Value for money

Written: 3 february 2019
Travel time: 21 january 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 7.0
I rested at the hotel for 11 days, the vacation was not planned, so the budget is limited. I think this hotel is an excellent choice, good quality at a great price. I'll start with what was good. Firstly, I want to note the friendliness, attentiveness of the staff, always ready to help. There are Russian-speaking staff at the reception. A small park area of ​ ​ the hotel - cozy, neat, very green. Good food, French chef. They cook very tasty, a lot of fruits (pineapples, papaya, melon, watermelons, tangerines) Excellent breakfasts. The menu is varied, for 10 days the dishes were not repeated. Snacks are also available at the restaurant on the beach and by the pool. There is no need to go to a restaurant for lunch. The hotel is not on the first line, but a shady alley leads to the beach through a beautiful park, the road is not annoying at all, it's nice to walk. The rooms are large in size, clean with spacious balconies, cleaned every day. Boca Chica Beach is a bay surrounded by a coral reef.
The sea is clean, warm, the sunset is gentle, shallow and there are no waves. We saw crabs and starfish. The hotel has its own fenced, guarded area on the beach with sunbeds. All beaches in the Dominican Republic are municipal. On weekdays, the beach is calm and quiet, on weekends, locals come, it is quite noisy and crowded. It bothered us at first, but the locals are nice, friendly people and don't bother anyone.
There were bad moments too, of course. The hotel is not new, there was no renovation in this century, plumbing in the room, honestly, air conditioning hi so that we were afraid to turn it on. Opened the window, bitten by mosquitoes. But they were ready to relocate us, we refused. In principle, everything is fine. New cases 17-19. Entertainment is below average. Although the guys tried, of course. The restaurant has little seafood, for 10 days - only once, and even then, frozen. There are 2 "a la cart" restaurants - Italian and Caribbean, but you can only reserve a day at 9 am, there is almost always a queue, we did not work out.

Excursions were bought at the travel agency "U Pedro" directly opposite the exit from the hotel at building 11. Of all the excursions, there was a trip to Saona, and to Santo Domingo (we went individually).
Wi-Fi in the hotel is paid, it costs inadequate money !!! ! We bought a local SIM card for $5 with unlimited internet, and gave each other Wi-fi. There is also an Italian cafe at the exit of building 11, having bought coffee, you can connect to wi-fi.
Our compatriots after everything they have drunk at the bar (they don’t spare Roma here) is a separate issue. But without them it would be boring????
In general, I liked everything. I went to a 3 * hotel and got what I paid for and even more ????
I recommend
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