Great hotel, nice beaches. Liked that you could do the pay for 1, play at 3.

Good, The check in went smooth. The the hotel is huge. The trains take a long time to come to go from one part of the resort to the other. I loved the fact that you did not have to make reservations for dinner. They have lots to do on the resort. You do not have to leave the resort to have fun.

Greated us with hot towels to freshen our face and hands! Jiminez at reception goes beyond call of duty! Food was great. Go see Richard at the concierge desk to reserve all your a la carte restaurant. We tried six of the nine they were all great.

This is a very beautiful resort, it is a real shamed that everything shuts down at 7:00. We have never been to Punta Cana and I don't now if this is typical.
I would have really liked to see more activities for young people. We couldn't even find a volley ball to play with at the nets. Again im not sure if it was just the resort but it was march break at there was no pool life after 7 pm. There were hoards of people at dinner and no one out at night...Food is good, however we noticed that everything had a sweet taste to it and that in itself made us ill. I was gratefull when we found that the airport pizza was normal...yay.
My wife and I have spicy taste so that could be our own preference. Everything was well prepared and the staff was great. If you want a quiet and relaxing vacation and you like sweet food you will be in heaven. If your there to have fun and party a bit then I would recommend finding another resort.

VERY GOOD SERVICE - WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL. STAFF VERY HELPFUL AND RECEPTION STAFF EXEMPLARY. ONLY COMMENT CONCERNS THE LIVE SHOWN. THE ELABORATE COSTUMES AT BOTH THE MERENGUE AND THE OTHER VENUE, THE PERSON WHO CONTOLLED THE LIGHTNING FOR THE PERFORMERS SHOULD BE TRAINED AS HAS NO IDEA OF ILLUMINATING THE WONDERFUL COSTUMES THE DANCERS WERE WEARING AND PERFORMING IN. I DO HOPE THE ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR TAKE NOTE OF THIS COMMENT.

This our second time at the GPB and didn't disappoint. No sense in wondering where the negative reviews come from, I guess I just don't have those high standards.
Our flight from Calgary was uneventful with the exception of having to sit on the tarmac for 45 minutes because they didn't have a place to park the plane. Not Air Transat's fault.
Transportation to the hotel was fine and made better because we purchased a few Presidente's for the ride. No other drop-offs.
Check in was smooth and both couples got suites next to each other in the Bavaro section 1226 1227. Rooms were awesome and just as I remembered, large living and bedroom area and massive bathroom with Jacuzzi tub and two sinks. No issues at all with either room.
Food was great with lots of selection at the buffet and went to 2 different buffets with the same quality and selection. Took a few minutes when it was busy to get the servers attention but no biggie. Must have been a fairly busy time while we were there but still numerous tables available for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Went to the steakhouse one night and they mixed up our order due to a language problem I would guess, so took an extra 10 minutes to get our food. Our favorite was the Japanese and got a Hibachi table both times which was cool. Great show both times and never made a reservation at either place.
Disco was fun, Sports bar was great and the food was really good especially liked the wings and pizza. Show was ok but I'm not really into dancing so can't really comment on it and only went once, our friends told us the comedy, circus and Michael Jackson shows were good.
Went to Hemingway’s almost every evening for a quiet time and then depending on how we felt we either called it a night or went to the sports bar, disco or lobby as the live music was good.
We used the Dolin dive shop for 3 days and 5 dives total, a little disorganized but the dives were good as was Rod the Dive Master. The sub wreck was pretty cool.
Spent the mornings at the awesome beach and our friends always got a Palapa as they are not sun people, no problems getting a lounger any time. We go to the pool in the afternoon and all pools were busy however we always managed to get loungers for 4 every time we went. Entered a few of the pool contests and had a lot of fun doing so.
Casino was lame but we spent our $10 dollar complimentary chips and left.
All in all a great hotel and really no problems encountered. Didn't like the hotel vendors they were pretty annoying. Nothing to do with the hotel but really didn't like the vendor shops at the resort edge as the were really pushy and insisted we go into their shops, got out of there pretty quick.
Found the servers to be really friendly and eager to please especially when we tipped them.
Would definately go back for a 3rd time but as we travel to different places often it may not be for a few years.

Stayed March 2012, traveled with friends

Outstanding beach, lots of room at this resort, friendly staff and lots to do.

This is a beautiful resort, lovely and abundant restaurants, pools and amazing beach. We especially enjoyed the variety of places in the evenings to relax and listen to music. The one drawback was the room -we had plumbing problems and extremely musty smelling linen, door locks that didn't work,terrible pillows (we ended up having to rent pillows at $3 per night) and before insisting on a complete bedding change my husband contracted a fungal infection under his arms from the bedspread. An unfortunate situation for an otherwise lovely resort which means we would not return. Great experience with Dolin Dive Shop and Divemaster Marco - wonderful trip for diving to Catalina Island

Room was very nice,food at buffet was as expected very good! Some a la carte restaurants not up to 4-5 star.No atmosphere like Swiss Chalet,food ok.. Overall the resort was excellent,grounds were well manicured and lobby was very nice with lots of comfy seating,live music as well...

