Iberostar Selection Coral Bavaro - All Inclusive

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788 reviews

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  ¡Vacaciones inolvidables en el paraíso!

  Pasamos dos semanas maravillosas en el Iberostar Coral Selection Bávaro en febrero, y no podemos estar más felices con nuestra experiencia. Viajé con mi hijo de 6 años, y desde el primer momento nos sentimos como en casa gracias al trato excepcional del equipo. La gastronomía fue sin duda uno de los puntos más destacados: una variedad increíble de opciones, platos exquisitos, restaurantes temáticos y productos super bien presentados que hicieron de cada comida una experiencia especial. Tanto los buffets como los restaurantes temáticos superaron nuestras expectativas. Queremos hacer una mención especial a Xisca, la directora de alojamiento, cuyo trato cercano y profesional marcó la diferencia. Siempre atenta a cada detalle y con una sonrisa, hizo que nuestra estancia fuera aún más especial. También queremos agradecer a todo el equipo de dirección, que trabaja con dedicación para garantizar una experiencia impecable. En definitiva, un hotel que combina comodidad, excelente servicio y un entorno paradisíaco. ¡Sin duda repetiremos!

  Apr 01, 2025
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  Great stay, beach, food, and staff.

  Check in—We arrived at the hotel 3 hours before check in, so we knew our room would not be ready when we arrived. We arrived at the Selection hotel (main lobby) and was asked by the bellhop what hotel we stated the Coral hotel. We were told to stand by the Coral hotel sign and someone will come and pick us up to take us to check in at the Coral lobby. We waited for about 10 minutes before the golf cart came to retrieve us and our bags. The bellhop, golf cart driver, and check in lady were very nice. When we arrived we waited for another 15 minutes because a family of five was checking in and there was only 1 person to check you in. When it was our turn we were greeted with a pleasant smile and was told our room was not ready, but we can check in, go have lunch, and they will let us know when the room was ready. After we checked in, they kept our bags, and we met our concierge personnel, Alberto who was exceptional throughout our stay! He called for a golf cart and they took us to El Faro, buffet lunch. Food—We went to the lunch buffet (El Faro) when we arrived which included an array of food options including snow crab legs, lobster claws, steaks, salads, fruit, pork chops, salmon, burgers, and lots more. I was pleasantly surprised and excited, because I love seafood. The staff in the restaurant were very welcoming. For dinner, I made my own reservation on the Iberostar app for Brave the steakhouse. Brave was good and my family enjoyed it, but nothing to write home about. The Japanese and Italian restaurants, Alberto arranged for us. The Japanese restaurant, Kabuki was good but definitely not enough food if you don’t eat sushi. The hibachi itself is really a small hibachi bowl with about 4 pieces of chicken , shrimp, and steak with rice. For those of you who likes yum yum sauce—there is none not the salad with ginger dressing. It is a set menu and everyone gets the same dishes. My husband and son don’t eat sushi and the soup and hibachi bowl was not enough. The Italian restaurant, Il Forno Italian Restaurant was the best out of all 3. The food was hot and delicious and the dessert was the best dessert we had all week long. The Gala night at the buffet at the selection was amazing that including grilled lobster tails, chicken, pork, steaks, beef, fresh pizza, salad, desserts galore including different chocolate flavored desserts, and lots more food options. The food that night was excellent. We ate breakfast daily at El Faro, which was pretty much the same each day. I had made to order omelet each day. Lunch was pretty much the same as well. The room service and beach menu is limited and was just okay. The buffet food was always lukewarm and never hot except for the made to order food. I did not try the Mexican restaurant or other restaurants at the sister properties. Room—My room was on the top floor of a building that was located near the pool, beach, and El Faro restaurant. The room itself was basic and nothing spectacular. The maid service was everyday and the ladies were very nice and accommodating. The beach and pool— There are 2 pools on the Coral side both are small but nice. Be of the pools is literally steps from the beach. The beach is nice and like other reviewers there is seaweed but staff does a good job cleaning it up. The huts on the beach were plentiful and enough for everyone. However, I’m not sure if they are cleaned everyday or not. I sprayed my hut everyday with Lysol. Locals constantly come by asking you to purchase any and everything. It can be annoying to many, but it is typically in the Caribbean. There are lifeguards on the properties; however, they are not actually on the beach but under trees facing the guests and pool areas. So I wasn’t sure if they would help rescue anyone in the ocean or if they were there to oversee those in the non deep pools. Check out— Very easy process. Go to office or call from your room to check out and request a golf cart to pick you up and your luggage to take you to the selection lobby to be picked up for airport transfers. Overall—Iberostar property is massive with all of the properties together next to Riu properties. For the most part the staff is always smiling and friendly. I didn’t encounter any staff that wasn’t friendly to me and my family or the group we were with. You are approached about attending a membership presentation, but it is typical when visiting most Caribbean resorts. Although, the resort is all inclusive and you will not find any tip jars anywhere, I recommend that you do. These employees work so hard and very long hours and are very appreciative of the tips. I give the resort at the coral level a 4.5 star due to rooms and luke warm food.

