We stopped here for two nights as part of a 4 week independent tour of Cuba. We looked at the four cheaper hotels in the town Pullman, Heradura, dos Mares and Aquazual and this was the best based on the rooms we were shown. We had a room in the main building not the annexe which was not very nice. There is constant music in the nearby bar in the garden which does not finish until about 11pm so we chose room 130 where we could not hear it. The room was small with a small ( less than 1350mm ) double bed. Bathroom was fine as was breakfast. There is secure parking in the hotel grounds. There is no pool and the hotel is on the main road a block away from the beach. At this price range 40 - 50 CUC for B&B in Varadero you do need to see the rooms if you are staying a long time otherwise you could be disappointed

Despite the impressive architecture of the building and courtyard, there is nothing special on the inside. If you're interested in watching a lot of TV, you'd be impressed with the channel selections. Service at the desk was cool; the breakfast was nothing special (the server was particularly unimpressive). Where there is nothing to seriously knock here: clean rooms, nice bathrooms, TV with numerous channels, air conditioning, and nice building with veranda, you would do better staying at the Dos Mares, where you are even closer to the beach.

We started our holiday in Varadero - a chance to relax before travelling by bus around Cuba. We didn't want all inclusive experience and Hotel Pullman suited us perfectly. Location was really handy, close to local shops and restaurants/bars, and very close to a beach which was much emptier and peaceful than what we saw of the beaches outside the other hotels.

Service was adequate - we had a lovely breakfast every morning and staff were friendly. The room was dark, and though it wasn't room 124 mentioned by another reviewer, it had a broken spring sticking out of the mattress, which was ..pretty sore if you landed on it! We probably could have changed rooms but we were only there for 2 nights so didn't bother, the safe didn't work, which did make it harder for us to go swimming on the beach as there was only 2 of us and we didn't want to leave our money in the room as it was the beginning of the holiday, but for only 40 a night, it was great!

If you have the right attitude then its a good place to start a holiday! If you've already been travelling around cuba in Casas Particulares, it might be a step down!

I stayed here for one night. My entire stay was in Havana, but I had to spend the last night in Varadero as I had an early flight from Varadero. It's really basic. Staff were friendly and got me a reserved taxi for 5 am. I had a room at the back 124-- noisy as the windows have these shutters that are not sound proof at all, so all the noise of the barrio creeps in. The mattress had a sharp spring sticking out that actually punctured my poor bare butt! Ouch!
The place is ok if you just need a place to crash, but I would not make it a holiday destinaion.