We just got back last night at 9pm from our 4th trip to the beautiful country of the DR. I must say that this trip(especially because of where we stayed) was not the best time for where we layed our heads at night. We stayed in the Playa Dorada Complex at the Occidental Grand Flamenco Resort, which I may add is a 4+ rated hotel. So of course, this being our first time in a higher rated hotel we expected things to be different....NOT, especially at this hotel. The room was nice, we had a balcony(with a nice view of the pool), a large bathroom, two double beds, and a mini bar (score)NOT. The mini bar was filled with two water, two Presidente(best beer), and two pop. Of course as soon as we saw this we pretty much drank the beer and pop, and called the next day for our fridge to be refilled( on our 2wk stay that happen once). AND, because only one of the plugs worked,we had to have our drinks warm b/c we had the television plugged in. Then on one night we were on our way to eat dinner but couldn't get out of the room. The door had a dead bolt on it as well, which is good so that someone on the outside couldn't get in with just the electronic key, but not good when we couldn't;t get out. We called the front desk right away,they came in about 3mins. but couldn't understand why we couldn't get out. It took about five people outside our room to try the regular key( of course it didn't work) then finally when we said we would break the lock, they sent someone over the neighbours balcony into our room and we were finally off to dinner 25 minutes later. Speaking of dinner, the food in the DR is always good. However, a must say that this hotel needs to mix it up a little. I am so SICK OF EATING EGGS for breakfast, which pretty much was one of the more appealing things to eat besides cereal, toast, fruits, pancakes etc. They would always serve breakfast with the left overs from the previous nights dinner. And this a al carte crap they try to sell you, oh yes this hotel has 6 of them (LIES) they actually only have 4. They have, Steakhouse,Italian, Pizzeria, Oriental, they add the beach bar and the fastfood restaurant(by pool) to get their 6. So they make you stand in some long lineup to make reservations only to eat the same food in the buffet anyways. So on the night they have Oriental in the buffet, the people in the A La Carte Oriental restaurant are eating the same thing.