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Our stay at Catalonia Bavaro in Punta Cana was amazing! Aside from a few small issues — which I’m sure can easily be adjusted and improved — everything was great. The kids had so much fun, and it’s truly a great place for children. The staff are very friendly, always making sure you’re okay and asking if you need anything. Everyone was incredibly welcoming and attentive throughout our stay. There’s also a great coffee shop on site that we really enjoyed. Overall, we would definitely recommend this resort and we will definitely be going back! The only thing I would have preferred is staying in a villa with our four kids. It would have been nice to have a private pool so that once the kids were asleep, we could relax and take a dip in the evening.

We booked a romantic room for 10 days. What a disaster... Couple shower, half of it was stuck for the whole stay so you can imagine the smell. Impossible to get bathroom towels expect if you go and complain at the reception. Room has been dirty from day 1 until the end of the stay. The phone worked the first day (only). Restaurant: The buffet was nice (breakfast and dinner), the pizzas are great. But the beach buffet, there is a very small choice of food. The "à la carte " are so simple and the quality of food is low to be honest. Beach/swimming pool: The beach is very beautiful as well as the swimming pool but there are a small amount of sun bed and you have to wake up very early if you want to get beach towels. After 8am it's too late. Staff: Very very very rude... from all departments, we only persons that are smiling were the barmans/barmaids. We felt not welcome ans talk in a very rude way. I'm sorry but it's not a 5 stars service. Price: Very too expensive for what we had and our expectations. I strongly not recommend you this hôtel.

This was our first visit to this resort (Feb 2026), though not our first time in the DR. We upgraded to Privilege and had an upgraded room close to the pool and beach. The room was clean and spacious, and we appreciated the hammock and laundry hanger on the balcony. The beach was windy at the start of the week due to a previous storm but settled by day four. There were always plenty of chairs in the Privilege section, and beach service was convenient. The only downside for us was the very calm water (there are no waves, so it’s not ideal if you enjoy playing in them but great if you have small children). As vegans, we found the food options somewhat limited. The buffet had beans and tofu, and at the à la carte restaurants the staff tried to accommodate us, but it wasn't ideal and very limited. Because of the limited vegan selection and lack of waves, we would likely try another resort next time. However, the hotel itself is lovely, clean, and well maintained. Room Tip - if you want more privacy as for a room on the second or third floor as some of the main floor rooms were very open and not private

Carlos and Jessica at the swim up bar were amazing!!

This is my first review of this hotel I will add more when we check out If you are thinking of coming here think twice, poor service and they charge you for items that you don’t get,y wife and I were to have a romantic dinner for two on the beach and it rained today so I went to the front desk to make sure it wasn’t going to be charged to my room but they already charged my credit card, and we hadn’t had the meal yet I ask them to remove it from my credit card and they told me NO, so criminal hotel