  Mar 29, 2025
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  Not bad

  Over all not bad. Iberostar Selection Bavaro Coral is a lovely hotel. And the site is beautiful. But is this a five star resort? Rooms are comfortable but need upgrading (fabric soiled or fading). Room service is uneven. We could not find a bottle opener. Bottles in fridge require one. Some days you get a face cloth but not on others. Shell fish is not always properly cooked and beware of lobster! Overcooked or undercooked. And one last thing : although Dominicains are lovely friendly people, they are loud! Staff streaming from one side of the dining room to the other.

  Mar 16, 2025
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  Mid February- Family of Four

  Family of four with two kids (5 & 3). We had TRULY the best time. We started every day at the main pool because the zero entry pool was best for our kids. Lunch we had every day at the coral buffet. And then we would nap the kids on the lounge chairs at one of the quieter coral-only pools in the afternoon. Lastly, finishing each day with dinner and a walk around the resort. Food: You can eat every meal at the coral buffet restaurant. Truly, don’t even bother with anything else. We did the Mexican one night, it was okay, and the Italian another night, again just okay. The meals we enjoyed every time were at the Coral buffet. Breakfast and lunch every day was absolutely outstanding; rotating each day with the most amazing selection of foods. Our favorite dinner was the Dominican night at this same restaurant. Incredible. Rooms were great, nothing wildly amazing or wildly bad. Standard rooms with restocked mini bars. The bathroom sink was really high so we called and requested a kids foot stool and they brought one right away. Beach was fantastic, water was great, hotel grounds were beautiful, staff (especially at the Coral area) were welcoming. No one ever expected a tip. Sometimes I gave one, sometimes not, more so just when I remembered to bring some bills with me. But it was never an issue. If you’re looking for a great quality, low fuss, luxurious vacation then I couldn’t recommend this resort more. ONLY con, as I’m sure others have said, was the person selling a ‘members breakfast’ was really pushy about it. But I had read enough on here to know I was not interested and I just politely but firmly said we are not interested and they never mentioned it to us again.

  Mar 13, 2025
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  Beautiful stay 👌🌺

  We finish a wonderful stay here at the Iberostar Selection Coral Bavaro which is a specific section inside the Selection Bavaro suites where we have two exclusive picines and an exclusive restaurant for the Coral level by the beach 🏝️ Lunch and dinner buffet style either inside or outside facing the beach and dinner à la carte with live music 😁Pure happiness😁🤩 The quality and variety of the food and the presentation are a delight for the eyes and for the palate 👌🤩 Special mention for impeccable service and kindness of staff at El Faro restaurant 👌👌👌!!! Thanks to Gioser , Yanilda , Kelvin , Luis and Ruth for their efficiency and smile 🫶👌 You made our experience incredible ❤️ I would like to warmly thank Divis at yoga and Aqua gym for her kindness and professionalism which always thanked me for always attending her sound and being her assistant 😆 😘 Many thanks also to Manuelito at the Zumba and aquagym for his contagious dynamism 💃and his encouraging “let’s Go” 👌😉 Thanks also to Angel at yoga to respect a smooth rhythm to refocus 🙏 The rooms are beautiful and very well maintained with small arrangements of flowers on the bed and bath towels 🌺 In addition they provide a beach bag and a beautiful hat in the room! 👌👌 For golf lovers my husband played several times and he enjoyed the course and the quality of the greens! 👌ps golf belongs to the hotel and the shuttles are in front of lobby for transport (he left are equipment to golf ) A big thank you to Carlos from the prestige club at the beach for your service of towels and bar 🙏

  Mar 10, 2025