Catalonia Royal Bavaro

Lovely hotel! Make sure to check in with Ana or Gabriela they’re really nice and professional. Restaurant are also very unique and food and drinks exceptional! Staff are nice and welcoming. Loved my stay here.

This was a pretty good resort overall. The rooms were clean and air-conditioned. Unfortunately, the power did go out one day, which was a bit challenging, but otherwise our stay was great. We really enjoyed the restaurants and the drinks. This would have been a 5-star stay for us, but there were quite a few stray animals around the resort. We often saw them near the pool, bars, and occasionally around the restaurants. Some guests were feeding them, which seemed to encourage them to stay in those areas. Personally, I am not an animal lover, especially when it comes to cats, and there were a lot of them around the property. I understand that this may not bother everyone, but it did take away from the experience for me. Seeing stray animals inside or around restaurant areas also felt a bit shocking to me. I know this may be more common at some island resorts, but it was not something I was comfortable with when dining. Overall, we had a great trip and enjoyed our time at the resort.

I cannot express in words my love of this place. It was our first time there, and my wife and I were blown away. From arrival to departure, the staff went out of their way to make us feel welcomed and make sure we had everything we needed to make our stay wonderful. Yes it was sargassum season. But the tractor and the crew were out twice a day to clean it up. They did everything in their power to keep their beautiful beach just that. Restaurants - unbelievably good Bars - awesome Housekeeping - above and beyond. (A note left once with our preferences and they were met each and every day) Always clean, always tidy, always friendly. I honestly can't express in words how happy we were with our experience. Guys, we will be back as soon as we can. Thank you to everyone for the best holiday we've had in a long time

Modernize the hotel rooms and complete all the undone construction work such as upgrading the water systems to make sure the hot water is properly maintained, get rid of the cats and dogs and train Bloved employees that worked the evening of May 25th on how to treat all guests the same (not giving the Caucasian people all the attention and ghosting the African American people including myself). Overall, I enjoyed some of the entertainment (Beach Bar, May 21st), Beach Bar attendants and adult drinks, clean bathroom near the Beach Bar, outside showers and Ashley (attendant at the Snack Bar. She was friendly, pleasant and fixed a delicious Banana Mama). I’m highly disappointed and dissatisfied with my stay at Catalonia Royal Bavaro Beach Resorts & Hotels due to the conditions of my room-inoperable toilet a few times, hearing running water, seeing water leaks behind the toilet, refrigerator temperature was not cold-beverages were lightly cool.

Bartenders at pool bar and the plaza were great, friendly, always smiling, other staff members were grim, couldn’t get a smile from most of them. No American alcohol, Tito’s/Grey Goose vodka/ Captain Morgan spiced rum/Jack fire or Fireball whisky ,in the bars, after much complaining we did get a bottle of Smirnoff vodka delivered to the room, not what I drink at home, better than whatever they tried to give me. Food was poor, we did like the steakhouse. We did enjoy the pool and pool bartenders on the adult side.