Vik Hotel Arena Blanca

Very spacious resort, nice clean rooms. The beach is beautiful and clean. Tasty and diverse food. Only disapointment; guests leave belongings on beach chairs the night before to make sure they're already claimed by morning instead of a first come first serve system as it is everywhere else. Staff don't mind and it's very difficult to find a spot in the shade if you're not a little selfish yourself.

The hotel has lot of tropical trees and palms.The beach next to the hotel is full of palms as well. Wide range of food and drinks. Both tasty.Serve is really nice. You do not need to reservation La Carte restaurants. There no limit to use them during your stay. Funny morning animation. You can get a prize there. I win Dominican coffee. Sport bar work until 6 am Very clean room and whole area.

I always start off by stating that when I purchase a resort which is one of the cheapest options available... You cannot have high expectations. You should start with zero expectations. If you want more.. pay a bit more. You get what you pay for. That said... I would say this resot has great food, great beach, 1/2 good pools. The food actually was the most surprising thing. I never got that odd oily taste and everything I tried from the buffet I pretty much ate clean off my plate and that's rare for a buffet! Vegetables tasted so garden fresh! One interesting thing was that the buffet was all self serve. Even drinks, with wine and beer and coffee all self serve. It was kind of nice but no waiter service. Mexican restaurants was delicious and we could have went many times! It is only open every other night. Cappuccino makers throughout the resort for a decent self serve espresso all day! The resort is old. Rooms are really dingy. Motel vibes. A/c works well, and clean towels daily. Hot water as long as you're not showering before dinner with everyone else. Shows are pretty budget quality. And some staff are grouchy. Very little English is spoken at this resort. It attracts a LOT of international guests from Europe and Central America so they have a lot of languages they try to speak. Chair problem is bad here. Drinks were also pretty poor. Bad quality alcohol (although they did have all types) and poor quality premixed bahama mamaa and Pina colada in the slushie machines. We walked about 1hr down the beach to get some off resort cocktails. Fresh large pina coladas and coco locos and they were fabulous and worth the high price tag. $15 Uber home. Would probably go for a resort closer in proximity to walkable places next time. In conclusion, I probably wouldn't return here, but I still enjoyed myself for paying the lowest price to have sunshine, a nice beach and good food!

The service from the staff was PERFECTION. They continuously made sure we were all right. Even upgraded our room We stayed in one of the update room in the member-only Ceyana area. The decor was so modern, soft spa like colors. The bathroom were spacious and the shower was great once I unclogged the showerhead holes due to the hard water residue. Soft comfortable beds. They grounds were beautiful, clean and quiet. The breakfast was yummy in the ElCanto...Waiter name Jonathan was amazing. The buffet for dinner was my favorite. Ton of delicious options. The Snack shack that open around 3pm food was not good. Skip that. You have access to all the hotels beach as yiu walk along the coastline...even some spots to take great pics. They have a convenience store on the property that has snacks . Sweet adorable cats on the property... and a parrot who will gently eat nuts from ya hand but will bite you if you try to rub him. He accepts snack only no rubs lol..... The pool was sometimes a great break from the salty heavy waves in ocean water...

The negative reviews were too much. Needless to say, I went with very low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised. The food at the hotel was good with a lot of variety. The room had a comfortable bed and nice shower head, however we did have an issue with the balcony door which we resolved ourselves with a stick. You do have to get up early if you want a seat under a Palapa on the beach, however there are plenty of chairs for everyone and lots of beautiful palm trees as shade. There is a $10 US charge for a lock for the safety box in your room. We had access to free Wi-Fi in the lobby area. The staff were lovely. Thank you Luis Javier for your excellent customer service in the buffet area. Overall a very good experience. I would recommend!

The worst resort I have ever been in my life, They don’t provide Towels, they don’t provide locker you have to pay to get a locker, they dont have wifi, they don’t have towels on the beach also, food choice are very limited only 1 restaurant open for lunch and 1 for dinner, if you miss the timing there is no restaurant to eat. Also the stake house not included with the all inclusive package. I highly recommend everyone please stay out of this resort even they offer to stay here for free don’t stay your flight money will be wasted. So Im giving them -50 start. Funny thing even you go to a $20 motel they provide towels and its a resort they don’t provide anything 🤣