Great booking service and the resort is amazing too

The booking service was great along the way until the end of the trip. Tripcentral sent us emails with information about airport parking, entering and leaving the destination country, etc. We feel we were taken good care of. Strongly recommend it. The resort is amazing too. It's big and beautiful. The food is great and the service is excellent. The only small drawback is that the beach has some rocks. People should go to the small cove beside the resort for swimming in the sea, which was what [... read more] we enjoyed during the stay. Overall, our trip was a very good relaxing experience.

The resort was ok

Ocean el faro was not close to a 4.5 star resort. Food was below average and the restaurants resold below average buffet food. Room and common areas had lots of damage. Beach was very rocky and had some garbage around. Very few pool chairs and even fewer umbrellas. All taken all the time. Whole place felt cheap. Very overpriced!!!

9 day stay in Punta Cana

Hotel located 1 hour away from the Punta Cana Airport. Grounds are well maintained with lush greenery. Hotel lobby is the most impressive space on the resort. While rooms are nicely decorated, on closer inspection they are a bit tired (chipped tiles, missing grout, caulking in sink worn off) considering how old the resort is. Daily housekeeping was not thorough as I’ve seen at other resorts (e.g. floors not swept well). Food at the Privilege lounge was best, found the buffet lacked variety and [... read more] a la carte restaurants were mediocre (slow service, food not much better than the buffet). Privilege area beach service was great though the area is not in a prime stretch of beach on the property and seaweed is not raked/hauled away from it as is it on the remainder of the property. Overall we visited for sun and sand and had a pleasant time, would consider the stay to be a value pick. 3.5 stars

Awesome resort

This resort deserves a 5 plus rating. We have been to a lot of resorts in Dominican Mexico Cuba Jamaica but we keep coming back here at ocean el faro it is our 4th time and won’t be our last. Grounds are well lit and clean. The lazy river is so much fun and exciting and all the pools are beautiful and well maintained. The beach is a bit rocky but still good. The rooms are very clean big and well decorated. The beds are super comfy. As far as food goes the buffet is amazing and so are the  [... read more]à la carte our best was Japanese and Italian. The staff are amazing and very helpful

Nice family resort.

The overall experience was good! We are a family of 2 adults and 3 kids (one of them is 7month old). The hotel amenities are just good for families with kids (Waterpark, lazy river, playground, kids club, all areas are equipped for strollers, high chairs). My kids loved lazy river and great number of pools, I also liked Waterpark as I was mostly there with an infant. The beach area is good, but it's always stormy at Punta Cana, so it was dangerous to swim in the ocean(red flag almost all of  [... read more]the time). Food was OK, but sometimes they run out of some meals and don't replenish (even if it was still 1 h before breakfast ends up). Also they often run out of dry beach towels at the pool changing stations. This happened twice to us. We were trying to get dry towels in early afternoon and they said they don't have any. Ala carte restaurants are good (we visited sacura (Japanese), Dolce vita (Italian) and Margarita ( Mexican ). Shows are average. I would still recommend this hotel. It's good.

Good resort but beach seaweed blocked access to the beach

Overall, it’s not a luxury hotel but for it’s price, it’s good value. Service was good and many members went above and beyond. Beach was often inaccessible because seaweed was built up to a very high level blocking access. They only used tractors to move it once in a while but would more often leave it untouched OR just have a few workers use small buckets to move it. If this issue was at least addressed to some degree, the resort value would go way up.

Loved Ocean el Faro

The Ocean el Faro is a beautiful, modern 5 star resort. We absolutely loved everything about it! The restaurants, pools, rooms, grounds, lazy river and the entertainment crew were outstanding!!! We will definitely come back

Hotel

Hotel was good, staff weren’t friendly some of the waitresses in the food court were so depressed I couldn’t enjoy food, even I always tip them they didn’t give smile. The beach was terrible. The room was good the furniture was broken.

Amazing resort

We were there as a group of 8 & I personally don't have any complaints. We had the swim out rooms & they were fantastic, highly recommended. Service by all staff was very good & accommodating. All of the restraunts & spa/ gym, store are on the main strip as soon as you come out of the beautiful lobby area. You don't have to go searching for any of the restaurants or services, it's all right there. Beach not the greatest, but we went over to the lagoon area much more private & sandy in th [... read more]e water. Horses on the beach over there too. All in all very nice resort & I would go back.

Terrible resort , need better management

Very nice hotel but this only good about this place. Food is terrible, service is terrible. Have experienced rudeness at the beach barcause letters on bracelet wear off , towel person gave us look.. like what is it that we want from her? , then food is always cold ,quality of meat terrible,stakes is very oily.beach is very rocky. Wouldn't recommend this place to anyone

Great resort!

Really beautiful all around. Spectacular room, lobby, restaurants, beach, activities, and amenities. Waterpark for kids was NOT a disappointment. There is a soliciting/selling ruse going on there regarding their “privilege club” that put a downer in our stay when approached but thats the only negative aspect. The ladies that ran the kids club went above and beyond for the kids. The shows at night were a pretty big production and were EVERY night! Esolran took care of our room and and provide [... read more]d exceptional service daily. Lazy river was the best part. It had a bar, was so much fun and lots of shade while you're in there so can go even when the sun is at its strongest.

