Dreams Playa Bonita is a beautiful property located right on the beach. The staff went above and beyond to look after us and they genuinely seemed happy and eager to please, of all the all inclusive properties I have stayed at the staff at Playa Bonita were by far the best.
There were for some reason a lot of negative reviews for this property and I don’t know if there is a “Princess and the Pea” situation going on here but this is a very nice property and definitely not anywhere close to the one star ratings some people have been giving, this isn’t the Bates Motel after all.
I wanted to clarify the information about the swimming conditions at the beach, the tide comes in and goes out quite dramatically, but at certain times of the day the water is quite nice for swimming (mornings and afternoons). Because of the tide movement the visibility of the water is quite poor, so a positive is you will never see the shark coming, ignorance is bliss as they say, so leave your snorkel equipment at home. All kidding aside the water is safe and I swam far out daily without any problems.
My wife and I felt the food was tasty, our only complaint is that the plated restaurants did not always offer a vegetarian menu for the main course. The buffet did offer daily vegan options which was much appreciated by us.
Lastly we got to see some sloths at the resort, and no I’m not talking about the guests lounging beside the poolside bar, two/toed sloths which were even cuter than expected.