To start with the good things: Rooms are clean, but ours had a window only into the hotel corridor, which is firstly rather dark and secondly not very quiet. Also, our room was already a bit worn-off; some simple maintenance work should be done. Location is very central, just some meters off the Plaza de Armas. And the free internet... More

My wife and I stayed here (room 309) enroute to Ceiba Tops Lodge on the night of 28th February 2010. It was clean and functional, but not brilliant. It is well located 5 minuted from the square, I'd stay again. Good Value, but not flash.

Excellent location near the main square. Very small swimming pool in the courtyard, but nowhere to lay down to enjoy the sun (around noon). Friendly and helpfull staff. Don't take their advise though on restaurants to visit. Very simple breakfast. Officially till 10am, but around 9am most baskets are empty. Please note that currently (August 2009) the hotel is under... More

5 star my butt. 3 star at the most. the rooms are not bad but, over priced. the food is bad and very overpriced. the door man (Jaime) is a con man and a crook. he stole money from me. in one word---BEWARE

We stayed in Iquitos for a week, 4 nights at the El Dorado Hotel. I must say I was very disappointed. Room was ok, but service was weak , staff very impersonal and breakfast is a shame. A very strange and original point is that they organized a birthday party on saturday night, and therefore it was almost imposible to... More

I travel to Iquitos 2 or 3 times a year. I normally stay at 3 star hotels there and have sampled most of them. I believed staying here would be a slight step up to some that I have stayed in the past, but I was very disappointed and ended up checking out and going to a hotel that was... More

this is the budget sister hotel of the 5 star el dorado hotel on the plaza, about 2 blocks away. usually i stay at backpackers hostals but i got in at 4am this was the first place we found open. $45 for a matrimonial room - nice size room, nice bed, nice bathroom, air conditining, cable tv, mini fridge (nice... More

I'm the poster of some other reviews re: Iquitos, and wanted to post on the El Dorado as well. When I worked in Iquitos with a medical group, many of our volunteers stayed at the El Dorado. The hotel is very small - I'm shocked to see that there are actually 60 rooms, as the lobby and restaurant are tiny.... More