Royalton Bavaro Resort & Spa

So my boyfriend choose this resort for us. He liked the nice pictures CC had of it and since it was his first time going to DR so he wanted to stay in a nice hotel. Overall the hotel was beautiful, it had a lot of pools to choose from, the beach was 5 mins away, but a few things disappointed me. 1. The food wasn’t all that great. The buffet food is just that buffet food.. mainly American food. (which I’m tired of since I live in America) there were a choice of 4 specialized restaurants, seafood, Italian, steak house, and a Japanese hibachi one. There was only two that I liked and it was the seafood one and the hibachi. The other 2 were horrible (in my opinion) I am Dominican as well and I was disappointed that there was not 1 Dominican restaurant in a Dominican resort :/ 2. In the room I stayed in my boyfriend killed 2 big a** roaches. 1st I am scared/disgusted of water bugs and I’ve never experienced roaches in a hotel and the fact that there was two that was the reason why I didn’t rate this hotel a 5. Oh not to mention the mosquitos in the room :(. Every night we had to wake up in the middle of the night to kill mosquitos 3. There is no night life !! We went to sleep early almost every night because there were no activities to do there at night. There are not clubs to go and hang out in, the music they put weren’t very lively. The nights were pretty boring to say the least. Anyways if you want to go to this hotel be prepare to be disappointed by the food, make sure you bring lots of mosquito repellent and be aware that you’ll be bored at night: (luckily they had cable)

This was our 9th trip to Punta Cana and the second time at Royalton Bavaro. We stayed from October 2nd through the 12th. Resort is excellent being fairly new (2017). Clean and comfortable. There is a lot of walking from the beach to the lobby. We booked Diamond Club (worth the extra cost if you can afford it). I do have some difficulty walking but there was also golf carts and drivers available to happily shuttle you from building 18 to the lobby. This was a huge plus for me. Rooms are excellent and always properly cleaned. Beds are very comfortable. Double rain fall shower is beautiful. Plenty of pools and the lazy river which is fantastic. We had so much fun floating through the river, into the grotto cave bar for a refreshment before floating around again. Food was pretty good for a DR all inclusive. We tried the all with our favorites being the Rio Brazilian and the Gracie Italian. The only disappointment was the limitations on the restaurants availability. I booked Diamond Club specifically to take advantage of the Ocean Side breakfast buffet so I wouldn’t have to walk so far in the morning however it was closed for breakfast all week. This is probably due to the timing of our trip (October low season). Resort was probably at 40% capacity so I understand why options were limited. Some days there we no buffets open for dinner. I have never seen that before. Not a problem but good to know. Our DC butler made reservations for us daily and we never had to wait on a table. The true highlight of the trip is the staff at this resort. We had fantastic service from everyone we encountered. Best we have ever had. So friendly and welcoming and we had a lot of laughs. I can’t name everyone but here are a few standouts. Luis - Diamond Club Butler. Luis sought us out everyday and was always able to find us wherever we were- the pool, the beach, the lobby etc. He had reservations made at our preferred restaurant and time, sometimes making them before we told him what we wanted! Always available never overly present. A true asset to the resort. Rosa - DC lounge. After day one she saw me coming and had my coffee brewing before I even sat down. Wow! Chill pool bar - Jordani was super friendly as was Juan, Jose, Winifer. Grotto bar - Yesael and Johnatan took great care of us. This maybe the only resort we would consider returning to for a third time. Excellent all the way around. Don’t hesitate to book this one !

First and foremost, I would like to thank Danielle for her awesome service and dedication to customer service, she made me one happy customer who’s sure to comeback to cheapcaribbean for another booking because of her. Thank you Danielle!!!! For the rest of my review it’s needless to say I had an awesome time at resort.

Beautiful resort, nice dining options, new rooms, very clean property with fantastic service. We stayed for 11 nights in July-Aug with a group of 7 including 3 teenagers. I would say the resort had a lot to offer during but got a little on the boring side at night especially for the kids since the teen club wasn't really a teen club but a family hang out. Also a little annoyed by the flow rider, only open a couple hours a day unless you paid for private lessons. The service was amazing though, the people here went out of their way you make sure you had anything you needed from coffee at breakfast to drinks on the beach. This is a large resort but never a problem with getting chairs on the beach or a table at dinner (except for our last night). I wouldn't however recommend cheapcarribean, won't use them again due to pricing issues and customer service!