Far too expensive for what you get. The breakfast buffet is terrible, and the food you can buy otherwise is meagre and uninspiring. The shower was a joke, a cold dribble. The room itself was simply acceptable, nothing good or bad about it. The area is noisy.

However, the staff working at this hotel are useless, bordering on bandits. On the first day of my stay I used my towel. On the second day they were replaced by fresh towels. On the third day my towels were taken but no new ones were replaced. No towels showed up for the rest of my stay. To add insult to injury, my own personal towel (which is big and blue, unlike the hotels small white towels) was stolen by the cleaning staff, and a friends white trousers were also stolen.

The coup de grace came when I came to leave the Hotel. I checked out, deposited my luggage in the care of reception, and was then accused of stealing two of the hotels towels, and told I would not get my luggage back until I paid way over the odds to have them replace. This made me furious. I was not permitted to retrieve my bags and was physically restrained by security to prevent me leaving. I had to pay 20 pesos to be allowed to leave, after hearing that I had been given fresh towels every day from my cleaner, and told that I had left the towels at the beach, despite the fact I did not go to the beach. I was even told that they knew I had been to the beach on Sunday, as they found "Sunday Sand" in my room.

After this incident, I ordered a sandwich and water because I was hungry and thirsty, which comes to CUC4.50. I recieved no change from a CUC10 note.

Do not stay at this hotel.

The hotel claims to be a 3 star hotel, we wonder! The buffet breakfast is meager, tasteless and no variety as regards to food. The shower has to be the smallest I have seen in my life and if you weight around 200 lbs or more you are most likely not going to fit in.
Towels and bed sheets were not changed in the 4 days we stayed there.
The hotel may be in a good zone but it is lurked by vandals wanting to make their day off tourists, if I have to recommend this hotel I could but not as a 3-star hotel, it should degraded to a 1 star hotel, if at all

Stayed here in December. Found it very hard to find a room in the city, but this big hotel had space, and it was worth hunting for. Decent, clean, western class hotel. If you stay above the 9th floor you have amazing views. I think we paid about US$70 for a double. Very convenient for all the nightlife which is mostly in this area. FYI for those using this as as the night before their flight - if you have a late flight pop over to the Habana Libre and chill out before the flight with no hassle, and not over-expensive drink prices.

I stayed at St. Johns for 10 days recently December 25th - January 4th, 2004. the rooms are clean and the hot water worked in my room. there is a US$2.00 daily fee for use of the safe desposit in the room. the Hotel does not have an operable credit card machine , so all charges have to be paid for in cash.

Paper is a scarce commodity in cuba, so most public restrooms do not provide toilet paper. I would advise walking with an adequate supply of both toilet paper and tissues and basic medication such as asprin, panadol etc.

The hotel because of its proximty to night clubs, and vehicular traffic is very noisy so if you are seeking peace and quiet this is not the environment for you.

Hanava has lots of characer but it is a smokers paradise so be prepared to be surrounded by smoke on a 24 hour basis. despite these minor irritations I would recommend havana to anyone looking for a holiday experieece with a difference