My girlfriend and I stayed 4 nights at Viva V Samana. Let me just start off by saying that the property is gorgeous, nice beach, most of the staff are friendly, and the drinks are good. It pretty much stops there. The food was horrible, i've traveled down to the caribbean a number of times and had bland food before, but the food was also almost always cold, and either over cooked or under cooked. I got food poisoning on our 3rd day there, and was incredibly sick for the entire day. My girlfriend and i began sticking to the same food each day we were there which was pretty much pizza and white rice as to be on the safe side. Next was the harrassing staff trying to sell you their VIP package for the hotel as soon as we arrived. My girlfriend and i got to our rooms on our first day, we were so hungry we dropped our bags and headed to the buffet where before we got there were already being hassled about this VIP package. We thought nothing of it at first until each day they continued to persist us for the package, they do it for a sales commission which i totally understand, but we did not come to a resort to be harrassed for 3 days about joining a VIP membership that we had no intention of ever paying for. We also booked an excursion to the lemon waterfall that was supposed to be half day from 8am - 12pm however we spent almosy 2 hours driving around picking up other customers for different excursions that was not ever explained. In conclusion stay away and book a grand bahia.