VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Could have been better

This resort was clean and the food was good however the service in the buffet was terrible. Sometimes you would get a drink with your meal and other times you would not. There were many occasions where you ordered a drink but it never came. The weather was excellent and we all had a good time other than with the service. Also they had to fumigate for cockroaches while we were there. My other complaint is the vendors on the beach so we mainly stayed at the pool area. Amanda is an amazing ag [... read more]ent to work with.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Clean and fun!

My family and I just returned from 5 days at the Grand Bahia Principe Bavaria resort. It was lovely! Clean and fun, with a great friendly staff. It's a monster of a resort though, not that it bothered us. My two kids can't wait to go back!

Occidental Caribe: Beautiful property not overly friendly staff

The hotel property and beach is beautiful. It's a nicely laid out property with great views of he pools and ocean. The food was fantastic with a large variety to chose from. The staff at this hotel didn't go out of there way by any means even when it comes to providing utensils or searching water and coffee. It seemed it was understaffed in the buffet or that the stay was just mainly there to clear tables that was the only major downfall of the resort. If you are okay wih fending for yourself in [... read more] many ways that it won't be a problem. One other slight problem is towels in the rooms for eveninf showers they don't tend to bring you towels until quite late into eh evening(again probably understaffed in he housekeeping department. All in all we had a great stay and managed to fend for ourself all while enjoying the beautiful property, beach and delicious food

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: First Impressions Matter

Our room backed on to a noisy construction site. When we arrived the key didn't work and there was a linen bag on the bed. The next day a drip from the pot light in the bathroom, ended up being tons of water under the drop ceiling that was emptied onto the bathroom floor by the repair guy. Asked for a new room. Didn't get on until day 4. Room was a nice pool view. Called for help a few times. Calls were transferred several times to find an english speaking aid. Food was good except for  [... read more]the Barbecue A la Carte. Beach was busy but beautiful. Resort was clean. Happy that we were at the Green section with a bit quieter pool area. We will not be returning.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Amazing resort -lots of walking

Me and my boyfriend just got back and we had an amazing time at this resort. The grounds are alittle old but very well maintained. The rooms and very big and nicely kept. Be ready for lots of walking unless you are a VIP (u get a golf cart) if not be prepared for lots of stairs and walking uphill. I have no complaints about the resort the food was good not as much options as I would like. The shuttle is about 30 minutes from the airport but not that bad. The staff was friendly and had awesome we [... read more]ather. It was great going to this resort and being able to travel to the brother/sister resorts that it is attached to

Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana: Dreamy Resort

The grounds, pathways of the Dreams resort were breathtaking. Beautiful, lush, well groomed gardens. Very well manicured and the grounds, pathways, pool and beach area were very clean. We felt very safe at the resort. There were staff stationed at the beach and along the roadway/ path to the beach and main building. The food was good. You would never go hungry. Like any resort you do have to save a lounge chair at the beach or pool. The explorers club for children was fabulous. Lots of activitie [... read more]s for children, teens, and adults. We would recommend this resort. We loved our week at Dreams and would definitely try another Dreams resort. We did have to make a request to change our room as our room had an adjoining door. It would have been okay if the adjoining room was being occupied by family...but you could hear everything going on in the room....all hours if the night. Staff were fantastic and were able to move us to another room within 1/2 hour. Excellent service. Thank you Dreams

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Average

Pros: The staff are very friendly and hard working. Beautiful weather. Cons: Resort is isolated. Entertainment not very good. Most uncomfortable bed I've ever slept in. We been to a couple of other Rui hotels that were much, much better. Would rate as 3.5 star.

Riu Republica: Amazing Resort!!!!

I stayed at the Riu Republica for my honeymoon and had an amazing time! The room was nice but I wish we had the option of booking the Jacuzzi suite. The service was amazing. If you ever call the front desk or see someone, your issue is resolved immediately. The food was great and there was a ton of selection. The pools were great although I wish they were open later so you can do late night swims but they don't recommend it as they are cleaning them (so I get it). The beach location was so g [... read more]reat that we often saw guests from the neighbouring resorts at our beach. My only complaint would be the night entertainment. It just seemed repetitive by the 3rd night even though they were different acts. It also seemed like the entertainment was geared to a much older crowd. The music could've been much better for sure. Especially at the beach party. But after a few drinks, you can still muster up having a great time. All-in-all, this was a great experience and I would definitely recommend this resort to a friend.

