Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Great resort

The location was great. Resort is large with 8 hotels. We stayed at the Esmeralda which is great because it's the closest to the beach if you have kids. The food was very good. The rooms were clean and provided everything we need. There was quite a bit of seaweed on the beach but they were always cleaning it. This depends on the rain and season. There is always cabanas for shade. I would definitely come back to this resort . 5 star for sure! Highly recommend.

Viva Heavens by Wyndham: Amazing, clean resort!!!

The resort was very clean and the staff members were extremely friendly. Always cleaning. The a la carte dinners were 5 stars! The servers were unbelievable! You can tell they were trained very well. I would recommend this resort and would go back. Well done Viva Whyndam Heavens!

Ocean Blue and Sand: An incredible experience for our family

This hotel was really great. The pool is huge with a well stocked swim-up bar, and they have good quality alcohol (brugal extra viejo anyone???). The buffet has excellent choices for all meals, and a la cartes don't require reservations except the japanese one. We ate at the American and Mexican restaurants and both were really good. The American restaurant had a huge menu. The a la cartes also have a kids menu which was handy. My kids went to the kids club a couple times and had fun. The [... read more]y were given free t-t-shirts the first day they went. One night they had dinner with the kids club and they offered supervised kids' activities afterwards giving us a couple hours to ourselves. We saw one show and it was well done. Bowling was fun, and there are pool tables and foosball tables in the bowling alley as well as a bar. The beach was not the greatest I've seen in the DR...lots of seaweed and some weird plastic barrel things in the water. We basically stayed at the pool. We used the resort photographer who was amazing and we got lots of great photos. I highly recommend this hotel and would definitely go back in the future.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Paradise!

This resort was everything we imagined and more. Service was always served with a smile. Rooms were always cleaned and fresh on a daily basis. Food was amazing with endless choices. Well done Bahia Resorts for the world class service. P&A.

Riu Republica: First time all inclusive and had the time of my life!

The Riu Republica was a beautiful resort with great food, amazing entertainment , the rooms where modern and clean. I loved the glass wall in the shower going into The bedroom. I went on this trip by myself and loved every minute. The spa was so relaxing with the steam room and cold and hot plunge pools. I loved the beach and you could walk for miles. Can't wait to go back. Ask for Armstrong at the bar and Isael in the buffet restaurant. Mariel in the spa gave me the best stress cure massage I' [... read more]ve ever had. I'll be going back soon!'

Riu Bambu: Awesome resort

Hotel was very clean and the employees are amazing. Food was good. Pool beach amazing. Water park fantastic. We had a wonderful time. Wish we could go back soon. Night life was great. So much to do with the family.

Viva V Samana by Wyndham: Second time better than the first!

This is a small adults only resort directly on Coson beach. This was our second visit within a year and we were very impressed that many of the staff remembered us. No reservations are required for any of the a la carted (3), free wifi throughout the resort as well as being able to change towels whenever you like. Food and drinks are top notch. The beach is beautiful and you can walk for miles in either way. We are already planning our third trip for next summer!

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Repeat customer

Overall it is a great place. Having been there several times and always been satisfied, this time around we were a little disappointed with a couple of the restaurants. Food was below average and service not at par. We had no problem with the buffet and other restaurants we visited. People were friendly as usual and no complaints with anything else.

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: Could have been better

The hotel rooms were very dated and our bathroom ceiling leaked, staff were told but nothing was done. My Brother and sister in law joined us, their room was much bigger than ours even with just the two of them, I had to sleep with my son as the beds were not big enough to accommodate 2 adults. The pool was always warm/hot and very cloudy and turned out sons hair green and ruined our bathing suits. Poolside drinks machine didn't work the whole 2weeks and we always had to que to get a drink.  [... read more]On a meeting we attended with staff, they admitted that this particular hotel was the lowest quality hotel of their collection, but it was a very expensive holiday for us. As always delays with flights. Not a hotel we will use again.

Lifestyle Tropical Beach Resort: Wow!

What an experience, I can honestly say, this trip was amazing and all that credit goes to the resort and their staff, what a great group of people and service, I would highly recommend it! The food was amazing, especially the blue lagoon was terrific, the pools were clean and fun, the activities within the resort including the shows at night were amazing!

Royalton CHIC Punta Cana: Amazing, hip resort

We really enjoyed our stay at the Chic Resort. The resort is advertised as great 25-40 years of age, however we saw a lot of 25-60. The resort was extremely clean, floors mopped daily, there is a turn down service as well as 24 hour room service included at no extra charge (we used it more than we thought). The ocean wasn't too rough when we went even thought the beach is known as a rougher beach. The food was okay, it wasn't bad but it also wasn't the best we've had in Punta Cana. The alcohol w [... read more]as extremely watered down, I'm a light weight and it would take more than 10 daiquiri's to get a buzz. If you upgrade to Diamond club at the resort for $80 a day, you do get the premium alcohol that isn't watered down. There was no theatre because its a social resort and they play pool games as well as do something every night in the lobby (dance parties, etc.). The "night club" usually only had 5-10 people in it, the beach party no one showed up and the lobby parties were a little bit better attended. I would give the night life for this resort a solid 0% because no one got involved and the resort definitely tried to get people involved, it sucked. I prefer the theatre at other resorts. The activities during the day were amazing and lots of people participated: kayak races in the pool, a hamster ball in the pool, bull riding, bubble party, etc. Maybe everyone was tired by the end of the day? Our favourite restaurant was Vespa's italian, we went 3 times out of the 7 days and would have loved to go more! The building supervisors were very pushy, trying to push time shares and asking for food or drinks from your room. No other resort I've been to has done this... I dont know if we'll ever go back, but over all it was a good resort to visit once.

