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9965 reviews
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Nov 18, 2025Perfect vacation.
Food was amazing. Victor was amazing he gave us rides everywhere he always went above and beyond i would recommend staying on adult side you get access to both resorts and so much food.
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Nov 15, 2025Third visit to CRB
We are repeat guests, third time to CRB and are here currently. The first 2 visits, we stayed in a garden-view suite with pool and requested the same again. When we arrived, we were given a suite with a pool but facing an ugly construction wall. Improvements are being made between the resorts and there is daily construction and noise. While we appreciate the efforts to improve the resort, the suites facing the wall are not conducive to a relaxing, quiet week. These suites should be offered at a discount as long as construction continues. We love the peace and tranquility at the resort and we were looking forward to a week of r & r. The night of our arrival we approached guest services, and with the help of Yaris we were moved to a garden facing pool suite on our third day. Our amazing concierge, Alexander, took care of all dinner reservations and had a lovely surprise of champagne and fruit waiting in our new room. The staff at the resort has been very accommodating and friendly, We appreciate that our concerns were heard and resolved quickly so that we are able to enjoy the rest of our stay. Thank you, Yaris, Alexander and CRB staff for a relaxing week.
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Nov 12, 2025
Fabulous Resort and Beach
Beautiful property but on the large size. Room was kept meticuliusly clean and the turndown service was a nice touch. Fridge in rooms and lots of towels, faceclothes and bath mats. The staff are some of the most friendly and helpful people we've ever experienced. Special shout out to the front desk staff Jordani and Ana. They arranged for a late check out for us. They are a great asset to this resort. Bartenders were so nice and the wait staff in all the restaurants were exceptional!
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Nov 10, 2025Is this the worst resort hotel in the Dominican Republic?
It was terrible. Service disgraceful or non-existent. The food generally awful. On three occasions, we were pressured into writing five star TripAdvisor reviews, but we refused. They even picked up our phones and tried to tap five stars to start us off! An absolute disgrace!
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Nov 07, 2025
Birthday Trip
My husband and I had not been to the DR in a few years and decided on a last minute trip to the Catalonia Bavaro Adult Only. We actually traveled on my birthday so I was a tad disappointed when we checked into our room and there was no special arrangements or decor but thankfully we met Felix and he changed my entire birthday experience! That night was so special as Felix had our table set up beautifully at the Thalassa. He even had the entire staff come sing to me. It’s things like this that make me want to come back to a resort. Thank you Felix!!! (And he showed us the love AGAIN on Halloween!!! 🧡). The rooms are spacious , we were in the privileged section, but could be updated. I did enjoy the pillow menu as I have neck issues and love a harder pillow so kudos for that! After the first day, the Housekeeping staff went above and beyond and provided top service and made us feel special with the turn down service and many little “extras”. One complaint is the adult only section is VERY quiet and many couples we spoke with had a similar complaint. If you are in rooms past section 40, make sure you have a drink with you as you go to the room if you have reservations at Beloved or TaiCat as there are NO bars open after 5 any where near you. Feel that is a HUGE fail as not many with a 7:00 reservation want to leave their rooms to go to the Piano Bar to then come back for their reservations. Maybe they do and we just like to stay in the pool too long and enjoy the warm sun! LOL Also would like to give shout outs to the following staff, as they all made a difference in our 7days/6nights: Daniel in the Piano Bar for his delicious Caipirinas and smile (chocolate martinis are good too!), John, Felix’s helper in Thalassa for making everything perfect, Ashly at the pool bar for just being fabulous! as well as Carlos and Lionel, Angelica and Elizabeth at the Piano Bar for being on it, Ezequiel at Beloved and Hector at the main Family Side Bar, we appreciated your attentiveness! But honestly, there were SO many amazing staff members that we forget, and apologize, I’d just recommend getting to know them and thanking them as they truly do a great job! Overall great vacation but Adult Side could use a bit more activity/music during the day and at least ONE bar open closer to the Ocean rooms after 5:00. Just our two cents!