Grand Palladium Select Bavaro: Grand palladium Punta Cana

I have been going to Punta Cana for eight years and I have received excellent service at the grand Palladium. The service was outstanding as always. I like to give a shout out to William , Jose Luis at the palace, pool bar, and the rest of the staff! At the palace lounge bar a hug thank you to Jose Alberto Alexander Vidal and the supervisor Alcid , outstanding service! At the El Dorado the service was excellent and a shout out to Biki and Lois great service again as always my experience was  [... read more]very nice. I was well looked after any issues I had were looked after right away. Nothing is perfect, but to me a holiday is what you make it and the staff is what keeps me coming back? The food overall was excellent. I love their café. The cappuccino was excellent !!! It is paradise and I definitely will be coming back. Thank you again for a wonderful holiday.!!!!

Bahia Principe Escape Aquamarine: Great time

Resort was well kept. Rooms where large and very clean. Fridge was stocked everyday and cleaned. Rooms where quiet and comfy. Restaurants including buffet where excellent. Food had lots of flavor and never left a meal hungry. Portofino the Italian restaurant was great with a nice atmosphere great service and quality food. Big pool was clean and had nothing but fun and relaxing days . Drinks where well made and tasty. Lobby was clean bar service was excellent and nightly entertainment was fun. An [... read more]d if you are at the pool Yorki the waiter went above and beyond for great service.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Fantastic Hotel

We loved the hotel. The room and grounds were immaculate. Both the pool and beach exceeded our expectations. As well the service and food at all the ala cartes was outstanding. We preferred the buffet at the beach to the main buffet. The only downside to our experience was the bar service at the pool. In one week we were never approached or asked if we would like anything. While we do not mind getting our own drinks and we are good tippers this was very disappointing.

Occidental Punta Cana: Average

Grounds Beautiful Rooms Clean and above average Buffet Average and service not so great Ala Cartes Some good one bad-Asian Pools Well kept - Main pool bar tooooo busy on weekend. Couldn't get to bar. Four deep of people and nobody letting you through.Should always have a lane open for orders. Beach Above average for the Dominican. Very nice

Majestic Elegance Punta Cana: Amazing Resort

We had no complaints about this resort. The grounds and beach were beautiful, staff was amazing, drinks were delicious and the food was as good as you could expect for AI. There was a good amount of nightlife/entertainment too. I would highly recommend any of the Majestic resorts.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Solo Vaycay! ☀️

Wanted to start this off by saying this is my third time returning to this resort, first time solo! The grounds, room and the beach were beautiful the new renovations at the renovations at the Esmerelda were beautiful! Always felt safe as a female solo traveler. Food would rate an overall 5/10 - was no variety even at the al la cartes, half the dishes were missing items that were supposed to be included per the menu unfortunately so if that matters to you, this isn’t the resort for you. But ever [... read more]ything was definitely edible! Although we were getting the after effects of Hurricane Melissa, everything was still perfect! Some staff were friendly but most just left me alone since I was solo. Overall would say it was a good experience.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Great hotel, just missing smiles.

This is my second trip to Bahia Principe. Last winter we stayed at the Esmeralda luxury and this October we stayed at the Ambar adults only. Service was great. Food was great. The grounds were beautiful and clean. The only hiccough I have to say about this Hotel was the staff half of them or even more than half or not very friendly or smiling. The few that were very smiling. I took the time to tell them in Spanish that they were doing a great job and smiling and being happy it goes a long way. [... read more] I’m sorry I can’t remember the names of the few that were smiling, but I do think they need to work on that point. The beach was nice.

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: We are coming back!

