VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Average resort

Rooms clean. Needed an update. Bed too hard. Buffet okay but a la carte could be better. No table service for drinks. Needed to get up early for good spots at beach and pool. Too many venders at beach. Even bus driver asking for tips.

Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana: Beautiful Pool

We loved our stay. The massive pool is sparkling clean, and the swim out room option is ideal. The beach is soft sand, clear water, and the seaweed is cleared out every day. The staff are the friendliest people and never stop trying to make you happy. The food is just okay, but there are a lot of options. The rooms are clean and comfortable.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Cofresi Palm

We enjoyed our stay at Cofresi. The food was excellent, yet our friends who we vacationed with went home with diarrhea. The resort is great for families and young people, but would be a challenge for the elderly, due to many stairs and uneven surfaces. The water in our room was quite unusual, we had hot water in the toilet, but only cold water in the shower. The water situation differed by the day - too hot one day, no heat the next. But sitting on a hot toiled was a bit of a nice surprise Two  [... read more]of our nights were cut short due to loud, drunk, hotel patrons. There doesn't seem to be any security to manage unruly guests, so the yelling went on for over an hour. It did ruin our sleep, and it is a key reason that we are not keen on returning. We loved Puerto Plata, the trip there was excellent. The beach at Cofresi was not very inviting, steep, and not very accessible.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: This was a superb place .

I have been traveling to the Dominican for over 15 years and did about every resort . The Be live Hotel in Puerto Plata was the first one that I can say live up to there standards . You are welcome with great service , the food is great the servers are polite and very friendly. They have on site like all other resorts people trying to sell you time shares , BUT I CAN SAY this one they do not harrasse you for the service . On the beach the same thing the people selling thing walk by but don t c [... read more]ome to you directly to sell they are controlled by the security on the beach.The disco is all inclusive and the rooms are very clean and enjoyable. The pool is very large and not over crowded like other resorts. I would recommend for adults or family to go to this one. 5 star in my books.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Amazing Resort

We spent a wonderful 7 days in February 2020 on a return trip to the Bahia Principe Luxury Ambar. What a pleasure to return and find the grounds beautiful maintained and many changes made to make the resort more Green from an environmental standpoint. Food excellent, accommodation great and staff very friendly and so competent. Strong recommendation to go and experience it for yourself.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Beautiful resort!

Just got back from a one week vacation at Be Live Collection Marien, Puerto Plata. Had a wonderful time. I was so impressed with the well-kept grounds. Cheers to the grounds keepers who worked hard at raking up leaves, washing the floors and walks around the pools, keeping the beach free of any seaweed/garbage. It was a beautiful resort. Three different pools, each having their unique purpose, three a la carte restaurants (Mediterranean, Brazilian and Mexican), the buffet kept good hours an [... read more]d had a wide variety of tasty foods, plus a snack/beach bar that served food from 10:00 am. Serving staff and what appeared to be all locals working at the resort were friendly, full of smiles and quick to greet with "Hola". Two bars included a pool bar and one that overlooked the beach. Endless supply of loungers. For being reading week, I never had to stand in long line ups, towels and loungers were always available. After taking a stroll along the endless beach, past many other resorts, hands down, this resort had the best beach. The ocean floor was sandy and able to walk quite a ways out without fear of it dropping off. I was very surprised that there weren't any peddlers on the beach so had no fear of being pestered. There were some time share personnel that stood close to the buffet but with a very simple No Thank you, they left you alone. If there was one thing I thought could have been improved upon was the cleanliness of the rooms. Bathrooms could provide conditioner, a better swept floor, and perhaps one more towel. Overall I would love to return.

Dreams Royal Beach Punta Cana: Fabulous resort

We thoroughly enjoyed the facilities and restaurants at Now Latimar resort while we stayed in next door Secrets resort. Staff, food and room quality and cleanliness were all exceptional. Beach was beautiful and clean. Everything well maintained.

Playabachata Hotel: Good Resort for Price

Playabachata hotel is a good resort for the price! The beach is definitely the best part- the sand and water were beautiful, and the scenery with the palm trees and the mountains was gorgeous! The staff were generally very friendly.The entertainment during the day was not too exciting, but the nighttime entertainment was pretty enjoyable! Drinks were good, but food was not the best. The buffet generally had the same food daily, and was poorly labelled (i.e. all type of fish was labelled just  [... read more]“fish”). so overall not very happy with the food. Was also not happy with the al-l.a.-carte dinner options. A great thing about the hotel was that staying at one resort (Playabachata 1, 2 or Senator) allowed you access to the beach of all 3 and some amenities for each. The shops were also great, with a coffee shop, gift stores, pizza bar and more. The hotel as a whole was enjoyable for a relaxing vacation with a nice beach. while we didn’t have any specific problems, the property itself was average/fair for the price for the most part.

Melia Punta Cana Beach Wellness Resort Adults: Amazing Resort

We had a great time at this resort. The staff was very friendly, excellent service at the bars and restaurants. The bartenders Luciano and Efrain were amazing. Very attentive and entertaining, they kept your drinks filled. The resort was kept very clean, including the public restrooms. Thanks for a great vacation!

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Lacking!

Weather was great but there wasn’t enough chairs, staff, dishes, pool umbrellas for the amount of people. Pool had big chunks coming off of it. Whether you tipped or not it didn’t matter. Food was ok but the same buffet every day.

