Rooms are the big drawback here, unless you reserve one with a balcony facing the Parque Central. Most are spartan, dark and dusty. Yet some people keep coming back for the Our Man in Havana experience. However, the abundance of tourists in shorts and bright T-shirts brings you jarringly to the 1990s. The hotel is full of low-budget travelers on package tours, armed with hotel vouchers.
Rooms are dark and dire.
Renovated about two years ago, it looks wonderful from the outside with its well-restored eclectic facade. The reception area is mostly taken up by the bar, which is a pleasant place to relax and have a cocktail or coffee and watch the street action on Calle Obispo. A terrace on the top floor has a bar and restaurant that offer excellent views over the rooftops of Old Havana. Unfortunately, the rooms are a nightmare. They are small, dark and tacky.