Melia Caribe Beach Resort: Wonderful resort experience

Grounds are well kept and beautifully landscaped. Rooms are spacious and clean. Pool is large and beach area is enormous with plenty of chairs for everyone. Breakfast and lunch buffet offered many delicious options. A La Carte restaurants were very good. Staff very friendly. Overall a very enjoyable and relaxing vacation.

Dreams Dominicus La Romana: Dreams Dominicus

We had a wonderful time. Hotel was lovely, rooms were spacious and modern and clean. Lots of Great food. The grounds are beautiful. It's not a loud party place but had some nightly entertainment that was enjoyable. Very accommodating loved having a Butler service with the privilege package. Make sure to inquire about what he can offer during your stay.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Good time for the price

I've read a lot of bad reviews about this resort and some fair ones, I'll start with the good Pros: food was fantastic, pool was nice and resort was exceptionally clean and well looked after. The staff is amazing and always happy to help. Cons: air conditioner did not work and rooms smelt strongly of mildew. The smell was almost unbearable. The liquor was bottom shelf garbage and sugary mixed drinks. The beach was very rocky and always red flagged due to the current. Bring beach shoes. People [... read more] do pester you frequently on the beach just politely say no thanks. The reps are decent and the guides and nice. All in all its a nice resort well worth the money if you get it for a decent price. Be aware it's closing soon. Will revisit once it's upgraded!

Occidental Caribe: Great resort!!

Would go back to this resort. If you’re looking to hang out in your room, probably not the resort for you, as rooms are dated. We didn’t care about that. Food was good, beach was beautiful. We had a great vacation.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Very nice resort! Wonderful staff!

The hotel was very nice, super clean and the staff was wonderful! The food was very good. Note the resort is a smaller one so a bit different than a large resort. The staff were engaged with the visitors which was fun. I would recommend they upgrade their gym as it is old and small with some equipment not working, Also the sound system needs upgrading and the staff could use new costumes. The resort is right on the beach on the Atlantic Ocean. It was very beautiful. We met people who have com [... read more]e back four years in a row.

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Ordinary

The grounds and lobby area are nice. We took a room upgrade to be located closer to the beach for US$200 extra. We finally got reimbursed, as it truly was NOT an upgrade. When we arrived in the room, the air conditioning was not working, the room is small, the lighting is bad, no exhaust in bathroom. However, beds comfortable. As for the dining, we are only allowed three à la carte restaurants for a 7-day stay. Buffet food very ordinary. I would not choose this resort for a future holiday...

TRS Cap Cana Hotel: Perfect week in paradise

The hotel is modern and beautiful. The service was great - the staff are friendly and helpful. Food and drinks were excellent. Truly have no complaints. Exceeded expectations. The activities are fun and there are lots of dining options. Loved being at a smaller resort. Can’t wait to return.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Dependable

We chose this resort based on our experience at Iberostar Daiquiri, and found the resort dependable for service, cleanliness, good food selection and preparation, variety and entertainment. Knowing what to expect makes settling in quick and easy and negates the lost time getting oriented. Thank you Iberostar for, overall, a good experience. Room for improvement: Top of my complaint list is the local "artists" who appeared on (I think) Wednesday evening. EXTREMELY AGGESSIVE. The guy with the pa [... read more]intings shadowed me like a vulture, and the other two practically mugged me. Many guests commented that they did their best to walk the long way around to get to restaurants, but some had no choice but to walk the gauntlet. A couple of the public washrooms are way too small. At one of them, near the pool bar, the door to get in hits against the toilet before it is fully open, and the one near the lobby (not the one behind the lobby bar, that is good), but near the porter station, is also way too small. You can barely get your knees in the stall. As much as we like Iberostar, we will not go back to Puerto Plata. When the rain falls and all of the local pollution washes into the ocean, the beach is a shameful mess. Not shameful to staff, who do their best to clean up, but shameful to local control. When I'm swimming in the ocean and I bump into water bottles and disposable razors, I'll never go back. As a result, we may visit other Iberostar hotels, but not in the Dominican.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: Older resort

This hotel would need a lot of renos, bathroom ceiling leak from the third floor into our bathtub, beds very hard and had to request pillows. Booked an adult only and had a young group of students on our floor who were very loud with music blasting,running and yelling in hallways. They should be aware of age and maybe keep a wing for party goers. Food was ok and VIP service - idea was there but the service was lacking!! I would not classify this as a five star. Not for the money we had to p [... read more]ay. Also had booked a day trip to the city but had to canc as my husband got sick in DR. Nothing was mentioned about a refund of approx $116.00 purchased on SUNWING flight down there.

