Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
4.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
7.0
Amenities:
7.0
We stayed at the hotel at the beginning of February 2022.
Check-in to rooms from 15.00 but the procedure is standard, put on bracelets, leave your suitcases and you can already safely use the restaurants and the beach. You can change clothes in the toilet near the reception. Immediately take beachwear in your hand luggage so as not to open your suitcases until you are settled in the room.
The territory is nice and well-groomed, but if objectively there are some nuances, the first meal, yes, you won’t be hungry, but the choice is rather weak when compared with 5 * Seafood, except for fish and occasionally squid in tomato sauce, I haven’t watched in 10 days, for lobster lovers, you they will be offered on the beach. cost $ 40-50 having tried it once, I didn’t want to order anymore, the quality of cooking was not pleased. There is a separate fish restaurant, many praise it, but we didn’t get in, you need to sign up in advance.
Regarding fruits - the trays were formed mainly from seasonal pineapples, bananas, papaya, passion fruit and sometimes watermelons, there were mangoes twice, but not ripe, Delicious ripe mangoes were bought separately during the tour for $ 2 per piece, but it was worth it, since this fruit is out of season.
As for alcoholic drinks, the wine served in the restaurant is shamelessly diluted with water, this was expected, for lovers of quality alcohol I advise you to buy separately. If you face the sea, then on the left side of the hotel there are shops where you can buy BARCELO black rum for $ 5 -0.5 l and $ 10 per liter. Coconut oil in small jars can also be bought at the store on site, the cost is $4. seen outside in stores for $5. If you plan to take rum with you, I recommend buying at La Romana airport in Duty Free there are always promotions there, the price is much more pleasant and there will be no excess luggage.
Returning to the hotel, the second nuance is the pools, if there are 3, you can swim only in one near the reception, the rest are only for a limited circle of vacationers. It was a shame to check into building 9 opposite the pool which could not be used, the pool was already considered another hotel for the French, but this is a trifle compared to the noise of the mover that was there from morning until 23.00, their karaoke and screaming without hearing were especially “pleased” and voices. )
The rooms in the building are tolerable, probably it's more like a lottery, to whom, as lucky. Everything worked for us, you could close your eyes to the rest of the minuses in the room. Cleaned every day Very lacking drying for clothes on the balcony. There were only chairs, with such humidity, bathing suits and swimming trunks did not dry very well. Sometimes dried on a ceiling fan hung on the blades and dries faster overnight)
They no longer wanted to change the building, but I would choose somewhere in the area from the 6th, towards the 1st, towards the beach. The first building is on the beach, they asked for $ 1.600 for two rooms, but it's not worth it, because there is the same traffic all day. Wi-Fi was available throughout, but was very slow in places.
Now the beach. The beach itself is not bad, when compared with the beaches of Punta Cana where the ocean is, it's just a sea with almost no waves that crashed on the line of reefs, coral slippers were not useful, if you don't swim far, you won't reach the hedgehogs. There were algae from time to time, but the staff tried to clean the beach, there were enough sun loungers for everyone. Well done animators, groovy, funny, and unobtrusive! From the side watching them smiled at their contests.
For excursions, I highly advise you to go to the island of Saona, here it is the true azure Caribbean Sea and snow-white sand, I would return there for the third time.
We planned to buy excursions through the Dominican Republic PRO company, but unfortunately they don’t go to the La Romana area, I had to buy Anex from the guide and regretted that they stepped on the same rake that other dissatisfied tourists who wrote reviews earlier. Anex excelled wherever possible, when booking seats on the plane and of course paying extra for it, we were a family of 4 people scattered around the cabin on the way back. Rude attitude!
For those who are in the Dominican Republic for the first time, the format of the hotel itself may come in, but we will definitely not go to this place the second time.
I would like to draw attention to those who go there for the first time, regardless of the hotel, do not expect a prompt response from the staff - this is typical for the mentality of local residents, they will not rush anywhere. Dominican trankila and mañ ana rule!
But the quality of rest is formed not by the conditions, but by your mood, the children (son 20 years old and daughter 15 years old) liked everything, they were in the Dominican Republic for the first time and said that it was the best vacation! You can find fault with everything, so when reading reviews, remember this. We still had fun and did not want to leave, especially realizing that it was winter at home, work, study and cold.
