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Do not trust this establishment with your credit card. Because of the abysmal service, we explicitly left a $0 tip. The restaurant took it upon themselves to alter the total and charge an unauthorized tip anyway. When called out, they lied and claimed they are "charging 20% extra for FIFA." After I told them we are locals and that makes zero sense, they briefly put me on hold and suddenly backed down, promising a reimbursement. This is blatant financial dishonesty and unethical practice.

We spent $330 before tips for four people, and the experience was problematic from the start. Water was served only once and never refilled. Our first round of drinks arrived quickly but were completely watered down. It took a full hour and two separate reminders to both our server and the greeter just to receive two out of our three appetizers, with the final one requiring yet another reminder and taking an additional 15 minutes. While the appetizers were barely edible, the beet salad was a complete joke for the price.

The blatant bias and selective hospitality from the staff were loud and clear. The server brought a second round of drinks without even taking our order, assuming we wanted a repeat. When two people in our party declined, he simply walked away and distributed them to other tables as free drinks. The neglect felt entirely intentional and discriminatory; he never came to check on or speak with our table even once, yet he spent the entire evening pleasantly chatting with and attending to every single table around us.

To make matters worse, we waited 1.5 hours for our main courses with absolutely no sign of the food or an update. When the entrees finally arrived, they were as pathetic as the service—the vodka rigatoni pasta was incredibly watered down. For this price point, the combination of literal theft, blatant discrimination, and awful quality is completely unacceptable. Avoid this place at all costs.

Do not trust this establishment with your credit card. Because of the abysmal service, we explicitly left a $0 tip. The restaurant took it upon themselves to alter the total and charge an unauthorized tip anyway. When called out, they lied and claimed they are "charging 20% extra for FIFA." After I told them we are locals and that makes zero sense, they briefly put me on hold and suddenly backed down, promising a reimbursement. This is blatant financial dishonesty and unethical practice.

We spent $330 before tips for four people, and the experience was problematic from the start. Water was served only once and never refilled. Our first round of drinks arrived quickly but were completely watered down. It took a full hour and two separate reminders to both our server and the greeter just to receive two out of our three appetizers, with the final one requiring yet another reminder and taking an additional 15 minutes. While the appetizers were barely edible, the beet salad was a complete joke for the price.

The blatant bias and selective hospitality from the staff were loud and clear. The server brought a second round of drinks without even taking our order, assuming we wanted a repeat. When two people in our party declined, he simply walked away and distributed them to other tables as free drinks. The neglect felt entirely intentional and discriminatory; he never came to check on or speak with our table even once, yet he spent the entire evening pleasantly chatting with and attending to every single table around us.

To make matters worse, we waited 1.5 hours for our main courses with absolutely no sign of the food or an update. When the entrees finally arrived, they were as pathetic as the service—the vodka rigatoni pasta was incredibly watered down. For this price point, the combination of literal theft, blatant discrimination, and awful quality is completely unacceptable. Avoid this place at all costs.

Do NOT trust your safety with Taxi2Airport or their local Dominican Republic contractor, Solanch Transport and Services. What was supposed to be a straightforward airport transfer in Punta Cana turned into a volatile, hostile, and genuinely terrifying ordeal involving absolute gaslighting from their management.

Taxi2Airport acts as a hands-off third party that does zero vetting of its local suppliers. Ahead of my trip, I tried reaching out to Solanch Transport via WhatsApp to secure my driver’s details. They ignored my messages. When I finally called them directly, the staff literally yelled at me over the phone and hung up.

When I landed, the Solanch representative at the terminal flatly told me I wasn't even in their logs. After a massive delay to sort out their mess, they assigned a driver who appeared to be visibly drunk.

The moment I got into the car, the driver aggressively demanded to take a picture of me sitting inside the vehicle. I immediately denied consent for obvious privacy and safety reasons. Because I stood my ground, the driver completely lost his mind. He called his boss, lied through his teeth claiming I "stopped him from taking a picture of the luggage," and then threw his phone across the vehicle in a violent fit of unhinged rage. He drove back to the terminal and abandoned me.

Back at the terminal, the airport manager tried to completely gaslight me, aggressively claiming I had "agreed" to the photo earlier. They then shoved me into a second vehicle, where the new driver ironically tried to smooth things over by promising he would "make sure the first photo was deleted"—confirming they are actively taking and distributing non-consensual photos of travelers.

The sheer risk of being trapped with an aggressive, volatile, and potentially under-the-influence driver is horrifying. Solanch Transport employs unhinged individuals, and their management relies on intimidation and lies to cover up predatory behavior. Avoid both Taxi2Airport and Solanch at all costs.