Hotel l'Impératrice

Pros +

• There are not many beautiful places in Dominica. This is probably one of the most beautiful hotels in the town. The staff were very friendly and accommodating.
• Absolutely loved our room and the balcony that overlooked the town park. Ocean was also visible from the balcony. Really liked having the couch and chairs outside to relax on and appreciate the view. Breakfast was wonderful. It retrospect, probably should have tried the hotel's restaurant for dinner.
• It was old but very well kept. I liked all the wood furnishings, the balcony, and the rooftop terrace space they had. Quite impressed how clean it was. The tv also had great channels. On my last day they tried to clean my room before checkout time so not the best. Then breakfast closed earlier then the set time so you need to be lucky. And the whole city had no running water for the day, they didnt notify me nor did they provide even 1 bottle of water to guests? The balconys were also connected between all rooms, which can be awkward. Also its quite expensive ingeneral. Otherwise location was convenient and had views of the park and harbour and staffs helpfulness made up for it

Cons -

• They convert the ground floor Caf into a bar at night. If you are a light sleeper, you will not be happy. It is very loud Caribbean music being played all night. But if that doesn't bother you then this is the place for you.
• Just be aware that on the weekend local bands will be playing music well into the night and the sounds of multiple bands at once will reach your room. We were able to fall asleep, but you might want to use ear plugs. For us, the trade-off was worth it, because it was so nice having a view of the park and the ocean from above.