Excellence Punta Cana: FANTASTIC

The resort and the staff are amazing. We stayed in an oceanfront with private plunge pool. The room was amazing. The staff were all eager to please and always cheerful. the grounds are beautiful with lots of plants and greenery, there is also a area with trails surrounding ponds which have many different species of birds. Our favorite restaurant was the Tapa (small portions) delicious. We did not have any bad meal experience, they are all delicious and all have their specialties. You can walk fo [... read more]r miles on the beach in either direction. We travel every year and this resort is by far at the top of our list for great resorts.

Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Excellent resort in La Romana

The hotel ground and rooms are amazing. It is extremelly clean. The Don Pablo and the Italian restaurants are very good. The beach is nice and the water not as clear as Punta Cana as there is a river close by ending in the bay. If you take a chair near the Beach Club, closer to the ocean,the water is clearer.

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Terrible Experience

I have travel over the last 25 years and I have never had such a bad experience and so many problems on my travels The staff was not friendly, the food was boring, and there was no real hospitality in genera. although i would like to send a shout out to the following staff members Lionel Richie our butler, Carols the pool bar tender, Gavin the swim up bar bar tender, Eric (Cokacola) activity team. They made the bad seem almost good. Not a good hotel for singles. The adult only section was  [... read more]nothing and way too much money for what we received.

Paradisus Punta Cana: Under Renovations Do not book

The grounds were amazing and the beach and pool was great, but the reason we booked this location was they advertised 11 restaurants and a buffet with very few reservations required. What we found was the restaurants were under renovations and only three were open a day. All required booking in advance. The buffet was very small and even that changed locations. The staff was not helpful and tried to avoid discussing where there was food available because they themselves didn’t know. Do to [... read more] staff shortages very few bars were open and our room only got cleaned twice in a week. Very disappointed.

Occidental Caribe: Happy times

I felt this place was great. We upgraded to premium. It was nice. The place was beautiful and the people were great. Had an amazing time. We spoke with the reception and they helped us in ever way we needed. Juan was perfect. So was all the reception staff. When we booked our excursion we didn’t the the hotel sending us to the island as it was boring after the catamaran. I think the language barrier was a problem. I went back to speak with them because there was no snorkelling which is what we [... read more] wanted with it. Because of the issues they gave us some souvenirs to take home. We booked our other two excursions (pirate adventure and shark swimming) with Randy at the water sport shack. He was AMAZING. As was the excursions. WOW. I SWAM WITH SHARKS AND STINGRAYS. GO DO IT. Thank you to everyone

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Great people - resort needs work

At first glance Cofresi Palm Beach Resort looks great. The lobby provides a grand entrance that, unfortunately, the rest of the hotel doesn't live up to. Our rooms were OK. They were kept clean but the toilet had hot water and the shower, for the most part, had only hot or only cold water. Two of our seven nights were disturbed by drunken singing and yelling. The yelling continued for over two hours, reverberating off the concrete buildings. Another night was disturbed by a car alarm goin [... read more]g off in the parking lot, very close to our building, that was only resolved by the battery in the car dying. The food was generally good and we enjoyed the non-buffet restaurants. The servers were excellent - attentive, friendly and fast. The Pearl buffet can only be reached by stairs - we saw many older people struggling to get around the resort. On our last morning my friend, who we were travelling with, felt unwell and needed a glass of water or juice (she'd just thrown up) before we got on the bus to travel to the airport. I went to the closest bar but the bartender told me he was unable to serve me as he didn't officially open till 10am. Rule-keeping before compassionate customer service is always irritating.

Playabachata Hotel: Ok resort...

Pros: Good food, clean pools and public washrooms and nice beach Cons: uncomfortable beds and pillows, small/ dated bathrooms (no towels some days), unfriendly staff and most did not understand English, bugs in rooms

Dreams Dominicus La Romana: Hit and Miss- Wouldn't Recommend

We travelled to Dreams La Romana for 7 days with 3 adults and 2 children. We have travelled to Dreams Tulum, Mexico multiple times and were expecting a similar experience but sadly we were disappointed. The food was a 3 star at best. The children were happy but for the adults, it was not comparable to Dreams Tulum. This was both for the buffet and a la carte restaurants. Very disappointing Service was a definite hit and miss. Some staff members were pleasant while others were straight up r [... read more]ude and unfriendly. Rooms were also a hit and miss. We needed to change one of our two rooms because the smell of sewage was outrageous. There is definite signs of wear and tear that could use updating. Again, housekeeping was not consistent. The beach was quite busy and as with most resorts, best to wake up early to snag a chair. The sand was soft but quite a drop off once you get in the water. Many days the waves were so strong that they knocked grown adults off their feet. The resort should monitor water conditions more closely. We stayed at the pool for the most part. Overall, we would rate this hotel at a 3.5 star and would NOT recommend this to any friends or family.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Keep expectations low

I would describe this resort as adequate. There are a couple of large pools and a beach. The food is okay. However, I would certainly not expect luxury. The facilities are very old and worn. It was very crowded in mid February and it impossible to make reservations at the a la carte restaurants. By 8am most pool chairs and beach umbrellas were "reserved" but remained unoccupied until afternoon. The Wifi is very slow and patchy and costs $35 USD per week per device outside one public area. The [... read more]re isn't much in the way of entertainment and the most of the staff don't seem particularly interested in their jobs-- expect long lines at reception.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: My experience

Clean, well kept resort. Average room for resorts. Food was well prepared and good variety, even for vegetarians or those with limited diets. Tasty, hot meals. Specialty restaurants were good, especially the Octopus ! That is not to be missed. We took advantage of the Vintage Club with our upgrade. They were excellent to deal with, lattes, bar, canapés, and additional features. Entertainment was o.k with two special shows. I’d definitely go back there.