Bahia Principe Explore Legend: Great resort, but not a 5 star

Resort: was beautiful, stunning Food: was great, lots of options Kids resort: lots of options, water park was a plus Beach: horrible. Lots of seaweed. They need to find a solution to this. If you are travelling but don't care about the beach, then you can choose this resort. As much as the resort was amazing, I would not return due to the beach. I'm use to cuba beach, not the same at all. Due to the beach, I rate this resort a 4 star. We travelled the week of July 25/17.

Riu Republica: Riu Republica

Beautiful beach, nice pools, nice rooms,terrible food!!!! They say this is a 5 star resort YES all but the "food", the restaurants are all buffet except for one but that didn't matter cause the food there was probably the worst, sushi forget it. What made our day was the beach, gorgeous you cant go wrong, water amazing and most of all relaxing cause its a adults only resort. Rooms are clean and resort is new so there is a lot of construction going on. We booked garden view and got constructi [... read more]on view, when I asked the concierge he said that they were sold out and couldn't move us. One more thing Sunquest needs to stop upselling packages on the plane, then the next days meeting with their rep and then continuously on the resort, come on Im there to relax if I want an excursion Ill ask for it. If you want drinks you'll have to stay by the pool, the service at the beach is non existent. There are no bars on the beach although we were told that one would be built in the future.

Viva Tangerine by Wyndham: Vacances

Very nice family trip. Place, hotel end staf very profesionel. Vanderfoul place for maide surfing et kitering its amazing. I loved stay 14 days in this hotel, end visiting Cabarete with my family. Probably retourned next year.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: nice resort

The staff did not look happy. They were not very friendly. More fruits would have been better. The pool bathrooms were disgusting. The bars ran out of mint and limes before noon. Entertainment had a lot to be desired. It was the same dance with different costumes. Dances were not family friendly. They were inappropriate behavior with little children around.

Sunscape Dominicus La Romana: I'd come back!

We upgraded to VIP which was a great idea because the resort was crazy busy, especially when it came to the beach!!! So I was really glad we have a private beach. The resort was crazy clean considering the amount of people that were there. I'm not going to go through every category because everything was really good and there's nothing in my opinion that I'd change or suggest that they could change! I'd 100% go back or use the same Resort in other locations!

Riu Republica: great resort

we really enjoyed the location on the beach the waves were si much fun,clean and intertaining resort,food was hood with lots of selection,the only bummer was service in the morning was really slow and very attentive,but on all I would definitely go back

The Eurostars Grand Cayacoa: Good resort if your a billy goat

We enjoyed our stay at the Bahia Principe Cayacoa. The food was excellent for the price. We were at the golden area and there are many stairs - 130 from bottom to top. It could be an issue for some if you aren't in shape. We found the beach lovely and always an abundance of chairs available. Our rooms were sufficient. The air conditioning didn't really cool the room to under 77 F. We found it difficult to sleep with the heat. Staff were great and overall we enjoyed our stay.

Marien Puerto Plata Hotel: It's average.

It wasn't 4.5 star worth, but the rooms were clean, pool was great and the beach was nice with lots of shades. Lacking in nightly entertainment, breakfast was routine, but paella was awesome! Oh yea, the maid stole my dress OUT of my LUGGAGE!!! Do lock up and take the safety lock key everywhere you go. Highly recommended! Lots of locals at the resort, too. Not so friendly.

Majestic Mirage Punta Cana All Suite Resort: Good, Not Great

While our stay was enjoyable and we met a lot of really neat and interesting people, staff included, I wouldn't say that this resort qualifies as a five star, even by Dominican Republic standards. For being such a new resort (i.e. only about seven months old) there were aspects of the site that felt worn out. There are a lot of tiles missing or damaged in the pool and sections of the grounds look like they had either been damaged or not fully completed. The food that we had was good, but not  [... read more]great as you would expect at a five-star, and a couple of the restaurants we didn't get to we heard were subpar. The pools are nice and if you're looking for a quiet getaway this is a great resort from that perspective. If you want a more lively atmosphere, particularly at night, then you should try either one of the other majestic resorts or a different chain altogether. My biggest gripe with this resort is that a majority of the rooms face outward from the resort and are very close to either an adjacent majestic facility or a construction site right next-door. When we arrived there were a lot of people that had been put in construction view rooms that had to request to be moved, and we were one of them, so it might be wise to wait until the new resort being built next door is completed before booking here. One thing I will say is that I wish the travel agent had told us about the construction next-door as we had no idea until just a couple of days before we left for the trip. Most of the other resorts that we've stayed in have had majority of their rooms on the interior of the facility looking at either the pool or gardens and certainly felt a lot more private. One thing I will say about the rooms at this resort is they are quite nice and very large.