Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach All-Inclusive
- 3 out of 5
- Avg. Member Rating
- 10
- Reviews
food needs work
- June 25, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
The resort is beautiful. The staff as are most Dominicans are very friendly. And it helps to get better service with a couple of well placed dollars here and there. The big problem with the resort is the difference from one resort to the other. The beach side rooms are great. Great views, great location, great Eoropean feel to them. The trouble is with the Europeans. There was 90% Italians there who do not know how to be couteous or even the remote bit friendly. They push their way to the front of the line and mumble something that usually contains the word'Americano" in it that is followed by laughter. On the Palace side, which we had full access to. And no one ever asked for a Wyndhan by rewards card. Had a greater mix of Americans, Italians,Germans and Puerto Ricans. You can even get champagne at the lobby bar. The rooms are set back and are a little more costly. So stay on the beach side but hang out at the Palace side. The food in the resevation only restaurants is much better than the Buffet. But you need to get in line at 7:30 a.m. to make reservations for the following night.
food needs work
- June 25, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
The resort is beautiful. The staff as are most Dominicans are very friendly. And it helps to get better service with a couple of well placed dollars here and there. The big problem with the resort is the difference from one resort to the other. The beach side rooms are great. Great views, great location, great Eoropean feel to them. The trouble is with the Europeans. There was 90% Italians there who do not know how to be couteous or even the remote bit friendly. They push their way to the front of the line and mumble something that usually contains the word'Americano" in it that is followed by laughter. On the Palace side, which we had full access to. And no one ever asked for a Wyndhan by rewards card. Had a greater mix of Americans, Italians,Germans and Puerto Ricans. You can even get champagne at the lobby bar. The rooms are set back and are a little more costly. So stay on the beach side but hang out at the Palace side. The food in the resevation only restaurants is much better than the Buffet. But you need to get in line at 7:30 a.m. to make reservations for the following night.
This Resort is not Ready!!!!
- April 25, 2008
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Attend a destination wedding with family and friends. Check in was fine. I was very excited due to the pictures and information that I saw on the Wyndam website. Upon arrival and getting to my room I was disappointed at the size of the room. The room was very small with little walking space and room to move around. The bathroom needed to be throughly cleaned. There was a lot of soap scum and mildew in the shower. The water in the shower took about 15 to 30 minutes to drain out after a shower. the towels were not refreshed everyday. Our bedsheets were never changed the bed was only made everyday. The maids would enter the room without knocking and they took it upon themselves to take drinks out of the refridgerator in the room. We found our personal things to be tampered with when we returned to the room. The staff barely speaks english, so commincation at times was challenging. The food is left to be desired. If you did not make reservations for the restaurtants, which had to be made a day in advance, in person, at guest services between the hours o 9 and 11am, your dinner would not be that enjoyable. Service from the waiters and the waitresses is not good. They speak very little english and could not understand what we wanted. The tables were often set half way. I had a love affair with the bathroom after each meal. Entertainment is pretty good, but the shows at the theatre is not always child friendly. Towels for the beach could only be returned after 3 pm so anything before that, you had to walk around with the wet beach towel until 3 pm. I wasn't totally pleased. There's room for lots of improvement.
Family Vacation
- February 29, 2008
- Rated 3 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
Rooms that were booked were not available upon check-in. Caused us to move next day. Mgr compensated by upgrading meals and wine at dinner first evening. Rooms very small, towels, facecloths, hard to come by. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. not refilled. There were no coffeepots in rooms. Did not always have hot water for showers. Would have like to see some brochures on hotel activities as well as excursions in the area in he room. Food was good. Restaurant staff efficient & friendly; La Terraza staff unattentive to guests. Often had to ask for silverware, wine & coffee. Meal reservation policy not spelled out anywhere. Not much English spoken by front desk or service staff. Had to call manager to have issues resolved. In my opinion, Resort not up to the sandards of a Wyndham. The beach and pools were lovely and well kept. We had a nice time but it's not likely we would go again.
Great family vacation
- August 13, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
a traveler from Travelocity.com
At first I was scary with the other reviews, but at the end I was very happy with the hotel, staff, the food needs improves. The beach was perfect, the hotel is very clean and easy to acess. We did not went out of the hotel any time, a lot activities for all family. We will be back.