Eden Roc Cap Cana - (Alcohol not included)

The DR's strangest luxury bookable, and the caveat in the slug is doing all the work. Eden Roc is Cap Cana's Relais & Châteaux-tier property — suites and beachfront villas, the food program is genuinely restaurant-grade, and the service ratio is the highest in the country. The score (94) reflects that the product is real. But the all-inclusive package does not include alcohol, which is the load-bearing detail.

The math gets weird fast. The headline rate compares unfavorably to Cap Cana's full-AI luxury tier (Secrets, Sanctuary) before drinks, and once a week of wine-and-cocktails is layered on, the gap widens further. The implicit positioning is closer to "luxury hotel with breakfast and dinner" than to a traditional all-inclusive, and travelers who don't read the policy carefully will be surprised at checkout.

What you're paying for: the country's best food and service, at a property that operates more like a small European luxury hotel than a Caribbean AI, with a pricing structure that punishes anyone who didn't expect it. For travelers who don't drink, the math actually works. For everyone else, Secrets or Sanctuary Cap Cana give back most of the experience at a fully-loaded lower number.