Republica Pagana

No one took my order, I was waiting for more than 30 minutes. The staff was talking at the bar and I was the only table the food is not impressive

Glamorous boutique adults only hotel! I would highly recommend it for those seeking quiet time away. It was a block from the Malecón and rooms from floor 2 can see the water. Rooftop is exquisite. Busy though. Good was good and drinks were delicious.

The design of the hotel is off the wall. I imagine the architect/designer was one of those eccentric geniuses who so lack common sense that they aren't safe to be let out alone, the type who would go out for a pint of milk but come back with a combine harvester. And no milk. On first sight the hotel looks amazing. The rooftop bar is an incredible space and there is a real wow factor when entering your room for the first time. The view of the ocean is stunning, the furniture and furnishings, art etc. are top quality, right down to the really fluffy slippers and extra strong tissues. The bed is huge and the bathroom a very good size. There were, however, a number of issues. No tea/coffee making facilities (we managed to prise a coffee maker from them, provided with some reluctance). The bed was too hard for our taste and not comfortable. Some impracticalities - no bedside tables. The bathroom only had one hook, and minimal shelf space - all of the cost seems to have gone into the statement wash basin. We were really confused by some issues - only one handkerchief sized hand towel for two guests, and only one glass. There was a constant bad drain smell from the bathroom, which they couldn't fix. Housekeeping and attention to detail were lacking - slippers missing on arrival, room service inconsistent, sometimes responding quickly, sometimes needing to be chased. Cleaners sometimes washed cups, left sweet treats, folded sleepwear, othertimes not. The lift was temperamental, often refusing to stop at the 4th floor. The corridor is black - ceilng, floor and walls - with dim lighting, so it is really hard to see where you are going or where to tap your room key. And the main issue - noise. Internal and external. The 4th floor suffers from early morning noise from a cleaning storage cupboard and later night noise from the bar on the 5th floor. External noise is even worse. Music from the nearby bars, music blaring out from cars, windows open, seemingly competing with each other for who can be the loudest, parading backwards and forwards all night, and being joined by motorcyclists whose main aim seems to be to out rev each other. It is a cacophony, especially bad on a Saturday night and on event occasions when the malecon is closed to vehicles and the road in front of the hotel becomes the main promenading strip. And then, when it all eventually dies down and you finally get to sleep, you may find yourself woken up any time from 2.30 - 6 a.m. by the loud and persistent crowing of a nearby cockerel. No chance of a return visit from us.