was the only hotel to get a last minute room 12/31/2007, stayed for 4 nights. the hotel indeed has problems mentioned by the other reviewers, however, my wife & I were quite pleased during out stay; the ocean view from our room is breath taking, the size of the room is wonderful. there are some apparent hardware problems, but understandable. The food in this hotel is quite nice; pastry is simply wonderful, something worth looking forward to every morning in the breakfast buffet. The roof top club has decent local band playing salsa music, with a good size dance floor. Pool on the 2nd floor is decent size, sufficient area for sun bathing. The lobby restaurant is relaxing and good place to hang out. The service in general is slower in Havana, in accordance with the pace of the city. So lower your expectation will improve the satisfaction factor immediately, haha.





