Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: good resort, average

- Food was good, drinks have lots of variety... only issue is that each morning you had to book your a la cartes by 7am for that night only..no sleeping in. - Entertainment was alright, better at meringue though. Repetitive. - Clean and welcoming resort, friendly staff. Rooms were good except bed was very hard and the tub/shower small. - Waterfall excursion was amazing :) - I would give this resort 3.75-4 star

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: bahia pricipe ambar

Great hotel. Pool area and beaches excellent. Food was good. Japaneese restaurant was the best! Don pablo restaurant always booked. Best to reserve beforeyou go. Check in was fast and easy. Ground beautiful.resort is big. Good for strolling.

Bahia Principe Escape Ambar: Excellent...but with a few letdowns...

I really liked the LGBPA..food was good, staff were awesome, layout was great. Though I was disappointed to see things like $28USD sunblock and $11USD Lays chips. Wifi was equally expensive...$50 for a week? Yeah I pay that a month in Canada, and this is the DR? Lots of little clawbacks...not my fave all-inclusive, but certainly still pretty good...

Bahia Principe Grand Bavaro: Place is HUGE! between a 3.5 or 4 star

I hope the owners and management teams read and take note. 5 star vs, 5 star. We visited the Royalton Resort last year around the same month in February and this year the Luxury Bahia Principe Esmeralda so writing a fair review on the Royalton last year was not really a fair option as I had not visited a comparable 5 star property resort. So I am doing both reviews together for you with the pros and cons of your resort. First I would like to thank everyone at the resort for the hospitality and [... read more] service. Please do not take offence to anything I write, I am just trying to give your resort honest feedback. Both resorts are very, very nice with great beach access, and are about a 30-minute walk down the beach from each other. Both resorts have rooms close to the beach although the Royalton is on a smaller scale of a resort which is not a good or bad thing however just a preference. Large Bahia Principe 3700 rooms vs. small Royalton 470 rooms If you have young children the Bahia offers a great kids park which the Royalton does not. Grounds Bahia Esmeralda : Very nice, well groomed Royalton : Very nice, well groomed Rooms Bahia Esmeralda, Contemporary style Royalton , Modern style Food & Restaurant’s Bahia Esmeralda A++ great variety, B- for locations- to spread out throughout the resort long walk or need to trollycart. Royalton A++ great variety A++ for locations Beach, lounge, bar Furniture Bahia Esmeralda B+ Royalton A++ great luxury furniture Entertainment Bahia Esmeralda - B+ Needs to come up a few notches at the pools during the day and in the evenings need shows not a saxophone player or Boogie night. The girl singing with a keyboard player is good, but the rest of the entertainment is not entertainment that leaves a wow factor. Royalton A++ great entertainment Pools....... Bahia Esmeralda B+ the pools at 6pm is a big negative. ( Maybe 8pm) Royalton A++ great swim outs. Bar Bahia Esmeralda - B+ lobby Bar needs to be in the middle of the room, large oval shape,( makes people sit together, and feels more resort style. The bar needs to stay open longer at night, "closing at 11pm is a big negative and is a valid guest complaint. which I heard a lot during my stay. Royalton A++ great, just perfect Outside Furniture, Bahia Esmeralda - B+ not luxurious enough for a 5 star. "Add nice loungers with pads, double canopy beds, other big nice outside furniture couches and loungers.. Royalton A++ great, just perfect Resort Casino--- Bahia Esmeralda - D- what a disappointment! Spend some money and put in a Casino that your guests want to stay and play at.. I witnessed to many leaving your resort to go play at the Hard Rock Casino. (Reverse the tables,)" if you build it they will come "from all resorts". Build it as close to the beach as possible with easy access for all the island visitors.The leaking roof with bowls on the floor? Royalton - B- ok need more machines, Bahia Esmeralda , Unfortunately, We seen a lot of rain during our stay. the one thing I did noticed was many people falling and hurting themselves... They have many places that need rug runners. "The area over by the coffee machine" outside tents should be permanently covered, and if not carpet runner for the open floor spaces between the building and the tents as that area is a H&S concern. All in all both places are nice however, I felt pampered at the Royalton and not so much at the Bahia Esmeralda. Your vacation is what you make it!

