Catalonia Bayahibe - All Inclusive

LikedVery nice and clean.. the rooms were comfy. The rodeo steakhouse was very tasty.

DislikedThe buffet didnt have a big selection of food. And they close too early.

LikedThe beach is as beautiful as expected from this destination. The hotel itself is very nice - a few "villas" scattered around the premises, nothing too far away. The pool area is really nice, and there was always enough places for us. We had to visit the local doctor (medical), yet it turned out to be a great experience - they had all the necessary stuff at the hotel, the doctor (doctoress?) was very friendly with great bedside manners, so it improved the bad situation a lot. Guest services ladies were very helpful and could speak English really well

DislikedI was not thrilled with the catering. We have been in other hotels in DR, and the catering was better there. Also the concept of open restaurants looks good in theory, but it does not feel as clean and comfortable in person (there are no walls in any of the restaurants). I think something should be done about food quality as well, as three out of a party of four people had health issues from food. My wife ended up at the doctor in the hotel due to dehydration, our friend had the same problems while flying... Most of the stuff does not speak English - I do not mind that, if there is at least one person at each restaurant that can speak, but there was nobody. I very much do not like the people from hotel "exclusive" programs (whatever it is called in each hotel), as they are quite aggressive when trying to "get" you. We know about it, so we just ignored them... A small design thing - the path to beach and bars is blocked by a fountain, so you always need to walk around through the shops.

Likedproperty is beautiful

DislikedVery watered down drinks. so bad that I could only drink beer or wine. rooms are worn out but spacious. clean

LikedBeach was wonderful. All staff were great. House keeping did a great job. Extra towels, water, soda, beer, were all brought promptly at our request. The resort souvenir shops were not over priced at all and carried what we wanted & needed.

DislikedReservations for the restaurants was difficult. Paper work said 24 hours advance reservations required but it ended up being 48 hours in advance. Also you could not make a reservation at the restaurant in person, you had to use an app. We are elderly & not tech savvy, so impossible for us. Language barrier was difficult ( but that is our fault not the resorts or staff) we are in a Spanish speaking Country.

Likedbeach is fantastic, sea wonderful food and breakfast super services are magic and all the activities funny and involving staff is the best and the whole resort is a fairy tail

Dislikedstandard room are a little old and not so fantastic ristorante Toscano is an Italian restaurant for tourist food is very bad