There are 3 pools, all perfectly maintained, lots of comfortable lounge chairs, lots of clean towels. Beach was clean, lots of chairs. Also, there was no smoking at the beach nor at the pools, this was very much appreciated! Service in the restaurants was good. The bar closest to the entrance to the lobby had the best service, morning till evening. Sometimes service in the Buffett was slow. We ate at the "Hunter" unfortunately we did not get a table inside but outside which was very hot...We w [... read more]ere not told that they could not accommodate our group, perhaps we would have booked somewhere else had we known. Japanese was great, the cook put on an excellent show, food was excellent, great décor. Our room was cleaned very well daily. On arrival, one of the drawers fell out and the other 3 were very difficult to open. I told the concierge who came to our room and took pictures, said she would report that repairs were needed. We were there for 7 days, the drawers never got fixed, disappointed. The Royalton Bavaro was excellent value. The location was good.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Nice Resort

This is my second time at the Senator resort. The good points of the visit were, Michelle, Junior, Walkerlin, and Alexander. Those four people made the stay much better so thank you very much guys.! As I said, this was my second time here and when I was here two years ago, they had no hot water for the whole week, but this time they had lots of hot water. The food was delicious. The entertainment was good. The weather was not so good, but the resort doesn’t control that we had hurricane Meliss [... read more]a going by. The food at the Ember steakhouse and at Zao Japanese food was extremely good. There were a couple of small things that I think should’ve been taken care of . 1. The one large pool was under construction and was empty and we were never informed about this before booking our trip. 2. No one had told us that on the weekend. The locals get to come there on Friday evening until Sunday evening and have an all inclusive deal for the weekend, I found that the 500 to 700 locals that showed up took over pretty well everything, when it came to the buffet, it was like Locust Landing. I really liked the senator resort but in all honesty I don’t think that I’ll return there. Just a note - I only gave the beach and pool two stars because of the empty pool. The beach was very nice and very well kept.

Grand Palladium Palace: Pick another resort until Fully Renovated !

Currently here for 7 nights. Booked through trip central/Air canada vacations. Flight portion of the trip was smooth. Definitely spend your money elsewhere for a resort. We came 10 years ago but this place is now showing its age. AC struggles to keep room temp below 23.8 C. Outlets falling out of walls- it definitely needs a facelift. If you have any gymnastics abilities you will do great navigating the step up into the deep tub/ shower combo. I can’t believe some people haven't fallen getting o [... read more]ut of this contraption. If your traveling with someone other than your significant other and book a loft suite the glass in between the main bed and shower is frosted- think 80’s silhouette…def not suitable. 90% of the restaurants are closed- something not noted on the booking website or I would have chosen another resort. Bavaro section is closed due to renovations so you have 1 main restaurant for breakfast/Lunch/Dinner with another buffet restaurant opened for lunch. Only place that is air conditioned is Hemmingway Bar- burger truck parked beside it. Made 5 trips to the front desk to get the ac looked at- its standard was the response after 3 technicians came to look at it ..asked to switch rooms and it seemed like that was a big inconvenience. Sorry Pladium…. Your 5 star has lost its rating at the moment. On the plus side- wait staff is amazing, pool bar staff always have whatever you require- pool is clean- lots of loungers at this time period….Rock show in lobby on Thursday nite is very good- other than that minimal activities. Pushy travel club salespeople in the lobby, around the pool trying to get you to a timeshare presentation. I think if you are very good at saying no you will have no problem. But every time they see you at the lobby they have to try. Highlight of the trip is the coffee bar..frap’s, fruit jars, donuts, hot or iced coffee- def one of the best things here. After numerous trips to the front desk the Concierge/Guest Services/Victor and the whole team gave us another room with much better cooling capabilities. Even this room is showing its age with the jetted tub rings all fallen off and placed at the side of the tub, Caulking around tub should be replaced. I thnk that they should use their Cleaning team to note the rooms that need repair and small issues that could be easily fixed instead of just cleaning. They are really the first point of contact with the rooms and documentation could go a long way with fixing Guest issues. The Bavaro side is planning to open In December and the rooms do look amazing although they will be at a premium. If you are looking for pools, food, drink and don't mind the overall conditions of the room then come down. The staff at the restaurants and La UVa are more than phenomenal. My issues stem from the conditions of the rooms only but we really didn't spend much time in them. I understand the contraints and pressures the guest services team are under as they know the rooms are tired and I have no doubt they will try and accomodate and make it right. Grounds are immaculate as expected and they do their best to combat the seaweed influx. Although the customer service team is amazing I do think we will try another resort on our next visit to the island. Until the whole resort does a refresh find another place to book. I am not one to usually write reviews but extremely disappointed in this resort.

