MargaritavilleR Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only
Boulevard Zona Hotelera Cap Cana, Cap Cana, Punta Cana 23000 Dominican Republic
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The Dominican Republic’s most breathtaking destination has arrived at the internationally acclaimed Juanillo Beach. Welcome to Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock, a tropical paradise that unlocks a world of five-star luxury. Explore a vast Gourmet Village that doubles as the resort’s social heartbeat with multiple performance venues, restaurants, and bars.
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Late review but a must…. People need to experience the true gem that Margaritaville is!!!! My husband and I travelled to Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock February this year and WOW!!! We travel to 5-star all-inclusive Caribbean resorts normally for 1 week twice a year preferably never repeating a previous resort, so we have racked up quite an extensive list of visited properties. I will admit I have not taken the time to sit down and write a review which is bad on me but to say that I am absolutely compelled to do so this time is an understatement. Stunning, clean, delicious, personable, attention to detail and just a utopia of peace and relaxation. I believe this was the best resort we have stayed at in over a dozen years of travelling Mexico, Dominican, Barbados, St Lucia, Bahamas and the very 1st time we immediately on returning home agreed to return on our very next trip. We stayed in a Villa, and I can honestly say it was hard at some points to even leave our beautiful little oasis and make our way through this stunning resort. Thankfully we did drag ourselves out to experience the amazing pools, walk along the beach, eat at all the delicious restaurants and spend our evenings being charmed with exceptional drinks and live music. Our butler Sandro was so attentive, and we almost felt guilty not requiring enough of his attention…he went out of his way to message every morning and evening to see if there was anything he could do for us. All the staff appeared to enjoy being there, working there and you could feel it at almost every interaction you had with them. Cleanliness is a BIG deal for us, and I couldn’t find fault anywhere, from the gym, to restaurants, pathways, beach, pool side and most definitely the rooms. All the restaurants were fantastic and possibly the freshest and healthiest buffet I have ever enjoyed. I could keep going but there may be a word count limit at the end when I try to post but I would be more than happy to answer any questions if needed. People book and trust that you will love every minute 😊 …
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Date of stay: February 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Our stay: 5 nights in late January 2023 Room: Junior swim up suite Pro summary: —less than 15min ride from airport in upscale secure gated area —Awesome spotless room with both a pool and an ocean view. —great hot water and AC, no dampness or mildew smell like other Bavaro resorts —A la carte restaurants were very good —No weird steaks or burgers. All were delicious like at home —Quiet beach with cabana beds, no need to reserve —Always an open spot in a pool —no keycards or towel cards to carry around —everything is new and top of the line —all restaurants are as casual as you wanna be. never took long pants out of my suitcase Con summary: —Vacation club membership sales pitch (ours lasted 75 minutes) —Swim up pool water turned extremely cloudy for 2 whole days —Breakfast and unch buffet was on par with lesser resorts —Need smartphone and app for menus at restaurants —beach isn’t quite as picturesque as other Cap Cana and Bavaro resorts (but still amazing to relax on) —more upsells than we’ve been offered at other resorts, sometimes blurred the line on what was part of all-inclusive RESORT: Resort is in Cap Cana which is only a 15 minute ride from the airport and has a security gate at the entrance to the zone where your driver will have to leave his license to enter. There is another security gate at the entrance to the resort where they check your reservation name to allow you to pull up to the lobby. Many other resorts in Bavaria are much further from the airport and require riding through some not so nice areas. Check in took 5 minutes and they gave you a margarita flavored popsicle during the process. You get a bracelet that serves as your room key and is scanned by the hostess at restaurant entrances. Other Bavaro resorts still have key cards that you have to carry around any time you leave the room. ROOM: We were in a junior swim up suite, room number in the 3100s which is northernmost building on the Hammock side on the 2nd level, and it was awesome. Squeaky clean. Comfy bed. Giant TV. Ample space in the room with the toilet. Glass and tile shower with a wand and rain shower head. Great water pressure and hot water was always available. Air conditioning was awesome and had a ceiling fan over bed. Room was NEVER too warm or humid or damp or had any hint of mildew. Multiple other Bavaro resorts have weird dark showers, AC that doesn’t keep the room cool, and smell like mildew and even require a request for a dehumidifier to get rid of the dampness. There is a sliding glass door to go out on your private balcony. There is a table with two padded dining chairs and a large two person chaise lounge. The swim up pool is more like a giant plunge pool, since the rooms are on the second floor, that extends for about 8 rooms from one end to the other. Every room has their own ladder entrance, and also a couple submerged concrete ledges so that you can either sit