Luxury Bahia Principe Esmeralda - All Inclusive

Food and staff was amazing. Rooms could use a little updating but where always clean and tidy.

The buffet food was always luke warm

This resort is very large. Esmerelda is close to the beach. We were very lucky with our room - it was close to the lobby area, and very quiet. We loved it! The beach was very nice - clean - soft sand. Interestingly, while there are signs saying that reserving beach chairs is prohibited, the great majority of them had towels on them by 8:30 am. Same with the poolside chairs. People get up early to claim their chairs. The food at the buffets were about a 3.5 - 4, on a scale from 1-5. We couldn't get into the Brazilian restaurant at all - the entire week, so we did the Italian and the Asian. The Italian was very good, and the servers were very friendly. The Asian featured a buffet for appetizers and desserts , and then you ordered your main course. The house red and white wines were good - no complaints. We did some excursions to Santo Domingo and a catamaran snorkeling adventure. The communication for the evening activities could have been better. There was a carnival event one night, with a roasted pig - but I couldn't find mention of it in their website. There was also something at the beach - again, nothing on the agenda site of their website. One last note - while I understand that the wait staff there shouldn't have to speak English, it would have been helpful for some of them to understand some English. There are a lot of international guests there, and English is pretty universal for most of them. I did my best to speak Spanish and learn some words.

Great food great staff .Kids programs predominate. Beautiful. Grounds and pools. Great access t o beach