Casa Marina Reef Resort: sunset pools are to die for

What we liked: The beaches and views were stunning. our air transat rep (Alberto) in the resort was amazing! it rained but only for 15 minute snippets everyday. The location is incredible, right y sousa beach, the distance from the airport is only 15-20 minutes, close to many of the excursions, and it was a very reasonable price. We spent every night watching the sunset, in one of the 3 sunset pools, absoutely breathtaking. Few things we didnt like: They took our shower towels early every da [... read more]y and usually forgot to bring them back. our phone broke and they wouldnt fix it so everytime there was a problem i had to go down and wait in a line instead of being able to call.(first world problems i know). The food was hit or miss, even at the el a cartes you have to wave down the servers to get any service. The drinks had to much alcohol in them that they were sooo far from enjoyable, the bars were understaffed as there was only 3 so they were ALWAYS busy, usually with 1 crappy bartender. All in all it was a good trip and we will definetly be back to dominican soon.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Hotel closing in one month - Sold to Senator Resorts

For the most part, the Resort was good. The biggest problem was people from the sister resort were coming and using ours. This cause poor service and long wait times. It took us 3 days just to get Beach towels. The FREE internet didn't work for 3-1/2 days. As everyone will be out of work in a month, as the new owners will renovate and reopen in November, some workers were not very happy.

TRS Cap Cana Hotel: Great Resort

If your looking for a more quiet place, very relaxing, this is the place to visit. The only thing that I would change would be the beach, just to small for me. Everything else I give a five. There is a beautiful large beach 8 minutes away. Stunning..

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Great Resort

This was our third visit to this resort and again we were not disappointed. The grounds were immaculate, the public areas were kept spotless, rooms were very nice and spacious and the food was very good and served hot. The food in the buffet was displayed beautifully and everything was kept very clean. We were here at the end of February and never had any problems finding a shady spot to relax. Plenty of lounge chairs everywhere. The entertainment was quite good.

VH Atmosphere: Fresh and luxurious resort

This resort was beautiful and new and great price for what you get. Good trip for relaxation.. older crowd and no night life. Would not go if you are young or looking to party. Amazing a la carte meals And good buffet. Gorgeous rooms and pool and views. Restaurant and bar on the beach is also great.

Tropical Deluxe Princess: Great Vacation

The hotel is located at the beach,which is amazing! The buffet was great and ghe food was delicious and different every day! Rooms are a bit dated but decent. There are peacocks and birds on the resort premises.Overall great value for the price we paid!

Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Great trip except for AirTransat flight

We had a great time at the resort. They were a little unorganized for arriving and departing guess. Bus issue and check on issues. The worse was the flight. Air Transat has reduce leg room. I am a petite lady and my knees touched the front seat causing knee pain. Many passengers complained. Will think twice before even booking with Air Transat travel again

Sunscape Bavaro Beach: Nice Place

Front desk rude and pushy to upgrade and after want us to stay on the regular rooms because the upgrade rooms were full. Rest of the stuff very nice and pleasant to speak too. Great food and room service. Would go back without upgrade.

Le Sivory: Beautiful resort!

Overall the resort was wonderful. The quiet, quaint and private feel of this resort is unbeatable. The grounds were nice. The rooms were spacious, clean and updated. The food was great - you just have to know all of your options.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Nice resort

The resort is really clean, good food, nice rooms, long walking beach, beautiful staff willing to help in anyway. We tried all the specialty restaurants and liked them all. My favourite was the gourmet restaurant.

Paradisus Palma Real Golf and Spa Resort: Paradise Amongst the Palms

The resort is truly splendid. As big as it is it never felt that it was so. We were given an upgrade to Royal Service which provided us with access to the adults only beach and the use of the luxurious beach beds and unlimited towels as well as a private pool for adults only. We also got to use the private restaurant Palazzo for our meals. The chefs at that restaurant are outstanding. The Vichyssoise was amazing as was the chocolate fondant for dessert. Courses in between soup and dessert  [... read more]were ethereal. The 'amuse bouche' that was offered at the start of the meal was truly delectable. The service was congenial, efficient and friendly. The other outstanding dining experience was at the Fuego which requires reservations as well. Once again the chefs produced amazing culinary delights. Both restaurants are the best we have experienced in the many years of all inclusive vacations we have experienced. The buffet provided a myriad of culinary delights. It was a treat to have delicious, fresh and delicately prepared Indian food which was one of my favorites. The paellas and the fish grill which included Caribbean lobster daily which delighted my husband was also a terrific experience. The Royal Service was especially appreciated as there were many families with lots of small children at the resort in the week we were there. This is not to say that we don't love kids as we very much do. It was just nice to have the quieter and relaxing stay which is what we want out of a beach holiday. The gardens are beautifully groomed. The friendly gardeners work diligently all day long to groom the gardens. The garden room we had was close to the beach. The housekeeping staff was highly efficient. The rooms were always cleaned in good time and we did not lack anything.Bed was super comfortable. The beach is one of the longest walking beaches we have experienced in the many all inclusive holidays we have taken. It is easy to walk on and never felt crowded; we are over 60 so a good walking beach was a real treat. We walked for close to an hour in the morning and an hour in the late afternoon. Overall a splendid holiday. Not related to the resort was our experience with AirTransat. Sufficient to say it was not good. We did not even meet the rep for the hotel after being given a meeting time to which he/she did not show up. We did not even get a phone call, a name of the rep etc. Hotel lobby staff were not surprised. We will be looking to use other airline packages in the future.