SuperClubs Breezes Punta Cana Review

kersten

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My boyfriend and I, along with another couple (ages
23,22,23 and 26) have just returned from a 2 week
vacation at Superclubs Breezes Beach Resort and Casino
in Punta Cana, Jan 24 - Feb 7. This was the second
trip to the Dominican Republic for my boyfriend and I,
we previously stayed at the 5* Coral Hamaca Resort in
Boca Chica.

AIRPORT
6:30 am flight on AirTransat from Mirabel Airport in
Montreal was uneventful. Arrival at the Punta Cana
international airport went quite smoothly, getting the
suitcases was the longest part. The baggage porters
try to take your suitcases but we just simply said no
thank you and they let you go by.

CHECK IN-OUT
Check in was fast, remember to ask for your TV remote
and safe key. As for the check out, we had paid our
phone bill(connection fee of 20 pesos to place a call
through Canada direct, or 18pesos/minute for a direct
call) the day before (because we wanted spend the rest
of our pesos) , so check out consisted only of giving
back the TV remote, towel cards and safe key and
getting our check out ticket for the bus driver.

ROOMS
We had room number 6409 and our friends in 4301,
previous reviews complained that these blocks were
noisy, but the music only starts around 9am, you
should be out enjoying the sun by then. We might have
heard a few late night (early morning) partyers a
couple of times. The rooms are pretty plain, 2 double
beds (a little hard, but ok - saw a bunch of boxes of
new pillows and linen the day we were leaving), a
dresser with 3 drawers, a table with 2 chairs, a mini
bar, a closet with less than 10 hangers and a balcony
about 4'X 6'. But how much time do you actually spend
in your room, so who cares if it's not the greatest?!
We got a brand new coffee maker a couple of days after
our arrival. The mini bar is stocked pretty much every
day, if you're there when they come by you can ask
them for what you want, you can even get beer and rum.
At first it was someone different coming to fill the
mini bar, but now I think it's the cleaning lady/guys
that fill them.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
SUCKS! We had to call 4 times, go down to the front
desk and threaten to speak to the General Manager
before someone came to fix our leaking toilet. Also,
called 3 times for them to come spray for the ants in
the bathroom, I don't know if anyone ever came to
spray and I guess I will never know, but I blocked the
hole where I thought the ants we coming in from with
kleenex and there was none after that.

GROUNDS
The grounds were very well kept, you often see workers
sweeping, trimming trees, picking up the plastic cups,
etc...
The pool is amazing, huge! The pool bar opened a
couple of days after our arrival. The chairs by the
pool are gone by 8am, most people go out and put their
towels to reserve their chairs by 8am and then come
back out at 9:30-10:00.
The beach was well maintained as well, beautiful blue
water and white sand, a few topless women and we
always found chairs.
There are 3 jacuzzis by the beach, which each fit 4
people max, you can control the water temperature and
the jets.

WEATHER
The weather in Punta Cana seems to change from one
minute to the next, being sunny to cloudy to raining
in a matter of minutes, but when it rains it pours for
a couple of minutes and then it's finished and it's
sunny again. Out of the 2 weeks, we lost 2 days to
rain, and it seemed to rain a lot over night. During
the day I'd say the weather ranged from 28-36 degrees.
We used SPF 15 and no one burned.

FOOD
The food was very good in all the restaurants, the
buffet had a lot of choices for breakfast, lunch and
dinner.
The Italian restaurant was pretty good, starting with
an antipasto/salad bar, then soup or small pasta
entree and then your meal and dessert. The lasagna,
the chicken cacciatore and the beef marsala were our
favorites. The guys found the portions small.
The Mexican restaurant (the juice bar turns into the
Mexican restaurant at night) was ok, nothing too
spicy, and everything seemed to taste the same. I
liked that you could get Coronas, but only there.
The brand new Japanese (opened the 2nd week we were
there) was awesome, everyone sits around in a square
and the chef cooks right in front of you. The main
dish consists of chicken, beef, shrimp and fish, I
don't normally eat fish and I found the fish was
almost the best part! We were iffy about eating here
but in the end I would highly recommend that you get
reservations to this restaurant.
The Paris restaurant was very good, the first time we
went the service, along with the filet mignon, sucked.
The second time was amazing, I recommend the Pork
loin in green pepper sauce and the Chicken with
camembert sauce and DON'T recommend the filet mignon,
it was very tough.
The Marlin Grill restaurant was pretty good too, it
was buffet style so the guys could really fill
themselves up.
On Thursdays all a la carte restaurants are closed.
The first Thursday we were there was "Lobster Night"
serving a the biggest all you could eat lobster and
shrimps I have ever seen! but the second week it was
announced as "Special Dinner Night", with no lobsters
to be found.
The line-ups for dinner reservations could get quite
long, but the restaurants are well worth the wait.

TOURS
We went on the 4 wheeler excursion offered by an
independent operator near the WaterSports Centre , the
cost was $80US for 2 and lasted about 3 hours. We
rode through the jungle, along the beach beside the
ocean, went up into the mountains through fields, into
a little village, visited a school, we all got covered
in mud had a blast! We wanted to go on the Saona
Island Catamaran tour, but we met a couple who went
and said that out of your 8 hours - 4 were spent on a
bus so we decided against it.
We also went para sailing which was scary and amazing
at the same time, 1 person $45 or 2 people together
for $80.
The guys brought their own clubs and played golf at
the Cocotal Golf Resort and the Punta Cana Golf
Resort, preferring Punta Cana over Cocotal. It was
expensive, but worth the $110US, considering it wasn't
something they would get to do every year, nor does
everyone get the chance to play golf in the Carribean.
Transportation was included in the price, they were
picked up right on time, arrived at the golf resort
and were sent on their way right away and told to pay
when they were finished, they were not paired with
anyone else and rarely had anyone in front or behind
them.
If you walk about 15 minutes to the right of the hotel
down the beach you come to a little market were you
can get souvenirs. For the women/girls you can get
your hair braided, at the hotel we were told $50US on
the beach and $60US in the spa/salon to get it done,
finally at the market we got it done for $30US

CASINO
We played a lot and won quite a bit playing black
jack, but lost at the slot machines. In the end I
think we all came out even. We found it most
advantageous to play in pesos than american dollars,
minimum bet at blackjack was 50 pesos (approx. $5CAN)
or $5US.

