Grand Paradise Bavaro and The Club Beach Resort and Spa - All Inclusive

Went down there with my best friend to celebrate her birth day and we had so much fun!! the staff was great,friendly and really nice. It was the best experience so far. If you are looking for a place thats quiet enough as to get a relaxing massage next to the beach,interesting and that you can also have fun...then this is the place for you.Trying to get a reservation for my bd in March 2010 before it gets over booked...like it did last year ;-) And the best thing is that is not that expensive....the pictures that they have do not do the place justice...is beautifull!!

Bad choice. Don't pay for upgraded room because when you get there is wont be what they give you. I chose the 1 BR Suite (1 King and 1 sofa bed) and ended up in regular room with 2 double beds because most of the resort was closed . . NO SPA, NO upgraded rooms. PLUS to make everything worse, the salesmen wont stop hounding you to "buy" their hotel packages. WHAT A LOUSY WAY TO SPEND YOUR VACATION (trying to hide from salemen).

We 1st got to the resort and thought it was beautiful.The front desk at 1st seemed extra nice.They told us they were upgrading us to a better suite with ocean view instead of garden view.We get to the room and its a regular dumpy room with double beds on our honeymoon! They proceed to tell us that the room we booked is closed because its not the busy season.So who screwed up? [...] Considering out of the 2300 we spent i saw that the hotel only got 517.50.So [...] took a nice big chunk of that.i feel we should be reimbursed some money considering we didnt get what we paid for! we finally got a better room with a beautiful view but was not what we reserved.And it took some yelling to get the room. Everytime we asked the front desk anything they acted like you were a bother to them.So we are already mad.The food is low quality.The meats have funny tastes to them.Im sure its just because of the seasoning.Bartenders,maids,and there recreation people were great.The resort which im sure happens everywhere lets these sales people in everyday! So prepare to be bothered 15 times a day to go on an excursion,or a timeshare or whatever they are pedaling.We went on 2 excursions.Horseback riding and speed boat.Both were fun. Dont buy them online its much cheaper when you are there because they will barter with you.Then when buying things like necklaces or statues etc.these people try to rip you off.Its very funny.One guy started at 87 us dollars and when we walked away he was chasing us yelling ok 20 dollars! so dont be fooled.Driving there is interesting prepare to bring a helmet and blindfold lol. Overall the reviews for the grand paradise bavaro were exactly what people said.Its a 3 star resort at best. More likely a 2.5 star if you ask me.And trust me we are not high maintanance people.We just want what we paid for! The beach is beautiful and so is the pool.They do keep the grounds in great shape there.The bartenders and maids are very nice.If you want something from your maid i suggest leaving them 2 dollars a day and they will stock you up.Otherwise you get a gallon of water,1 20oz coke and sprite.Oh yeah it also says 24 hour room service.What a joke that is. Room service is only soda and water.So dont think you ordering in at all.Also pay attention to this place because they dont really explain where everything is. We were there 5 days and on the 4th day we were finally just learning how everything worked. I booked this place by accident.The name was so similar to one of the other places we wanted to stay and i messed up.[...]BOOK THROUGH A TRAVEL AGENT! spend the extra 150 bucks and stay at the majestic or the palace! OH YEAH BRUSH UP ON YOUR SPANISH !! no comprendo mucho!

This is an absolutely wonderful resort on an amazing stretch of white sand beach. I spent an extra $15 per night to have a room with ocean view and it was well worth the extra expense. The food was great, the staff was wonderful and friendly. There is alot to do or you can choose to do nothing at all and just lay on the beach all day. [...]I am already looking forward to staying there again!!!!!

Great place for a Vacation. Great Buffet. Awesome pools, tennis, biking, shows, pool tables, ping pong, etc. I did not want to leave, but I had to...

The hotel was beatiful and had a great location, now on the downside the rooms were small and outdated, the bathroom had a leak on the ceiling and was also very small, the bed and the pillows were very hard. The food was excellent, the staff was very friendly( it helps to speak a little bit of spanish). This is the second time I visit DR and I always have a blast there; eventhough, this hotel wasn't the best I've stayed at.

The hotel was nice but the service was not good at all. The beach was beautiful, the pools lovely, but the service was lousy. The food was mediocre.

My stay at this resort was the worst I have been to. There were live roaches and mosquitoes in the room; no towels available for one day; no running water to shower during two nights; and the staff were incompetent and not good with handling the small problems to make my vacation pleasant. The staff were indirectly asking for bribes to perform their jobs. And a couple were having sex in the beach and pool with guests.

Although my friends and I had a lot of issues with the room and staff, mostly due to the language barrier, we had a great time at the pool and the beach!

This was my third time vacationing to the Dominican Republic, and I must say it was the absolute worst. I arrived there around 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 17, and could not check in the room until 3:00, which is normal. At 3:00 we went to check in and stood at the desk for one hour because the machine to make keys was broken. For the whole hour we stood there, no one paid any attention to us, while other guests got into their rooms with extra keys. When we finally got to our rooms our lights did not work and we had no cable, the maid was still in there cleaning while we sat on the balcony. She left and did not put any sheets on the bed. The whole week we were not given any washcloths, although we asked for them several times. The service at this resort was terrible... I have never been ignored so much in my life. Most of the time when we sat down to eat it took us 20 minutes to get a drink. The staff was nothing like any of the other resorts I stayed at; normally they do whatever they can to please you, and talk and have a good time, but not here. The lights, cable, and air conditioning in our building went out every day at 5:00. This was also the dirtest place I have ever stayed at; at any given time there would be piles of cups in trees and cigarette butts all over the floor in the hallway of our room, I have never seen that at any other resort. On our last day we got up and went for coffee and when we came back our credit cards, drivers licenses and cash was gone. Our door was locked so obviously it had to have been someone with a key. The person we filed our report with said the hotel would probably give us a free stay, but why in the world would we want to go back? We came back to the US more stressed then we were when we left! This was by far the worst vacation I have ever been on and you couldn't pay me to go back.