Ocean Blue and Sand: Fantastic resort

This was my first time in D.R. Everything everyone said was true about Punta Cana. White beaches, beautiful ocean. The staff were great. I didn't like my first room because it had a musty smell and in the 3rd building. They changed my room the next day to building 9 - closer to the pool and the beach. The pools were huge & beautiful. The food was spectacular. I was there alone & felt very safe. Didn't venture out in the dark by myself. Only thing that I didn't like was when it rained the  [... read more]stone walkway was very slippery & I almost fell 3 times on my way to the restaurants. I liked that they had trolleys to take you everywhere if it was raining, otherwise I walked all the time. Rooms were always clean. I would definitely go back but would get a room facing the garden/pool, much better view than facing the road & trees.

Majestic Mirage Punta Cana All Suite Resort: Amazing resort!!

The majestic mirage was a beautiful resort with very friendly staff that were more then accomendating. All public areas and rooms were very clean. All food in the buffet were under climate control and most food was cooked fresh right infront of you. The nightly entertainment was very enjoyable and was live every night.

Barcelo Bavaro Palace: Worth Revisiting

This is a huge resort with lots to do for everyone. Clean, friendly staff, good service, modern and a beautiful golf course. The food was good. No complaints. This was our second time and I would go back again.

Iberostar Waves Dominicana: Great Resort

The resort is fantastic. The grounds are clean, the beach is amazing, the gym is awesome (the amount of equipment is incredible for a resort and the fact that they had group classes is almost unheard of), the food was good, and the service (front desk, house keeping, dining areas) was second to none (other than one morning where service was slow). Everyone was very friendly and the staff were able to speak English very well making things easier when I had questions. The room was clean and didn' [... read more]t smell musty at all. I plan on going back next year. The trip was awesome.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Would definately return!

Hotel was clean, comfortable and grounds were beautiful. They take great care in the appearance of this resort. Food was fantastic in both the buffet and the restaurants. The beach was amazing - only downside is people reserving chairs at the beach.

Catalonia Royal Bavaro: Great Vacation

We stayed in the exclusive suite with a pool. The resort is everything it says it is. If you are looking for a quiet getaway in a smaller adults only resort with great food, great drinks, great hospitality, manicured grounds, a quiet pool, a busy pool with swim up bar, a la carte meals without reservations and top notch nightly entertainment during dinner, this is the resort to go to. The beach area is nice but gets a 4 out of 5 because there is sea weed in areas of the beach. The beach ar [... read more]ea next door is clear, but is at the family resort. We spoke to several people that have been to Punta Cana several times and for the money this was the best resort they have been to. If you are looking for a party resort, lots of people, daily entertainment, a bunch of activities and buffets that you can walk into anytime in your bathing suit and t-shirt, this resort is not for you.

Bahia Principe Explore Punta Cana: Another enjoyable trip to this resort

This is our third visit to Grand Bahia Dominican resorts, the grounds are spotless, the location is perfect, short distance from the airport, the beach is fantastic and the staff are very friendly. I would highly recommend this resort.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Great trip at an ok resort

Incredible food, awful beach, great entertainment staff and ok grounds best sums up this resort. While the grounds are nice and clean, there's really nothing grand about the resort. Theres also not much for entertainment during the day other than your standard water aerobics, dance lessons and a quick game. Huge shoutout to Noel and Rinalli who worked around the clock during our entire stay, The worst part is how secluded the resort is. Beach scene is a ghost land because it's that bad.  [... read more]You get tired of spending all day/everyday by the pool yet there's nowhere to really venture to. The night time set up is great with the disco and Kareoke bar combo but again, you get tired of doing the same thing each night. No major complaints as we still had a great vacation but it will largely depend on the crowd you get and your ability to make your own fun.

