Bahia Principe Escape Bouganville: Fantastic!

Loved the Bahia Principe Bouganville hotel and grounds! The rooms were clean and tastefully decorated. The food was delicious and there was a good selection. The beach was exquisite. Clean white sand and clear water. There was lots of shaded areas on the beach. The pool swim up bar was a great hit for one and all. Nightly entertainment was lots of fun. I would rate my experience as first class!

Paradisus Punta Cana: Good resort

Restaurants were below par for breakfast and lunch. Buffet style. However omlettes were made to order in the morning. No fresh sandwiches offered for lunch or late afternoon. Hot dogs, hamburgers and french fries at pool area bar under heaters in late afternoon. The restaurants for evening dining were average to slightly above average. Entertainment was very good in main lobby offering local talent. Entertainment near the beach in the evening I felt was more for the staff's enjoyment as I looked [... read more] around and saw families and mature couples gather and look somewhat perplexed. The Spa was excellent. Great service. The layout of the resort was conducive to relaxation, spacious and inviting. The front desk staff as well as the concierge professional and extremely helpful. Location on the beach wonderful with security in sight but not obtrusive. Shopping in the resort was minimal but the boutique was excellent serving typical tourist T-shirts but a few higher end products. The golf course was a great and welcome change from the typical resort style, perfectly manicured, overly expensive and non-challenging round. Loved all the three 9's offered. Staff professional. I've saved the best for last....the Passion restaurant was beyond exceptional. The dining experience here was the hightlight of the trip.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: An A ONE RESORT

What a wonderful place for a holiday! The food is great and all the restaurants treat you like royalty. They have many pools but the main one is the best, especially with the swim-up bar. The rooms are amazing and comfortable. Will be going there again.

Bahia Principe Explore La Romana: Great Resort

Very clean, very friendly staff, very good food. The beach is very nice, but the water is murky, and not good for snorkeling. We really liked that we could walk either to the left or the right and get nearly a half hour walk in either direction. Spent most days at the beach under the shade trees rather than at the poolside. Stayed 14 days.

Majestic Elegance Punta Cana: amazing but need updating

This hotel has beautiful grounds, well kept resort, very clean but definitely needs updating and renovation on the inside...the furniture are old and musty. curtains get stuck in their tracks or torn, pluming needs to be replaced as some guests complained that there was no hot water for showering . Food was always cold by the time you sit down, the waitresses was always quick to take your plates away and most of all noticed they are not shy to ask for tips...

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: Clean, Friendly and Good Food

Rooms were clean, staff were friendly, food was good, beach was nice. Service at the bars was slow and the resort was not at full capacity. No stools at any bar to sit and gab. Good bang for your buck

Occidental Punta Cana: BEAUTIFULL RESORT.

Great Vacation,,one of the best resort that we ever been,, I should say the best so far. Great food, amazing people, beautiful beach very nice pools and very clean, the rooms are great beautiful gardens with very colorfull flowers, beautiful lobby with great colorfulcentre pieces full of beautifull flowers There"s so much to say about this beautiful resort,we will b back very soon. Supricing the security it is great 24 hours a day..THANK YOU OCCIDENTAL GRAN FO A GREAT TIME..

Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada: nice resort

Resort was nice ,clean and staff was vary nice.Food was excellent. The only problem we had was every time you went to the beach people were there asking you if you wanted to go to the market just down the beach.First time they asked we went to the market, it was ok the usual souvenirs, but every time after that when we went to the beach they were there asking if they could take you really anoing .We stopped going to the beach.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Beautiful well maintained resort!

The resort was gorgeous. Very clean, the grounds were impeccably maintained and beautiful, our room was outstanding, the bar service around the pools and lobbies was excellent, the food was great, and dining room service very good. The only drawbacks from our point of view was that the resort was so huge that we had difficulty finding our way around and we were a fair distance from the ocean. The other thing was that many guests would save loungers around the pool and the beach and go off somewh [... read more]ere else so we were unable to find loungers even once at the beach and many times were stuck sitting in the hot sun around the pool! There is a rule at the resort that people are not to save loungers but this rule is poorly enforced. Communication was also difficult because of the language barrier. One other problem we found was that there was only one area where we could get light snacks all day, and that was down at the beach, which as I mentioned was a fair distance away. All other buffets and restaurants had set hours which was a bit inconvenient! The staff was very friendly.

Emotions by Hodelpa Puerto Plata: Budget Price - Budget Resort

The grounds and beach here are terrific. I've heard a lot of so-so reviews and in my opinion this place is a 3 star and don't expect more than that! You want a 3.5 star then pay a bit more for it. However, we didn't starve, had a nice room to sleep in, though a lack of hot water, drinks were plentiful (don't drink the white wine) and the people working here were nice. 7 days of great beach and sunshine for $700, can't beat that.

Wyndham Alltra Punta Cana: Loved everything about it!

