Christine Johanna Meda
March 16, 2024
This was our 2nd stay at Paradisus, unfortunately it was not like the 1st stay at all.
The restaurants always had a 1-2 hour wait despite many open tables, leaving the only option for dinner the buffet, with little variety and rarely any good vegetarian options besides salad/fruit. The wait staff at the restaurants & buffet were very nice/helpful. The property has went downhill significantly since our 1st visit. It used to be lush, beautiful greenery inside & out but is now unkept w/ dying plants and broken fountains. The pools had mechanical problems, no one knew when it would be fixed and it made the pools somewhat dirty. There were *NEVER* enough lounge chairs or umbrellas for people, yet there was plenty of open space for loungers. The poolside waitstaff was inconsistent, there were times when they didn’t check on us for 4 hours.
The rooms were awful The 1st time we went to the resort we had a beautiful room that was clean, bright and had an excellent view. This time the room had zero view, there were cracks and holes in the walls, the bathroom had no ventilation and the tub setup was bizarre, it’s about a 3 foot drop to get out of the shower/tub. After having some close calls with falling getting out of the shower, we complained and the very unsympathetic staff ‘upgraded’ us to a handicapped room. The new room was better but the shower leaked massive amounts of water into the hallway, we had to use 6-7 towels on the floors after showering and call for them mop.