I highly recommend hotel DeJa Voux. Great value at RD1200 (including breakfast) for a single room which is actually a mini-suite with an entryway with fridge and sink. Nice pool, Restaurant and night club on site. The place to go for locals is La Monumenta, which is a string of colmados across from a park where they set up the plastic tables and chairs. On a good night, the female/male ratio is at least 2/1, and tourists are rare. You might want to PM buseouno from this board. He lives in La Romana, and was nice enough to show me around when I made my first trip there. Chuckuindy is also VERY familiar with LR.