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My Thoughts on
Royal Suites at the Grand Palladium
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My Star
Rating:
5 stars plus |
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This was our 9th trip to the DR and the 6th to Punta Cana. This time we stayed at the Royal Suites (RS) section of the Grand Palladium Palace Resort, part of the Palladium complex, for 2 weeks from Jan 24- Feb7 2006 and in short we had a very good time at this resort and would recommend it to anyone looking for a nice relaxing quiet get away. |
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Beach and Weather � The weather while we were there was great. We had a few very windy days, very little rain and mostly very hot sunny days. The Palladium beach section is very nice. Although not the widest section of beach it is very long with plenty of good swimming areas and lots of spots for sitting in the sun or shade. It is a great beach for long walks! |
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Room � we were in room 5144 on the third floor in the main building right off the lobby. This turned out to be a very nice spot for us. Even though it is the farthest building from the beach the room did have a great view overlooking the grounds, pool and beach! From anywhere in the room you had the same view- it was great! I stepped out of the shower in the mornings to this view! |
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Lobby � The suites had its own small, quiet, enclosed lobby with a bar cart and server, as well as mini coolers with sandwiches, beer, pop, etc. Service here was very good and the staff was very friendly. They even got to know our drinks and would bring them to our table as soon as they saw us come in. There was also a self-serve coffee machine, which I really enjoyed! There were two Internet stations with free usage in 30 mins intervals. The front desk staff was very accommodating and spoke very good English. This is where you would do you�re unlimited a la carte bookings. |
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Food � Food overall we found to be quite good. A small breakfast is served at the RS Pool Bar area. Most mornings we found this good enough for us. A couple mornings we did venture over to the Las Torres buffet where there was a greater selection of items. Breakfast however was the only food served at the Suites except for the snacks in the lobby cooler. For us one of the biggest problems with staying at this section was the lack of an on-site restaurant of some kind. We usually did lunches at Le Bejigue, the Punta Cana buffet, which had a great selection including a grill station with various items to choose from, various selections of pizzas, pastas, salads and deserts. We really liked this buffet but again it was a little walk from our side so a couple days we just did the burgers at the beach grill so we could spend more time around the pool. |
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A La Cartes � There are 6 a la cartes throughout the complex.
La Uva - Dominican restaurant We ate here twice and both times it was good but not great.
Mare Nostrum � Italian restaurant. We really like this restaurant. We ate here twice and both times we had very good
food and great service.
La Arrecife - Seafood restaurant. Was ok but not great. We found the place to be too busy and too big for an a la carte.
Gran Cantina Mariachi �Tex-Mex restaurant. We only ate here once. We were not impressed. The food was just ok and service here was very poor and very slow.
Bambu � Asian restaurant. We ate here twice. Although the food here was very good, the service was terrible. We gave it a second try because the food was so good the first time.
El Quijote � Spanish restaurant. We ate here 3 times. Good food and great service although a little spotty the second time. This and the Italian Restaurants were are favorites. |
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Overall the good very much outweighed the bad and this is one resort we would not hesitate to return to, especially since I hear they plan to add a restaurant to the Royal Suites section. |
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