Location was good.. The Apartment Hotel was clean and well managed For a sea view you need to be on the 5 or 6th floor . The owner has the 7th floor and is on site . The staff were delightful. The seaview ( Rm 502) has x1 bedroom & overlooks the sitting and lounging area adjacent to the pool of the Crowne Plaza Hotel before the sea which was okay. Lots of restaurants close by and used by the locals The boardwalk is 7-8 Km long and wheelchair friendly. They are slowly gentrifying the Colonial area and making it mobility friendly

Santo Domingo (SD) has a lot of traffic which is noisy and always Tooting their horns for awareness. The Dominican Republic (DR) has a garbage problem in general and SD is not the exception. The tides bring a lot of broken up plastics and their are groups that do Volunteer cleaning . To cross the busy roads in area where there are a dearth of traffic light and Zebra crossings one has to be prepared to Jaywalk and put your hand up to stop the traffic . We were there for a month. Most tourists would see what the wanted in 2-3 days SD was more expensive than Spain for eating & drinking.

Specious, light, well equipped apartment with extraordinary views. Air condition works great in the bedroom. Bed is comfortable. Kitchen is well equipped. Towels are cotton with good absorbance. House cleaning does a great job each day. Staff are super helpful and friendly. Near to some good restaurants and at walking distance to Colonial Zone.

Near to rather busy street. Would be great to have AC unit in livingroom as well.

I liked the size of the room, comfy bed, nice kitchen with almost everything we needed. Housekeeping every day. Excellent front desk personnel.

No microwave is available in the kitchen, and I would have liked to wash and dry my clothes in the building.

The Malecon of Santo Domingo is the main street along the sea front of the town. It's passing all the main 5*hotels you need to know. Behind the first row you can find several other hotels, just for a good price. The Shakey Hotel is one of these, it's more an apartement hotel. You rent a full 2-rooms-apartment with complete kitchen and 2 bathrooms. The rooms are huge enough for a small family of 2 or 3 person, they have bigger one too. Some rooms have the front view directly to the sea, but this is not recommended because of the very noisy Malecon and the direct sunshine from south, this could be very hot in summer times. The kitchen is full with equipment, but a regular world traveller knows, that nothing is perfect and can handle this. The next big supermarket LaSirena or National supermercado is about 5min far by car. Due the heavy traffic on daytime, it's better your visit them in the night up to 10p.m. The parking lot is ok, but you need request one for your car. They have a 24/7 service for protection, you can feel very safe overthere. It's a good adress working and visit at the government and administration offices, because many of them are nearby.

Some heavy noises of a fridge, can make your night a little bit nightmare. The traffic to the hotel is a little bit tricky, you need find your best way to there. The sightseeing hotspots are a little bit far from the hotel, but with the car your can be at the Zona Colonial within 10 min.

Very nice hotel near the old part of the city. Clean, large appartment with seperate sitting area and bedroom. 2 toilets. Small balcony with sea view.

For later checkout they wanted to charge 60 USD even though the hotel was far from full. For that amount one can go to the spa of adjacent big hotels.

Hotel Shakey is close to restaurants, a supermarket. If you want to take public transportation to Zona Colonial, you just walk up to the street and you can find public taxis. The staff is great, they'll help you if you need assistance.

The suite I was in was spacious and clean. The staff is very pleasant and attentive to my needs. The location of the hotel is great! Whether you wanna take a leisurely walk by the ocean or catch a late dinner, this the right place!

My only complaint is the tightness of the parking lot. But that won’t be a reason for me not to go back.

A nice place to stay at the Malecon, walking distance to Zona Colonial, and just a few kilometers longer to Piantini. Safe and good neighborhood. Big apartment, not the cheapest, but the Ocean-view upgrade is recommended 👍

I have known Hotel Shakey for a long time and it's a very good hotel. It is close to restaurants and a supermarket.I like the fact that you don't have to go through too much traffic to go to the airport.The staff is great.

excellent staff all around great location in the city clean and neat apartment good views of the ocean quiet place

no breakfast at this hotel a bit expensive since last visit 6 months previous