WUD,
it all depends on what you expect from your resort and what you wanna pay for it.
for my appartment's renovation(dominican styled delayed, lol) i spent with my better half last year may/june 6 1/2 weeks at the Carbela Beach Resort & Casino, and we habd a great time, very good food, mostly we did not even enter the a la cartes, even with tha fact that we did not need to reserve ahead, the beach with it's pure white sand been absolutely enough to be a great white caribbean sandy beach without rocks/stones in the water nearby, great staff, it is small and family styled, so after 2 days the waitresses, bartenders, maids aso know you by name.
it always depends what you need/await from your AI resort and wanna pay for it.
i have everyyear during white marlin season dozens of customers there, they book their lodging and sportfishing packages with me to stay at the carabela for it's very reasonable rates, 1 min walking access to El Cortecito, 5 min cabbie ride to the Plaza Bavaro, discos, shopping malls aso, because they only need clean nice rooms to sleep, good food and that for the best rates.
happy travel
Mike