with just your feet in, or sit with your lower half in, or go all the way in to the 4ft deep water. Since you are on the second floor, you have the best of both worlds: a semi-private pool and a view that looks out over the resort with the ocean visible too, where you can sit on the patio or in the pool and see the unobstructed sunrise over the horizon of the ocean. Would definitely recommend this class of room over any other, including the higher priced options. It was awesome. There was direct sun on it until about 11am then partial sun through the pergola until about 4pm, then full shade until sunset on the opposite side of the direction rooms face. No mosquitoes or other bugs anywhere in the resort. The only room complaint was we stayed for 5 nights, and for two formal of those the water in the swim up pool was very very cloudy. Was crystal clear for the first two days but went cloudy on the third and stayed that way until we left, despite multiple attempts by us for someone to correct it. Either it took two days for someone to clear it, or no one did anything specific and it cleared on its own. There is a mini fridge in the room, but it’s empty unless you ask for water from housekeeping. No liquor is in the room at check in. You get an allotment of points to spend at the convenience market to get beer, soda, liquor, snacks, and other edible items. It’s kinda weird and a bit of a hassle because you have to scan your bracelet to find out how many points you have left and not everything in the market is labeled clearly with point prices, so we probably didn’t use it as intended to stock the room during the stay. We basically just spent most of them the day we left on coffee beans and some other edible items to take home with us. FOOD: You don’t get physical menus at any of the restaurants. I think this is a leftover COVID practice. You have to download the Margaritaville app on your phone and look at the menu in it and give the order to your waiter instead of from a physical menu. Kind of weird but not a big deal other than at least one person has to bring their smartphone with them. I was not impressed by the breakfast and lunch buffets at the Boathouse. It was all just fine, but on a similar level to other Bavaro resorts we’ve been to. However, all of the restaurants that take individual orders were really good, on par with restaurants at home, and far better quality than what we’ve had at other Bavaro resorts. Frank and Lola’s Italian was awesome (osso buco, lasagna, arincini, tiramisu). JWB steakhouse had a great NY Strip steak. Brewery had awesome burgers (just like at home, not weird ground beef at all). Out near the beach is the Cheeseburger in Paradise stand that has awesome burgers and fries, fried pickle chips, and chicken strips. There is an Asian restaurant, but we didn’t make it there since it wasn’t open everyday. I do not think it is Hibachi though, as seems to be standard at other Bavaro resorts. Since it is a smaller resort, there aren’t quite as many different options and you may have to repeat a few places if you stay longer than we did, but the quality and selection of dishes should not make that an issue. Room service was very good and that was our breakfast choice for everyday except the first. You order through the app, which is convenient and sometimes easier than overcoming the language barrier with phone orders. Breakfast was better than dinner, but dinner was fine too. Pizza was OK and club sandwich and fries was good. It would arrive in about 30 minutes after ordering. Only one day did breakfast take about an hour. They do try to upsell you wine at dinner, as opposed to the included house wine. There are also several premium meals that are not part of the all-inclusive, such as certain steak cuts and lobster and others. They didn’t actively try to sell as those, but it’s a little tacky to me to upsell at an upscale all-inclusive. I often questioned what was included and what was extra. DRINKS: Waiters were plentiful at the beach and pools to bring drinks without having to go to any of the bars. No complaints. BEACH: The beach is both amazing and slightly disappointing. I recommend finding some of the fly-by videos of the resort on YouTube before you book so that beach expectations are clear. The sand is fine to walk on, but it is a mixture of the fine white sand and some pebbles, unlike most of Bavaro beach and the other Cap Cana resorts that are almost entirely powdery soft sand. The resort is at the far south end of the beach, so there are no vendors to bother you and people walking are almost exclusively other people staying at Margaritaville. Technically you can access the water, but I would not recommend it at the resort directly. There is a lot of permanent seaweed, large rocks, and waves. There was no seaweed odor though, just clean ocean breezes. You can take a short walk along the beach to areas a little further down that have better sand and a more picturesque swimming experience. However, there are lounge chairs in the sun and shaded cabana beds that attendants cover with fresh towels and position umbrellas as the sun moves to keep you in the shade. Waiters bring drink orders. If you want to just lay in the peace and quiet and watch the fish jump and listen to the waves, then the beach is amazing. If you want powdery sand and swimming, it’s only a short walk along the beach. POOLS: There are ample clean towels all over around the pool that you can take as you wish. Other Bavaro resorts require you to give a towel card to get a towel and you have to return the towel to a person to a get card back so that you can get a new towel the next time. The water in all the pools, including the swim up, was a little chilly. However, it’s