Bahia Principe Grand Punta Cana - All Inclusive

“Amazing experience”

Please ignore any negative reviews on this hotel. Me and my girlfriend stayed here from the start of October, we had an amazing time. The hotel is beautiful, well looked after and the staff are great. Could not fault our experience. Would highly recommend for anyone to visit.

“Wonderful”

Wonderful complex. We were initially in an unrenovated room which was terrible; the bath wouldn’t drain, the ceiling was coming through due to the water in the upstairs room and the toilet wouldn’t flush. we were then moved to the renovated room near the beach which was totally amazing! We were up… more

Wonderful complex. We were initially in an unrenovated room which was terrible; the bath wouldn’t drain, the ceiling was coming through due to the water in the upstairs room and the toilet wouldn’t flush. we were then moved to the renovated room near the beach which was totally amazing! We were upgraded so could use all the hotels on the complex and eat in all the restaurants; food was fabulous and we didn’t even get to the a la cartes due to there being so much to choose from. The beach was divine and we also went to Saona island which was complete paradise. We will be back next year

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“Great Hotel”

Excellent service throughout the resort. Staff are extremely friendly and helpful. No issue is too small, the laundry service was very good. Loads of al a cartes and good choices at the buffets to even for fussy eaters! The staff work tirelessly in every department and are a credit to the Pinero Gr… more

Excellent service throughout the resort. Staff are extremely friendly and helpful. No issue is too small, the laundry service was very good. Loads of al a cartes and good choices at the buffets to even for fussy eaters! The staff work tirelessly in every department and are a credit to the Pinero Group! The TUI rep Eddison has been fantastic along with Guest Services. Lots of entertainment options at all the hotels. We booked 3 separate massages over a 3 week stay at the Punta Cana hotel spa, each one was excellent, thoroughly recommend the hydro too! The hotel is kept clean and tidy, the beaches are well kept and we didn’t have to fight for a sun lounger! The hotel has a lot to offer for couples or families, this is our 4th visit to the DR, our 3rd time at the Bahia (We’ve also visited the Bahia in Riviera Maya and Majorca) we’ll be be back again in the future!

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“Bahia Principe is nice but stay away from Grand”

We stayed in the Bahia Principe Grand Punta Cana resort for 9 nights from 10th - 19th October. Initially we were glad to be here as we have stayed here before. The check-in was seamless, staff polite and the lobby area and bars very clean. We were shown to our room by a lovely happy bell boy and w… more

We stayed in the Bahia Principe Grand Punta Cana resort for 9 nights from 10th - 19th October. Initially we were glad to be here as we have stayed here before. The check-in was seamless, staff polite and the lobby area and bars very clean. We were shown to our room by a lovely happy bell boy and we were set for our holiday. We noticed the air-con wasn't up to very much but it was cooler inside than outside. The Grand Punta Cana has two main pools and as you look to the beach there is one on the left and one on the right, we mainly used the left hand pool for the time we were at the Grand, we found the right hand pool pretty gross, it was murky, quite a bit of debris in the pool and a very unhappy bar tender. We lasted around 10 mins here before going back to the left side pool. The left hand pool was clean, plenty of space and a number of staff which provided good and speedy service, this only lasted a few days and we found that no matter how long we were stood at the bar the attractive ladies got most of the service from more than one bar staff, because of this our tips went down which then meant even less service. The buffet service at the Grand wasn't very good either, the food was generally cold and same and we struggled to find something palatable. We had enough of the buffet/service/pools at the Grand by day 3 and upgraded to the AquaMarine resort. This was 1000% better, the pools were cleaner, the service was far better, the lobby area was faultless as were the staff, nicer room with ice-cold air-con. This also came with additional al-la-carte slots so we used them every night - More on restaurants later. The buffet options were fantastic and we found something tasty every visit. The restaurants were very hit and miss. I would very much recommend :- El Olivio - Fantastic beef-steaks and a very nice bottle of red, smellier was great and also humorous. The waiting staff were also very good M.E.A.T - Very good steak and good red wine to purchase, staff great, meat cooked to perfection, nice and cool inside and good experience. MAIKO - Good Japanese restaurant but we ended up in the show table and it was far too hot... We struggled with the temperature here and then add the cooking plates and it's just way too hot, even the chef struggled. Unfortunately , that was the end of the recommendations. Restaurants to avoid. Fish Market - Very slow service despite being empty, food was stone cold when arrived so we sent it back, the fix for this was to warm it up in what looks like a pizza oven. Not being one to eat re-heated prawns/shell fish we left the whole meal Thali - Badged as an asian restaurant, however, this was nothing like it. I don't know how this was pitched as an asian restaurant, I couldn't taste and indian spices at all. The naan bread wasn't naan, it was a pizza base with garlic butter on and was horrible. One last thing to mention was the mozzie's, they were relentless. The first night I got bitten around 10 - 15 times despite being fully covered in 'jungle-juice'. My wife got bitten around 40 - 50 times in a single evening. We switched to the local bug repellent and although better you'd still get bitten if you missed a bit so you had to smother yourself in it. We noticed that other resorts (Fantasia) were smoking the mozzie bushes and wondered why they didn't do the whole resort. All in all the Bahia Principe is a good place to stat but not the Grand area. I would recommend upgrading to AquaMarine or Ambar for a more pleasant experience.

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