La propreté des lieux est remarquable, la plage est belle, beaucoup de restaurants à la carte, la nourriture est très bonne, les chambres devraient être rénovées mais elles sont confortables. Il faut se lever avant 8h le matin pour avoir une place à l'ombre sous un palapa à la plage, ce qui est tôt quand on est en vacances, toutefois si vous aimez le plein soleil, il y a des chaises en quantité suffisante.

Malgré un temps plutôt nuageux et venteux pour la moitié du séjour, la température était similaire à nos beaux jours de juillet au Québec. Vraiment idéal.
Le site est tout simplement splendide et se situe à moins de 30 minutes de l'aéroport. Tout l'emplacement est d'une propreté impeccable et le personnel travaille très fort à le maintenir ainsi. La piscine est un peu décevante par sa faible dimension et manque de chaises pour les clients. La plage est plutôt étroite et on y trouve une bonne quantité d'algues arrachées aux fonds marins par les vagues incessantes. Par contre ces vagues procurent aux baigneurs un plaisir certain. Une réservation matinale des palapas est nécessaire en haute saison.
Tout le personnel est d'une gentillesse hors pair, toujours souriant et prêt à rendre service au moindre désir.
Nous avons connu certains problèmes avec la chambre ( coffre-fort verrouillé à l'arrivée, éclairage nocturne extérieur défectueux, air climatisé sans contrôle, porte de garde-robe coulissante dangereuse, réfrigérateur qui coule etc ... ), mais nous avons facilement mis ces inconvénients de côté pour profiter du bon temps.
Les buffets du midi et du soir sont excellents et offrent une variété et une diversité fort appréciées. Les restos à la carte sont nombreux et nous en avons essayé quatre. Qualité inégale allant de l'excellent à décevant. À recommander Chinois, Japonais et Italien, à éviter International et Mexicain.
Les spectacles en soirée sont moyens mais offrent une possibilité de passer une heure divertissante.

En résumé, très bon rapport qualité/prix à recommander mais plus vers le début de février pour un séjour moins venteux et moins nuageux.

Plage merveilleuse, restaurants à la carte pour tous les goûts, tout le monde peut y trouver son compte. Vous aimez les activités? Il y en a aux diverses piscines et à la plage. Il y a aussi une piscine plus tranquille, sans activités organisées pour se reposer. Pour la température et la plage, la gentillesse des Dominicains, j'y retounerai sûrement!

A good well maintained hotel, accomadation and grounds. An enjoyable stay overall.

This is our fifth time at this resort and for the money you cannot beat it, we will definately be back.

Grand Palladium Bavaro

I have stayed in PUJ on several occasions and this is one of the most beautiful resorts I have stayed in (best so far was RIU PC Palace but it was more expensive than the Palladium). The resort may want to improve the quality of the meals in their al la carte restaurants. In terms of value for the money, this is an excellent resort. I found the adult spa facilities to be wonderful as was the new pool that just opened on the last day of our holiday. Beach is excellent, lots of shade/sun available.

In comparison to the all inclusive chains we have travelled to before in Mexico & the D.R.(Barcelo,Principe,Las Brisas), Grand Palladium surpasses all of them with rooms, service, cleanliness, staff friendlines,,ala carte restaurants and especially entertainment. Although we were not in one of the recently renovated rooms, our Jr. Suite was huge and beautiful and with the exception of the older, hard double beds and was much nicer than we had expected. Evening entertainment was top quality at the theater show as well as the band every evening in the hotel lobby. The disco was full most nights with all ages as well. Food was good quality if you do not expect top notch American fare - which you do not get anywhere on the island. The ala carte restaurants were our first choice (ate buffet only 1 night)as we are not big buffet fans. Drink quality was good - the beach bar was under staffed and always lined up. A beachside lunch hut was under construction and would have been preferred to going inside to the one buffet offered in the aft. We are planning for next year and the Bavaro section of this hotel would definitely be our first choice again!

C'est la 3-ème année qu'on retourne à la même place pour l'excellence du service, confort des chambres, courtoisie du personnel, vaste choix de nourriture et boissons. La saison que nous choisissons est plutôt tranquille et on préfère comme ça!

The grounds were beautiful but the place was too big for our wants. We had a wedding there and the placement of our group was too far to meet up often. There were 5 pools and most of our family had rooms on the Bavaro, but their rooms were closer to another pool, so that's where they hung out. Way to much walking to sit and relax. The main lobby buffett reastaurant was not open for lunch.

Was pleasantly surprized with the rooms and hotel. Found the staff and restaurant staff to be very rude at times and show no respect towards their customers.On one occasion at supper i ordered something and they brought the wrong thing to be so i said this is not ours. No problem he took it away only to be brought back in a minutes and i was told it was mine and he put it down and left!!!!! Wow. Every night we went to supper there was something that happenend to ruin the night. This is my second time to Punta Cana and I was very surprised at how big this place is but is layed out not too bad and there is always transporation to get around. The casino is way too small but what do you expact. all is forgotton when you see the beaches though. All in all a great value for the money.