very refreshing in the hot sun. The main pool is pretty loud most of the day with bass thumping (surprisingly very little Jimmy Buffet, mostly EDM), or waterobics or other pool activities over the speakers. We were always able to find a quiet spot away from that and away from other people in one of the adjacent pools. There was plenty of open space and chairs and cabanas at all the pools, so you never have to show up early and claim a spot or anything. SALES PITCH: Our “butler” was primarily a means to ensure that we attended the vacation club membership sales pitch. After we attended the pitch on the second day, we never got a text from him again. So when the butler asks you early in your stay if you want to see the villas or suites, be aware that they will show you as part of the formal sales presentation and not as like a casual favor as it was made (intentionally) to sound. They say it takes 30-60 minutes. Ours was at least 75 minutes and I had zero interest in signing up. You will talk to multiple layers of sales people each time you decline interest in an effort to convince you. They were not aggressive but were persistent, so beware. Definitely the biggest downside of the entire stay. We did get a spa BOGO and a “Dominican box” that had little souvenirs like honey, mamajauna, magnet, etc for our time. Overall, it was an amazing stay and I will come back. At previous Bavaro resorts, I was ready to go home at the end of the trip. However, I did not want to leave Margaritaville when we checked out.…
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Dear F3703ZP, On behalf of all the staff and the management team, we would like to thank you for sharing your review detailing your most recent experience with us. Please accept our sincere apologies for not coming up to your right expectations. We at the Margaritaville Island Reserve, Cap Cana All inclusive by Karisma pride ourselves on our high levels of service and glorious offerings; we are sorry if that did not come across during your visit. Your comments have been discussed in great detail to identify where immediate improvements can be made to perfect our experience. We appreciate you, and we hope to have the opportunity of hosting you in the future to show the improvements made thanks to your insight. We remain at your disposal,
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-A little background…we are a couple in our 50’s from Montreal. We travelled without children this time as ours are now adults. This was our 10th time in the Dominican having stayed all other visits at the Bahia Principe Punta Cana and Esmeralda. We’ve travelled the Caribbean many times to different islands. I will be as unbiased as possible if you choose to read my review. -We wanted an adult only resort so payed extra to be in an adult section of the resort which is called Hammock. We wanted a beachfront room so payed extra for it. The room was a beach view rather than front. I’ve stayed in beachfront and you literally walk out into the sand. This was not one. -Not really an adult only resort. One pool was adult only. -We come from Canada so we wanted a beach vacation. The beach in front of the resort is tiny and not very nice. It’s full of slimy seaweed and rocky sand. If you walk 45 minutes to the left you will be on Janillo beach which my husband said was beautiful. -The resort itself is beautiful. The pools are gorgeous, the rooms, in my opinion are the best selling point. I would definitely suggest the swim up rooms (wish I had have booked one of these in the same beachfront building), the restaurants are nicely decorated… …but coming from a culinary paradise such as Montreal the food was nothing to brag about. We were quite disappointed. We expected more from a 5* hotel that costs quite a bit to stay at. We have experienced much better food at other resorts. -The way the resort is set up is basically a hub (entertainment village). Most of the restaurants are in that area with 3 closer to the pool closest to the beach. One of which was not open every day at lunch so there were more like 2. One was cheeseburger paradise which is what it sounds like. An outdoor grill serving burgers and fried everything. The second one closer to the pool/beach is Rum Runners. But you can’t enter that one wet from the water as it’s an à la carte restaurant so you need to be in resort wear not a bathing suit. There was a Dominican night which featured local fares with a Carnival show of dance. This was my favourite “restaurant” experience. -The shopping is sparse. There are 3 stores, 1 of which is souvenirs and supplies like sunscreen (bring your own from home! What costs 15$ CDN in Montreal was 46$ USD) and over the counter meds. The 2nd is resort type wear (shorts, tshirts, floral shirts, sunglasses…all overpriced in my opinion. And the 3rd is sundresses, cover ups, some shoes, a few swimsuits and again crazy over priced and in my opinion pretty tacky. -The swim up bars are great. The drinks flow freely and the staff is attentive. They play a mix of Caribbean and North American music. -Lastly, and what will keep me from returning is there is NO SHADE. The walkways are open to the sun, the pools are open to the sun, everything is open to the sun! They have regular patio umbrellas that aren’t very big, their Bali beds don’t block the sun they just diffuse it with white canopies. You will burn! Reapplying 50 SPF was not enough. I ended purchasing a 90 SPF AND IT WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH. By day 3 I was forced to seek out any possible shade by moving umbrellas and using 2 to be fully covered. As soon a you leave your protection, you are in full sun. I ended up with heat exhaustion and had to spend my last day sick in the room. Still sick 2 days later. PROS -beautiful resort with a party vibe if it’s what you’re looking for. -gorgeous spacious rooms -friendly and attentive staff -points system for extra goodies at Joe Merchant’s -the menus are all on their app that you download -free wifi CONS -the food is just OK -lack of shade -disappointing beach that is far from everything -everything is overpriced -not much shopping…