My husband and I plus my mom and dad, sister, hubby and 2 kids just came back from this resort and it was fantastic!! We would go back in a heartbeat. Yes the rooms could use a bit of an update and my dad wished there was a dresser drawer but we barely spent time in our rooms. The grounds are lush and beautiful, my favorite part was walking to the beach each day and stopping to look at the flamingos and coy pond! The food was incredible. I'm gluten free, and only eat chicken and there was still  [... read more]lots for me to choose from. The a la carts were incredible and the line ups moved quickly for them. The beach was always clean and the entertainment staff was so friendly and involved with not just getting us to do stuff but they took an interest in all our needs and life's. Ana, Super Luis, chocolate #1, Sandy beach and Benjamin Franklin are awesome to hang with! My one and only complaint which took away from the 5 stars was the wait it sometimes took to get drinks. The bar staff could be very slow at times so double up when you can! Nightly entertainment was cool as well. If you're into going off the resort, I actually spent a day doing animal rescue with a local group called Rescatame. I was able to learn a lot about their culture and see some beautiful areas and for free! You just need to donate your time! Please don't go swimming with the Dolphins at any location and please don't ride the horses as they try to sell and the owners do not treat either animals fairly so please don't support this and this is coming from many locals as well. If you do choose this resort you will have a blast! Oh and for $37 I brought a full suitcase with kids clothes, toiletries and dollar store items which I left small piles every morning for the maids with a couple of bucks and the look on their faces was pure joy. They need all they can get especially shoes of all sizes as they are hard to come by down there! Hope you have as much fun as we did!

BelleVue Dominican Bay: Don't drink the water and don't eat the food

The grounds and pools were beautiful and very well kept. The rooms are old and worn, beds are really hard and some people complained of mold in the bathroom (we did not have mold in our room). The staff were friendly. The entertainment was well done and full of energy. The food was terrible! The buffet was always the same with a few exceptions (example on Mexican night they had premade hard shell tacos as one of the dishes), the food was never hot and I have no idea how long it sat it the warmin [... read more]g pans. The food looked like it was just thrown together with no thought to display. The morning breakfast did not even have fresh orange juice just the watery syrup drink. We spoke with 9 different Canadians and all got sick with diarrhea.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: excellent resort

large enough to have all the facilities, small enough to get around easily, nice layout, large pool and bars, excellent food, good service, lots of beach towels, very nice beach with a few rocky areas, but lots of places to play and swim.

Bahia Principe Explore El Portillo: Dominican nice retreat

The hotel was not too large so therefore not overly crowded on the beach. Overall the hotel was quite nice with 2 relaxing outdoor sitting areas. Buffet area was a little tight for space when trying to look at what to eat. You had the option of eating indoor outside which was nice option. It took sometime for tables to be set and serve beverages which from my perspective was due to the lack of servers not the quality of service. Food was good but not great. The house wine was not very good. Our  [... read more]room was large and clean but a little tired.

Whala Bavaro: loved it.

i loved my trip this year. i had the best room I've ever had anywhere. the grounds were beautiful and everything kept clean. staff were always helpful if you needed anything. the pools were great and i loved the beach. it was what i wanted -a quiet trip. get a jr. suite if possible if not get rooms in the 1000 things that people might not like- beach was small not much room there was no activities if you are looking for excitement have to pay for your drinks after 11:00 p.m

Caribe Deluxe Princess: Resort needs work

Rooms need work!! we had to change room apron arrival because the air conditioning and the safe was not working. Second room was much better however it to had its issues. Example closet doors were broken and shower was not very clean. However the room was much larger and it had a better view. We talked to several people during our stay and they too had to change rooms. Food, I got stomach problems after the second dinner.

Coral Costa Caribe: Great food, great spot for our money!

The food at this resort was great! Buffet every day was new and interesting, and the a la carts were delicious! Service was excellent as well. I would suggest that this hotel add more bartenders to each bar as the poor guys were working their butts off to help everyone as fast as they could. The beach is decent, but if you're a swimmer, you aren't able to swim too far without seaweed on your legs. The "sales people" on the beach are a bit annoying, but once you have a tan they can see you've bee [... read more]n there for a while and stop bothering you so much. Loungers are a bit hard to come by, so it's a bit unfortunate that guests have to "save" their lounger by 8am. I'd recommend more loungers, and beach towels, as it's nice to get a fresh one half way through the day, but sometimes they weren't available. Entertainment is ok. Nothing special. Disco is a pretty cool spot.. just wish more people went to dance when we were there! Rooms are... tired. Floors, bathroom, beds are in need of repairs and replacement. Sheets and towels are clean, so that's really all you can ask for. No problems with leaks, or anything not working. Something I'm sure people are interested in knowing. We did not get sick at all during our vacation. Yay! We brought our own water bottles and filled them up at the buffet or bar and away we went! We didn't do any off resort excursions. The US dollar is just too high and everything is priced in US. We didn't do any shopping either. We paid under $1000 each for the first week of February, so I consider this vacation a good deal for our money

Casa Marina Sosua Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: Great fun!!!

It was my first trip to the Dominican and I had heard some negative things about this resort. I can honestly say I have nothing negative to say about this resort. A vacation is what you make of it, and if you are nice and friendly, people generally act the same. The food was good, staff were fine, and the rooms were clean. I would go back here as the location is fantastic.

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: One of the best all inclusives I have stayed at

My 9th all inclusive,rates among the best. Staff are wonderful,food was great. Make sure your resort is seaweed free as it can get ugly, there was none here. Beach is clean. Will return. Recommended .

Punta Cana Princess: Awesome experience!

Wonderful, quiet, small setting with a personalized feel. Great food in the a la carts and the buffets. Nice beach and pool area, where you can participate in as much or as little of the activities as you want. Rooms are spacious and kept clean. Staff tried to please and are super friendly. Quick short ride to neighbouring resort, or walk to the spa. No bugs! An overall great time!