Barcelo Punta Cana - All Inclusive

We chose this hotel for our Honeymoon. It was definetly a good deal! We were pleased with most everything. We had an amazing location for our room Building 3 it was located right above the lobby and could pretty much view both pools from our room balcony along with non-obstructed view of the gorgeous ocean. It was a oceanview renovated room that we were satisfied with being as it wasn't outrageously priced. The only downfall to our great room location was that the buffet was only two stories below us and you could hear the clanging of the dishes being washed LATE at night & EARLY morning. The staff in all were pretty accomadating and the bartenders at the swim-up bar were GREAT! We woke up our first morning there to a terrible thunderstorm and lost power. We looked at each other thinking that this was probably the beginning of the "END" of our trip that the power would be an issue. But no more than 20min later power was fully restored, I was truly impressed. Also Japanese Rest. Tokio was very delicious :) :)

The pools and beach were beautiful and well maintained. The water activities were a definate plus and enjoyed by our family. However, the pools close at 8:00 so we couldn't swim after dinner with the kids. The staff was rude and not very helpful at all. It is in your best interest to speak Spanish to really enjoy hospitality of this hotel. We tried to purchase $4,000 in jewelry at the hotel shop, but they were unable to handle a purchase that big and wanted to break it down into small purchases, and the staff was very unsure of the large purchase and how to conduct it. The photo shop staff was just uniterested in helping us with the purchase of photos of our family on the beach. We felt like we were imposing by coming into the store. The internet library tried to charge us twice for service for the week. It wasn't worth it since we were unable to send emails and we only got online 3 times the entire week. We had to ask for enough towels to accomidate the amount of people in our rooms and request toliet paper on more than one occassion. The showers drained onto the bathroom floor and were very dangerous to get in and out of. The food was average and the reservation system to get reservations for dinner in the restaurants on the resort was a nightmare. We were unable to get reservations to any of the restaurants for our party of 7 the entire week we were there. The tour service Orbitz uses was average. We enjoyed the snorkel excursion but were unable to go shopping due to the poor planning of the tour company. We waited 1 1/2 hours for our transportation to take us shopping before we found out that he was a no-show. We would come back to Punta Cana for the amazing beaches but not stay in this hotel. The shop's staff was rude and the hospitality was poor.

The reception staff was anything but friendly and helpful. Orbitz messed up my friend's reservation and put her in a different hotel and waisted 2 days of our vacation trying to blame us for their mistake. Extreamly rude customer service representitaves and the worst service from a travel company I have ever received!!!

Went to Barcelo Punta Cana Jun 1 to Jun 8th. Had a wonderful time. For someone who has been to Bahamas, Bermuda, Punta Cana prevoiusly, and many other places I thought this was a great vacation and I'm pretty picky. Awesome beach and pool. Rooms were adequete but could use some updating. Food was ok but get up early to make dinner reservations they resturants fill up quickly. Its a pain to eat dinner and make a reservation. Have to do so at front desk in morning cant do it in advance for the next day and the front desk staff moves extremely slow. Resort is self was very well maitained. Lots to do there except night life could be a bit better. In all wonderful place to go but there is alot of similar hotels in the area so do your homework on which one you wnat to visit. Punta Cana is an awesome beach/relaxing vacation spot.

Everything was clean and very nice, we loved the food and the pools and the beautiful place. The service as staff was not nice at all. I requested some ice and the lady in the bar told me she didn't have any, but I could clearly see ice right in front of her, that was just plain rude. This is the first resort we visit that we had to wait for 2 days to get towels.

we had a wonderful time !! i will def go back to punta cana dr .. but try a different hotel!! service is very slow and check in and out.. food is not that good either .. if you go on vacation and lose weight thats not good lol.. rooms were very nice and very clean.. a few minor things no clocks in rooms and the shows were horrible no night life..

Hotel is very big and beautiful. There is a big pool with bar, and outside restaurant during the lunch time which was very convenient...You don't have to go to change you swim suite and go to eat inside. Food was very good. Some employees didn't speak English. There are shows every night, and everybody can have a lot of fun. There is one bar that is open 24 hours. It's a nice place for anybody to go and relax. I would recommend this hotel.

when I booked my trip i was worried because of some bad reviews... well, in my opinion the place was great, staff super friendly and food OK. some people had complained about the staff not speaking English... well... the DR official language is Spanish so if you have a problem with people speaking their native language better than they speak yours i recommend you to travel to a place in which English is their official language. staff is very friendly and they really appreciate a good attitude and a tip. i gave the guy that stacked my mini bar a 5 dollar bill and he gave me a champagne bottle!!!! talking about appreciation... the beach is espectacular and my husband and i had a great time... if you are not a super picky high maintenance person i would really recommend this place to you. check in time is at 3 pm so if you get there before that time you wont get your room... so, instead of being miserable take your bating suit with you and go to the beach while your room is ready!!!!

When we first arrived in the morning our room was clean and ready. We immediately headed to the pool area and the pools are awesome. Spend alot of time at the pools and swimbar and it was nice because they were not crowded. We spent some time on the beach and that was beautiful as well. It was always sunny except for one day. We upgraded to ocean view deluxe room and it was worth the money. The breakfast buffet was ok, but we didnt like the lunch buffet. They do have other spots that were pretty good for lunch other then the buffet. Dinner reservations are hard to get so my suggestion is to book them early in the morning. They are worth it! The drinks are pretty good and the beer was pretty tasteful. The rooms were very clean and cleaned every day, the view was to die for. Compared to my experience else where, this was one of my top experiences if not the best. I plan to go back next year or sooner and will most likely stay for longer then 5 days. Its worth every penny!!

The purpose of our vacation was to just get away from the every day distractions of life and this was the place to do it. We did not leave the resort while there so can't tell you much about Punta Cana itself other then the locals will pull their motorcycles and vehicles right out in front of you. I would suggest you learn basic Spanish because housekeeping speaks NO English. Beware of the vendors they are VERY annoying, luckily they were only there 2 of our 5 nights there. The beach was absolutely beautiful, has to be the finest sand I have ever walked on. Oh yeah, the beach is "topless permitted" and boy do you see some things you wish you hadn't of. We took our 18 year old son; who is definitely a social lite, and he had a great time. There was plenty to do all the way until 5am. I would definitely give this place a thumbs up and we will be back.