My wife and I booked this as a last minute. It's been 15 years since our last visit to Dominica.
We were told this was a 3 star resort, 2 stars would be pushing it. The place looks nothing like the pictures, very run down and unkept.
The pool was very dirty and unsure if it was ever treated.
The food was terrible and most time cold. No soap, hotwater or hand drying equipment in any public washrooms. Seen employees using the facilities and no hand washing available to them.
Room was clean, but there is only warm water for shower.
No bottled water available at the bar, we had to buy our own.
The snack bar at the beach only a barbeque / deep fried chicken available. Pizza was there but you had to ask for it. All the condiments for burgers or hotdogs, but none were ever available. One day they would have the buns, but no hotdogs. And on another day hotdogs, but no buns.

This is a standard 3-star Dominican resort, we paid 740$CAN for a week, taxes in. This was our 8th visit to 3 star Caribbean resorts so we know exactly what to expect from these and were pretty satisfied overall with our stay.

This is a resort that seems to be undergoing some renos and has recently been through a change of ownership. On our last day (Friday, Mar 21) a group of big shot looking types were walking around with plans and looking at progress and you can here work being done in some of the condos.

Rooms:
We were in one of the non-renovated condos (we hope) in building #12 so keep that in mind. We didn't ask for an upgrade or anything. The shower just kind of poured water down in one small stream with no hot water at peak times so don't shower at peak times and you'll be fine. The beds are decent and the AC worked perfectly after the front desk gives you the remote. Cable isn't good with no CNN and 4 or 5 english channels with poor reception. No wifi in our room but some are able to connect to Wyndam's resort next door if your room is close enough. Rooms are old and we had black mold in a few corners but we're not picky at these prices.

Staff:
Great staff, nice people and everyone seemed to agree. Bartenders are great. There's a nice lady from Canada at the front desk that is very knowledgeable about the area and very interesting to chat with.

Atmosphere:
This place was dead at the time. They were killed in reviews for power outages in the previous few weeks but we only encountered of these for about 30 minutes. A power outage does stop all flushing and showering.

Some of the entertainment shows were o.k. but it's difficult to put on great shows for a crowd of 15 people. They were also mostly in spanish.

We enjoyed how quiet it was and how easy it was to get drinks and beach chairs.

Beach:
No rush to get to chairs since it wasn't busy, chairs are of cloth and comfy, not the hard plastic kinds. People walk the beach and sell you stuff but, they are polite. You see the same faces every day and some of them speak 4 or 5 languages fluently, amazing. We got 3 half hour massages during the week at 20$/massage/person and it was pretty good.

Buffet Food:
Standard stuff, you'll get tired of it after a few days. There's always something to eat i guess and we even had jello a few times for desert! We only did the mexican a la carte, I would stay away from it. There are 2 restaurants in the shopping mall nearby off resort, I would go there for a meal instead.

Beach food:
Fries, hot dogs, pizza, fried chicken. All decent but you'll get tired of the chicken after a few days, it's not really battered so it's just chicken in the fryer that ends up pretty greasy. It gets you by and the staff there are great too.

Gym:
I know it's crazy to most to go to the gym on vaca but we try to keep some for sort of routine during the week. The gym is brutal, no fancy machines or anything you would see in a good gym so therefore nobody uses it. We used it 4 times and mostly use free weights anyway but your hands will be rusty/dirty. There's a self powered treadmill from the 70's that works. Sad to say it's the best gym we've seen in our travels.

NOTICE TO SENIORS/DISABLED/PEOPLE WITH WALKERS...
After an extended period of rain like they had the day we got there, paths are impassable. You walk in almost a foot of water to get anywhere. The paths are lower than the edge of the grass and act as drainage river with the water going nowhere. We were fine with it though. There is poor lighting in a few path areas like around the tennis courts. I wouldn't take grandma at this resort.

Recently my boyfriend and I went to Puerto Plata and stayed here, however our travel agent booked us at the wrong resort. During our stay here for 5 nights we were violently ill and miserable. First of all, we had to pay $18 to get a safe key for the week, the safe was old and rusted and could easily be tempered with without a key.
The rooms were bare, the balcony door did not lock, the mini fridge was old and noisy, they were cleaned daily however we did not receive fresh towels until around 4pm.
The food... there was nothing that satisfied my taste buds at all, the fruit and cheeses appeared incredibly soggy and unappetizing, there was very little we could eat at any meal. Both myself and my boyfriend fell ill the second night, it got so bad by the 3rd day that we could barely leave our room. Luckily we were moved to the Sunscape resort for our last two nights where we could actually eat. Both of us have lost weight from not eating enough, we arrived home Thursday and I am still very ill. We were also not the only guests to get sick. There were multiple people we met who couldn't leave their rooms or eat anything either.
The beach was lovely, when we did make it out there we thought the views of the mountain were amazing, the beach was not always clean nor the water but there were always chairs available.
The staff were very friendly and interactive with all the guests although some were a little unprofessional at times, the bartenders were enthusiastic and fun. The front desk staff were a little unorganized.
Wifi was only available in the lobby.
The nightly entertainment wasn't really anything special.
We weren't supposed to be at this resort but since this is where we ended up, I wouldn't recommend booking your vacation here at all. Yes the prices are very cheap but so is the hotel and it's not worth getting sick for. We lost several days of our first vacation together which is devastating as we both worked so hard to be able to get away. The entire thing was a real waste of money.