we began our check in. They discovered there was a mix up and we were at the wrong hotel and were being sent over to the Palace Lobby. They gathered us up and t [... read more]ransferred us over. Once there we were informed that they were upgrading us no charge back to the Royal Suites Turquesa! So my review is of this hotel. Food was amazing, grounds impeccable. The whole length of the complex beach is just beautiful. We did have some lunches at the Palace. We also loved the live nightly entertainment at both the Palace and Royal lobbies. Our room was spacious and maid service was great. We used the room service which was awesome and the servings, well a bit too much but you were never hungry. We tried some of the a la cartes and they were great. Would highly recommend this hotel. We also used the Spa! OMG its amazing and the massage ladies are incredible. Make sure to take advantage of the water areas of the spa. Drinks were all good, top shelf available if you asked for it! I can't think of one thing to complain of...

Family Vacation January 2017

This resort is beautiful! It is kept very nice. Here is the summary of experience: Check in: Amazing - we arrived at 3:30, rooms were ready, and we had our keys and were to our rooms within 20 minutes of arriving. There was a small issue with one of our rooms (requested double beds in one room, and got a king), but it was rectified very quickly, and a new room was assigned immediately that met with our approval. Our rooms were in 95 block which we found conveniently located. We had a loft sui [... read more]tes, and they were very nice rooms.. as we only had 2 people in each of our rooms, the loft was not really used. The Bathroom shower/tub is not well designed, as mentioned in other reviews.. Water gets everywhere, and we needed extra towels to clean up the water... but it did look really nice, and the water pressure was awesome. Mini bar was stocked daily :) We found the bed very comfy! Food was good, the specialty Japanese and Brazilian were AMAZING!! Unfortunately, we did not get to many of the restaurants.. but the buffet was definitely a good alternative. There was a very good selection of food! Pools were beautiful, and lots of seats.. couple days got busy, but we always managed.. The resort was HUGE.. It really is 3 in 1.. (Grand Palladium Bavaro, GP Punta Cana, and GP Palace, can all share facilities, and then there is Royal Suites Turquesa, also, but GP guests do not have privilege there.. So, if you are at the Palace, and want to go to the Disco or Sports bar, or go see a variety show at the theater, it's a trolley ride to Bavaro.. I would have preferred if the resorts were "self sufficient", and if you didn't want to leave your corner of the world, you didn't have to. The sales people can get on your nerves, but after a couple times of saying no, it stopped. Overall, It's a beautiful place to go for vacation!

Grand palladuim palace/ Royal

apon arrival we were let off at that wrong hotel, (the royal) we had herd that someone we knew was upgraded to there and hoped they would let us stay, but they sent us back to the palladium but when we got there they sent us back to the royal . So we were upgraded , was very nice, room service all day, beach was good , pools were excellent, the whole complex was clean. Staff polite, English barrier wasn't to bad . The only thing i herd from our group of four was this....... beds were hard ( did [... read more]n't think so, one of the girls went for a message to get the kinks out) there should be a better blanket that stays on the bed better and is heavier. Hated the time share guys always on us, and herd nightmare stories of other travelers getting stuck for hours of there vacation in a room before that figures it out. and last but not least as a rye drinker it was hard to find. but i survived. All in all was a great hotel with a great experience . The food was incredible, actually grew tired of lobster ! crazy

Terrible Flight

Flight time was 8AM- we arrived at the airport at 5:20AM, completed check in, waited till 8AM, no boarding, no such announcement, so, we all had to be at the gate without going anywhere inside of the airport- at 8:10AM, the flight time changed to 11:45AM- again, no explanation. We waited till 11:45AM- no boarding at all- and around Noon- they started to board all passengers- and we had to wait inside of the flight till 1:40PM- NO Food- had to buy poor flight breakfast options to feed family.  [... read more] Flight attendants were very grumpy as they also were called to work on their own day offs. Understand the circumstances. However, we arrived to the hotel around 8PM (current time)- it was just tired, hungry, lost one day of the vacation. My mother got sick as spending too much of unexpected day- could not eat any food, and just stayed at the hotel room- hotel room did not have any sun gets into the room, smell like Fungus, phone/ security box not working- asked to fix them at the front desk couple of times, no one speaks proper English. Staffs were extremely nice/ very impressed by staffs- very clean- nice food- staffs were cleaning - tidy things up so well.

Super DUPER amazing resort

Everything was wonderful and beautiful. The weather was perfect; not too humid and not too cold. The staff were very nurturing and provided me with everything I needed. They were very social and always happy. The location of my room was perfect as well. Just steps away from the pool, beach, and a restaurant. The beach at Palace was beautiful. Staff were there cleaning the beach and discarding away seaweed or any sort of sea plants. Comparing to the other hotel property beaches, ours was by far c [... read more]leaner and the sand was very smooth. There was a wide variety of restaurants and the buffet always had a variety of choices. Overall, this hotel exceeded expectations and I plan to come again.

Fantastic resort

Wonderful stay. Beautiful clean rooms and grounds. Beach was amazing. There is a shuttle to take you around when needed. Excellent food and entertainment. Very polite and helpful employees. We will definately return to this resort!

Definitely 5 Stars from us!

We stayed at the Palace the end of October. The newly renovated rooms were great although I would say there were some design flaws but nothing that effected our stay. The food was amazing! Lots of variety and even the pickiest eater wouldn't have trouble finding something to eat. Although we don't speak a word of Spanish we were still able to communicate and the staff were overall very friendly. My only suggestion is if you don't speak Spanish and need service (maintenance/housekeeping/etc) don' [... read more]t waste your time phoning, just go to the main lobby and speak to someone in person or you will be waiting forever to hear back from someone. I can only assume it was the language barrier. The grounds were impeccably maintained! Beautiful mature gardens/landscapes. Lots to do or if you just want to relax, there are many pools and a long gorgeous beach to lounge and relax on. Would definitely go back! Just keep in mind you aren't at home and you can't go anywhere expecting perfection or you will always be disappointed wherever you go. Have fun and enjoy the ambiance and atmosphere!

Grand Palladium Palace Resort

Just arrived home from our lovely vacation which was awesome. The resort was immaculate, room was clean and beautiful. The food was great with a lot of selection at the buffett. Most people spoke English which was a blessing, since our spanish is limited. Overall, we are going back next year as it was very relaxing, maybe a bit too relaxing. In my opinion they could improve on the night life, but that is minor. I would give this resort 4.5 out of 5.

Excellent Resort

Everything was wonderful from the time we entered the lobby on Tues Aug 9th at lunch until the time we left on Aug 16th. All the staff were friendly and seem really interested in making sure we were having a good time. The food was wonderful and the whole resort was beautifully kept.

Outstanding

I can't really say one bad thing about the resort, rooms were beautiful always cleaned every day the grounds were well kept food was good people were friendly overall great experience the beach was amazing I could have done without the people bugging to buy stuff and excerssions on beach but I know that's how they make s living