I stayed at the Kinam for a week in March 2007. This is an older hotel that was probably pretty nice in its glory days; unfortunately, those are long past. I was in two different rooms during my stay. Both had that 'permanently dirty' look about them (particularly the bathrooms) and it seemed that in general there weren't any standards across rooms. I was there with three colleagues in different rooms and despite having reserved the same thing, we all ended up with a combination of functioning and non-functioning equipment: tv, wireless, fridge, safe. The pool is nice, but it is very small and I question how clean it is. It is the only exercise 'equipment' available.

The Front Desk staff were quite helpful, though they seemed a bit lost at times. My luggage had been lost during my trip to PAP so I had very little with me: it took about three people to find me the world's tiniest bar of crappy hotel soap, something which is not normally provided in your room at Kinam. The second room I stayed in had a lock on it that was mostly broken: I had to have the staff come up and open it for me about 6 times after fighting wtih it for five minutes.

The food, in general, was terrible. I am told that Kinam has 'off years'. Hopefully 2008 will be an 'on year'.

Kinam is well-located, in the heart of Petion-ville, close to a supermarket, banks, police station and the mairie.

I will be returning to Haiti in March 28 and hope to stay somewhere else.

I stayed at the Kinam this summer for 2 weeks and re-visited the Kinam only to dine in the restaurant this December. When I stayed there this summer I had to change rooms a couple of times because the rooms were like little prison cells. The first room was really only something to sleep in but since I was planning on staying for two weeks and knew I would spend consiterable time in the room, I needed something nicer. The room I finally got was a nice room with a balcony but you cannot hang your clothes in the closet unless you like that musty smell. I would chose another hotel next time but I really like the restaurant because it is outside overlooking the pool and I loved the atmosphere. However, the prices are really high. When I took a group of Haitian friends to eat there, they were shocked at how much it cost. We spent $100.00 us dollars for 5 people. In an American restaurant this would be average but since restaurants in the Perionville area will sell you a huge meal for around $5.00 I find that the prices at the Kinam are a bit too high but the food is pretty good and safe. (plus you can pay with your U.S. credit card) This is also the hotel recomended by the local orphenages for parents to stay with their newly adopted children. Careful with one young waiter there. He will be very nice and try to get you to open your wallet when you least expect it.

We brought our whole family, our children are age 17-31, our family is Canadian and Haitian decent. The Kinam Hotel was perfect for all of us. We spent alot of time on the terrace over looking the pool and using the pool for mostly evening swims. It was fantastic! With lots of areas to lounge around the pool. The rooms and Hotel were immaculately clean. Housekeeping was friendly and trustworthy. The front desk staff is mostly bilingual so it was easy to communicate any need we had. Robert at the front desk was wonderful - as was Richard in the bar suggesting things to do and directing us away from any kind of area that might be a problem for us. The hotel recommended a driver named Jean-Robert, he has been in the business for over 25 yrs. and was an excellent driver and negotiator when we had too many people for him to take, he found us a bus and a van for a fair price. His english quite good. Very easy to deal with. The location is handy to a Pharmacy and Bank. With close sidewalk shopping right at the end of the block. Excellent security guards posted at the front gate 24 hours a day. They too are very friendly. The food was very good as was the service in the resturant. Prices varied but for the most part were reasonable.

The bathrooms did not smell very fresh but they looked clean, the comforter on the bed smelled very bad we had to take the comforter off the bed and put it in the closet so we slept on only the white sheet.
I told one of the gentlemen at the bar that we needed more ice and he told me to go check the thermos in the room like he didn't believe me(I knew we did not have any ice because it had melted and/or been used by us since we checked in earlier that day). So I had to go downstairs to the room, get the thermos and bring it to the bar to get more ice.The roll-away/extra beds are very uncomfortable and unstable. When you lay on them you feel like they will close up or fall apart.
I asked for another they told me they would check to see if they had one no one ever came to the room or called the room to say if yes or no they found another roll away bed to replace the bad one-so it was slept on with minor rolling around that night to avoid any falls or other incidents. The stray cats (and their meowing)are a little annoying.
The security, maids parking and front desk personnel were good.