Nice resort

The resort itself is nice. The service was not that great nor was the buffet food. The A La Carte's were great except for Route 66. I don't know if it was from Covid or lack of guests over the past few years but the servers were not very friendly. We had Privilege and only saw and heard from our Butler, Carlos, twice. He was to book all our dinners but we ended up doing it. Pool side bar service only came around once in the morning. Beach is nice but very short. Our privilege room with t [... read more]he swim up was stunning.

Beautiful resort.

The people are always willing to help, they’re friendly. The resort is kept so clean and the landscaping is beautiful. Didn’t like how the reservations were handled for the a-la-Cart. Unless you were booking at 6:00 am, you could not get in.

Home away from home

The rooms were hugh and very comfortable. There were lots to choose from for food. One draw back is the resort does not not accept reservations for the a la cart restaurants. Therefore you end up standing in line waiting for a table to open up for your dinner instead of relaxing with a beverage until your dinner time. Dealing with the staff at the front desk was not a great experience.

Definitely a 5 star resort

We brought our 4 year old daughter to the Ocean El Faro and she loved the water park and lazy river. It was great to see actual lifeguards making the rounds, especially around the water park. The staff was enforcing COVID protocols well (gloves for buffet, masks at the outside bar/inside buildings). Beach doesn't have anything to slow down the waves so we couldn't swim there but the sand is nice and there are ample chairs and Bali beds. We went with the Privilege room and we glad we did. The r [... read more]oom was kept very clean and more fresh towels than I would have requested. Minibar with beer, spirits, pineapple juice and nuts was restocked daily too. We left a note for more water and the guy kept us well hydrated for sure! The room service was great (flank steak delivered to the room you could easily cut with a butter knife and risotto that was excellent too!) but we really liked the Privilege restaurant. Ate there every day for breakfast, did lunch and dinner once as well and it was great. My daughter is picky so a couple of times we asked for something different (nothing crazy) and they always brought us what we asked for. All the food we had was really good and the restaurants for dinner were good experiences for sure. You book your reservation on your phone, which is pretty neat. Having reliable wifi throughout the resort was a welcome surprise too. Like they say they do and I was like "ok sure buddy" but yes, they did. The resort is "long" so the walk from the beach to the lobby takes a few minutes. They do have shuttles going around but people I spoke to just used their legs, as I did. We would happily come back again!

Amazing Resort

We visited the resort from Nov 19 - 26th. The resort was one of the best ones we have stayed at. The food was good and always had plenty to eat. Rooms and grounds were kept clean. Staff was amazing. Swim up bars are closed due to Covid but the entertainers do a great job of keeping things fun. We will be back to vacation at this resort.

Nice Resort - Horrible Beach.

The resort itself was nice. The staff was pleasant, and my room was nice with no complaints. Resort sales staff were very pushy, the same with the vendors on the resort. The food was decent, not amazing, not horrible. The PCR covid exit testing was a nightmare for those who did not bring a RT Lamp kit. There was a 2+ hour wait just to book your test, and then a 2+ hour wait to have the test preformed. Some had to go back they day they were leaving because they did not receive their t [... read more]est results. The beach is awful. There are rocky sections where you can't even enter the water. the water is very rough, and everyone said it's because it's hurricane season. No it's a naturally rough beach. There is a rock breakwater the resort added to calm the waves, but it stirs up the sand. The sand is dirty with plastic and other garbage left by beach goers. If you are going because of the beach don't go. If you are a pool person, it's very lovely.

Amazing resorts

What great vacation I had at Ocean El Faro Punta Cana one of the best 👌!!!Resort is new and very clean !!!!Staff did very great job making sure we have great time!!!!Food is very good There is 6 restaurant to go and buffet and coffe place omg and much more !!!!!!4 big pools and lazy river swings and beach with bar on it omg I can go on and on !!!!! There is SPA we went fir facial and it was the best one ever!!!! MY BEST VOCATION EVER LOVE OCEAN EL FARO ❤

Amazing resort

Everything is so beautiful and so nice. Very Very clean resort, and very friendly people. I can't wait to go back. Room is nice,large clean. Food is amazing, people is so friendly and helpful. I'm talking to my all friends about this resort how nice is.

Beautiful Resort

We recently returned from a fabulous week at Ocean El Faro. I travelled with five family members. Check in was simple. The lobby is massive with amazing decorating. The resort is gorgeous. The grounds are well maintained. The rooms are spacious, modern and clean. The pools are kept at a very comfortable temperature and the resort is very family friendly. All staff are polite and friendly. The resort follows Covid guidelines. Any inside activity requires guests to wear masks. Hand hy [... read more]giene is required prior to going into restaurant facilities. All staff wear masks. The buffet requires patrons to wash their hands and don a glove. The facility to have the required Covid PCR test is located at the hotel for convenience. I was hesitant to travel but after going to Ocean El Faro I would feel comfortable to travel there again.