Viva Heavens by Wyndham: Beautiful friendly resort!

Grounds are immaculate, rooms are spotless. Staff are so friendly and helpful. Nice small resort. Loved that you don't have to make reservations for the restaurants. The room safe is included and they even include room service but I didn't try it. Fabulous resort!

Blue Bay Villas Doradas: Construction!

This hotel is right beside a huge, multi year construction project. So if you find jackhammers in concrete relaxing, please stay here. Resort was clean, but seemed understaffed. Our first room didn’t have linens. Towels were changed twice in the week, but once was just by leaving a bag of towels outside everyone’s door. I didn’t hang them up since it was very late, and the next day they had rehung my obviously dirty towels and taken the bag of clean ones. Bar service by the pool was terr [... read more]ible, beach was better. Speaking of the beach, the 7 cabanas with beds were always gone by 6:30am, and the cabanas with chairs gone by 7:30, so get up early if you want shade at the beach. The only espresso machine is at the cash bar, and isn’t available til 3pm. Some days there was a server with a coffee pot at breakfast, but generally it’s an instant vending type machine like at gas stations. Other than the pool bar, all the staff seemed very friendly.

Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Beach Resort: Beautiful resort

Great hotel very clean good food and service. Always somewhere to eat or drink . Resort never seemed overcrowded Clean beach Would definitely go back Butler service was great Customer service was great and all staff was happy to help and make your vacation special

Excellence Punta Cana: A 5-star experience!

Positives - Superior to excellent staff. Food choices & quality first-rate. Very good evening entertainment - don't miss the Queen tribute! Worthwhile to upgrade to Excellence Club - pools, beach service, exclusive restaurant, higher quality booze & amenities. Downsides - Most of the beach not swimable because of nasty surf & undertow.

Playabachata Hotel: Outstanding resort

This was my 6th resort in the DR and 20th in the Carribean. Never have i seen such quality staff and facilities. The rooms, restaurants, and staff were all outstanding. Only negative was the sea urchins in the water.

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Exceeded my expectations

I have been to punta Cana before and I wasn’t to thrilled but Dreams palm beach was a nice smaller resort that was very clean and the staff were amazing. Highly recommend this resort if you like smaller resorts. No reservations required for any of the 5 restaurants. Sea side grill had very good steak and seafood. Transportation to and from resort was very good. Only thing I didn’t like was no live entertainment in the main lobby and the pressure to sit through a time share presentation. F [... read more]ront lobby could use a coffee bar instead of going to the cafe. Rooms need updating

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Luxury, family friendly, hospitality and beauty

This resort is picturesque. Not a huge resort, but definitely all the amenities required. Staff are extremely courteous and genuine. Food was excellent, top notch. We cannot wait to rebook at this resort. Simply the best. Thank you to Andre, Juan Pablo, Tiffany, Paul and all of the Elite Club team. We could not have asked for better hosts.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Clean resort with horrible food.

If you're looking for a modern resort with clean rooms and updated facilities. This is the place. If you by chance happen to enjoy food and are looking for a culinary par to north america. Don't go here. I'll start with the good - rooms are all nice we stayed in a non luxury room and it was clean well kept and comfortable. Turn down service and bar re stocked every day. The resort itself is recently updated beautiful pool with a total lack of chair and umbrellas. (you had to wake up at 5am to sa [... read more]ve a spot) staying here gives you access to two other resorts that are attached. They aren't as nice but offer a different more DR feel. Were Senator falls apart is the food. Breakfast buffet is fine if you enjoy eggs and bacon. The rest of the food is a 4/10 at best. Buffet has a strange selection of food that is 95% sub par. Sports bar a snack hut have slightly better food. Sandwich and fries are okay but generally cold and take 30+ minutes to serve. La carte restaurants.... We had 3 allowed. We were only able to book one - hotel would not help us on this or offer anything else. Sunwing rep was also no help told us we didn't understand how restaurants worked (meanwhile I'm a restaurant owner/operator) Service from staff wasnt terrible a hand full of staff really helped us out and would treat us well but most staff had no sense of urgency and are happy to have you wait 20+ minutes too take your order. So to sum up - if you don't care at all about food and are happy with pizza and fries this place is good. If you like eating good food you won't like Senator.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: 5 star food !

Nice beach but there is a lot of sharp corral you have to watch out for. The layout at the beach is excellent with everything close by. The Bazillian BBQ restaurant was a hit and everyone liked the buffet especially the never ending bacon in the morning and the fresh fruit. Not really suitable for the party crowd but great for families, retired and relaxers! The only thing I would add is a swim up bar but for the money you can’t go wrong. I give it a solid 4.5 stars

Impressive Punta Cana: Amazing Resort

The grounds, rooms, were awesome!!! Pizza bar was sooooo good!! My only complaint is they closed down all the pools at 6pm and all the bars except for one—The Lobby Bar! Which unfortunately always had a huge lineup and only 2 bartenders! Other than that we loved it! Def would book again

Excellence Punta Cana: Awesome Resort

We just returned from our 3rd trip to Excellence Punta Cana and they did not disappoint. Everything is just kept so clean inside and out. The staff is very friendly and helpful.Special thanks for Reyue in the office for her help with getting our boarding passes and to Melanie who kept our room impeccable.

