The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana: Great Anniversary

Have stayed at this hotel 5 times before but this was the first time at the Reserve. Upgrade was certainly worth the extra $. Obviously we like the place since we have stayed there so many times-- good food, great staff and our bar runners on the beach

Grand Sirenis Punta Cana Resort: Great Resort, Beach, Vacation

The beach here is awesome. Long white beach, Palm trees almost to the water. Lots of chairs and Shade-huts. Workers are always very accommodating and smiling. Food was great always something for someone. Love the Mexican Al le Carte.

Grand Palladium Select Bavaro: Amazing resort

Stayed at the Bavaro Palladium resort in Punta Cana. Newer buildings chose Roof Top Terrace . Sixth time on property. William at Palace pool bar is the best plus Alex, Carmen, Giselle, Carlos, Marylus

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Better than expected - excellent

Grounds were beautifully kept and very clean, staff could not do enough for you, rooms clean, food very good, pool and beach excellent, lots of restaurant choices, beautiful local language, drinks good.

Grand Palladium Palace: Nice resort

I enjoy resort but was vert disappointed with my room. Paid extra for junior suite and was just a evert day room that I've had at other resorts. Our travelling friends who had a regular room had a nicer room than we did

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Fantastic Week

Wonderful stay this past week at the Esmeralda. Accommodations, food, service and weather were all top notch. The resort was much quieter and more relaxing than the adjacent Bahia Principe resorts and was very much geared towards a family experience.

Cofresi Palm Beach and Spa Resort: Huge resort

The hotel is way to big, not for the physically challenge as there is a lot of walking and steps. The buffets were okay. We were only allowed to book 3 of the speciality restaurants & didn't know our times that we had requested until that day at 4:00, because the VIP's came first. At night we only had 1 bar open(lobby) or we had to take the shuttle over to the Tropical, they had 3 bars. the beach was nice, we could walk to the one VIP & use it. We bought wifi but it only worked half the time. Th [... read more]e staff were very friendly. We upgraded before we left to a junior suite garden view & our garden view was a brick wall & a parking lot full of golf carts. We complained & 2 days later they moved us to a slightly better view of a hill with grass. It's was better than the first room. We got the impression it was all about the VIP's. After a 2 hour tour to try to get us to buy into the resort we said no & it seemed to us it was all about the VIP's, we won the trip so we made the best of it We would not have booked this resort on our own. There was a awful smell of sewer as we walked around the resort.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: great vacation spot

Great resort with the best food we have had in all southern vacations. The grounds, pool, rooms are kept immaculately clean, the atmosphere is relaxed, efficient and well staffed. The beach was lovely, although the ocean was quite "rough" in this area. We always found pool or beach side chairs, which was a pleasant change from many resorts. The resort is very large, so be prepared for the exercise. We loved it. A few minor irritations: provide the basic room amenities expected in a 4 star - a co [... read more]ffee maker and room safe should not be offered as a "rental" item - that's just "cheesey". A chain of this size should not gouge quests by adding 15% to currency exchange. Do not take Canadian cash - US cash only, bring small denominations for tipping, as the front desk gives only 100 peso bills - very annoying. Excursions are very overpriced for the quality received. If your are a early riser, a decent coffee can't be found. The lobby coffee "machine" malfunctioned or needed service 5 out of 7 days. Very annoying to those who were bussing out at 6:00 am. Great place, incredible buffet food, wonderful staff.

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: Excellent Resort!!

Ver clean resort right by the beach. This is a small resort so you are close to everything. It is part of 4 other resorts that you can access for those that like bigger resorts. Beach is awesome. Service is excellent. Food is fantastik. Must try the new Brazilian restaurant!! Would definitely return to this resort.

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Beautiful location

You can't go wrong with Bahia properties, nice friendly staff, good food,clean rooms,large pools, nice clean beach,yes the property is huge but there is never any lineups or long waits. I will defiantly be returning here.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Top Notch Resort

The Bahia Principe Ambar is a great resort, we really enjoyed our 10 day stay in February 2016. This was our second visit to Bahia Principe, it's a huge complex with lots to do, good entertainment and shopping on site. The food was fantastic, lots of choice in type of food and restaurants, beach-side, near the lobbies and pools. The grounds and beach are immaculate and rooms well kept. The staff were all very helpful and truly seemed to enjoy interacting with guests. It was a few hundred dollars [... read more] more to go adult only, but was a quieter vacation and we liked that both at our pool and in the adult restaurants. We also visited the 4 sister resorts in the complex where children are allowed and while noisier, it was still nice everywhere we went :-) The only minor complaint we had is that to get a lounge at the pool or beach in the morning you had to get up really early and go out and put your towel down. We didn't do that, just took our chances and most times we got 2 lounges together after about a 15 minute search but we did find it annoying to see that some people left their stuff reserving lounges and didn't even sit on them until the afternoon which denied those lounges to someone else. We've been to over 20 Caribean resorts and this one is among the top resorts. We will definitely go back here again and will consider other Bahia Principe hotels as well.

