second visit paradisus visited week 2/12 2/19 missed day northeast blizzard, second stay paradisus fourth visit dominican republic, food excellent quality variety la carte restaurants, ate twice seafood restaurant french italian brazilian japanese visit tried chinese mexican, reservations required japanese french time having waste time waiting line sign day evening, food good breakfast lunch buffets variety freshness obvious cleanliness, did not speak ill. waitstaff freindly attentive, tips appreciated.we returned resort trying iberostar bavaro years ago nice food not good told dine restaurant resort not reservations restaurants wanted, not paradisus, resort larger area crowded feel paradisus.while bars paradisus busy especially evening service prompt especially tip observed bartender, mixed drinks good wine varied restaurants bars not brand country origin nice, bottled water freely given requesting it.paradisus accommodations need updating given upgrade room jacuzzi bath ideally close beach pool restaurants, furnishings room showed signs wear bed uncomfortable worn probably did not spend time room, television worked shower water pressure good water instantly hot room clean insect-free, spent time large beautiful pool time longest widest beautiful beach seen, walked daily day walked paradisus paradisus sister resort believe called paradisus punta real took hour one-way, walking breeze constant on-shore winds cooled did surf, paradisus beach appeared large largest beaches punta cana shady areas chickees palm trees available, signs wear beach beach/pool loungers need replacing sagging point uncomfortable weight tourists, difficulty obtaining lounger beach pool, unfortunately resort not supply clean beach towels days week kept returning kiosk told hour hour etc. received, guests quite annoyed, beach kept clean debris seaweed no salty fishy odor beaches.we baby boomers oldest group no longer interested beer drinking contests sexually suggestive pool games really loud poolside beach music, not confined rocking chairs, went horseback riding beach nice free sailed hobie cat activities involved walking surf jumping dining drinking socializing american international guests dancing singer lobby bar area evening attending lively colorful enjoyable nightly shows featuring spanish english entertainment songs, spouse took quad runner trip exhilirating dangerous fun, did not visit casino recalled visit quite small smoke-filled.we enjoyable vacation estimation drawbacks, ground transport airport downright unsafe cracked windshield smashed rear door small van plus driver attempted make seriously overloaded vehicle pass trucks buses, uncomfortable ineffective air conditioning seven passengers faint heat, roads poor shape vehicle jolted time rut speed bump navigated, ride lasted half-hour way, not paradisus fault fault tour operator selected ground transportation company.the second drawback prevent returning paradisus future omnipresence time share salespersons, no sooner checked long trip accompanied desk clerk greeter station, greeter reality time share salesman, experienced trip offensive time missed day vacation, despite firm repeated not interested spouse polite spoke man bit brought drink bar, apparantly man required decide appointment visit resort shares sold indicated not, finally allowed room, day appointment salesman breakfast restaurant waiting, indicated not attend sales tour man quite annoyed telling spouse job livelihood, did not fact attend tour salesman lobby restaurant area quite uncomfortable trying avoid him.we spoke number people airport return flight described particular resort pros cons, result comments previous travel experiences dominican republic caribbean destinations compare u.s. european destinations gave resort average rating time, like given excellent rating based cleanliness quality food beverages variety enjoyable entertainmnet cosmopolitan nature clientele attentiveness friendliness staff spoke little lot english exception housekeepers beauty grounds beach, unfortunately need update room beach/pool loungers especially time share salespersons not feel five-star resort,  
second visit paradisus visited week 2/12 2/19 missed day northeast blizzard, second stay paradisus fourth visit dominican republic, food excellent quality variety la carte restaurants, ate twice seafood restaurant french italian brazilian japanese visit tried chinese mexican, reservations required japanese french time having waste time waiting line sign day evening, food good breakfast lunch buffets variety freshness obvious cleanliness, did not speak ill. waitstaff freindly attentive, tips appreciated.we returned resort trying iberostar bavaro years ago nice food not good told dine restaurant resort not reservations restaurants wanted, not paradisus, resort larger area crowded feel paradisus.while bars paradisus busy especially evening service prompt especially tip observed bartender, mixed drinks good wine varied restaurants bars not brand country origin nice, bottled water freely given requesting it.paradisus accommodations need updating given upgrade room jacuzzi bath ideally close beach pool restaurants, furnishings room showed signs wear bed uncomfortable worn probably did not spend time room, television worked shower water pressure good water instantly hot room clean insect-free, spent time large beautiful pool time longest widest beautiful beach seen, walked daily day walked paradisus paradisus sister resort believe called paradisus punta real took hour one-way, walking breeze constant on-shore winds cooled did surf, paradisus beach appeared large largest beaches punta cana shady areas chickees palm trees available, signs wear beach beach/pool loungers need replacing sagging point uncomfortable weight tourists, difficulty obtaining lounger beach pool, unfortunately resort not supply clean beach towels days week kept returning kiosk told hour hour etc. received, guests quite annoyed, beach kept clean debris seaweed no salty fishy odor beaches.we baby boomers oldest group no longer interested beer drinking contests sexually suggestive pool games really loud poolside beach music, not confined rocking chairs, went horseback riding beach nice free sailed hobie cat activities involved walking surf jumping dining drinking socializing american international guests dancing singer lobby bar area evening attending lively colorful enjoyable nightly shows featuring spanish english entertainment songs, spouse took quad runner trip exhilirating dangerous fun, did not visit casino recalled visit quite small smoke-filled.we enjoyable vacation estimation drawbacks, ground transport airport downright unsafe cracked windshield smashed rear door small van plus driver attempted make seriously overloaded vehicle pass trucks buses, uncomfortable ineffective air conditioning seven passengers faint heat, roads poor shape vehicle jolted time rut speed bump navigated, ride lasted half-hour way, not paradisus fault fault tour operator selected ground transportation company.the second drawback prevent returning paradisus future omnipresence time share salespersons, no sooner checked long trip accompanied desk clerk greeter station, greeter reality time share salesman, experienced trip offensive time missed day vacation, despite firm repeated not interested spouse polite spoke man bit brought drink bar, apparantly man required decide appointment visit resort shares sold indicated not, finally allowed room, day appointment salesman breakfast restaurant waiting, indicated not attend sales tour man quite annoyed telling spouse job livelihood, did not fact attend tour salesman lobby restaurant area quite uncomfortable trying avoid him.we spoke number people airport return flight described particular resort pros cons, result comments previous travel experiences dominican republic caribbean destinations compare u.s. european destinations gave resort average rating time, like given excellent rating based cleanliness quality food beverages variety enjoyable entertainmnet cosmopolitan nature clientele attentiveness friendliness staff spoke little lot english exception housekeepers beauty grounds beach, unfortunately need update room beach/pool loungers especially time share salespersons not feel five-star resort,  