The rooms are clean, and the staff is helpful, though they did not have my room available, and upon arrival they bumped me into a more expensive room. They asked for my money upfront, something which I also did not like. However, it is a decent, budget, clean place to sleep. A bed and a bathroom.
The room, however, is minuscule. The closet was tiny and partially blocked by the nitetable. So it was useless. No cabinets either.
There is no table or desk of any sort, you cannot work from there. Outside, there isnt an option to work either. Its mostly a passerby hotel, made for those who need to sleep a nite and move on. Not for the business traveler looking for a budget solution.
My cellphone had no reception because the building is solid concrete (I have a 2G phone), and the Wireless internet barely reached my room, even though it was the second closest to the lobby on the ground floor.
It is also very poorly lit, but this seems to be a problem in every hotel except the Marriott and Hilton.

My husband and I travel frequent to Santo Domingo and usually stay for just one night. We have stayed at a variety of hotels in the past. For the most part, if you want a clean room, A/C, cable TV and parking (a must for us), you have to pay at least $100. I came across reviews for Alcaldeza on Tripadvisor and considering the low advertised rate, we decided to give it a try. We arrived without a reservation. They had rooms priced from $35 to $50, all of which have A/C, cable TV and parking. We decided on the $50 room because it also had a mini-bar and a small patio. Rooms are rather small but very comfortable, especially for a one-night stay, the A/C worked perfectly well, so did the Cable TV. The mini-bar was stocked with beverages with incredible low prices which is quite unusual for a hotel mini-bar (15 pesos for water, just 60 for a small Presidente). Our room was very cleaned too. No bed cover, and the furniture a bit run down. There's no restaurant but there are a few good restaurants within walking distance, and there was a list of restaurants with phone numbers in the room were you can call for delivery.

The hotel is located in Gascue, so it's very convenient for anyone wanting to be close to El Malecon, as well as close to Zona Colonial.

We met two of the receptionists, both very nice. The gentlemen who showed us the room spoke to us in Spanish so we don't know whether he speaks English. The young lady working in the morning speaks very good English.

Alcadeza has a sign outdoor that says Hostal Alcadeza; the business cards say the same. I don't believe that it qualifies as a "hostal". Everything we saw pretty much describes is as a regular hotel.

We're very glad we decided to stay there; now we have a nice place to stay for the night when we visit Santo Domingo on business. We will definitely go back to Alcadeza because of value. We've been in other hotels in Sto. Domingo similarly priced and wouldn't send our worst enemies to those place, but we will recommend Alcaldeza for a budget traveller or anyone who needs a clean and nice place to crash for a couple of nights.

We ( my husband and i) stayed in the best value room for the location and nice people. Didn't know you can have anything you want deliveried to your room. (i.e., order in food, drinks) Nice clean place. has their own generator when the rest of the city is out of lights. close to the best restaurants and the staff is great for directions.

You must go eat at Hermanos Villar Restaurant which is, like, a block away. For the best food.

This place is great.

I saw some reviews on tripadvisor and I just wanted an inexpensive place to stay in Santo Domingo before heading to Bayahibe. I found this hotel to be clean, basic but clean and the staff were very helpful. The only issue I had was getting there. The taxi drivers didn't know where it was, but we found it. I enjoyed the two nights I spent there. It is close to the Zona Colonia which is nice.