Two couples at the Bavaro Princess All Suites Resort in February 2012. This was our second trip to Punta Cana and our first visit to the Bavaro Princess. The rooms were very clean, the beach and pool were fantastic and the drinks were cold. The food was great (and I am a very picky eater).This was the first resort that we were able to get lounge chairs on the beach or near the pool every day without waking up at 6am. The resort is lush and beautiful with many photographic opportunities. On the negative side, this resort is huge. To get from the lobby area to the beach is a long walk through a maze of cobblestone lanes. I am usually a pretty good navigator but I got lost twice trying to find my room. The shuttle does go around the property but it was never going in the direction I was going and most of the times it was full. The walking helped wear off the thousands of calories I consumed each day. The mangrove area of the property had a slight sewer smell. I was surprised that they did not have coconut rum in the bars but I had no trouble finding a variety of drinks to try. I wish they would have had more staff working the beach grill as there was always a long line to get food near the beach. The positive aspects of this resort far outweigh these few negatives. It is a great resort that I would stay at again.

We were at this resort Feb 1-7. Traveled with 12 people. 2 couples were in Platinum section.
As stated here many times this is a Big resort. Lots of walking if you are not wanting to take the little train that comes around to transport you from the lobby to beach or room. Not really a big deal to walk. 10-15 minutes tops. it was a nice walk even in the rain one night.
I love the beach and this one did not dissappoint. We spent the majority of our time on the beach. The water was beautiful. walking was great. playing in the water was a great workout. The vendors were cool, never got in your face and always had a smile even if you said, No Gracias!
I loved the little bar at the beach, Chiringo II. CARLOS!! he was always nice and knew us after the 1st day. The Mac Princess was ok in a pinch for a burger and fries. but the El Gaucho restaurant is right there for a bigger selection at lunch and sometimes they served some luncheon specials right under the main palapa in this area near the beach. Dining alfresco is awesome in February when you are from Illinois. Ala Cartes are not in my opinion as good as the buffet in this resort. We tried the steakhouse, chinese food at Sakuri, seafood at El Pescador and pasta at Bella Pasta. To me they were average. But, if you go to the steakouse the argentina steak was excellent per my girlfriend and the hot truffle at the Bella Pasta was a decadent dessert!
Our room was 852, just past the platinum lounge about 4 buildings. we had the suite with a step up bedroom with a king sized. This was a nice room but definitely showing it's age. In fact they had a card on the table with different icons on it. ie: faucet, lights,switches,bar,chair,tv etc. you just marked the icon that you wanted fixed. This was a first for us. I guess they are not planning on any major reno to these rooms anytime soon. The only thing for us in this room was the hairdryer came off the wall one morning as I was trying to get the dryer head off the wall! yikes! crazy! it worked any way and my husband put it back up. Now I have to say my friends were in 856 and had the most strong smell of smoke in their room. It was super bad! They think one of the rooms in our building had smokers in them and it was coming in the vents. I would not have stayed in there just due to fact the smell was so strong! Not sure if a candle or oust would have taken that smell out!

Pool, we went there a few times late in the afternoon after our wonderful day at the beach. Pool bar is swimup with stools or stools on the upper bar near the loungers.it's a nice area, pool and bar.
Be careful when you go there late in the day. they tend to make those last drinks of the day very strong!! I did not see the guy make one of of my drinks but I sure felt it, I kept and eye on them after that! Just watch them and make them throw it out and remake if you get one too strong. Lobby Bar was good! Reynaldo was a nice guy. made good drinks.

This resort was nice overall but not a 5 star in terms of highest quality of food, wait staff in the ala carte not very bilingual, had problems in at least 3 of these places with communication on just the menu items and the rooms need some attention before it gets out of hand.
We paid a fair price for this trip and had a fun trip. If you go and just want to be relaxed and go with the flow, it's worth the price.

2nd time with platinum upgrade and well worth it. As a couple we went to Punta Cana Princess (adults only resort) for dinner a couple of times each trip -- recommend Rio Grande and La Petite Fondue - El Pescador at BP is superior seafood restaurant in our opinion. Ala cartes are all very good - pick based on menu that suits you best - you won't be disappointed. Reservations are not required but as platinum you can make them -- since we wanted primetime -- 7:30 - we made them and generally it looked like the wait was about 15 min.

Travelled in the past with family and friends (teenagers and young children too) and everyone was happy.

Great service, beach, pools.

I was quite disappointed with Sunwing, to begin with we had to pay $10. for the tourist card and $20 for departure fee, which is included in all the other tour operators. And also they didn't give us proper paperwork, when leaving which caused congestion in the customs lines, please Sunwing keep up to date.
Upon arrival at the Bavaro princess we were in the Platinum, so we had private check-in which was great. Platinum is great, private lounge with premium drinks, Millar beer and Presidente in a bottle and all top shelf liquor. Internet was free, but only 2 computers which didn't always work or were constantly busy. The food was very good, not often is food good at ala carte's but here it was. We didn't try the seafood, but Italian was good, as was the steakhouse, great steak, a bit too salty, but that was the norm everywhere. Chinese was different than we were used too but still good, Japanese was good. And the gourmet restaurant was great, amazing filet mignon. Wine was good at all the restaurants. I think most of the rooms through the restort were very similar, except a few by the lobby which haven't been renovated. We had a jacuzzi in the room, which took forever to fill, the 2 steps up to the bed were dangerous, all the floors are marble so be careful, very slippery. Had bathrobes and slippers in the room, as well as rum, vodka, and rye in the rooms. Beer, soda and water in the frig. Nightly turn down service with lots of clean towels. Platinum rooms are close to beach and the main pool. At the steak house in the day was buffet breakfast and lunch, which we found good, and McPrincess which is open from 10 to 6 had great burgers and fries, first for Dominican, usually are fairly nasty. Buffets always had great pasta if other things didn't interest you. This is a huge resort with lots of walking but the trolleys were amazing, very little waiting. The worst thing we found, not in Platinum though, was some bugs, in the rooms, which resulted in bites, although the resort was always being fumigated. The staff is amazing they try hard, to understand. We went to the spa which at the Platinum you get free 20 min pp which my husband didn't want so I had 40min, and it was amazing, very relaxing. We were also allowed with Platinum to visit Tropical Princess and Punta Cana princess, we didn't bother because all was great were we were. We would definitely return to this resorts. Forgot to mention that the pillows were not good, mattress was fine though.