first of all I have to say that the staff was very friendly and surely had the best intentions but there are things you just can not forgive.
small superior (haha!) hotel rooms with cheap decoration and outdated furniture at 129 us is ridiculous .i only paid 65 plus tax thru aa com but it is not even worth 29.99. tv sets from 1980 okay, whiskey at 8 us ,okay (the smallest bottles),noisy tourist (colombians and us americans)at 3 in the night slamming the doors.of course the cheapest ones..so you practically feel like having no door at all in the room.ahhh,safety boxes extra.(pretty shabby and miserable ,right???) ..even that is okay.... but that is subjective. okay. small rooms, like 120 sqft or 9 m2 (if at all!!!) ,tiny little bathroom with shower 2 foot by 2 foot,really !!! 60x60 cm !!! and an aircondition that made my girlfriend sick becaus e you can not direct the vent.
but okay.one can forgive this. what you can not forgive is the following:
i had breakfast today9/29/11 (last day in that hotel,i am writing this back home here in palmbeach,fl (thanks god i am back!!!) and had 3 of these small breakfast sausages and guess what i found and not swallowed !!! a metal nail,crooked 2 cm x 1 cm in an L shape.
i was really scared ,then annoyed and mad and made a scandal. how can this happen??? they apologized and everything but tell me....when your 5 year old kid swallos this,or you just eat it and gone....... you are dead. so how can i forgive this?? i made a report to politur police and filed a claim at the airport before the ministry of tourism.the number of the claim is sd pol 17823-00.in case you want to know more about it contact me in a couple of weeks! of course in a country like this nothing will change.in the us i would sue them back to the stone ages and file a million dollar case for attempted homicide but in that country...just forget about it and try to find a hotel which choses more carefully its products.just incredible,really !!!...so be careful when chosing this hotel. or at least dont have breakfast.without this incident i would have left 2 points ,but this is unforgiveable,really. not even one point. imagine...you have breakfast and cut your throat and stomach from the inside because a shabby litttle place does not check its food??? maybe to make some more profit? i guess you already got the point ...decide for yourself if you want to stay in a place like that.
as forrest gump would say....that is all i have to say about it.....
never ever again

During a business trip in March 2011, I stayed in this "Boutique hotel" for one night.
The hotel is located in the colonial part of Santo Domingo.
As I arrived at about midnight and left the next day, I had no chance to dive into the culture of the colonial area.

Despite my late check-in, the receptionists were helpful; checkin was quick and the overall amosphere of this place was very familial.

The room size was just OK (some would say too small); cleanliness OK.

Breakfast was basic and OK - but nothing exciting.

The hotel had an interesting decoration; including in the rooms.
I assume, that´s why it´s called a "Boutique hotel".
Other than that: no pool; no gym...

There are plenty of dining options in easy walking distance; also the Hard-Rock Cafe.

We have a lovely time at the colonial area in santo domingo manything to do around the hotel
Very good price excellent service and free breakfast

This hotel, like all, has its pros and cons. One big pro is its location. It is located within walking distance from El Conde, Hard Rock Cafe, a park, many dining/drinking establishments. This is a great place to stay if you don't have a car and don't want to spend a lot of money on taxis to get around the city. The rooms are ok. The pictures posted on the website are a little deceiving. They rooms are decorated the way they appear in the photos (which is good), but in my opinion the rooms are much smaller than they appear in the photos. The bathroom is fairly small and the shower is quite small. One suggestion I have- when making the reservation ask for a room with a balcony. It gives you a little more space in your little dwelling and you can enjoy the view of the city streets. Food at the hotel is good. The elevator is one of the smallest I have ever been in. The power went out (se fue la luz) during our stay and it took a while for it to be restored. There was a mini fridge in our room which was useful for water and a few food items. One weird thing with the hotel is that someone stops by (not the cleaning person) every day and notes if you have used any of the items in the mini bar or other toiletries that aren't complimentary. Although they stopped by every day, they didn't document the items on our bill. For example, we used one of the toothbrushes offered by the hotel ($70 RD) on our first night of our 5 night stay. The guy came by the room the next day and presumably documented on his clipboard that we used the toothbrush. He also stopped by the next 4 mornings. Upon check-out, they asked if we used anything from the mini bar and had no record of us using the toothbrush. The front desk called the guy and he confirmed that we used the toothbrush. Not a huge deal, but it made us wonder why someone interrupted our mornings to check the mini bar if that information was never passed on to anyone. Anyway, overall a decent place to stay and very close to a lot of things to do.