La Romana hotel rooms a the Independent

"This ‘resort’ was pretty ho hum. Nothing special. Very limited menu - and same menu for both lunch and dinner. Very disappointing Limited pool chairs. The pool deck’s side tables were all chipped and rusting. Staff were not friendly. We arrived 6:30 am (sorry - that’s just when our flight got in!!). On arrival of course there was no room available. No suggestion of “go have a coffee and breakfast on us (or at a reduced rate)”. I asked if they had a guest room available for use by guests arriving early or checking out late. No. And no suggestion of where to go to change - which we just did in the lobby washroom. We went to the restaurant and had a very light bite to eat from the buffet - each of us were charged full price of $20 pp and ate about $5 worth. We checked back every few hours to see if our room was available and every time the reception was cold. Not welcoming. I even had to pay for the 2 bottles of water I asked for. We finally got our room approx. 3 pm. When I asked if it was ocean view the woman was quite indignant - “oh no!!!! It’s city view”. Well their city view is a view of the hotel’s parking lot where service vehicles (trucks and vans) come and go. Guests arriving in the afternoon got a much more warm welcome - including complimentary rum punches. Not us!! Had we been treated as if they were happy to have us as guests my review might be better. But seriously not one person was warm or welcoming. "

"The best of best. Altos de Chavon highly recommended to go visit. 5 stars restaurants with the best art culinary chefs "

"2 mins walk to the beach but be aware some loud musics from the bars along the beach could go to late at night 9-10pm, especially on weekends. The bathroom needs a fan and toilet flushing needs some manual intervention to work. Overall it was good for 2 days stay."

"Excelente, lo recomiendo a ojos cerrado."

"Nice, quiet place. Great value for the cost"

"The room was ok. We were there only for one night. The area is a little shady, but we were (somewhat) close to the La Romana Cruise Port. "

"The staff was amazing and the place is nice. Unfortunately our last night there the hotel didn’t have water and we couldn’t shower. But, beside that it was a good experience. "

"Amazing staff. Very friendly, hotel is very cute and comfortable, room is clean and amenities are handy. Will definitely come here again!"