Be Live Experience Hamaca Suites: disappointed, but tried to enjoy myself anyway

I was disappointed with our room. It had a very old shabby sofa, faded old wicker chair and two small beds. It is very different then the photos on the website. The service wasn't great. Food was probably the best part. Weather was great.

Be Live Experience Hamaca Suites: Beautiful location, terrible accomodations

Any place on the ocean is beautiful to me, but the Be Live Hotel in Boca Chica failed miserably. Out dated, run down, broken, with filthy rooms and smells. Food was always cold. Some of the "huts" and grounds were beautiful though. The staff did the best they could.

Royalton Punta Cana Resort: Great resort

Very clean and well-run. When the safe in our room wasn't working, a manager accompanied the maid while she was cleaning our room to make sure nothing was amiss (and the safe was fixed quickly after). For a resort, the food was surprisingly good -- especially the steak restaurant. In terms of entertainment, the Michael Jackson impersonator was one of the best I've ever seen, and the beach party was super fun.

Senator Puerto Plata Hotel: Good resort for the money

The resort was clean, and the food was as good as we expected for the money. The beach was OK, although there was a day or two that there was some seaweed that came in with the tide, but since we don't really go into the water, it didn't bother us. Staff was friendly and most spoke good English.

Blue Bay Villas Doradas: That is not a 5 star and the pictures are badly

Never again ... I was totally disappointed the pictures on the site are misleading no furniture in the room like chair table bureau ...Food is so so well I think I have said what I think of this place

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana: Nice HUGE Resort-Vegas in the Caribean!!

This resort has almost 1800 rooms. It was sold out during our stay. Most staff are friendly. No dress code for dinners, which was terrific; however, wait times to get into restaurants were over an hour and to eat was even longer unless you went right when they opened. The grounds are very well kept.

Sunscape Coco Punta Cana: Good

It is good but service still so so and maintance not good and there was a lot of grass on the beach, the pools are not clean very well and shallow but the food is perfect and fresh with soft drinks no jucies

Hyatt Vivid Punta Cana: Absolutist Amazing

This resort has everything you'll ever need. White powder beaches, pristine waters, great food and beautiful surroundings. The grounds are immaculate, pools are great and let's not forget those refreshing drinks! Staff go above and beyond to make sure your stay is everything you've ever wanted. You will want for nothing! This resort has everything. All I can say is Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

Caribe Deluxe Princess: nice beach and accommodation

the beach and its location is just amazing. The hotel and the friendly personnel is amazing. The only down side is that we have all been sick ank so are people that we have met on the resort (not sure if it`s just a fluc)

VH Gran Ventana Beach Resort: Good Family Vacation with 1.5 Year Old

We stayed here with our 1.5 year old from Feb 9th to 16th. Overall a good resort for a young family. It is not too big, clean and updated. It is not a big party resort and a quick drive from the airport. We spent most our time at the pool, our son loved that he could walk into the pool on his own. We did have to get out early to get chairs with an umbrella. Beach always seemed busy. We would only go play in the sand for small amount of time every few days. So I cannot comment to the chair and  [... read more]shade availability. As many other reviews note - there are many vendors on the beach trying to sell. Food was average, buffet was better some nights than others. One night the chicken did seem undercooked. We were not offered water several times at breakfast, lunch or dinner. But you can get your own from the beverage station, as well as bottles in your room. The highchairs did not have a "seat belt" so our son could stand up which was a little frustrating. Food in the restaurants was good, we enjoyed everything we ordered. Service was quick as well. (other than the Caesar salad, personally it was a little strong for my liking) The room's are clean and updated but small. We were on the third floor. Not ideal with a baby for two reasons -- no elevators so we carried stroller up and down several times a day. The balcony railings are wide enough that our son could stick his head through with space still...so a little scary that he could fall through. Several toys did end up falling down between the railings. We did request a ground floor room at time of booking, but didn't bother trying to switch. The beds are the number 1 negative. We had 2 double beds, which are horribly uncomfortable for our liking. Very hard. The pillows were not very good either. The crib was rickety and about the size of a play pen, when our son stretched out he is touching head to toe. (Average height and weight for his age) He did not seem comfortable in there. Our room also faced the pool, so we did hear noise all day and until the entertainment theater show finished at night. That did not bother us though. Staff was friendly and our maid Petra was wonderful. Many of the staff would go out of their way to say Hola to our son. Overall, we had a nice stay. However we would not return as we enjoy going to new places.

