El Dorado Hotel

If you want a historic building with quaint rooms this is not the place for you. On the other hand if you want a fairly priced room (with a very small bathroom) a couple of minutes walk to central square, great cooked to order breakfast and great service the El Dorado is it. From the moment I contacted the hotel to arrange for the airport shuttle pick to the hotel I knew that customer service and guest comfort were important for the hotel. During our stay the staff that went out of their way to be helpful and hospitable. The two bed room was not huge, but functional. The bathroom was small: a sink, toilet and shower-all 3 in a tight row made for a tight fit. Reminded me of old hotels bathrooms in Europe. But the location of the hotel and convenience to central Square, restaurants and tourist attractions with a great price is super value and worth the tradeoffs. In any event, we were comfortable in the room. We really enjoyed our breakasts - they offered kitchen prepared to order eggs, ceviches, Ecuadorian specialties like plantains with cheese. Breakfast service was great especially on the weekend. Our host/server Pamela was really helpful and friendly and got our day off to a great start. Also, a tip of the hat to Martin who picked us up from the airport and was helpful beyond our expectations throughout our stay. He truly is a gem! We also enjoyed dinner at the restaurant. Nicely prepared meal with huge portions that we simply could not eat all of it. Service was attentive and our host/bar tender makes a mean (great) pisco sour! I am really happy with our stay at the El Dorado. I will stay here again for the convenient location, super staff and great service.

Nice hotel, old building but completely remodelled rooms and bathrooms. Great location, couple minutes walk to city center.. Excellent breakfast. We had nice view of the cathedral from our room. Helpful stuff.