Iberostar Selection Bavaro Suites

I loved t b e staff, the shows and the beach. The food was a little less tasty than i expected, and more music and activities would have been desirable. All in all it was a great resort.

The resort was large and very well maintained. We enjoyed the food and beverage. Grey in Guest Services and Mayelin at the pool bar were so wonderful. They really know what hospitality and service are and made our stay great.

Liked:
-Beach is excellent, clear water, clean sand, beach gear, and bars for drinks and snacks.
-Cafe.
-Room service.
-kids enjoyed the pools.
-Room location, layout and its size.
Disliked:
Very limited lights in the room.
Only 2 wall outlets and were not functioning.
AC unit is very old and super noisy, specially at night
Beds were not comfortable.
Restaurants are always booked, we were not able to make any reservations, so food option for us was very limited to buffet (not too many options either) and two other restaurants were were not interested. Likely, food wasn't a big deal for us and we still enjoyed our time.

Overall we would stay at the same hotel again.

Beautiful resort! Would have been a 5 star had we not had a couple of disappointing moments with a few members of staff.
Would definitely visit again.

The property is beautiful. The food and service was excellent. The only thing that was awful was that all the pillows smelled like head sweat horribly. We had to ask for them to be changed. We have never experienced this problem.

I was looking at a few different resorts and decided on Iberorstar Selection. I'm going to use this review to dispell some of the negatives i read about in other reviews:

1 - Food -


Better than expected. Lots of options. At lunch there was always pizza and burgers at the grill, a pretty legit salar bar (including stuff like beet hummus) a make your own taco bar and then some rotating stations. There were some different ceviches one day that were great. Paella was available at a lot of meals and it was also very good. We got dinner at Brave steakhouse one night and it was also good.

2 - Pool

Not very crowded when we were there. No issues getting loungers. We spent a lot of time the quiet pool and bounced back and forth to the ocean. There are bars by the pool and i never had to wait for a drink.

3- Timeshare presentation. This was only brought up to me once and it was when i was looking to book the Monkeyland excursion. They said if i see the presentation i can get a voucher. I just told them i'm only here for a few days and want to maximize my beach and pool time and they left me alone. Just be firm.

4 - roaches/waterbugs -

In 5 days one made its way into out room one time. To be expected in a tropical area. I will also note we did not eat or bring any food into our room.

5 - Vendors-

There are some walking up and down the beach but they never bothered us or came up to our loungers.
Overall my family and i were satisfied with this resort and would return.

This was our 3rd time back at the iberostar Bavaro suites. We love the food, the set up next to the beach and the staff.
In my opinion you get a lot for your money at this resort. All of the restaurants that we went to had delicious food options and we were very happy. Please keep in mind that the clientele is international so there are things you may not typically have in the United states but there are many options.
Italian and the steak house are the restaurants that they gave us reservations to. Mexican and French were open to all and we could not get into Japanese.
The beach is gorgeous and we had no problems setting up under a hut every day. Vino was great, he brought drinks directly to us on the beach every day!
We did not set up at the pool. However, I did noticed that the chairs were all full each day.
Cons:
Yes, as wonderful as this resort is, there are some things that may be a deal breaker for some. The most annoying thing in my opinion is that they make you sit down with a “concierge” to book all of your dinner reservations. Out of 6 nights we were only given reservations for Italian and steak house. Concierge will try to upsell and if you don’t want it you don’t get your dinner reservations. Room was clean and comfortable but probably in need of a renovation. We spend most of time on resort so we were not picky. Spa- we loved upgrading and using the sauna/steam and cold plunge daily. Gym= beautiful and new. Entertainment = not good but something to do.

Never wanted to leave
Beautiful property, great location, great food. Wish we could have stayed longer.

I loved it, from the staff to the food, I recommend it.

No complains. Food is delicious and always fresh. The service is superb and servers are very nice. Wide variety of food and the restaurants are very clean. Beach and pools are well maintained and clean.We felt very safe. No pushy sales or vendors. Highly recommended resort.