Serenade all suites Punta Cana review

Overall, a very relaxing and wonderful vacation. Not a huge wow factor but a lovely resort. However, this was my first time to an AI resort.

Room We got a junior garden view suite but I almost immediately wished we had gotten a swim up. The pools close at 8 and I would have loved more night swims. However, the view from our 4th floor balcony was lovely. There are chickens around and you do hear them in the morning, but it is faint with the door shut. The mattress was firm but comfortable. I liked the tub out in the room but I was there with my husband so no worries about privacy. If you go with family or friends be sure to get separate rooms or get real cool about nudity lol. I loved loved loved the giant shower. I will miss it very much! The toilet cubicle left a lot to be desired. It was function and that’s about all I can say about it. It really could use some decoration. Also I would have liked a light switch next to the door or inside. Several times I peed in the dark in the night just cause I forgot the light switch was near the room door. Lots of storage space for you clothes thou not a ton of hangers. Small room safe perfect for wallets, passports, and other small valuables. We didn’t use maid service much but they were through if a bit slow when we did. We requested extra blankets and they came quickly.

Food We ate at the marketplace buffet for breakfast almost everyday. Lots of bread, plenty of bacon, eggs precooked and omelette prepared in front of you to toast. Lots of fruit (pretty sure I’m ruined for all other mango now!) lovely pastries, decent waffles and pancakes. Smoothie station too! Decent coffee, though I liked the lattes from the coffee shop better. Ordered room service breakfast one day, same stuff as the buffet pretty much , but less variety. and it came quickly. For lunch we honestly skipped lunch most days but we did eat lunch at the ocean buffet twice. It was alright. There was a lot of seafood, expected! But I am allergic to shrimp so I was careful. But I did have a cheeseburger that was huge and honestly delicious! Pizza was just ok, I think I just love my hometown pizza best through. For dinners there are three reservable options, braseria (steak/meat focused), koi (Asian inspired), and gourmet (French I think?) we did not see enough on the gourmet menu to our liking so we didn’t eat there. But we did do both versions of braseria. One was a traditional steakhouse menu (I got a rib eye that was perfect) and the other was a set menu when you picked your appetizer and side, then they came around with 6 different meats on skewers to cut and serve at your table. It was a lot of meat but it was all very good! We ate at koi a la cart where I had general chicken, decent. We didn’t eat at the hibachi or sushi version. We also ate at the marketplace buffet for dinner. Honestly I was very pleased with the buffets overall here, they were well stocked, staffed, and had good food.

Pools and beach I spent most of my time down by the pool with the swim up bar. That’s where most people were so it was good for people watching. I tipped the walking waitress every time she brought me a drink and she started bringing me two mimosas at a time 😁 I also enjoyed getting mudslides and just plain champagne. I tried the painkiller but it was really sweeet. The last day when I didn’t want to drink I sat at the quiet pool near the lobby which was also very nice. Still drink service here thou too. I only went on the beach one day, I just preferred the pools. I went on the water and it was nice but i have an irrational fear of seaweed/ not being able to see clearly… so not my jam hahah. There were bathrooms right by the pool but they smelled really really bad. Eh they’re bathrooms I guess. But yeah, ew. We’re not much for night life so can’t really speak to that. But if you have any questions feel free to ask!