The Lopesan Costa Bavaro Resort is beautiful, especially at night with all of the lighting and water features. It’s also nicely laid out and affords various types of pools, bars, and restaurants to accommodate families, couples, and friends. Staff were friendly and attentive for the most part, though it could be challenging to get drinks while at the pool or beach from servers who seemed overworked as they took numerous orders at one time, which meant 30+ wait times for drinks. Lots of seating at the beach and by the pools was a plus.
Check-in for adults only took quite a while and was a bit intense and unclear. We brought our 18 year old daughter with us for a graduation gift and the opportunity to enjoy adults only fun, but were met with a lot of questioning about her age. We booked adults only and learned that unfortunately that meant we would be in the furthest corner of the resort and at a distance from most of the entertainment since it seems the resort has more options for families than adults only. Apparently we could have upgraded to the unique option too with a closer room, better towels and beach bar access, but no one even mentioned this during check-in.
Overall good stay for a first time at an all inclusive resort.