Hotel was good, very good service, had a great time. Very good views everywhere, was very comfortable and had easy access to the beach and many fun excursions. Had a very good gym and many great employees who all provided great service. Victor is a very good fitness instructor and was great at having many fitness classes and water classes and was a very fun instructor as well. I would like to thank all employees at Royalton for there amazing service I plan on coming back again.
Forgive me, for the delay in my review. It has been a lot going on especially, with this pandemic. Nevertheless, My daughter and I took this trip for a little RNR during her Christmas break and also to celebrate her "Sweet Sixteen" birthday. It was our first experience in the Dominican Republic and the Royalton was highly recommended. We stayed in a "Ocean-view Diamond club room". Diamond Club was listed as the ultimate luxury experience. The view from our room was a sliver of the ocean, not what I expected however, the housekeeper who did our nightly turn down service was wonderful. She was always pleasant and attentive. She even gave my daughter a Christmas Stocking which was "Super Cute". I really appreciate the extra effort that she provided. The most amazing part of our stay was our experiences with Victor, David and William. Victor and David are a part of the Fitness team and because of them, I was able to de-stress and truly enjoy myself. My two favorite works were Zumba and Aqua Zumba. Lots and Lots of fun!!!! Thank you Victor and David , I love your energy and professionalism!!! As for Mr. William, he kept us smiling!! !! He took the time to personally teach my daughter "Bachata" What an awesome Sweet 16 gift, your own personal dance instructor. It warmed my heart to see her having an amazing time. Thank you William, you are the best!! …
The whole place was awesome!! Everyone was so helpful. Alexander the Great, Ramon, and Edward were so helpful and really made out stay enjoyable. The food, room, service and everything was great. I can’t wait to come back 🥳
I would like to share my BAD and POOR experience about Punta Cana Royalton and many instances of issues/inconveniences that I came across while staying at this resort. Let me begin with a fact that the only reason I booked the place as it stated that Premium Alcohol would be included with a package that was untrue and a clear misrepresentation of the deal. When I stayed at Riviera Maya Royalton it was a much nicer and cleaner property. Premium alcohol was advertised and included in all locations (bars/restaurants). Punta Cana property does not include any premium alcohol unless you going to pay for it per bottle. If you want to rent Cabanas you have to also pay extra. > Also not the case in Rivera Maya property. There were absolutely no alcohol provided (not even beer) in a room - that was quite weird. If you are type of person that prefer your room to be cleaned once or twice during your stay be prepared to wait on water refill service for more than hour. Room service also took always more than hour to be delivered. Cleaning staff that is typically in hallways during the day did not have any water/soda that was easily accessible to us. After several issues – the reception/guest services/blue line > would simply ignore my attempts to contact them when I needed something in the room. I was forced to walk to the lobby to make any requests I needed (like soda refill, shampoo refill). Rooms did not have coffee or tea stations (that was quite an inconvenience as well). Coffee shot would close at 6pm > which was also quite unusual to me. There was not an option to be able to eat at sit-down place close to the beach. So you were forced to either go to a buffet or eat out of food cart that had total of 3 choices: burger, hot dogs and fries (not suitable for someone with healthy food habits.) Sports bar also had a total of 4 choices of meals you could pick from all unhealthy (philly steak, wings (which smelled quite bad), fried fish or burger all accompanied by fries. Some toilets especially the once located close to the main pool would be clogged some of the time. During Jan 6- Jan 10 – seemed that resorts was almost at full capacity due to influx of local customers – there would be a line to get to the buffet at breakfast and lunch. Also I witness how during rush time tables were not properly sanitized between customers. Lastly, you were not to book you restaurants for stay of duration or at last few days ahead of time or online. That was quite annoying as you would need to be up and in line by 7am if you wanted to eat in a La Carte restaurant > quite annoying if you ask me. The whole time I was there I felt that there were so many random rules > all design to steal your vacation time as you had to constantly wait for something. Overall food at the buffet was not bad. Pizza was better cooked than the Italian Grazzie restaurant, also I heard that risotto was not good either. Main seafood dish, gnocchi, chicken parmesan and pork chops are all good choices. A la Carte restaurants (Under The Sea) seemed like they had appetizers pre-cooked for the night – which is ok if you order a salad > but eating cold fried calamari was pretty bad. Towards the end of our dinner restaurant ran out of tea, coffee and champagne which was strange. Last note about entertainment > which is non-existent to be honest. All shows would end by 10pm daily after that you could visit casino or sport bar which almost always filled with kids playing air hockey or basketball……
Fitness: Although the treadmills were temporarily not available due to sanitary reason, the elliptical and spinning bikes were available. decent size gym fully equipped. The place was clean and there was towel and water bottle on site, TV, Lots of mirrors. There was also at least 5 times a day outdoor fitness activities like Zumba, water spinning (loved it ), bootcamp, yoga, pilates and aqua fitness. The instructors are dynamic and extremely friendly Spa: Staff is courteous. I only accessed the baths included with the diamond club package ( 1 hr a day) The spa has its own pool outside limited to the spa users (extra $), a jacuzzi and a cold bath. The steam room and sauna are temporarily closed due to sanitary measures. There is showers, towels, relaxing area (in/out) long-chairs and water bottles on site. Diamond club: access private beach area, restaurant without reservation, access to better variety of liquors, access to diamond club lounges which have sandwiches, yogourts, fresh fruits and liquor all day. Butler service for reservation & any question available at all time on WhatsApp. ( I had a swim up room in the diamond club section of the Hideaway ). Staff: I was impressed by the service from the staff, knowing that they have a heavy work load. Always smiling and happy to answer any questions to the best of their knowledge Room type: The swim up room is worth the splurge. I was at the Hideaway part of the Royalton which means that it is an adult only section. I was able to sun bath and read whiteout being bothered on my balcony by the pool. there was 2 long chair and a table 2 chairs. The room was cleaned twice a day and the mini bar was refilled daily. Beach: clean beach, white sand, clear water, free water equipment access. I enjoyed the kayak. Pool: Pools are clean and in good condition. The hideaway pool is only accessible with the Hideaway bracelet. There is some fitness activities reserved for the adult only part as well Restaurants: Good food honestly. Very decent. Cons: I would appreciate a tub in my room. My highlight: The Butler service was A1 ! As well as the reception staff from the hideaway lounge. The night shift lady ( I wish I could remember her name ! ) gave an outstanding service and went beyond to help me with upgrading my room. Angelo the butler made the highlight of my stay. He made sure to know what time I prefer eating ( important for me as I eat early) took note of it and made a reservation for me at every restaurant on the property so I can try them all. He also helped retrieving information about the cover test that is required for the Canadians. He took my suitcase from my room to the bus while I was checking out. Thank you so much !…
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