Be Live Collection Marien - All Inclusive

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  Great stay ...weekend are busy ...food is good ...service is good

  Location was great short drive to and from the airport. Casino and disco $ available right out side the complex ...wine bar$ and cigar shop$...rooms were older but clean....hot water was hit or miss but after a hot day outside a cool shower does feel nice...we had the opportunity to use the spa located on resort it was great highly recommend $$...pool is great large with 3 different areas.... ocean /beach area could use some cleaning but other wise... great nice morning walks....the a la carte( Mexican and Brazilian)are great the Mediterranean so so....buffet is great has a wide selection which changes daily ...Franco the pasta cook and soup maker does an amazing job (his soups are to die for ❤️)...and the snack bar has great burgers, hot dog , fries and wings...so good dont forget to tip your cooks down there they work hard...bar make great drinks just have to find what you like and watch the pour sometimes the drinks are strong...weather was amazing ...great stay we were her for 13 days ....nov 10 to 23...was a great stay all in all...p.s.weekends do get busy so be prepared....

  Nov 24, 2025
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  Third time

  We enjoyed this resort. Older resort but very clean. They have started to renovate buildings. Not noisy from the construction. Staff is very friendly and helpful. We did VIP Adults only. The VIP team were wonderful. Kewry, Enerolisa and Yamiry were so friendly and never to short for a laugh. The resort was only about 30% full. There was always something to find to eat. The bartender in the VIP Carlos, always had a smile and was quick to say hello. The beach was clean except when a big storm blew through but after the storm was over crews were quick to clean up. The a la carte restaurants are delicious. All the staff are friendly. The housekeeper, Leonarda building 6, she was great. Always making sure you had what you needed in your room. If you choose this resort go with an open mind as you are not going to a 5*.

  Nov 23, 2025
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  Not a bad bang for your buck!

  This was our second visit to the Marien (7 years apart). Overall our experience was decent. You may have to get a bit creative when you go to the buffet but we didn't starve. The Brazilian restaurant is off the hook- so yummy! The rooms are a bit dated, beds are very hard, but housekeeping staff are lovely and very accommodating. The beach was beautiful and we very much enjoyed walking along to the Orange Market. We had wonderful service with Magdalena and Enerolisa in the VIP lounge - they were full of smiles and always helpful. It's a "no frills" property but a pleasant experience overall. As a side note, Puerto Plata has beautiful mountains and scenery. We rented a scooter and traveled up the mountain, played with the stray dogs and chatted with locals. The landscape is very lush. Different from Punta Cana.

  Nov 21, 2025
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  Good but dated. The food was quite bad.

  Stayed here for a week. First the primary reason for our 3 star review. We did not like the food. At all. But maybe by DR standards it is fine. So, if you're good with the food at DR resorts, you should probably ignore this complaint. That being said, we've stayed in one other DR resort and the food was quite a bit better there. But we have stayed in numerous other resorts (none in Cuba which has its own poor reputation) and in every other case the food was significantly better. So we won't be back to the DR I think. Also, the place advertises are having wifi throughout the resort. It is pretty bad everywhere but in our room (Building two) it wasn't just bad but simply non-existent for well more than 50% of the time. Like could not connect at all. And even when we could it was terrible. And, on the theme of continuing my complaints (honestly positives to come), the local alcohol was simply undrinkable. Even in mixed drinks. To the point where I saw many other guests carrying around their own bottles of booze instead of drinking what was available. But there IS a solution to the terrible alcohol problem. We upgraded to the VIP level which gave us access to a better quality of alcohol. For us it was US$25/day (not each, for both of us). That also gave us access to the VIP lounge which was kind of like a business center lunch room at the front of the property so was not very useful. But it also gave us access to the VIP section of the beach. It wasn't big but there were beds there (sheets changed daily). The most amazing thing about the VIP section and the best thing we've ever had at any resort was they had muskoka chairs to sit in. This was a godsend for us as the ubiquitous lounges every resort has are brutally uncomfortable unless you are lying down and we like to sit up to read. The muskoka chairs were, by far the best part of the resort. Now some positives. The bartenders were almost universally clearly enjoying themselves and provided great service. Particular shout outs to Joan/John at the snack bar and Evaristo. Both provided exceptional service. Many of the other staff seemed to not really enjoy their jobs or actively did not like them. Now it seems incredibly entitled on my part to want staff to pretend to be happy and it is. But surely the resort could hire people that actually liked their jobs? The beach was great. There is quite a lot of shade. The best shade, I think, would be to the far left of the resort as you are facing the water. Lots of trees and not many people in that area. The water was warm. It could be rough. There was some seaweed but not that much. The water gets deep pretty quickly but there is a sandbar of sorts way to the left of the resort where the water is shallow for a while. The pool is great. The house white wine is awful. I could drink the house red but it was just barely palatable enough. We took a taxi tour into PP one day. Three or four hours for a private tour for US$40 (plus tip) and was well worth it. A couple of other things. The casino is right in front of the resort. It is not part of the resort. If you play poker, they apparently have a game every night but it is Omaha and not Texas Hold em. There is a cigar store right in front of the resort as well. Very expensive cigars. Even with the import taxes and sin taxes in Canada, I could get the same cigars cheaper here. And two final complaints (because why not) and if you've read this far, you must be a glutton for online reviews with lots of complaints... There are a number of stores on site just after the reception area. A few of them have the vendors calling out to you (ok, lets just call it harassing) as you walk by. Really annoying. I don't blame them. They are clearly not busy and need the business but this is not something I've experienced at any other resort. Sure it happens all the time in a local town etc. but never in a resort for us. It was tiring. And last and maybe least (you expect me to say, "but not least" didn't you?), I booked a room with two double beds. When we checked in we were told that there was no rooms with two double beds available but only a single King. OK, whatever, the world won't end if we only have a King so I agreed. And THEN I was immediately told that, in fact, there was a room with two double beds available. And here is the thing, even with the extra crowd on the weekends (locals I assume - they were great to be around), at best the resort was maybe 30% full. To the point where there were only one or two a la carte restaurants open at any one time) and the buildings seemed empty. Or at least ours. We were in building two on the top floor and did not see anyone else on our floor the entire time we were there and only occasionally did we see anyone else on the first floor or on the stairways. So, my assumption (and I invite the hotel to tell me I am unjust in this assumption) was that I was going to be pressured into some upsell to a more expensive room had I objected to having only a king bed instead of two queens. Whew! That was a bit of a read wasn't it? Hope it was helpful. And, if not, hope you are so bored or content with your life that you did not mind reading it all.

  Nov 17, 2025
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  Great hotel

  Great hotel, clean rooms, good food. The pool is really clean and big. Really friendly staff. Especially "El mosquito" from animation went out of our way to feel us welcome. Will definitely go back.

  Nov 12, 2025