Sunscape Puerto Plata: Nice Resort

Just got back from Sun Scape Resort in Domenican Republic. We upgraded to the Sun Club which we where glad we did very nice and private treated great. Totally recommend doing that well worth the money. We found the food was ok nothing great, not much seafood which we where both surprised about. We found they needed to play music at the beach, and also need to change up music in the evening. They have the same Duo playing would be nice if they played more Domenican music and change up acts nightl [... read more]y. Also the vendors on the beach after awhile become very annoying. I payed 30 US per person also to get VIP for the Super Bowl party slash game. Which only got to watch not even two quarters of the game because the streaming stopped. I would rank this place maybe a 4 out of 5 not sure if i would go back again overall was great weather. Thank you Rick

Catalonia Royal Bavaro: Good value for the $$'s if you're looking to just relax

Our 1st all inclusive resort (other than a cruise). Rooms were large and kept clean, altho' a bit tired (sliding doors to closet and especially to the patio were very stiff; shower floor not well sloped to the drain). Brought my golf shoes as the resort offered one free round per day at their adjacent course (club rental & carts extra), but was not able to book until after 11:30 on any day so we did not due to afternoon temps. I had emailed the company about 2 weeks prior to arriving to inq [... read more]uire on golf but had not received a reply, and therefore had not pre-booked prior to arriving. So if you're looking to golf, make sure you have this pre-arranged. Very disappointing to me on this issue. Staff are friendly (we made sure to bring a large # of $1 bills to keep the tips flowing) and those doing the bar tending and evening activities were engaging. Beach activities included Hobie's (only 2 of the 4 were in operation and we used them a fair bit), kayaks and apparently snorkelling, altho' I'd not waste too much time on the latter at that location - nothing to see. I'd recommend they get some paddle boards as the location had a few very calm days on the water. I also saw some persons doing scuba, but again, this is not a great location for that. So we enjoyed the beach which was well raked daily by staff to keep the weeds at bay. Two pools, one with a swim up bar that was active in the afternoons - dance lessons, etc. Food was fine, and I'd steer more towards Thalassa than any other of the restaurants there. Sushi at the beach was a nice offering, the Japanese restaurant was disappointing (weak showmanship and very salty), steakhouse was satisfactory. Casino was small and not anything to get worked up about. All in all it was a good stay for the $$'s, and a good winter get-away, but I'd have preferred a bit more to do other than sit my butt on a much sought after lounger - I got thru 5 books while there.

Lifestyle Tropical Beach Resort: Love this resort will go back a third time

I know there is many mixed reviews about this resort but don’t listen to them. It was my second time and I will go back again, the entertainment is always great and if you want to just relax there’s many areas for that as well. Also this resort is a party, and has kid friendly areas as well as adult only area’s. The welcome party is absolutely crazy had the best time and the best food that night. I definitely recommend this resort if you’re planning on visiting puerto plata

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Loved it!!

I was overly pleased with the Iberostar. The staff were courteous and anxious to please. The dining areas were very good, nothing missing. I really have no complaints in the above areas. The entertainment at the resort was extremely loud and of course very little English which I suppose is understandable.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Second visit, and not last for sure!

A lot of thing to do with the very active 5 years old boy. Hotel is big, but once you get familiar with the layout everything is very convenient to get to. Nice evening entertainment, restaurants selection, shopping area. Food is ok. Stayed in the building 5, nice clean room, patio with jacuzzi and ocean view. Kids club is free, spacious inside and outside playground. Kids water park, Pirate Ship park is extra fee though. Not all things were working this time. Staff is very helpful, we forg [... read more]ot kids tablet in the buffet, got it back from the guest service desk. Definitely will be back! I wish they have free wi-fi in the most public areas, not only in the Casino. We bought room wi-fi, was ok, but limited for one device. Another downside is NOT free room service, as all other hotels have.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: A repeat visit that we won't be doing again!

After wrangling with them after 2 days we got into a lovely and appropriate junior suite. The building to which we were originally assigned flooded later in the week. The last two days there was either only cold water or no water with toilets backed up. On the day we were leaving the heavens opened and we felt so sorry for those arriving as their rooms could not be made ready for them as there was no running water and the toilets were awful everywhere. Our remote for the TV disappeared and [... read more] couldn't be found or replaced The quality of food in the restaurants was not as good as remembered

Royalton CHIC Punta Cana: Great resort

Resort was great , food was the best Ive had at an all inclusive! Room needs a re vamp and time share rep aka concierge was quite pushy. Staff was super friendly and service was quick! Otherwise we had a great time

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Beautiful Resort

From the time we arrived till we left the resort was just what the brochure said, the staff were very friendly and always there to help, the beach was beautiful, the pool needed a little up dating but well maintain. The restaurants were very tasty, Japanese, Italian and steak house, the Buffett had a lot of variety, but there were so many options for food, There is a sports bar with chicken strips, fries ,nachos and onion rings, a coffee shop, ice cream parlour, pizza shop, and beach hut th [... read more]at serves you. If your wanting a relaxing holiday I would recommend going here, everything is within a five minute walk from your room. Entertaining staff were very engaging with getting everyone to participate. I would definitely go back.

Playabachata Hotel: Was ok

Hotel was ok check in was not organized and slow we asked to be moved and they did it the next day no problem (Dinning ) They always ran out of plates cup and utensils tables were not cleared due to being under staffed we have been to this resort 5 times over the past 15 years and enjoyed it but we were disappointed this trip We may consider going back if These issues ever get resolved