we stayed here at the recommendation of a canadian couple we met on the bus journey to Havana, we hadn't booked anywhere and wanted something cheap.
when we go there you can tell at some point during it long life this must have been a very nice Hotel, it's very run down now.

we booked a room for 3 which was on the 8th floor and was a 2 room suite, and paid £70 for 2 nights so very cheap. we didn't have hot water which we had been told at check in. the view from the roof bar is fantastic and worth the stay. the area the hotel is situated in is very run down as well so if you are not an adventurous traveller i wouldn't stay here.

the staff don't speak much if any english we were luck that the bell boy who did speak english helped us when we checked in.

all i would say is this is not a hotel for people who want 5 star hotels with exceptional service. it a place to stay and see the real havana

do not go there, dirty bed lines, disgusting breakfast (we also had to wait almost one hour to get a coffee) people unfriendly, we got to pay to leave our luggage only for one day before taking the airplane, a friend has been snatched just outide the "hotel", better to sleep under a bridge

Stay away from this hotel, the staff are unfriendly and don´t want to know you. The breakfast is awful and the rooms are not great at all....... I know its quite cheap but still its not worth it. Don´t let this place spoil your trip to an intersting country like cuba

I have travelled widely and don't expect luxury...but this was awful.
On arrival, AC didn't work. Had to ask about 6 times before someone fixed it. Es Cuba, I didn't expect everything to be in perfect working order, but being virtually ignored is another thing.
The receptionist was outright rude, mocking my Spanish to her colleagues. Yes I mistakenly used caliente, not calor to say the room was too hot - I just got off an 8 hr flight, and had had a few hours of Spanish classes! No need to be so rude.
Then water began coming through the ceiling. I had to move rooms. Again, the AC didn't work. I didn't bother asking them to fix it, just made do with the pathetic whisper of a breeze it provided.

The breakfast was awful - bread, sticky heavy pastries, tired tinned fruit.

The hotel is generally tired and dilapidated.

The lifts are pointless, as they are so slow,

I thought the hotel would be atmospheric, due to its history including the kidnap of racing driver Fangio in the 1950s, but it wasn't.

The rude staff ruined it.