Bahia Principe Grand Samana Adults Only

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1589 reviews

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  Returning to Bahia Principe Grand Samaná

  My return visit to Bahia Principe Grand Samaná was as expected. Great weather and a pleasure to revisit the amazing staff. The people working here are the hotels best asset. From the reception to even the garden maintenance people all go out of their way to make sure you enjoy your stay. It is truly uncommon for the workers watering the flowers to call you by your first name. It shows commitment and dedication. The hotel is small 149 rooms. A quiet resort not for the party crowd. There is no need to reserve chairs at the pool or beach. No line up at the buffet. No waiting for service at the bar. However the beach bar is closed only the pool bar and lobby bar are open. The buffet is above typical with the breakfast omelet superior. Service is great and the staff will try to accommodate your wishes. A nice quiet relaxing atmosphere.👍👍

  Mar 24, 2025
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  Nice & Quiet but Spend your money elsewhere

  Visited this resort in March 2025 with my wife. We are in our 50’s but definitely not over the hill yet. We are Privilege Club members but did not travel on our membership as we were outside our travel window but that didn’t bother us. Resort is extremely small and not much variety. The good: Adults Only King bed was creaky but decent and pillows were good. My wife and I had the massage and it was decent for the $100USD / pp / hour Super quiet if thats what you are looking for. Evening entertainment was very good in the lobby but it only lasts about an hour and a bit each night. All live music. The bad: Lots of stairs - but we knew that going in. Whole resort is very tired and in need of a facelift including the rooms. The place is over 20 years old afterall. Al a carts are only opened two nights a week so you would Be lucky to get two in the week stay. Food is at best - okay. No snack bar and no medium or top level liquor at all without incurring ridiculous over charges. Service is some of the worst I have experienced at any resort including the other Bahia’s. Beach is small and lots of jelly fish present so be careful entering or leaving the water. Overall this place looks like they are preparing to close it down like they did with San Juan a few years back. Save your money and go elsewhere - this is at best a 3 star resort now. Anyone who says 4 Or 5 stars just doesn’t know how great these places used to be when they were first opened and the employees cared about providing good service. No offence intended but I have been going to Bahia’s for over 20 years now. This one just doesn’t measure up in any way. Hope this review helps

  Mar 22, 2025
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  So So in Samana

  Our third floor room was very comfortable with an excellent ocean view. The furniture was dated. The room and the balcony was kept exceptionally clean by the cleaning staff. Thank you. There are many steps in the resort, but some could be avoided by using the elevators in the main and our accommodation building. The gardens were very well maintained and the resort was kept immaculately clean, including the many public toilets,although many were short of paper towels. The beach and pool were great, the pool clean all of the time. Shade at the pool was difficult to find. At every other resort we stayed at (and there are many) the lobby bar is open in the morning for coffee and drinks including alcohol. Not here. It didn't open until 4-00pm, meaning you had to go downstairs to the dining room for coffee, if you could get it, or pool bar. It had a coffee machine but was never used. Very strange!! The food for the most part was acceptable. The Don Pablo place was very good with excellent service. All of the meals were buffet style, with breakfast being the best. The problem with all buffet meals is that they can be good at the beginning of the meal period but deteriorate after 3+ hours. This was the case here, particularly supper, starting at 6-00pm and ending at 10-00pm. We like to eat late and by the time we get there, some of the food appeared inedible and unappetizing. It was very very pleasant to eat meals in the shaded open air overlooking the ocean. Something we have noticed about some resorts,The vast majority of staff and this is one of them, they often advertise so called "top shelf" drinks are included when they are not. Could this fall under false advertising !! ? The vast majority of staff were very helpful, courteous and work very hard. I can't remember the name of the young man at the front desk, but he was particularly helpful. Thank you all. From the foregoing we do not consider this resort 5 star

  Mar 18, 2025
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  18th stay, but not our last

  This is our favourite resort anywhere. I guess that's why this is our 18th time staying here! There is something special about this place. You arrive all stressed out, but about 15 minutes after you check in, you are deep in chillax mode. It's got a spectacular location, far from anywhere, on a cliff with a staircase down to a private beach. It has little tucked-away spots all over the place for just relaxing and enjoying the views. If you're looking for a place with casinos or all night partying, this isn't it (thankfully!) Rosa at check-in was terrific. Our flight was late getting in, which meant that everything downstream was disrupted. Rosa ended up being on duty alone, but cheerfully helped a busload of us check in. It was surprisingly quick, considering, and very soon we were on our balcony, listening to the waves. A cool thing that you get at check-in: your wristband is also your room key. Just tap your wristband on the detector pad on your door and you're in. No little card to get lost or forget. Almost impossible to lock yourself out of your room. Nice! Three folks have always been there since we started visiting in 2000: Jose in the dining room, Maria Letitia in the dining room, and Nicolas, well, everywhere! The three of them made our visit just a little bit more enjoyable with their personal attention. If you're looking for a superhero, just watch Yrineo making omelettes at breakfast. Wow! There's always a lineup, but never for long. He is that good and that fast! And the results are delicious. He has worked in several resorts in DR, and Grand Samana is fortunate to have him. Amazing! A couple of comments about the most recent changes to the resort. If you were here circa 2016, you probably were swamped with attention. It was interesting to experience. It was kind of like 6-star service. But it was also a little bit over-the-top. They've reduced some of the more extraordinary things (pillow menu, scent menu, butler service, etc.) and kept the core things that you really need. It was a little less "hovering" I guess and more of a "let's just let you enjoy your vacation" approach. We like it better this way, for sure. Couple of quick notes on restaurants here. They've simplified the approach. Rodizio restaurant is now Olas, which was wonderful. The service was great and food was excellent. Don Pablo has stayed pretty much the same, but we actually enjoyed it more this time than last. A little lighter mood, we felt. We also wanted to highlight the arrangements for food when you kind of miss the regular hours of restaurant operation (too much relaxing and couldn't find your watch). The buffet restaurant has an "al a carte" arrangement whenever the buffet itself is closed (with one small exception for an hour just before the evening meal). All you have to do is ask. The signage at the resort hasn't quite been updated to let you know this, so just ask around and they'll help for sure. We will definitely be back!

  Mar 12, 2025
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  When rates are down in the summer it's so worth it if meals are included. Good people, great weather.

  Friendly employees. The beach is small, but nice. This resort does not rate the food for a reason, its average. I like this place because I go in June and September when the rate for Canadians is about $1100. Right now it costs about $1900. I love the pools.The manager Danny, was always nice to customers. The one negative is the resort lets the locals stay there on the weekends and it is busy and loud.

  Mar 10, 2025