Ocean Blue and Sand: Don't bother, waste of money

Nothing but trouble from the moment we got into our room. Air conditioning didn't work, TV broken, sliding door wouldn't close and app for dinner reservations wasn't working. Took 3 days and 2 complaints to the front desk to get someone to fix A/C. Spoke to guest services and she got the manager involved. He offered us a new room and "Privilege upgrade" for our troubles. After being locked out of our room that we needed to get into to pack up and move to the new room (maintenance had to come dis [... read more]mantle door lock and reprogram so we could get in), new room had more problems than the first. most of the upgrades that come with "Privilege" we didn't get and the room we were moved into had less amenities than our first. It was a downgrade rather than an upgrade. They were supposed to plan something for my husbands birthday as part of this "privilege" and all they managed to execute was a banner on our door. The special restaurant for his birthday didn't acknowledge us or his birthday and we left without anything special happening. I have been to several resorts in the Dominican and I would rate this a 1 out of 5 and that is being generous. Do yourself a favour don't waste your money on this resort. The lawns looked nice since they worked on them from morning to night every day and outside of the buildings were getting a fresh coat of paint everyday but they should take some of that budget and work on keeping rooms functioning. This was not the place for rest, relaxation or most of all DESTRESSING - its the total opposite. Many others we talked to there had issues with their rooms and with the app. So if going by looks is your thing and not function Ocean Blue and Sand has got that.

Viva Tangerine by Wyndham: Not what I expected

We just recently went to the Viva Tangerine by Wyndham and were very disappointed in the amenities and some of the services. I do not recommend staying at this hotel. The local people spend the weekends there which in its self is not an issue but they did not watch their kids then raided the hotel buffet the day they left after that the buffet was closed down till the next weekend. They turned down the hot water in the showers after they left they ran out of towels at the pool by 10am the prog [... read more]rams were either non existent or just the same 5 people doing the same dance 4 times a day. I have no plans to ever stay at a Wyndham property ever again. We were a large party of guests and were mostly housed in the beginning in kne building but by the time we went home we were spread all over the place due to things falling apart in the rooms. Such as the ceiling falling on a bed, air conditioning breaking, and beds breaking. If I wasn’t with good company it would have been the worst trip I had ever been on

Royalton Bavaro Resort and Spa: Great Resort!

The grounds of the resort are beautiful the landscape is the perfect tropical escape. The staff are incredibly friendly and made our stay perfect. Thank you to Yaniris for the perfect setup for my proposal to my now Fiancée. The Food is average as I’ve found this at all Dominican Resorts I have visited. Drinks are incredible. The Lazy River is wonderful and lots for the kiddos to do was plenty of activities to stay busy with our family we look forward to returning again.

Secrets Playa Esmeralda Resort and Spa: Nice Resort

Suggestions as I hate to say Complaints: Beds are only Doubles but has Queen or King Size sheets. We were 3 in the room an my wife and I were in one and I rolled out and bruise a rib when I hit the frame. Then I got caught up in the sheet one night and fell hurting my knee cap and elbow - lots of blood. Now the 1st shower that I took the bathroom flooded due to the drain being plugged. Call maintenance to fix and the maid to clean. The divider sharing the toilet to the shower should be caul [... read more]ked as water seeps into the toilet area and I slipped catching myself but it hurt. Not all bars/restaurants had 0 alc. beer. Staff is new and it's understandable that they can get things wrong which they did but was quick to fix. We had the same bed and I had my Chair by the pool for most of the week until someone from the other side took it as they hade different color towels. Others were bragging at the pool bar that they snuck over to drink better liquor. no one was checking. Not all Restaurants were opened and we had a few long waits. 40 to 50 minutes.

Casa Marina Sosua Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: Casa Mediochre

Welcoming staff at front are nice, all security guards are nice, most restaurant staff is nice, rooms are kept clean and everything worked. The only thing is that I’ve gotten sick off of the food two out of three times I’ve been here. It definitely puts a damper on the vacation. Great location just have to improve parasites in the food.

