This is without doubt an excellent hotel. I would be good in any city, but when you come in from wandering in Havana it is truely an oasis of peace and quite and civilisation.
The food is excellent, the bar and atrium are delightful, and the rooms clean and modern.

An excellent hotel in a city noted for it's hotels being a little below the 'international par'. Location for the old town could not be better, food was good, bar and bars snacks excellent. The rooms were clean and everything worked fine. Perhaps the decor in our room was becoming a little outdated, but not a problem to us.
Havana is different and a fantastic city to visit; see it before capiltalism really gets a grip! (just don't expect every thing to be as you would find in europe/U.S).
A quick tip; be careful with the bank tellers (there is a bank exchange in the hotel, but not run by the hotel). When changing sterling into CUCs a teller tried to give me an exchange for euros!
We combined this hotel with the Melia Cayo Coco; an excellent combination for adults.

My girlfriend and I booked this as part of a twin centre deal with the Blau Varadero via Theholidayplace. 10 nights in the blau and 3 nights in parque central for £860, since you're asking. We did the blau first and were bowled over by the friendlyness of the staff and the quality of the food and then we came to parque central...........

The blau was only meant to be 4* but the food was far better than the parque central. The breakfast in parque central was fine but for other meals i'd recommend heading out - they're loads of better places to eat within a stone's throw of the hotel for a fraction of the price.

Was also disappointed with the hotel staff - they appeared to be a bit snooty and the roof top pool, although great, was full of poseurs. Maybe i'm not used to 5* hotels, though?

We did, however, really enjoy our stay as the location is BRILLIANT for old havana and all of the sights and also quiet on a night. Overall this is a great hotel for exploring Havana but we'd recommend getting out and about.

I should say that some people we met came into our hotel and thought it was a lot better than theirs, though...............so maybe this is the best in havana?

We stayed at the NH Parque Central hotel in Havana for the final 3 days of our 2 week holiday to Cuba and compared to the accommodation we had been in, it was like pure luxury! It was a welcome break from the casa particulars (guest houses) and even the all inclusive hotel we had used for the other 11 days of our holiday! We cannot entirely give the hotel credit as it was largely due to the fact we had been missing having the luxury of television for most of our time in Cuba, and of course they had a television in the room! It was also largely due to the fact that Cuba has rubbish food (as anyone who has been will agree I'm sure) and that clearly all the "good" or tasty food has been reserved for international hotels! However, what I will say was that the hotel did have a good standard of cleanliness, customer service and accommodation. The rooms were spacious, the bed was amazing (big and comfortable) and the room was nice and dark in the morning. In the casa particulars we were used to being woken up by light at 5am in the morning, noisy tractors and crowing roosters! The bathroom looked very new and clean and the dressing gowns were a nice bonus. All the amenities you would expect from a 5 star hotel were there. The only thing I would say, which I didn't bother mentioning whilst there is that the hairdryer was not working in our room, 519.

Breakfast was good and varied, although the dining room in which breakfast was held was a little stuffy. My boyfriend suggested they kept the room hot so that guests wouldn't stay too long and eat too much!

The hotel also has a swimming pool on the roof - I didn't get a chance to use it, but the bar and table area around the pool was a nice place to relax, enjoy the views and a drink of two. The bar food was also of a very high standard.

At the hotel, I used the laundry service twice, and also room service. The laundry service was extremely quick and efficient, but I cannot say the same of the room service. We waited about an hour and a half for a steak sandwich and a lasagne. The estimated wait time was 30 minutes. As we were so tired from being out for the day, we couldn't be be bothered to complain. This is my main complaint from the hotel.

All in all, a very professional and efficient service from all staff and a good standard of accommodation and food. I would recommend this hotel if staying in Havana, and my boyfriend and I would stay there should we ever visit again.