Check-in to rooms from 15.00 but the procedure is standard, put on bracelets, leave your suitcases and you can already safely use the restaurants and the beach. You can change clothes in the toilet near the reception. Immediately take beachwear in your hand luggage so as not to open your suitcases until you are settled in the room.
The territory is nice and well-groomed, but if objectively there are some nuances, the first meal, yes, you won’t be hungry, but the choice is rather weak when compared with 5 * Seafood, except for fish and occasionally squid in tomato sauce, I haven’t watched in 10 days, for lobster lovers, you they will be offered on the beach. cost $ 40-50 having tried it once, I didn’t want to order anymore, the quality of cooking was not pleased. There is a separate fish restaurant, many praise it, but we didn’t get in, you need to sign up in advance.
Regarding fruits - the trays were formed mainly from seasonal pineapples, bananas, papaya, passion fruit and sometimes watermelons, there were mangoes twice, but not ripe, Delicious ripe mangoes were bought separately during the tour for $ 2 per piece, but it was worth it, since this fruit is out of season.
As for alcoholic drinks, the wine served in the restaurant is shamelessly diluted with water, this was expected, for lovers of quality alcohol I advise you to buy separately. If you face the sea, then on the left side of the hotel there are shops where you can buy BARCELO black rum for $ 5 -0.5 l and $ 10 per liter. Coconut oil in small jars can also be bought at the store on site, the cost is $4. seen outside in stores for $5. If you plan to take rum with you, I recommend buying at La Romana airport in Duty Free there are always promotions there, the price is much more pleasant and there will be no excess luggage.
Returning to the hotel, the second nuance is the pools, if there are 3, you can swim only in one near the reception, the rest are only for a limited circle of vacationers. It was a shame to check into building 9 opposite the pool which could not be used, the pool was already considered another hotel for the French, but this is a trifle compared to the noise of the mover that was there from morning until 23.00, their karaoke and screaming without hearing were especially “pleased” and voices. )
The rooms in the building are tolerable, probably it's more like a lottery, to whom, as lucky. Everything worked for us, you could close your eyes to the rest of the minuses in the room. Cleaned every day Very lacking drying for clothes on the balcony. There were only chairs, with such humidity, bathing suits and swimming trunks did not dry very well. Sometimes dried on a ceiling fan hung on the blades and dries faster overnight)
They no longer wanted to change the building, but I would choose somewhere in the area from the 6th, towards the 1st, towards the beach. The first building is on the beach, they asked for $ 1.600 for two rooms, but it's not worth it, because there is the same traffic all day. Wi-Fi was available throughout, but was very slow in places.
Now the beach. The beach itself is not bad, when compared with the beaches of Punta Cana where the ocean is, it's just a sea with almost no waves that crashed on the line of reefs, coral slippers were not useful, if you don't swim far, you won't reach the hedgehogs. There were algae from time to time, but the staff tried to clean the beach, there were enough sun loungers for everyone. Well done animators, groovy, funny, and unobtrusive! From the side watching them smiled at their contests.
For excursions, I highly advise you to go to the island of Saona, here it is the true azure Caribbean Sea and snow-white sand, I would return there for the third time.
We planned to buy excursions through the Dominican Republic PRO company, but unfortunately they don’t go to the La Romana area, I had to buy Anex from the guide and regretted that they stepped on the same rake that other dissatisfied tourists who wrote reviews earlier. Anex excelled wherever possible, when booking seats on the plane and of course paying extra for it, we were a family of 4 people scattered around the cabin on the way back. Rude attitude!
For those who are in the Dominican Republic for the first time, the format of the hotel itself may come in, but we will definitely not go to this place the second time.
I would like to draw attention to those who go there for the first time, regardless of the hotel, do not expect a prompt response from the staff - this is typical for the mentality of local residents, they will not rush anywhere. Dominican trankila and mañ ana rule!
But the quality of rest is formed not by the conditions, but by your mood, the children (son 20 years old and daughter 15 years old) liked everything, they were in the Dominican Republic for the first time and said that it was the best vacation! You can find fault with everything, so when reading reviews, remember this. We still had fun and did not want to leave, especially realizing that it was winter at home, work, study and cold.
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