Viva Tangerine by Wyndham: Not What I Expectes

This resort was quite disappointing. The front desk staff were forward and didn't seem to eager to solve issues quickly. They had locals occupy the resort on the weekend, and the children were loud and not watched by parents. Our friends and I could.not attend a show due to noise and fighting amongst children. Locals then pillaged the buffet on Sunday afternoon to the point that the resort stopped serving food until 4pm. We received notification that the buffet was going to be close from Monday  [... read more]- Thursday on Sunday night. The bar was not adequately stocked. The only shining light was our housekeeper ( Dani ). The shuttle from the hotel.was terrifying for.my wife. The resort needs more bilingual people, language barrier was an issue. Not.much in the way of entertainment, and pushy Viva staff to join their club.

Viva Heavens by Wyndham: Good Value Resort

We visited the Puerto Plata area for the first time and had a great experience overall. The resort offered good value for the money we spent. It’s small but cozy, and thanks to the low occupancy in mid-October, we were able to relax and really enjoy our stay. A big plus goes to the entertainment team — they did a fantastic job! The beach was beautiful and clean. The only downside was that the beach bar didn’t open until 10 a.m., even for coffee. However, the bartenders and resort staff were a [... read more]ll very friendly and welcoming. The pool area was small and not very deep. On weekends, when more local guests arrived, it quickly became crowded and a bit dirty. The buffet food was generally good, though the selection was limited and quite repetitive from day to day, with only minor variations. The à la carte restaurants were open just three nights out of our seven-night stay, likely due to the low season. Overall, it’s a good four-star resort — clean, cozy, and well-maintained.

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Resort was perfect

Had a great stay at this resort. I have stayed there before. Entertainment, cleaning and front desk were all amazing. The ocean was closed for two days due to heavy currents but the beach was clean and remained open. I would definitely stay there again. Brian

Sunscape Coco Punta Cana: Worst hotel I’ve ever stayed!

