Iberostar Selection Coral Bavaro - All Inclusive

Customer Ratings & Reviews

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792 reviews

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  The best

  Truly Exceptional! Working in hospitality, I’m usually very critical and notice every detail—but this resort truly impressed me. The service was outstanding, the room spotless and beautifully maintained, and every aspect of the experience was flawless. It’s by far the best place I’ve ever stayed. Highly recommend! Food was delicious.

  Apr 20, 2025
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  Amazing week at Coral Selection Bavaro-Punta Cana

  Angel was assigned to us on the day of our arrival. He was our Star Prestige representative. The level of attentiveness, communication and kindness he showed us was beyond expectation! Our experience during this week was phenomenal because of Angel…we got to sit back, relax and be present with each other. One of the things we love most about our membership with Iberostar is that we feel like family within minutes of our arrival. It is so nice to have one consistent contact to guide us through our time away from home. Isn’t that what it’s all about? Getting away and not having to worry? Have to give a shout out to Janaira as well! She was behind the bar in Star Prestige by the beach and took amazing care of us! Kept us well “watered”! Definitely in our top 2 for Iberostar locations visited!

  Apr 14, 2025
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  Amazing!

  We stayed over the holidays at the Coral Level Selection Bavaro. Our accommodations were amazing as well as the food, beach, all the different pools and Spa. This was our fourth time too Punta Cana, and it was truly amazing! We were so impressed with how personable and the attention to detail upon our arrival all the way through to our checkout. The rooms were beautiful and extremely clean! The restaurants are delicious! I would like to mention these amazing individuals by name and hope that they get their much due recognition for their hard work, professionalism, and truly making us feel like family! We loved it so much that we are going back in June with our family again to this resort. Can’t wait to see everyone soon and thank you so much again! A truly special thanks to Luis (manager of the StarPrestige). He made everything perfect for us from planning reservations and anything we needed in our room! He is a wonderful individual. And we thank you Luis!!! Others incredible people that made our trip seamless were Marlenny, Keyda, Zuleika and Melissa in the StarPrestige. Again, they treated us like family and we’ve known them forever! Others that I would like to recognize from the Star prestige lounge… Wandel star Prestige bartender Jose Arias, Beach Nathy, StarPrestige cappuccinos every day that were excellent Eduardo Michel from Bravo Steakhouse Carlos Villanueva at the beach cabanas Carlos de Jesus from Coral Level Carlos bartender at Coral level/StarPrestige beach bar Thank you again! Mario and Tina DeLuca & Family

  Apr 06, 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