Nice resort

We visited this vist with our 2 kids. The overall ambiance of this resort is beautiful. Food was good. Staff were nice. Pools were great.Love the different food themes every night and the nightly entertainment were awesome! Overall, we had a great vacation and will definitly return. Things that could have been better, the guest services staff who were booking for the la carte restaurant, could not recommend any of the restaurant. They thought there was nothing special.That made me a bit skeptica [... read more]l. The cleaner for our rooms comes to clean at 5:00pm. Exactly when we are getting ready for dinner. This happened more than a few times.

Expecting better...

Having been to Dominican before I knew what to expect. I've stayed in different areas and knew Punta Cana was my favorite. The food was good, no complaints. The service was great, never in need for anything. The grounds were well kept. My issues were with the room itself. Red ants everywhere. I mean we soaked Kleenex in OFF bug spray and plugged the cracks in the walls to stop them from wandering in. The AC was functional but so loud, it scared us when it would turn on. You'd have thought someth [... read more]ing was breaking. We had upgraded to Royal Golden and though it was closer to the beach, I don't feel like it was worth the upgrade. The lack of space on the beach and around the pools made for an adventure trying to find available chairs every morning...regardless of how early you went looking. If I were to go back to this resort, I'd skip Royal Golden and go straight to the Esmeralda site. Definitely worth the upgrade. Only way I'd come back. Expectations... Didn't meet mine but having traveled with someone who'd never been to a resort before they were quite happy with everything.

Very good resort

The rooms were larger than expected and were cleaned regularly. Food was good and staff were very polite and accommodating. The grounds were well kept. Had a thoroughly enjoyable time and would certainly revisit.

Amazing Resort

We went to the grand Bahia Principe Bavaro in April 2014 for our 25th wedding anniversary. When we arrived, we were a bit overwhelmed at the size of the resort, but that quickly left us. It was clean, there were no bugs, the food was absolutely fantastic, I would and have highly recommended this resort. Our stay was perfection!

Very Good!

I booked this vacation last minute with a friend of mine. After checking out all the reviews on Tripadvisor we weren't quite sure which resort we wanted to stay at. We finally decided on this one. when we arrived at the resort we were greeted by Johonna who was amazing throughout our entire stay! She was very friendly, and helpful. Along with Kenia and Louis (If I remember his name correctly) they were also great! The food was really good which was a pleasant surprise considering all the mixed  [... read more]reviews, but it was good. There could have been more Dominican food, but it wasn't a big issue. The Room and washroom was fine, and clean for the most part. The only issue I have here is with the lighting, it was a bit too dim, and the light switches didn't always work. Again, not a big deal, but something to be aware of. The grounds are always clean and tidy, which is good. Any mess left behind by other guests, like glasses or half consumed alcohol was usually cleaned up right away. Again, when cleaned, the rooms were fine, but the length of time it took for our room to be clean was a bit much. Had to call front desk a couple times to let them know our room had not been cleaned and this was around evening time. Pools were great, lots of fun and good people. great staff around the pools that did their best to keep everyone entertained. One thing that was lacking was the nightly entertainment, specifically the disco which played the same music every night, it kind of got repetitive and annoying. another thing that could have been better was the alcohol, which was kind of watered down. The best thing there was the gin and beer. OVERALL, it was a great trip, and the resort was very good. I would definitely come back here again. Staff was great, and did their best to make up in areas that were lacking.

The resort property is huge - multiple hotels

The hotel was quite beautiful, well kept and clean. The grounds were imaculate. The service was fantastic and very personal. Really enjoyed all the restaurants. The resort was much larger than I like however, the international travelers it attracted were very interesting. Funny how you can communicate with someone when you don't speak each other's language.

Not that great as expected !!!

I came to Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro with my family as two couples together on December 6, 2013 for two weeks with big hope to relax and rest. Before coming I emailed hotel with request to be located as close as possible to the beach. Unfortunately I was located in Premium Club farthest away from the beach. Very unhappy I tried immediately change the room but I have to waste three days of my vacation to be finally moved to another villa. We love Bahia Principe hotels but not this one . Service,  [... read more]beside reception, and rooms are very good, we can not complain. This hotel is located on beautiful grounds but is too big to compare to the small size of the beach. It is very inconvenient to"hunt" every single day for sun lounger and to be squeezed like sardines on the beach. Very similar situation was with the pools, not enough space for everybody not to mention about lack of beach towels. Trams are very smelly giving you headache, should be changed to electrical .. For us struggling with small things when you are on vacation does make any sense. Was absolutely impossible to relax in this hotel!!! In Punta Cana ,better go to Riu Hotels.

