Dreams La Romana Resort & Spa Reviews - Family Vacation Critic

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Dreams La Romana Resort & Spa Reviews

Playa Bayahibe, Bayahibe,

88%

families recommend

507 family reviews

How to relax with small kids??? Book an All inclusive Resort and bring friends (with kids) along!

isabelle - Oct 14th, 2011

Although we are not beachy people, coming from an island ourselves, we were intrigued by the deals we were getting at various ALL INCLUSIVE resorts during the shoulder season - KIDS STAY and EAT FREE is always an eye catcher, and that various more +

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Griswalds - Aug 10th, 2010

After the referal and the research we headed to Dominican Republic. Other than Jetblue's scam at airport checkin to get $30 extra per person for seats we already paid for the flight was thankfully uneventful. The hotel's van was at the airport more +

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Bubbly, beaches and buffets - what more can you ask for?

jshaikh1 - Oct 29th, 2009

The lobby is beautiful and tastefully decorated, detailed and well kept! Each guest was greeted with champagne right from the foyer not to mention warm towels for hands - a bonus after a long bus ride from the airport.

Check-in was more +quick and painless, the concierge did a great job making sure our room was on the main floor right beside the garden pool, and in between the lobby and the beach. That might not be everyone's taste but for our energetic preschooler, this was just what we needed! Our room was clean and nicely done up. Too bad the TV remote control did not work but we're on vacation ... who cares?

There are 2 major huge pools and a 3rd one just for kids (perfect for our 4 year old) to have fun and make friends. One pool has a swim up bar and about 10 cemented bar stools where you can enjoy your first drink..and another one to go!

The white sand beach is beautiful but unfortunately not enough lounge chairs ... other guests seemed to be "reserving" seating since there were lots of orphaned flip flops and stray magazines just not people to match! Beach towels were plentiful though and we quickly learned that to grab one or 2 lounge chairs you have to come really early and throw a towel/magazine to claim it. If your are lucky enough to snag one of these precious lounge chairs then you're in heaven because the view of the white sand beach and blue water is so amazing that it simply takes your breath away....prefect breeze on a quiet beach and maybe even under a canopy.

Now saving the best for last ... let's talk about food - yes my favorite topic :-) There are about 1/2 a dozen restaurants and one main buffet restaurant. The buffet restaurant has lots of variety and choices and trust me you won't go hungry. I cannot say the other restaurants were as good for example the Italian, Asian and French Bistro were not authentic and lacked the flavor one would have expected. The one restaurant that really stands out is the outside Dominican restaurant on the beach which was delicious and we had dinner there twice in our one week stay. The service, food and atmosphere were great but most importantly the food is really delicious and portion size is generous!

Would I recommend this hotel? Yes, overall our experience was positive ... unless, of course, you need a beach side lounge chair!

Date of Stay: 08/06/2009

Children in Party: 1

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