My wife and I, and our 5 children just returned form a wonderful week at the Melia Caribe. We did the "royal service" and definitely feel it was well worth the small price increase.

Overall the resort was fantastic. The service was top notch. The pool for the royal service was one of the nicest I've ever seen (the other pools were just average). The ocean was beautiful.

We tried all the restaurants and we were pleased with the food. I wouldn't give the restaurants 5 stars, but for an "all inclusive" resort the food was definitely plentiful, there was a large variety, and the quality was above average.

The service we received was excellent. We have traveled rather extensively so we know about good service, and we found the staff at Melia Caribe to be some of the more friendly we've encountered.

Our rooms ( we had 3) were very nice. We had some minor issues, but all in all, the rooms were tastefully decorated and very comfortable.

"All inclusive" was great, and EVERYTHING was included. It was so nice to be able to eat and drink whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted.

This trip was great and we would definitely return.

If you are looking for a place that is great this is the place to be.
My Husband and I and 42 of our friends and family stayed at the Melia Resort for 5 nites 6 days for our destination wedding. We were a little skeptical at first with the distant wedding planning. But baby the Dominicans know how to prepare a wedding. The first day we arrived we were greeted with such warmth and caring that we thought we were dreaming. The rooms are out of this world. The Royal Service is the way to go. Our Butler (Juan) kept us comfortable and wanting for nothing. The wedding planner(Evelyn) was awesome. We met her 24 hours before the wedding and we thought this is too late, she will never be able to pull all this together for the next day. Well Evelyn and the Grupos Staff were awesome the ceremony was so romantic and beautiful. Every request we made was followed through to the "T".
The reception was set up perfectly. The food was fresh and the cake was the best tasting wedding cake I have tasted in a long time. Besides the wedding event the Resort was huge and beautiful with lots of events happening and all night dancing in several places.The drinks were amazing and so was the food at the restaurants especially "The Gabbi" in Royal Service. The ATV excursion was great and worth the money. The weather was good and if it rained it lasted like 10 minutes. Whether you spend a day at the pool with the DJ playing music, the swim up bar making great drinks or a day at the beach you are going to have a ball. We did not want to leave. Keep up the good work Melia!!!!!!!

My wife and I are in our early 20's and came on our honeymoon for the week of 6/29-7/4. We were blown away at first by the architecture and plant life at the resort but were abrutly brought back down to earth when it took us over an hour to check-in. There were 2 people working at the front desk and they looked to be in no hurry to help people out in a timely manner. This was not a good way to start off a trip. We found out the hard way by trying to walk to our room from the lobby that the resort is HUGE!!! The grounds were amazing though! We loved all the food. Surprisingly, the mexican restaurant was our favorite.

The only other problem we had with the resort was the service/hospitality. The service in the restaurants was not that great, and the bartenders were not all that friendly, either. I guess the language barrier played a big factor in that. My advice would be to hone up on your spanish before you go. If we ever go back, we most certainly will.

My Husband and I went to the Melia Caribe Tropical to get married in April 208. 24 people came with us and had an absolutley amazing time. Myself and my husband had been there before which was why we decided to go there.
After reading some of the reviews we were getting quite worried, things can change so much in 4 years. However none of the bad reviews were justified. If you are going expecting the type of service you would received in a 5 star hotel in London then you will be disappointed but this is the carribean and the pace of life is somewhat slower. As long as you realise this nothing will be a problem.
The hotel is very big and that was a worry for some people but the way it has been done it is perfect, you dont realise the size of the place as the buildings are only ground and first floor and are well spread out so not over bearing at all. The gardens are some of the best gardens we have seen through out the carribean and create some wonderful walks.
There was a variety of people that came from 6 year olds to 60 year olds and from seasoned travellers to people going abroad for the first time and every one of them had the holiday of a lifetime.
The hotel simply can not do enough to help you, and our wedding co-ordinator Emy Rose was outstanding. We had a few problems that had been created by our travel company but she went above and beyond the call of duty to sort it all out for us and made sure the day was a dream, nothing was too much or unimportant to her.
The restaurants were a bit of a nightmare to book in the begining but only because we were trying to book as a group of 26, when we realised and split up into smaller groups we had not trouble at all. We also realised after a while that if you're prepared to eat a bit later you can usually turn up on the night and ask for a table (some people simply dont turn up for their reservation).
The pools are wonderful and the beach is beautiful - what more could you want!
The whole group enjoyed the holiday so much that they want to organise another trip as a reunion.
I can not reccommend this hotel enough and suggest that you ignore all the bad reviews, if people cant find what they want in a hotel this size there is something seriously wrong.