Sivory Punta Cana is the ultimate if you want pure relaxation. Many people on the reviews have complained about the seclusion of the resort, that is obvious from the start so if you don't want it, don't go. The ride to the hotel is not bad, you get to see some countryside. The rooms are gorgeous, especially the bathrooms which have huge bathtubs and showers. I would not pay extra for the plunge pools because these are not heated, however being beachfront is remarkable. The service is wonderful, the people so nice and their English very good. We had plenty of service on the beach and around the pool, which was very refreshing and relaxing. The food is delicious, I would especially recommend the Chilean Sea Bass at Tau. It is the perfect place to have a special occasion, they were able to set up a private dinner, served by the sommelier, on my veranda. It was spectacular! The bugs are not great, especially after it rains, so use bug spray. However I only was bitten at night. I did not have a spa treatment, though it was beautiful. It was the ultimate vacation in relaxation. my entire family went and my mother stated she had never had such a wonderfully relaxing vacation.

We recently stayed at Sivory Punta Cana for which the name implies that they are in the Punta Cana area, but after an hour plus drive down one of the worst roads we have ever been on, we came to find that this hotel really is not even near the famous Punta Cana beaches.
If you are looking for isolation, you will have found it there, as it is not near anything and there is really nothing to do at this hotel but eat or sit on the beach. This would be fabulous for us, except the beaches are not as nice as the beaches in our previous visits to the Punta Cana area (ie; no white powder sand with lovely calm blue hued ocean, more like coarse yellow sand with large brown rough waves), and daily there would be a lot of debris washed onto the beach, which sometimes got cleaned up, and other times not. We were told this was caused by a river mouth North of the hotel, which we were also told was a dangerous area, and that we should not walk that way for our own safety. Okay, that left only one direction to walk the beach each day….pretty limiting.
We honestly wanted to be in a quiet romantic location, that is why we chose Sivory, but had no idea that we would literally be stuck in this mediocre hotel and it’s less than luxurious surroundings, far away from Punta Cana or any town, hotel, souvenier shopping, restaurants or anything really, which pretty much meant no access to other forms of stimulus, unless you wanted to pay more than $100 for round trip taxis rides (on the infamous road) to the closest town of Bavoro.
Since they tote 3 restaurants on the hotel grounds, you would think this would mean excellent dining, which was important to us and again another reason we chose this hotel. Unfortunately, we quickly found that although the food was generally good, the choices were extremely limited, and many times they did not have what we ordered, or the dish was just too similar to something found in one of the other restaurants, so it felt like samo, samo. We were tired of the options within the first 4 days, and frankly a little surprised at the high prices……$10 or so for a coke? $25 per person for a continental breakfast?
Service, although friendly from most all of the staff we encountered, was slow and inconsistent. Sometimes the wait to be served with only a few tables busy in the restaurant was a true test of our patience (and we were in no hurry!). Same goes for the restocking of our minibar, housekeeping, turn down service at night, or the service around the pool area…. sporatic at best. Maintenance issues were small, but numerous and again….slow to respond (never did get our internet connection resolved), so we sometimes found ourselves waiting in our room for someone to show up to explain what needed to be fixed.
Our biggest complaint though would have to be the bugs. We’re not sure if it was bedbugs, sand fleas or mosquitos, or all of the above, but both of us spent most of the trip spraying repellent (supplied complimentary by the hotel…..any wonder why?), and applying anti-itch cream (not supplied by the hotel), neither of which was particularly helpful. I’ll spare you the photos of our bug ridden welted bodies, for which we had to seek treatment when we returned home. Not our idea of a great finish to our vacation!
So overall, for the prices we were paying, we felt this hotel lacked an overall sense of true luxury, and was really lacking in so many ways. Be sure to check your bill when you leave, as they tack on an obscene 26% in taxes and service charges (doesn’t matter if the service wasn’t good), as well as ridiculous phone fees, and a few restaurant bills that were not signed by either of us (which they took off with no arguments).
Although we were not exactly in purgatory, we would definitely not return or recommend this hotel to friends or family, as there are just too many nicer places to explore in the world.

Our trip was not good at all!
They lost our reservation and our luggage on arrival, our suite flooded the first night. The plunge pool looked more like a pond with things swimming in it. The bugs were horrendous and we are still itching. There was no pool service or beach service. the beach towels ran out early. The staff were friendly but so slow with service. Lunch would take 90 minutes, we gave up on breakfast but dinner, slow as it was, was excellent. The lobster at Tau was the best. My parents were charged $10 taxi ride because they asked the concierge for some postcards which they then charged then $10 for! He said that he went into town to get them! The beach was great for a walk after some Russians jumped up and down as it was filthy and they insisted it was cleaned. The beach was not reset in the morning and we had to remove glasses and towels to sit there again! Four other rooms were unhappy as well as we all joined up for dinner one night.
We gave the concierge a 'Wish List' each day as we found that was the most effective way to get things resolved such as maintenance issues, restocking the room and replacing filthy furniture outside! If you call them they respond slowly but giving a 'Wish List' helps. Finally ask for your bill regularly as there were some charges we had to dispute!

My husband and I had our wedding at Sivory Punta Cana. So far I think only a few adventurous people had their wedding there. It's a wonderful place for people that are not looking for the traditional "church and country club reception" wedding. Given the resort's remote location, it was a little bit more difficult to schedule everything but it was totally worth it.
The setting was beautiful and we were lucky to have wonderful weather. The resort staff tried their best to accomodate our needs and in the end all of the scheduling related wrinkles got ironed out. There are too many wedding details/tips to list here but if you look in having a small & intimate wedding you should definetely consider this site.
Should you plan in having your wedding at this resort, feel free to contact us and we will be happy to share some of our pictures.