DISCO
Was ok, closes at 2, after that you can go to the
beach bar if you still want to party. Find the
bartenders FERMIN and SANDY and ask them to take you
to the MANGU for a really good time, the bar is part
of the Flamenco Hotel and is open until 6am.

ENTERTAINMENT STAFF
The shows were pretty good, I prefer the ones that
have audience interaction, over the dancing ones.
Don't miss the Karaoke show, there are some guests
that can really sing! The Miss Breezes and Mister
Breezes shows are pretty good too.

OTHER
The bar staff are awesome, especially Fermin and
Sandy, everyone is very friendly and most also speak
english, if not french, german and italian too. You
are discouraged from tipping, but we did anyways and
boy did we get service, along with whatever we wanted.
Presidente is what is on tap, but also try Bohemia,
it's pretty good!
Bring Pepto Bismol, band aids, a hat(with braids your
scalp gets sun burned), a waterproof camera - they
actually take good pictures and it's fun in the water.
For Canadians - bring american dollars, $1US = 23.5
pesos whereas $1CAN = 10.3 pesos, we found it most
advantageous to convert to US here then to pesos
there, don't pay in US.

I would recommend this resort, however I preferred
Boca Chica over Punta Cana, maybe only because of the
weather. Comparing Breezes(4*) and Coral Hamaca(5*)
is pretty hard because they are pretty even, the rooms
are nicer at the Hamaca and the pool is nicer at
Breezes, the beaches are equally beautiful and the
food equally good.

For any additional information feel free to contact me
at kawhittaker@yahoo.ca
 

johnsr

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Very nice trip report! We also did the quad tour at Puerto Plata and had a blast. It's great to get away from the resort area and see a little of the "real" Dominican Republic. We are returning to Puerto Plata in 13 days and plan to spend more time enjoying the beautiful countryside, and friendly local people.
John
 

PJT

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SuperClubs Breezes Punta Cana a.k.a. LTI-Sol de Plata Punta Cana Beach Hotel, located west of the RIU and Iberostar Resorts. Regards, PJT

Update: Regarding the difference in names is I learned from an informed source there has been a change in administration to go along with the name change. The owners of the resort remain the same.
 
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ricktoronto

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Thorough report but the cost for the phone is terrible

RD$18 a minute? Wow. Nearly $1 US which is more than using Bell from Toronto to the DR which is a right rip-off. I paid $RD% a minute from a calling store which was about right.
 

dale7

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www.stores.ebay.com
Sounds like you had a great time

Thank you for such a thorough and unbiased report. It seems like your party had a very good time and the Dominican Republic is a great country to relax and explore.
dale7
 

Art Covey

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kersten:
Great detailed report. Sounds like you had a good time.
Thanks for sharing.
Art
 

kersten

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You're all very welcome.

I know how it is before leaving on your trip, you're looking everywhere for reviews, and since the hotel has recently been taken over there are not that many reviews out there for it

Wishing I was still there...
Kersten
 

Christine

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Have these changes happened in lti Sol de Plata Beach just outside of Sosua, if so, what does this mean for us vacationers?
 

SergAnto

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Breezes in Puerto Plata

I went to Breezes, and I would not recommend it to anyone.

the place itself is beautiful, but I can't help noticing I had more fun in Boca Chica, then in breezes.

first, the employee's for the most part sucked.. except for the bantender and one guy in the front desk(the rest of the front desk people sucked), and most of the other employee were very bad.

there was nothing I could do in that place, I wanted to make reservations for one of the restaurants.... no.

wanted to go horse back riding... sorry.

when I wanted to play golf, oops, just closed the office where you can get the gulf clubs, and balls (which turned out not to be true)... the employee's just did not want to help with anything even when something could be done, they said booked or sorry just missed it. always an excuse.

basically paid to swim in the beach for a while and spent the rest of the time in the room.... this is not my idea of fun.

the place is amazing and has a great deal of potential, but the employee's just do try to do anything.

I've been to other parts of the country (like boca chica, which is many times smaller, than Breezes) and I've had a lot more fun then in breezes.

so, as amazing as breezes may look(by the way, the resort looks bigger in the fotos on the web site), unless you want to stay in your room.
I would reccommend, just go someone else.

there is so much to do in that country, it would be shame to waste a visit going to breezes.

In one word Breezes Puerto Plata... or Sol De Plata as it was know SUCKS

Serg.
 

SergAnto

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FireGuy said:
Interesting first post - a rant about a different resort than the thread was started about over two years ago .

Welcome to DR1.

Gregg

RANT? well, I have not read all the posting, just saw the title asking about SuperClubs Breezes Punta Cana Review , and I'm assuming that both the Breezes in Puerto Plata and the Breezes in punta cana, are probably similar.

so, I don't think I spoke of a different resort, same resort different location.
and I did not look at the year this posting was started.

just wanted to warn people of how bad this place was.

you want a REVIEW, ok:

good Buffet, bad service, most of the attractions are not available. would NOT recommend it.

oh, by the way I am Dominican, so I would not bad mouth a resort in my birth country unless It really sucked.
 
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