Punta Cana Princess: Excellent Resort

My wife and I stayed there for a week in February 2015. After doing a lot of research we decided upon the Punta Cana Princess, and were not disappointed. It is more a 4.5 star resort. The best meal we had was actually at the sister resort, the Caribe, at El Rodizzo.

JOIA Bavaro by Iberostar: Most welcoming resort!

The hotel as well as its location is beautiful; the people so wonderful I miss them like old friends! Sander, Ramon, Ortiz, Elizabeth, Ivelisse, Jensel ,Orlando, Diana, Victor, Romeo... Other than missing stir sticks for coffee in the morning, and nightlights on the balcony and bathroom that don't go off (so you close the door and blackout drapes...) the rooms were very comfortable. Food was plentiful and varied, if occasionally not as hot as it could be but then I have trouble keeping Christmas [... read more] dinner for 12 warm :)

Sunscape Dominican Beach: Dominican beach

Rooms and hot water( lack of) need improvement. Paid 30$ US for the worst WiFi ever. 2 minuet walk and got excellent wifi for FREE. The pathways are a stamped concrete and hard to walk on. The English translation at buffet needs to be reviewed by someone fluent in English / Spanish.

Bahia Principe Grand San Juan: perfect holiday spot

excellent spot to relax. food and liquid refreshments great. beach cleaned every day and the water temperature in ocean warmer than air. the beach bar was our favourite place to have lunch. the staff was accommodating and knowledgeable

Dreams Royal Beach Punta Cana: Worst food

This was our first time at this resort. Although I really enjoyed many things about the resort I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'll start with mentioning the positive things I did like. Resort is truly beautiful, it's not too big and extremely clean. We paid for the upgraded package which gave us "better" food and alcohol as well as private services areas of the resort. Without that package the resort would have sucked. So again, beautiful and clean, mediocre services staff as most didn't sea [... read more]m super happy. The entertainment crew on the other hand was amazing. They had great shows every night, thank God. The pools where cold. Maybe the weather was just not on our side but I wish they had heated them somewhat. When the sun was down, if you weren't drunk you wanted to get out. For the food, the a la carte restaurant were the worst. They all tasted like they had taken the left over from the buffet and attempted at re making something that looked fancy with the food. There was NO sea food to be found anywhere. Some fish that tasted like it should have gone to the garbage but no other sea food. You were able to buy lobster but they were 25 $ per lobster, kinda pricey. Also, when we left on our last day, they had promised us a "day" room to shower and change as our flight was not till 2030 hrs. There was no day room but a public washroom with a shower that the door didn't close properly, no soap and nowhere safe to leave yourpersonal effect. I wasn't alone in there and that didn't look at all like the day room I was promised on Check in. We still had a nice time, beautiful beaches and resort but totally despapointed in the food, it really was gross.

Casa Marina Sosua Trademark by Wyndham All Inclusive: Overall, a plesant stay . . .

The pool areas it was impossible to get a lounge chair by the pool. There was a lot of noisy people in the corridor at night, and the sound of slamming doors made it hard to sleep. It's too bad you can't drink the water . . .