First off, Trip central was amazing to book with! Once I get over the trauma of this resort, I will book elsewhere! We just returned from the Dominican and I wanted to give you the review we sent to Hyatt Customer Service and they have told me to contact you or Air Canada holidays. I knew the reviews were bad and I knew the resort was bottom of the Hyatt chain, but this resort should honestly be shut down. I have also contacted UVC as a member/owner I am shocked at the difference! We’ve only eve [... read more]r stayed at Dreams Now and Secrets, but this was insane to me. Anyways, I just wanted you to know about the week as I’m sure you may have heard the complaints before as well and I hate to complain! We are all business owners, this was by far the worst hotel I’ve ever been to. Booking with you was wonderful and I will book again but definitely NOT this resort and sad the Dominican is off my favourites list. Not at all your fault and I’m thankful for the easy efficient booking process. So RUN don’t walk from the blue shirts! Their membership is useless! My letter is as follows: We just returned from Sunscape coco punta cana (Oct14-21-2025) and as a UVC member, I’m embarrassed I purchased this trip! The list of issues is Endless and trust me when I say, I’ve stayed at lower class resorts that put this resort to shame First of all, we booked 2 rooms. Once they found out we were members, we were immediately shunned! Everyone else offered upgrades and special treatment! I was shocked to witness first hand! Then daughter with infant put in a room beside the party pool with no sleep at all! Offered a room with fee to move and will note we were in separate buildings when requested joined rooms! When moved to a room with no AC…we are all covered in bed bug bites confirmed by the doctor, we have many mosquito bites, but not as many as bed bug bites! They were moving furniture from room to room and our request was just ignored! I asked what the issue was to our Neighbor and they too had the same issues! Covered in bed bugs! We are home now sick and basicly threw away everything we went there with! We ordered water for the infant and literally had to steal from maids cart as not once not twice..10 room service requests were ignored and maid did not understand English. On the app, it showed as pending requests. I phoned front desk and they sent a gentlemen with pop! When the maid seen me taking water for the baby, she took 2 bottles back…and She gave us 2 water! When room service finally showed up on day 4, they delivered 4 more bottles of pop!! No water, no beer…just pop! Our toilet didn’t flush, 2 days we were walking to the sunclub to use their facilities before they finally came with a plunger! Then not one day did we have room service even after showing the maids the bug bites all 5 of us had! Showed them the dirty sheets and moldy curtains and she said something in Spanish and never returned! Then others coming up to our swim up and leaving their empties and cigarette butts in cups….This is LUXURY?? A seven month old covered in bites and nobody cared! No mini bar filled not once in 8 days in either room! No towels! Oh and bring facecloths as they do not supply those either! We also had to help ourselves to the cart! No hot water, and they say to upgrade to Sun club for top luxury?! We tried everyday to book an a la carte..no luck!! The buffets were packed as not all restaurants were open! We booked a beach dinner for my daughters engagement which was 100% ruined as they had other people booked with one swirled light bulb and then still charged us after being told we didn’t show up…I then tried to help them out by booking photos on the beach, then get charged 400.00 for 20 photos after being told 150 for the rushed 5 minute session! This resort is as crooked as they come! Not only did we get eaten alive by bedbugs…we had mold all over our room! Curtains, sheets, walls, table, sofa bed. Now we are all back in Canada after a week of being sick, still sick and traumatized after this week of nothing but disappointment! I understand this resort is a lower class resort, but it is definitely no more than 2 star and that’s only because some staff were very kind and worked very hard. Mostly restaurant staff! This was a surprise engagement for my daughter and was completely ruined! We had 2 rooms. Both Sunclub as we were told to upgrade for added luxury…people from all buildings had the same treatment! 50.00 a day to rent cabanas all to get hounded by aggressive vendors! One vendor had a parrot, and we obviously want to support the locals and felt safe knowing a security guard was right there, he then tells us 50.00 per picture and connected something to my daughters phone, to which her bank account was immediately shut down coincidently for fraud, then confronts my son in law in front of security who is nonchalantly walking in a different direction..so I give him 50.00 to make him go away and the vendor went over and passed the security guard cash! We tip security to keep them away in apparently private zone…so the vendors can pay the security guard to go inside the ropes area…safety is NOT good at all! Offering cocaine and marjuana and getting more and more aggressive the more you say NO…Then The weekend came and locals came for the weekend…what a disgrace! Even our patio chairs were taken right off our deck! We didn’t sit on the sunclub loungers for our room once! Getting service with a smile was never! What exactly is the perks of upgrading?! Paper cups that literally melt in your hand. Spagetti Burgers and hotdogs seemed to be the only things available, unless the buffet was open. Room service had the same on the menus but never came once! We walked to the standard side (not sunclub) as they had a burger bus available. No other restaurants open. Sunclub had the same little dry sandwiches and sweets covered in flys. The cabana at Coco Cafe was falling apart and they were painting and the fumes were so strong your eyes watered! So that was shut down also. Their nightly dinner parties….15 US dollars each to enjoy. Ive never been to a resort that charges for their theme dinners..it’s normally just their buffet food anyways! The pools were all filthy! Rocks and leaves all throughout. We even had a burger bun float right by..this is just a few things I think were inexcusable. Air Canada on the other hand, fantastic! That was the only good portion. After reviewing endless poor reviews a couple weeks prior to our trip, something told me to try to change but it was too close to departure time unfortunately. But in hind sight, we had great weather and flew out the day the weather got bad. So Air Canada was fantastic! I am told this is their low season, so understaffed and not all restaurants will be open!! The sunclub is right beside dreams Flora which is under construction day and night! Between kids running wild in the swim ups all hours and construction…I felt like I was downtown NY City!

Melia Punta Cana Beach Wellness Resort Adults: Absolutely loved this resort and my week stay!

From the moment of check-in, the service and the ambiance was a precursor to a wonderful week. The room was clean and well outfitted, with a full mini fridge and a beautiful garden view. The water pressure was perfect and always had hot and/or cold water. There was always something to do, from macrame to yoga and as it was off season, getting a beach lounger was a breeze. There was residual sargassum, but that's the chance you take when travelling in September. The resort did have it remove [... read more]d from the beach and ocean netting in place to mitigate the volume. The grounds are beautiful and well kept and there were workers throughout keeping maintenance. The carts to take you to and from were frequent and excellent drivers for every jaunt! The buffet by the beach was my favourite - who doesn't love overlooking the ocean while enjoying a good meal and a libation! The dinner buffet offered many delicious options and the MUOI Asian restaurant was my favourite. Go for the ribs! Overall, I absolutely loved my stay here and would return in a heartbeat.