This place was better than expected
Sports club was great if you have kids or are a sports fanatic.
Beautiful well kept grounds . Was big enough to give lots of variety without feeling lost.
Staff was very helpful and when we did have a couple of small problems with our lock , it was dealt with quicker than I could return to my room.
We were offered a room upgrade no charge upon arrival.

Le personnel était très gentil et courtois. Nous étions dans une villa building 61 et c'était super propre. Nous avions des chaises à la plage sans problème mais nous devions réserver avant 9hrs pour avoir des palapas. Le buffet du dîner était bien mais peu varié, si vous êtes amateurs de salades, il y en a très peu mais si vous aimez les frites et le poulet frit vous serez comblé.
En général c'était très bien, je le recommande mais personnelement je préfère les endroits plus petits.
Seul point négatif: Les vendeurs de toutes sortes (photos, bijoux, excursions, il y en a autant sur le site que sur la plage. Ils sont très persévérants et cela devient fatiguant.

Grand Palladium Bavaro

This holiday was my first away and from this experience and what I have heard from other travellers, the bar is set high! We stayed in a junior suite which was an amazing room... huge bathroom, large room, jacuzzi, balcony. Only complaint was the beds were not the most comfy I have ever slept on.
The beach is absolutely amazing with plenty of beach bars and a beach snack shack so you could have lunch right on the beach. The beach is also cleaned daily and is gorgeous and great for swimming. Also, one of the buffet restaurants open for lunch was right near the beach which was super convenient.
The resort was quite large, but we found the walking nice and it was great to have lots to see. Usually anywhere you needed/wanted to go was no more than a 5 minute walk.
There was a great selection of a la carte restaurants all with excellent food. The buffet restaurants always had seating available and an amazing (hundreds of items) selection with a different cultural theme each night.
There are lots of day excursions that can be booked (at extra cost) on the resort with anything from parasailing to dolphins, fishing, dune buggies, catamaran trips, etc... too much to name.
The staff were also very courteous and super friendly. Would definately go back again!

Best all-inclusive for value and service. Liked being able to walk to or take the train to the other 2 adjoining Palladiums (Palace and Punta Cana). Lots to do, located on gorgeous stretch of beach. Friendly outgoing staff made our vacation the best yet! Book Air Transat for Imperial Club upgrade, free 30 min Internet daily and use of other 2 Palladium facilities.

Nous avions réservé au grand paladium section bavaro mais arriver à destination l'hotel nous a déplacé vers la section Royal suites Turquesa.Tout etait parfait, le service, la propreté, les chambres et les choix de repas.

Notre deuxième expérience au Complexe Grand Palladium, nous étions au Palace il y a deux ans. Nous avons littéralement tombés en amour avec le complexe donc nous avons voulu revenir mais cette fois-ci à la section Bavaro pour ses jardins immenses à coupé le souffle dans ce décor tropical. Nous avons eu la suite junior club impérial, très bien, petit salon, grande salle de bain avec fenêtre vue sur les jardins. Tout est très propre, entretien continuel, les restos et buffets sont variés, les activités plaisantes à tous les jours, les spectacles sont hauts en couleurs. Les employés sont très aimables, courtois et amicaux. Oui, il y a quelques vendeurs sur la plage mais on leur dit non et ils partent sans insistés. La plage est à faire rêvé, digne d'une carte postale, énormément de cocotiers et aires de repos. Il y a eu certaines rénovations et ajouts de nouveaux restaurants à la carte depuis deux ans, donc nous étions comblés. Nous retournerons c'est sûr l'an prochain.

J'y retournerai année apres année. Plage, palapas, palmier, chaise longue le tout y étais. Aucun vendeur sur la plage a part les excursions et pour les amateurs de marché au puce seulement 10 minutes de marches par la plage.Nouritures excellente . Les suites junior mesure environ 22 pieds par 30 pieds. Plus que mémorable

Nous avons logé au Grand Palladium Bavaro près de la section Punta Cana #6209, partie de Bavaro collée sur section Punta Cana, vieille et non rénovée, air climatisé bruyante, odeur humidité, mobilier et literie ordinaire malgré le forfait Club impérial. Par contre, la végétation est superbe, l'entretien ménager des chambres et l'extérieur est top. Les restos délicieux, le buffet varié. Pas impressionné par les piscines. La plage est très belle. Nous sommes allé au Grand Palladium Kanthena en 2009 à Riviera Maya qui selon moi est supérieur. Le SPA est beaucoup plus grand comparativement à Punta Cana.

Great experience, nicely laid out, we booked the imperial club (got a few extra perks and a villa near the beach),staff was friendly, attentive, food was great, main buffet served in air conditioned dining room, loved it all. We will definitely return to this resort next year. All you naysayers out there ... stay home, a caribbean vacation is just not for you!