Casa Marina Beach Hotel

I found the casa marina beach to be a beautiful hotel, with very well looked after grounds. The hotel had nothing but friendly, happy staff that were always prepared to help.
The nightly entertainment in the amphitheatre was outstanding by far the best entertainment I have ever seen in a hotel. The entertainment team work extremely hard and it definitely shows.
The rooms were clean and comfortable but it would have been nice to have a kettle for those early morning cuppas.
The food at the hotel was not to the standard of other hotels I have visited with Thomson holidays. The buffet restaurant offered quite a wide range of food but with a very unappealing look and taste. The Mexican restaurant was good with lovely staff very well presented food. The Italian was our favourite with extremely friendly staff and excellent food. The seascape restaurant however was extremely disappointing, we expected a beautiful exotic selection of seafood, but were presented with a small menu and prawns no bigger than the one’s from tescos. The nice thing about eating at the al a carte restaurants was the waiter service and be able to drink out of a proper glass. Its plastic beakers at the buffet where you can queue for a good ten minutes whilst your dinner gets cold. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our two week stay at the casa marina beach hotel you could relax all day in the sun around the pool or on the beach, or take part in the free water sports and games held on the beach. There was always something to do it was a great holiday no complaints apart from the buffet.

My Husband and I went to the Casa Marina last October, it was our first Caribbean Holiday as well as our first All inclusive.
On arrival at the hotel we greeted with a refreshing drink and given our room key, we were allocated a ground floor room, which was not very nice, it was mouldy and damp. however after to speaking to other people the next day I decided to ask to be moved as no one else seemed to have the same problem. Reception did try to fob me off with house keeping to which my husband demanded we be moved immediately.
We were given a room on a higher level which was lovely no mould or damp, this changed our whole holiday around.
The pools were clean and the pool man used to get into the pool every morning with the pool hover any clean away any sand from the bottom.
We found the staff friendly but watch for the time share touts.
There were plenty of food to choose from, and usually something to suit everyone. However there were always flies on the bread and cakes.
We went to all three al Carte restaurants, the Mexican is fantastic, and I loved the seascape and got a chance to try lobster. We didn’t think much to the Italian it was a little bland.
Trips out are expensive, we went to paradise island and loved it but it was a three hour drive which I wouldn’t recommend.
The rooms have hallways running through them and people used them as short cuts and many people were very inconsiderate of others as the sound would multiply.
There were great shows on every night but no covered bar to sit in, which was only a problem if it rained.
There were always beds available either on the reef, or by the pool.
We thought it was great value for money and would definitely go again.
Jayne and Shaun

Casa Marina - Sasoua, Dom Republic
The best holiday I’ve ever had.
Although we were on tropical storm watch for a couple of nights and two hurricanes passed the island while we were the there you could not fault the weather. Long sunny days with a slight breeze - superb.
Food - With 3 buffet style restaurants and 3 ala carte restaurants to choose from you could never go hungry at this hotel. At the start of the break you are given one reservation ticket for each ala carte restaurant per week. This allows you to book a table at a time convenient to you. The sea food restaurant was our fave with exotic soups and salads for starters, sea food mix grill including, lobster, chicken, seared salad and tuna steak, prawns and mixed seasonal veg in a light sauce. Also available were a variety of sea food dishes with delicious sauces and accompaniments. Dessert a full selection of cakes, ice cream etc. Oh and of course, free flowing cocktails all night long.
The other ala carte restaurants were of equal calibre with Luiggis Italian serving the best Lasagne I have ever tasted and The Mexican restaurant serving a splendid Tequila coffee to top off your meal.
Entertainment was also exceptional with a range to suit all ages and needs. At the amphitheatre each night was a different show, although cheesy it was good fun entertainment, with an early disco for the kids and late night Disco (night club) for the adults.
Pools - 3 available. 1 with daily entertainment. 1 which was quieter allowing for relaxation and sunbathing. 3 slightly smaller but with an exceptional view of the ocean. Also available were 3 sea front Jacuzzi, where you can sip an tasty cocktail and watch the waves roll in.
The rooms were basic but comfortable with a range of sky TV channels to suit, all rooms were Air conditioned and cleaned daily by a very helpful maid.
Overall, good value for Money, a holiday must!

I am writing to tell other people about the holiday we have just had in the Dominican Republic. We are a family of 2 adults and 2 children aged 12 and 7. We have just come back from the best holiday we have ever had. The resort of Sosua is a bit on the run down side, however the hotel complex was fantastic, made even better by the staff working there. The beaches were wonderful, and the setting was fantastic.
The children made lots of friends here, and got to play with children from all nationalities. There was plenty to do in the way of activities if you wanted them, but if all you wanted to do was lay around all day, that was fine also. The food was good and varied but we found the best meal of the day was breakfast. There was so much choice. We eat so much through the first week though, we had had enough food by week 2.
The best time of the day for us was late afternoon when we would have a dance lesson on the beach followed by a swim in the sea to cool off and then a cocktail on the beach bar watching the sun go down. What more could you want.
I would definitely recommend this hotel to any one with a family and would go back there again if there were not so many lovely other places to see in the world. We paid the same amount of money for this holiday as we would of done for somewhere like Cyprus in peak season and this is heaps better. We will definitely going back the Caribbean next year.