Celuisma Playa Dorada Beach Resort and SPA - All Inclusive

my first night i dont have clean t owel and bed sheet other then my family get to visit for extra charge and was happy yes i will refer to other and will go back

This hotel is more for locals than it is for tourists. the rooms are terrible and the food is twice as bad. However the staff where a pleasure to deal with.

Just returned from a week away in the Dominican Republic. Myself and 5 friends (all female, 20-somethings) stayed at Celuisma Playa Dorada. We left this trip raving about it! Booking the hotel, we were unsure about it because of the bad reviews. Here is our review: Pros: Rooms - Spotless rooms! Housekeeping was great - Free upgrade to a townhouse style room - Air conditioning worked perfectly - Comfortable beds - Safe and secure - Premium tv channels - Bottled water, towels, and blankets delivered when requested - Felt no need for the safe Resort - Clean, safe environment - Beautiful landscaping - Immaculately clean pool - Great open air lounge with bar, pool tables, ping pong, and foosball - AMAZING beach (clean, plenty of sun or shade, sparkling water) Food - Four restaurants, one open every night (need reservations) - Buffet open often, great selection - Snack bar on beach was extremely convenient - Small store on premisis with snacks Entertainment (best part!!) - Staff was friendly and welcoming. Bar tenders and servers recognized you after the first day and were excellent. We tipped them at the end of the week. - Entertainment staff were the perfect group! They played games and hosted activities every hour. Did things such as volleyball games, pool tournaments, ring toss, darts, frisbee, beach aerobics, dance lessons, and Spanish lessons. This list is NOT all-inclusive! - The discoteca on site was not open. The entertainment staff walked with you to a disco down the street every night at 11. Drinks were free for a few of the nights. Coco Bongo Disco is open until 6am! - Each night, the entertainment staff hosted a show after dinner from 930-11. We saw a dance show, international dance competition, karaoke, and Miss Celuisma pageant. - Plenty to do for free on the resort, but also there is staff at the resort who will help you book excursions (catamaran trips, snorkeling, scuba, horseback riding, zip lining, jeep safaris etc.) We went on an all-day catamaran trip which included snorkeling on two reefs for $60 per person. Miscellaneous - The resort was welcoming to people of all ages. We saw families, young couples, and older couples all having a great time. Now for the cons: - Hot water was minimal around dinner time. Other times it was great! - Had to request more towels - Rooms didn't come with hair driers or many toiletries (just soap) - Pool closes at 6pm, Hot tub closes at 8 - Buffet could have had a bit more flavor - restaurants give you four choices only - Most places only accepted pesos. There is a bank next door at the plaza that does exchanges. - Gift shop on site didnt have too many choices, but there are tons at the plaza that take visa or MC! - Taxis are a bit scary but are cheap - Locals will take advantage of you being from another country and overcharge you. Bargain with them! - Don't buy souvenirs off the beach peddlers, they will overcharge you. - Go to the plaza to buy anything you forgot, sunscreen is $20 US at the resort (yikes!!) - Internet is not free. They have wireless internet in the rooms and an internet cafe. prices start at $4 US for 15 minutes. We had an amazing time because we went into it knowing it wasn't a 5 star resort. It is definitely 3 stars but worth every penny!!

The place was okay but you get what u pay for.. Some of the rooms smelled we was moved four time due to promblems with the door and plumbing promblem. Im not one to complain being that when on vacation u you are barely in the room but again you get what you pay for.

If you aare thinking value? Spend the extra bucks and go to another hotel. Even though we called ahead to reserve our room and were told everything is in place, we still had to wait several hours for our room. The tv in the LR area was not working, the bathroom faucet was leaking, the phone had no dial tone, the AC was so noisey you couldn't hear yourself talk. Evening shows had homosexual overtones. Not really appropriate for family .We had to haul our luggage all the way from one end of the resort to the front desk area at check out, even though we arranged to have the bell boy with the trolley pick us up. When we arrived at the front desk the clerk looked at us and said while chuckling "oh sorry Senora". I guess she thought our sweaty, displeased appearance, because of the lack of service, was funny! The loation is good, the hotel is run down, the service is ..well. Suffice it to say we won't be back anytime soon.

The hotel was booked 100%. It seems to be a refuge for locals as well as tourists, incl. spring-breakers. Don't expect peace and quiet. We got a free upgrade which was great: moved into a suite. The hotel is being renovated... but some things are still old... A/C, plumbing... But the beach is right there... so who cares about these details.

It was ok, same food every day even at the restaraunts. The airconditioner was noisy, if you wanted a hot shower, you were outta luck. There were WAY TOO MANY beach peddlers, it took away from the relaxation that we were there for. People were great at ripping you off, they want to start at 500% more than what something is actually worth. Not a lot to do. Paradise Island, was defintely nothing like it looked in the pictures, snorkling was ok, but thats about it. Weather this time of year, not the greatest either.. should have gone further south I guess to have HOT weather. Water temp was ok, but not the Caribbean blue I was hoping for. I think I overpaid for my stay, but otherwise it wasn't too bad.

I travelled with 2 grown boys (young men really) and we were left wanting a little more quiet and/or adult activities .... we managed by booking from outside. However, I did notice that the staff took extra efforts to make the really young comfortable... taking the time to walk them individually or in really small groups around the various areas - to include the buffet area. The parents were able to just relax while the staff showed the kids where/how/how much to get at the buffet!

Overall very good experience, nice, friendly staff. There was a bug problem in our room but they took care of it quickly, Food was pretty good, great value for your money.

We have waited all year to go to the Dominican Republic we were very exited to go to this hotel the staff was very good with us and the kids specially mini me "diesel" he was the best ever very good guy .... hope if i go back to this hotel he is still working there we are planing to go next summer again i will tell friends and family in regards to this hotel love it the restaurant very clean and various food we like that and also the show that they did was awesomeness..... we all love it they kept the rooms very clean the other restaurant was also good the food was great ....... thanks for making my vacation worth waiting for will see you all next year.... kevin