Catalonia La Romana

A fantastic adult’s only resort. Amazing staff, fabulous swim up room. Beautiful beach and the quality of the food and service in all the restaurants totally exceeded our expectations. Special shout outs to: Catherine, (Reception), Brianda, (Siwichi Restaurant), Reyna, (our amazing housekeeper), who went way over and beyond with her creative towel sculptures, attention to detail and ‘nothing was too much trouble’ attitude…. a truly delightful person and a credit to this hotel. Christopher and Marialis at the adult swim up bar, Darling in the Twist bar and definitely the Team in the Tapas Beach bar in the main resort, (who nicknamed us Mamna and Pappa)…. in fact, we wish we could name every member of staff we met as they were all so friendly, charming and helpful. We absolutely loved our two weeks at this hotel, everything about the resort was exactly as described when we were choosing where to stay in the Dominican Republic. It’s been almost 20 years since the last time I was here, after staying at the Catalonia Royal La Romana resort…. it most definitely will not be another 20 years until we next visit this beautiful Caribbean country. J.J and Judi, (24/6 - 7/6…. room 106)

Angel Sequetel and Angel Montero from animation team, we love you. BeBa and Fernando also great. Beach bar personal was lovely too!! ❤️

Go here. As a couple who travelled to DR in the past and the experience was subpar we have decided to give it one last chance. And it paid off..this hotel exceeded our expectations BY FAR. Everything was awsome!! Staff super friendly, funny, chatty and to our service at all times with every single question we had! Not going to mention hotel property grounds etc because, we are talkin dominican here.. Food super good, large variety Rooms and accomodation modern spatious and always clean. Tips: try sushi at the beach bar All in all there are no words or pics to do this hotel justice so overall...GO HERE you won't regret

Such a pleasant experience at this place. The check in was smooth like butter with pleasant atmosphere of the lobby & a welcome drink. Beach is well maintained ,clean & well equipped with straw beach umbrellas unlike other resorts I've stayed in the nearby location over the years. Multiple employees brought drinks,fruits to the beach during the day. Food at the buffet was great with many healthy, tasty,high quality foods & the a la carte restaurants were excellent, specially Beloved& Tuscania. Employees were by far the best I've experienced in this area from my 12years of visiting this area. A shout out to an excellent barista, Luis Alfredo at the main lobby cafe/bar, he was the best in the entire property. Every corner was so clean & well maintained, well thought out for the comfort of the guests. Location of the cafes, restaurants, bath rooms, etc were very well planned for the comfort of the guests. The only very minor issue was the showers on the beach which was limited to 2 locations unless I've overlooked. The employees were warm, yet courteous & accommodating. We didn't even have to shlep beach towels to change, they were changed by cleaning ladies from our room daily, no need to bring old ones to the specific location daily in the heat. Peaceful without noisy music blasting all day on the beach which is the reason why we chose not to go back to other resorts nearby in the area, yet had enough entertainment to keep certain people who want them occupied. it felt as if even the guests were on higher level in their public manner than others I've encountered at other resorts nearby. Already planning for next visit.

This hotel has a lot going for it - and staying there is an enjoyable experience. However it does have some problems which means it shouldn't really be considered 5*. Pros: - Cleanliness. The rooms and resort were pristine. - Adults only restaurants service and food were brilliant. - Twist bar service was amazing and staff were wonderful. Cons: - By far the biggest is that this is not an adults-only hotel. It is in fact an adults only section of the much larger Catalonia Bayahibe family friendly resort. - Distance from the beach. In order to reach the beach it's a good 5 minutes solid walk either through y family section or along what is essentially a hotel service road. - The beach section is very noisy, both from the blaring music of the Dreams family friendly hotel next door and the Catalonia Bayahibe. - The swimming pool isn't that big, you can't really swim in it. - Family side restaurants service and food is absolutely appalling! Cold food, wrong orders, massive waits (even after coaxing, we're talking over an hour for food to arrive after being ordered) It's a nice place, the gardens are lovely, the drink selection is top-notch. However, it lacks the little things that every other 5* resort I've stayed in has. For example: - no welcome drink on arrival - no towel arrangements in room - no acknowledgement of special occasions even if told about them on booking - very limited drinks service to sunbeds

Catalonia Royal was fantastic, we have been to many all inclusive resorts, and the staff in this one are by far the most friendly, and willing to help out of any we have been to. It was honestly shocking at how impressed we was by it and was the main thing we remembered about our stay. The lobby bar staff, particularly Arjel was fantastic, good drinks, increidbly friendly and efficient. The wait staff at the resturants was great, I belive the name was Armundo was incredibly nice and accomadating throughout the stay. The A la cartes are pretty great, the steak was always great, the Wine was good and the food was always quick. The breakfast buffet was also very good with a fairly good selection. The buffet at the none adult only part of the hotel you get access to was not the best though, the food was not varied, but you have around 5 a la cartes at the adult only area, 2 days a week where one becomes a buffet, so you don't really need to go to the other hotel for food. The room was great, very comfortable beds and pillows, the AC wasn't the best but kept the room at around 21-22C but didn't take it lower and was comfortable enough. The pools are nice, but most of the time would be spent at the beach, which is fantastic, there was zero sea ****, we went to visit some friends at a hotel just a few hotels down, and went in their sea and they had Seaweed. The beach is also entirely sandy as you walk into it, you will step on purely sand and no rocks, unlike the other hotel nearby which was entirely rocks once you entered the sea. The hotel was very quiet, you would always get a seat at a pool if you wanted, as no one was there, everyone was at the beach. The only annoying part was people would wake up at incredibly early hours to reserve all the sun beds. Its sad but it becomes a game of 'can't beat them, join them' Where we found our self waking up a couple times at 7AM to walk down and try grab one before they was all gone, and still would not get great seats. I'd recomend hotel figures a way to combat people just reserving the beds. The hotel caters more to Spanish audience, as most of the guests was Spanish speaking, or Italian. Quite refreshing compared to most hotels we go to being full of British and Americans. As a British couple who doesn't speak Spanish, they was still very accomdating and we had pretty much no issues with communication.