Hotels near La Casona

"My husband and I had an enjoyable two week stay. Our fourth floor room had a beautiful oceanfront view. We enjoyed the buffets’ large variety of tasty food options. The Japanese and Steak restaurants were also good. Staff was friendly. The resort was clean including our room. The room was tired with a broken bathroom light switch, a noisy constantly running toilet, and worn furniture. Our key fob frequently did not work so we had it reset numerous times. The Riu Palace apparently will be undergoing a major renovation later this year. The ocean is swimmable with a beautiful beach. No cabanas or palapas for lounging in the shade on the beach. Nice pools. No quiet pool or a shaded area for lounging over looking the ocean. The loud music could be clearly heard at all pools. We had no issues accessing shaded pool loungers. We ended up spending time at the sister resort right next door resting on quiet shaded loungers over looking the ocean listening to the birds. Overall, I recommend staying at the resort. "

"We just had a bad encounter with a bar (Filadelfia-I believe is the name off the pool bar) employee. He seemed to have an attitude and was a smart mouth to my questions. The other lady that was working had a pleasant attitude compared to him. "

"We booked here after our flight home got cancelled for a day. It suited us well for the evening, however, I wouldn’t necessarily want to stay there for a week unless you got a suite with kitchen etc. The pools looked amazing. (We didn’t use them). The breakfast was good. Please keep in mind we were exhausted and frustrated from a long day at the airport and we didn’t arrive to this place until later in the evening. We didn’t get to experience it much."

"The amenities offered are not actually available. There is no water slide, no life guard, no beach bar, no ball for basketball court, no arcade. It says there are 2 restaurants, there are zero restaurants just a buffet that is very basic. We were expecting more because of what was in the ad. The resort is outdated but clean. The views from the pools are great. "

"Butler service was disappointing and should be avoided. Excursions (especially snorkeling) were oversold and underwhelming. Some staff (Edu, Dylan and Diane) were great but others didn’t really provide a five star experience or understand top class service. Lovely black sand beach and fun pool with cabanas and mixology…. TV service jumpy… too many electrical issues like lights and elevators. Still a great place and lots of fun but would not return."

"Bugs came in as well as a lizard. Tv in bedroom is not up to date"

"Good service at restaurant, staff, room cleaning."

"Normal "

"This hotel was OK. We weren’t really sure to expect. This is our first visit of the area. The view from the beach is nice, but the beach itself was dirty lots of trash and lots of rocks. It doesn’t seem to be maintained by anyone more of a very natural state. A room was dated, and our travel mates had to switch rooms when we first checked in due to ants in the room. We ended up having to also switch rooms on our last night because of infestation of ants all over our bed in our suitcases and on the walls and ceiling. Overall, the property seems very dated The grounds are nice, but not as well kept as many places we’ve stayed. Some of the staff was very friendly. Some of the staff was very quiet. Wasn’t really any consistency, but no one was rude. The monkey is hanging out by the pool were probably the highlight of the trip to this hotel. The pool was very nice and accommodating, but we wish they had more chairs as there weren’t enough for our party and the small amount of other people that were staying at the hotel. The food was OK not great and very expensive. However, the complementary best breakfast was wonderful and the staff in the mornings was wonderful every other time we ordered food it took between 45 minutes to an hour and even a simple drink like a Coke or a nonalcoholic drink took a better part of 30 minutes each time overall it was OK, but we would look for another location if we return to that area"