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Beautiful place, restaurants were very delicious. Pool entertainment was exceptional.. wifi69 was the best at the water aerobics and also Justin Bieber.. pool bar was amazing.. our room is beautiful and very clean, we got a swim up room.. didn’t realize it was on the second floor, but turned out to be an excellent choice, we shared a pool over looking the ocean with few other rooms. the live band at night time was very entertaining we definitely will be back
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Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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The is amazing, the restaurants awesome, the bars nice, the entertainment staff are super, Evelyn really friendly, the rock band exceptional. We will sure come back . My wife will really enjoyed and to see is very relaxed this is the first vacation she is so relaxed and
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Gregorio at the Salty Rim Bar absolutely made our trip. An amazing staff everywhere allowed us to have the best time! The restaurants are great and the pool vibe was right up our alley. We didn’t find any reason to ever leave the resort. So much to do.
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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I had the BEST experience here! Everyone was so welcoming and joyful! Wifi69 was doing aerobics every morning and it was a good workout while still enjoying the sun and sipping on a drink. Yo-yo/José was AMAZING with his entertainment, so kind to talk with, and helpful with a variety of things! He was the lead in a lot of activities such as a margarita drinking contest, surfing/beer contest, and many others! The staff here made sure you felt welcomed and included in the activities!
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled with family
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Have to confess I thought a stay at Margaritaville would be like a weeklong Buffet concert, but found it to be super chill with an amazing team who work to see you enjoy every minute “your way” Hammock Pool time was perfect. Time spent in the water was made fun by Wifi69 , Justin Bieber and Yo-yo!! Loved the water aerobics and the great music selections! Alvaro was one, if not THE best, butler I’ve had in my 25+ vacations!! Thank you Alvaro for everything from coffee at exactly at 7 am, handling dinner reservations to going out of your way to get an inhaler for my friend. Fast Eddie & Juan - be sure to grab a pool chair in their section. They were always nearby and kept our group of 6 hydrated and made our days crew relaxing. I preferred the pool to Beach area, but there is a quiet beach area if you’re looking to be out on the sand. Food has been very good. See Jefrie for an omelette made to order; there’s something at the buffet for everyone…
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Staff was wonderful!! At the pool, Wif69 and Yoyo were so good with entertainment!! Excellent sense of humors! Wifi69 , Justin Bieber did daily water aerobics…i workout regularly and the workout that Wifi69 conducted was very good!! Yo-yo conducted activities and did such a good job…funny enjoyable got people involved! Alvaro was our Butler…Excellent!! He was great, attentive, organized. Everyone at Margaritaville was wonderful friendly attentive!! Loved it!!
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled with friends
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We had the most amazing time here and would definitely come back. Yo-yo, Wifi69, Justin Bieber, and Adrian made this the best experience and kept us laughing and dancing the entire time. There was never a dull moment on this trip. We will miss you guys!!
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Date of stay: May 2023Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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US$363 - US$468 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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CaribbeanDominican RepublicLa Altagracia ProvincePunta CanaCap Cana
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Which popular attractions are close to Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Nearby attractions include Hoyo Azul (3.4 km), Reserva Ecológica Ojos Indígenas (4.6 km), and Juanillo Beach (1.5 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include free internet access, kids pool, and a sauna.
Which room amenities are available at Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Top room amenities include blackout curtains, a dining area, and extra long beds.
What food & drink options are available at Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Guests can enjoy barbeque facilities during their stay.
Is parking available at Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Yes, valet parking is available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Conveniently located restaurants include La Yola Restaurant, The Grill, and Api Beach House.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Margaritaville® Island Reserve Cap Cana Hammock - Adults-Only?
Yes, guests have access to a sauna, a private pool, and fitness classes during their stay.