OK since staying there I've seen the other recent reviews. This is a nice little place and the staff make you very comfortable. Comments about difficulty finding the place, motor scooters at night, narrow stairs are all true but don't come here if you are expecting some five star purpose-built joint: that's not what Ragusa Ibla is about - use common sense and use your SatNav to get there. Ragusa Ibla is a wonderful place - like no other.
We had a lovely spacious room with a comfortable bed and good bathroom and we were sorry to be moving on. Good breakfast. Free internet. Tony from New Jersey organised parking for us on the road just below, no hassle - in fact he valets your car as soon as you arrive: great! The hotel has an upscale restaurant associated with it: expensive (about €70 a head I think) but fantastic food. I'll put up a separate review.

Carved out of rock, all the rooms are unique (some with their own entrances from the street), well-located to walk around Ragusa Ibla, quiet at night. It is a bit hard to reach by vehicle because of the town's one-way system, but our experience was call when you get to town and they will send someone to guide you there! We loved it. They own a "starred" restaurant about 15 minutes away which we did not get to try it - menu looked terrific!

LOCATION & FACILITIES:
4/5: Amazing hill-top village type location in a narrow, mostly traffic-free lane. (I say “mostly traffic-free” because one or more scooters seemed to take great delight in regularly zipping past in the early hours of the morning, waking me up unfortunately - but I won't hold that against the hotel!) This is such a cute, atmospheric little 10-room hotel. Because of the old-town location there aren’t such luxuries as a swimming pool but they make up for it in the lovely boutique-style rooms.

SERVICE:
5/5: Reception & restaurant staff were, without exception, all lovely and helpful. Great touch – we parked our car initially in the town car park a few streets away, and Tony very kindly took our keys, brought the car up, unloaded our luggage, and re-parked the car in a more convenient location for us!

ROOMS:
5/5: Gorgeous! Ours was actually in a separate building from the main hotel, up some steps and with our own front door! Cute little Juliet balcony. Freshly decorated, spacious and clean, with AC, mini bar, TV, well equipped bathroom with lovely complimentary toiletries, modern fittings and shower over the bath.

RESTAURANT:
4/5: Breakfast was an above-average Italian selection of fresh fruits, cereals, breads, cakes/ tarts, yoghurts, croissants, cheese, cold meats.

The hotel itself does not have the space or facilities to provide Dinner – however, the owners also have a Michelin- starred restaurant of the same name, about a 15-minute walk away, which is certainly worth sampling! The setting was amazing – it is situated in what feels like a cave but was apparently an 18th century stables. Food was of an exceptional standard – we had a 7-course taster meal, and it was a great experience.

THINGS TO DO IN THE LOCALE:
We were on a walking holiday with Inntravel and enjoyed exploring the area. We also just enjoyed strolling round the little lanes and soaking up the atmosphere. There is a mini Tourist train which was nice to enjoy for half an hour, but the commentary was all in Italian so we didn’t really learn too much! You would need a car to get here as the location is rather out-of-the way – we took a drive to Noto, which is a lovely city.

SUMMARY:
This was the 4th of 5 hotels we stayed in on a 2-week trip to Sicily, and I really liked it. It’s an excellent boutique-style hotel with first-class service and beautifully furnished / decorated rooms. I don’t think the town is big enough to warrant staying for more than a few days, but for a 2 or 3 night stay, I would thoroughly recommend it.

Spent three nights here. The staff is extremely helpful and friendly (one of the maids stopped to pick-up my wife and I when she saw us out walking). Great location from which to exlore Ragusa Iblia on foot. Walking distrance to all.