We were in Punta Cana Sept. 1 to Sept 8th-
My first impression of Ocean Blue was good. The lobby is huge and airy. Check in was fast. I was a little ticked at myself that I relied on my request with my booking agent that I would receive a first floor room since I was treating my mom to her 78th B-day. We were on the 3rd floor with no elevator. We had to wait till late afternoon for the change. I was very worried about my mom and those steps, it was hard on her. They almost gave us a 2nd floor room and I'm glad I asked before walking away, because I would of ended up with the 2nd fl. Our 1st floor room was in a lovely location, close to the beach with view of the pool, Villa 9 but the room was very damp. I had to open the slider to get some of the dampness out. The sheets felt wet most of the time from the high humidity in the room. Everything else was fine. The weather was beautiful, balmy, breezy with sunny sky's all week. The ocean was calm & warm. For snorkelling you have to pay 35.00 down and you get it back but they only give you an hour. There were some fish but not that many. The food was average but we had a good experience in the Italian and the Dom. Republic rest. The people are warm and very friendly and we don't know the Spanish language. The people were our favorite part of this hotel. Mike's Coffee was outstanding but the personalities there were surprisingly less friendly otherwise just delicious so it didn't matter as much. The Beach is beautiful and the pools were big and were kept clean. I did notice some sex seekers that someone else mentioned here. I am not a teenager and they were still lurking around trying to start conversations in the water. So an awareness won't hurt . Maybe they were looking for work? Who knows.

The market on the beach has nice larimar but be careful, bargain with them. The stone has already fell out of a ring I bought, so be careful. The beaded larimar is the best but start of at 50.00. They are asking 300.00. This necklace is of better quality. You can probably get it for 100.00 if you want to spend that much. Otherwise there are other interesting pieces for less.
But overall this was a nice place for an R&R vacation. The price was excellant for the value. We met alot of nice people from all over. We especially loved meeting people from England & Belgium, and the people of DR were very nice people. If I go back the DR I would check out La Romana on the caribbean side. I would aloso go back to Punta Cana.

The hotel was nice, but my hopes for a great vacation were shattered, the food was ok at best, and watch out for the mexican resturant, because I nearly chipped a tooth on a piece of bone twice! The service was horrible, they love money, but you get nothing for it, more than an hour to get american food, that would be only 2 cheese sticks, they were terrible!

it could only be me, but the H10 people were the worst part of the vacation, they are so pushy for people who want you to spend 40,000 USD on an apartment in a place you might only be able to get to twice a year, and that is the cheepest one they have, they tried to sell us one for around 92,000 USD.

please do not waste your money in a place you will not really like. When we stayed there the pools were dirty, tiles were missing, and I cut my foot on a missing tile, the free drinks in were the best part of the place, but you only get an 8oz plastic cup, nothing to get excited about. The staff was anoying, as was the music, bugs, sea weed, and lack of choice when it come to acitivities. There is nothing for kids to do, except bowling, and destroyed pool tables.

The rooms were nice, but not that nice, they were dark, damp, and had no real view, the cleaning crew did just about nothing to keeps anything clean, including the rooms, pools, beaches, and the lobby. Everyone we talked to said something broke in their room about once a day.

We had stayed at Punta Cana once before,at the Grand Palladium, but this time wanted to take our young child along so we chose Ocean Blue. Upon arrival, we breezed right through to our luggage, picked that up, and were shown to our apple bus. It takes about 30-35 minutes to get to Ocean Blue from the airport, and this was the part of the trip I was most nervous about, as we were traveling with a 2 year old, and they dont allow for car seats (we had checked with our agent prior to leaving.) I was very pleased to see the bus was quite large, with single seats, across the chest seatbelts etc... Our bus made a few other stops before reaching Ocean Blue. We arrived (safe and sound) around 11:30, check-in is at 3:00, so our room was not ready. We were provided with a map and a quick breifing of all the resort has to offer, and decided to head to the main buffet for lunch. Our room was ready by 1:00, (very clean-no problems with housekeeping) and from that point on we really had a wonderful time. Every day was sunny, the beach was gorgeous,and we found the staff to be very easy going and friendly. Here are a few things we discovered-perhaps you will find them helpful...They do serve coronas, mailbu rum, and Bailey's (don't let them tell you they have "run out" they can always call for more-we only experienced this at the pool bar), DEFINETLY make the trip down to the shops on the beach, the souveniers are well worth it! Great prices, (even on cigars) the sellers are very easy going when it comes to barganing-you won't feel harassed. Make an appointment with the photographers that walk around, you will get some truly beautiful pictures, but be careful, they are $8 a piece, and it's very hard to narrow down your choices. If you are looking to have your hair braided or extensions etc.. go to the shops on the beach! We had our daughters hair braided and beaded for $12 and had other vacationer's telling us they paid $50-$60 at the resort! Definetly make it to the Itallian resturant, they have a very good appetizer spread and delicious tiramisu. Also frequent Mike's coffee house excellent espresso and smoothies. The food at the buffet resturants was good, stir-fry station is excellent. One of our favorite evenings was the "Beach Party" where they set up all the tables on the beach with white cloths, candles, etc. and put out a beautiful spread: steak, seafood kabobs, roast turkey, bbq chicken, chilled wine, fresh fruit...We had a blast. Overall, our trip was exactly what we wanted, gorgeous weather, friendly staff, yummy food and cocktails...we would definelty reccomend Ocean Blue.

We feel obliged to write a review, especially after reading the odd negative one!!!
We just spent 2 weeks at this resort and thought it was excellent. We were a little concerned about the weather forecast, but this is obviously taken in the hills because it was gorgeous for the whole 2 weeks.
Short points to descirbe it:
gorgeous weather
lovely people
good varied food, all restaurants (don't need to book), esp mexican and diner
masses of space (no need to reserve beds)
drinks with int brands including baileys and champagne (fizzy wine)
comfy beds
spacious rooms
tv not great but what have you come away for?

All in all, we wouldn't normally recommend a hotel to people but this one we would! We believe that people who complain expect more than they payed for!!!!

Go for it!