Good

Nice resort, but not a 5 stars. The can try to improve on service, I did not find the managers or the staff very freindly. One morning my husband was not feeling well so I went to buffet and asked the manager if i can take some breakfast for my husband, he told me that is not possible I can hide some bread in napkin and take but that is about it. The resort should start by training their managers for customer service so they can teach the staff.

Love it !

What a wonderful resort. I would definitely bring my family back again.Love the beach side eating. The pools were great, beachside ones were a little to loud for me , but the upper ones were great, loved having the option.

Beach was great! Terrible room!

After paying a considerably higher than usual amount for a 1 week stay, we expected to have great room, and delicious food, but that was not the case. Hotel payed attention more to the look of the outside rather than taking care of the problems in the rooms. Aside from slipping in the shower and injuring myself pretty badly on our first day, we had to deal with a leaky ceiling right above the toilet. Imagine sitting on the toilet and water dripping on your head (possibly toilet water from the r [... read more]oom above). Hotel attempted to fix the issue but it was not resolved. We did not get anything to make our stay more comfortable. Food was very repetitive and did not have a large variety. I ended up loosing weight rather than gaining. Took a lot of time going from place to place due to the large resort. Resort busses were pretty good on time but again wasted a lot of time going from one place to the next. Beach was absolutely spectacular. There was enough room in the shade and plenty of chairs for everyone. Pool areas were pretty clean and the water was very warm and enjoyable. We had a somewhat relaxing holiday, advise from limping and dripping toilet water. I would not spend the money to go to this resort again. Completely overpriced!

Incredible 50th Birthday!!

This was the most amazing resort to spend my 50th birthday AND my daughter's 21st birthday, both on New Year's Eve!!! What an incredible party the resort hosted! Fantastic shows, great overall entertainment, fireworks, WOW! Such outstanding memories!!! I HIGHLY recommend this resort!!!!!! The staff is also wonderful and the pool activity coordinators are a blast!!! Thanks for an outstanding trip!

Won't being going back!

Grounds are beautiful but rooms and restaurants need some TLC. We happen to be there at the same time ast 1500 university students which was not enjoyable. They more less took over the resort and when travelling with young children, there are certain things you would not want them exposed to. Rude, abnoxious behaviour everywhere. We received our welcome back again party invitation the day we were leaving, extra activity charges on our bill which they eventually removed and the beaches were way o [... read more]vercrowed.

Great resort

Nice resort! Lovely beach but you need to go very early to get a chair. We enjoyed ourselves even though we had little bugs in our room. The staff quickly changed our room as soon as they were aware of the situation. Would go back!

Great resort

Very easy to find your way around. Rooms were clean with very good maid service. Grounds were well maintained. Very good food at buffets & al la carte restaurants. Very friendly & helpful staff. Very good service.

Excellent get away

very nice and well kept resort. food was great, service great, weather was great. and entertainment was exceptional. except for the flying bugs in our room every night, we had a great time. bathroom was very clean. beds were a good night sleep.

Great Holiday

This was a great holiday. All the little details were looked after for us. The resort meet all our expectations. Although we decided not to spend the extra money for the adult only section, we were booked into an adult building near the beach. This turned out to be quite quiet and enjoyable. The room was very clean and the staff were most pleasant and accommodating. Although it is a large resort it never seemed crowed, either at mealtime or at the beach. The beach was clean and you could walk fo [... read more]r long distances if you so choose. There was always a wide variety of good food available to suit all ages at the buffets. To get your choice of a-la-cart restaurants you need to book them as soon as possible as they tend to fill up quickly.

Lovely resort

This resort was an amazing place. Just whT we were looking for. It is a big resort but I do enjoy walking so that did not bother us. And when you needed it, shuttles ran all the time from one end of the resort to the other

Great resort

My boyfriend and I went to te grand Bahia with our family it was a very big resort. We were use to a smaller one before we went to Catalonia royal Bavaro which we loved. This one was still nice. We found it didn't have the luxury like our other one but we got a good deal. It was still a good resort for the price that we had. I just wasn't a big fan of the big resort but it was still a good time.

Amazing resort. Excellent service

Not only was the weather great, but the staff were very polite and made the stay that more enjoyable. Made you feel welcomed and relaxed. The entertainment was amazing. Not only would I come back, but many of my friends and family are planing on going.

This hotel was fun!

Example: What did you think about  this hotel? (grounds, public areas, rooms, dining, features, etc.) Food was great, lots of variety, great pools, some busy, some quite if that's what you liked. Good shopping!