The Ideal Villa makes you feel you are on a tropical vacation, even if you are in Port-au-Prince. It is one of the prettiest hotels in the price range in Haiti, convenient, clean and friendly. You may be serenaded in the evenings by singing from the church next door - very relaxing after a noise-filled day. The only annoyance was extremely slow meal service - plan 1/2 a day for a lunch!

I was there for almost one month in August 2004. There we suffered with no a/c or light. When went to complain I received service after 2 hours of complaining. I go to haiti yearly and this was the worst experience at ideal villa hotel. I will think hard before going back there again.


sandi

nice, spacious Hotel. It's being renovated. What's interesting is the low price , about 15 us a day, but the interesting part is that you can rent appts on a yearly basis at low prices. Very tranquil.

Ideal Villa's best asset is probably its central location up in Delmas, just minutes from the international airport, halfway between downtown Port-au-Prince and swanky Petion-Ville. Its small and unimpressive pool is a welcoming and refreshing site after a day of hustling and bustling around town. Its welcoming staff keeps the tradition of impeccable Haitian service: the food (especially the Sunday morning pumkin soup) is divine, although a serving of white and hard-to-chew lambi (counch) was a disappointment. They cleaned my room and providided fresh sheets and towels everyday. They even changed my room to a bigger, quieter one when the tv in the first one malfunctioned. They deserve their tips, and could certainly use more.As far as hotels go in Haiti, the Ideal Villa is a very good deal for the price.