This is my second review for this resort. As I mentioned in my previous review, we loved Luperon Beach Resort so much the first time that we decided to get married there in January of 2011, and indeed we did!

LBP was everything we remembered it to be from our holiday the year before. Wonderful friendly staff, beautiful grounds, great food...we had 14 guests with us for the wedding, and all agreed we had chosen a wonderful venue. A fabulous time was had by all! Our whole party was upgraded to junior suites because we were a wedding party. A few of our guests had minor complaints with their rooms but those were quickly rectified. Our room in particular was stunning - block 19, 3rd floor ocean view - what I wouldn't give to wake up there every day!

Astrid did an amazing job of co-ordinating everything, not only for the wedding - when my Matron if Honour realised she had mistakenly left some crucial prescriptions behind, Astrid was all over it, and replacements arrived from Puerto Plata the next morning! We did not have to worry about a single detail, and everything was perfect and just as we had hoped it would be! For the ceremony, a lovely arch of balloons (in our chosen colours) was set up on the beach, and we were married by a local officiant, barefoot in the sand, followed by a champagne toast. A dinner was set up for us in the buffet restaurant that evening, and while it was in the main restaurant, it was in a secluded area on the second floor, decorated again with the balloons. The wedding cake they provided was delicious! All the staff took great care of us and made us feel like VIP's for the whole trip! Especially Astrid - can't thank her enough!

The next day our whole party visited the town of Luperon for some shopping ("Junior" showed us around and interpreted in the shops when needed) and a lengthy visit to one of our favourite places in a tiny corner of the world, Captain Steve's. We had a fabulous lunch there (again) for a VERY good price!

The day following, some of us went on the Catamaran tour, with sailing, snorkelling, and a visit to Cambiaso village, complete with lobster lunch on the beach. GREAT price and what an amazing day - so much fun!

I could mention so many more positive things about our trips to Luperon, but I suppose it doesn't matter now...the resort has closed indefinitely. Since my husband and I wanted to return for our upcoming anniversary, we have chosen to book at the Grand Ambar by Lifestyle in Puerto Plata (on recommendation of Captain Steve who we still keep in touch with) and while it looks nice, no place could ever replace Luperon in our hearts - we have made so many great memories there! We will be visiting the town of Luperon while we are nearby in Puerto Plata, but I wish we were staying at LBR so we could do so more often. If they do re-open the resort in the future, we will be first in line to book.

Thank you to all the staff at LBR for being so kind to us, for always making us feel welcome, for being a part of our wonderful memories, and best of luck in whatever you are doing now. I will NEVER understand some of the bad reviews this resort received - you are ALL in our hearts forever!

I have just got back from a vacation to the Dominican...

We had full intentions of staying this resort and when we got there, we soon realized there wasn't one other person staying in this hotel... We took our bags up to our rooms, and realized the patio sliding doors did not lock, and there was no lock for the safe...

We wondered around, planning on jumping into the pool, and when we made it to one of the pools, it had a layer of grim on the top of it... We carried on down to the beach, where we discovered the locals had taken over the beach, ripping up and down it on there motorcycles... We looped around to the other side of the resort to find a bunch of peacocks lounging around the pool... So far, this was the only other sign of life, other then the guy at the front desk... There was a very eary feeling there, and we were all very on edge... We went to get an internet password to start looking for other places to stay... There was no way I could spend a night there. In the meantime, My boyfriend and my mom walked up to see if there was anyone in the little gift shops, only to find all of the stores closed, with what looked like years of dust layering the little knick-knacks, sun-hats, and dresses...

The entire resort definitely needs a renovation, it looks as though it hasn't been maintained since the early 80's.... Some of the workers started madly sweeping and trying to clean as soon as they realized we were there... We had gave it a shot, but there was no way I was going to sleep...

The rooms weren't clean at all, the bathroom was discusting, tub not clean at all... Both rooms had a musty smell...

All in all, we were in and out in about 2.5 hours... Please dont waste your time staying here here...

we were there for march breack .love the food .pool good .kids were happy there.very good food . we loved italian la cart resturent .room was good but AC very noisy ..bo bugs .poor hot water but enough for shower .staff very nice but shay .buffet fantactic .lots of pizza/hot dog ...unlimited dribk .we loved coconut milk (just times )
by the way you get what you pay...we will go back again .

Never forgot this one .
Staff were helpful and room was ok.
Sounds like it has not improved though
We had Food poisening a lot of the time, pools were not clean enough.
locals pushed in time and again.
Cockroaches in clothes in room.
snakes in grounds, harmless maybe.
Enjoyed the peacocks wondering round and enjoyed the sea
what we could use, sea hedgehogs so not much area.

Nowhere much to go round about so stayed on resort.
Would never return.