Puerto Plata Village: Puerto Plata Village resort

Rooms are OK but the furniture is old not really functional ( they don't have separate cupboards ) and the washrooms are somehow not really functional. But the pool area was OK, also the food,and the services.

Zel Punta Cana - All Suites: Exceptional Resort

3rd time to this amazing resort and once again we were not disappointed. Staff are amazingly friendly and always ready to assist you in any way. Grounds are exceptionally clean. Food is amazing with many options to choose from. Rooms are spacious with all the amenities one would expect from a true 5 star resort.

Ocean Blue and Sand: Another Amazing Week at Ocean Blue and Sand Resort

We have just returned from our 11th visit to OB&S. Our trip was booked three days before take-off by the very efficient and friendly Tracy at the Trip Central Dundas office. Everything went perfectly with our Air Transat flight out of Hamilton and we arrived 30 minutes early going both ways. Arriving at the Ocean Blue resort we were greeted with hugs and kisses from the many staff members who remember us from year to year. Our room in Building 10 was kept clean and well stocked and it was not ne [... read more]cessary to ask the maid for anything. Our butler Alfredo made reservations for the Japanese restaurant on the first night and it was excellent as always. Reservations were not needed at the other restaurants because we prefer to eat between 6:00-6:30 and there were never any line-ups at that time. Food was always excellent and beautifully presented. We only used the buffets for breakfast and lunch and it was also very good with a large selection to choose from. We participated in many of the activities at the pool during the day. In the evening we played bingo in the lobby, went to the shows in the theatre and danced to the live music later on. The two enormous pools are fabulous and we were happy to see that work is being done to stop the beach erosion.

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Excellent Resort

This was a very wonderful resort. It was very clean and the selection of food was great - you can always find something to eat. Three pools and lots of chairs on beach. Beach was wonderful and you could walk for miles.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: A Great Holiday Destination

We absolutely loved this resort and would go back in a heartbeat. It was beautiful in all aspects. It was clean and we experienced no issues with things not working in our room. The food was great and the beach was amazing. Its layout was easy to navigate and everything was close. Service was perfect.n

Grand Palladium Palace: Very nice resort

Lovely grounds, nice remodelled rooms, good selection of food in buffet, and plenty of restaurants to choose from. The only problem was getting in & out of the bathtub (or shower) which was poorly designed, and caused flooding on the floor, which in turn becomes a safety issue....could be dangerous! Other than that everything was great.

Dreams Royal Beach Punta Cana: ok

This resort scored amazingly high on trip advisor. After being there, I realize it isn't all that they contend it is. I'm not sure if TripAdvisor has some sort of deal worked out with the Now Larimar but every employee seemed to have TripAdvisor cards on them and consistently harassed us to write excellent reviews on the TA site. Between that and the high pressure tactics of the time share crew, the harassment never ended. Even when people were eating, staff would approach requesting they write [... read more] high praised reviews of this resort. The resort is VERY dated and is in extreme need of lots of TLC. The grounds are well manicured though and it is easy to navigate. Food is OK but far from great ! Wait times and service was hit and miss. Even noticed cockr oaches crawling around at the buffet. Gross ! I have been to Punta Cana 6 times and can honestly say that I have been to lowered ranked resorts that were way better. All in all I would not return and would recommend others to look elsewhere. As much as TripAdvisor rates this resort as extremely high, it seems the Now Larimar is pressuring staff to get guests to bump up its standing on their site. Not a top 25 resort in my opinion !

Bahia Principe Explore Esmeralda: AMAZING RESORT

BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS, CLEAN POOLS , GREAT FOOD , FRIENDLY STAFF. Beds and pillows were too hard.Difficulty booking a la carte restaurants but buffet food was very good.Drinks were very good and bartenders were a eager to suggest a drink if you were unsure of what you would like .

Sunscape Coco Punta Cana: Good 3.5

Service would be the weak spot, front desk could use more people. If you paid for VIP there is a separate check-in, in that section but was not directed there? Purchased through Sunwing a adults only VIP standard room - resort advised that standard rooms did not exist in the adult only sections so was in regular section although we could enter the adults only and family VIP area. I have queried Sunwing about why I was sold a room in adults only section that didn't exist but I haven't had a respo [... read more]nse. Many individuals offering fantastic service others who don't care just like Canada! Close to airport. Long beach - lots of chairs - if guests didn't reserve spots - frustrating sitting in the sun without shade well all the shady spots are covered with towels with no people. Enjoy modern feel to be live concept.