Sunscape Dominicus La Romana: Horrible! Money grabber Resort

Definitely NOT a 5 star resort as they have it on their lobby wall. I have been to many resorts and based on experience would say this is NOT even a 4 star hotel. Maybe a 3-3.5 star. I don't have high expectations and if you are going to cuba or dominican Republic you should not either. I don't care if there's birds flying around the buffet area or if the waitress dropped a plate on the floor and put it back on the pile. I don't want to think about how they cook the food in the back or barely wa [... read more]sh our beach or room towels. However, I have never seen a division of hotel guests the way I saw it in this resort: VIP vs Regular guests. I'm fine with them having a separate beach, bar, room and services; however in a resort with 1000 guests where 800-900 of them are regular, I didn't see it proper for them one day all of a sudden to reserve half of the beach outside their VIP beach area for the 100-200 of them, especially when there's signs saying 'Forbidden to reserve sun beds'. Everyone was wondering around trying to find a sun bed where to stay - not so nice. The beds were barely used. Just an inconvenience for the rest of us. If I would go VIP though, I would pay extra to go to a dreams or luxury resort instead of here. Also the big pool for regular hotel guests not clean and very few sun beds available. I never used it for my baby and I wanted to. The VIP pool super clean. It's more for hygenic reasons that I was worried and so should the managers of the resort. Also there was 1700 people at the resort at one point and only around 500 sun beds. The reason why is because they wanted you to pay for their beds 10$ a day and if you wanted to stay at the pool you had no choice but to pay. The beach and sand was very good with rocks on the bottom but still very good. The food was good for me, even with a one year old. I'm not sure why people have commented here that it's hot when supposed to be cold and vice versa. Not true and that comment really worried me but I found the food better than Cuba so I was happy about that. The resort, hotel and services were not good. The rooms are old, the key to safety deposit was 3.50$ per day. I have never paid for the safety deposit key anywhere else. Everyone at the resort is trying to sell you timeshare or excursions. For the 10 days I stayed, there always was someone trying to sell you something. If people want to buy gifts, they will walk to the shops or go book excursions. Also, the majority of guests were European so it's true that the staff barely spoke English. Italian and French was mostly heard. Also, you need to pay a deposit to use the kayaks, and only 30 min allowed. I guess they don't want people to stay longer than 30min, which is fair to the other guests but because of the deposit issue, people just didn't bother. So if you are a kayak person and as long as you have a watch on you, then no problem.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Totally awesome resort

We had an awesome trip from the time we landed until we got back on the flight to go home !! Service was great at reception when arriving, the room was clean towels daily we didn't have to call looking for them. Servers at the buffet for supper and on the beach were very friendly welcomed us everyday Entertaining was plentiful on the beach at the pool common areas to the shows in the evening The grounds were well maintained The number of people staying at the resort there was know complaint [... read more]s at all Trollers were always going I would have to say that was our only complaint they were not friendly Over all 8.5 /9 out of 10 for sure

Bahia Principe Explore Turquesa: Average

The good: Grounds were well maintained, clean rooms and a variety of food choices at the buffets. The bad: access card problems were annoying. The key cards failed 4 out of the 7 days. Multiple times in the same day. As a parent with small children this was incredibly frustrating. I wish I could express just how gut wrenching and infuriating this really was. The hotel staff did not seem to care. Probably because it's an ongoing problem and they are used to the complaints. On multiple o [... read more]ccasions I was at the front desk with others experiencing the same exact issue. I will never stay at this resort again and will avoid this chain completely.

Dreams Onyx Resort and Spa: Loved every minute of it!

Brand new resort, so the vegetation hasn't had a lot of time to grow, but you could see it will be fabulous in a short time. The room, grounds and beach were awesome. We were there with my sister and husband, we enjoyed each and every meal. Most were to die for, with a couple that we found just good. We shared a taste of each others meals at each dinner, so this is a group opinion.Having access to Breathless next door was great, we ate dinner there one night. the food was was great there as well [... read more]. We took turns as couples to walk through dreams next door which was a well established resort with fantastic foliage. Now for the staff, they were plentiful, attentive and eager to please. Special mention to Darma Powers at breakfast and dinners. Estaban in the breakfast buffet was an absolute hoot! The serving staff on the beach was close to annoying with their regularity. LOL! Lets just say that we never had to wait more than a few minutes to order a drink. Make sure you are aware of the sliding wall in your room, when you close it at night, it keeps out entire hallway noise of slamming doors or cleaning staff in the morning. This was not a "party" resort, there were a few children around, but we didn't find then intrusive at all. Enough entertainment to keep you occupied, dancing in the courtyard starting about 10:30 after the show, the activity staff kept everyone going through the day and into the night. If you want to party all night, a 7 minute walk next door to Breathless takes you there. As you can tell, this reviewer had a great time, would recommend it to anyone that wants a blend of relaxation with activities. :)