Comodoro Hotel

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We flew with Virgin on a direct scheduled flight from Gatwick to Havana, which took about 9hrs each way.
We had a delay of an hour on the way out and about 15 mins on the way back, which wasn't too bad.
We were able to get an aisle and middle seat on the way out; on the way back, despite having a twisted ankle, the check in staff were unwilling to allocate me an aisle seat and we ended up swapping seats with another couple.
The seats weren't very comfortable but they did provide pillows and blankets, which helped greatly. There were about 20 channels on the seat back TVs, plus music channels so we were able to keep ourselves occupied for most of the journey. Headphones were provided free of charge.
Meals were served twice during each flight; a largish meal not long after we had taken off and then a very small meal/snack just before landing. The food quality was ok, but on both flights they ran out meat options, leaving people with nothing but the vegetarian option. But other than this the staff were very pleasant and helpful and we would be happy to fly with Virgin again.
We stayed at the Comodoro Hotel for 3 nights as part of our 'Discover Cuba' tour. Its Cuban star rating is 4, but Kuoni describe it as more of a 3 star, which we thought was more accurate.
The hotel is comprised of a main building with 4 floors of standard rooms and 2 sets of low-rise superior rooms in the grounds by the swimming pools (although one set of rooms appears to be completely out of use).
We had read some rather bad reviews about this hotel before we went to Cuba and so were unsure of what to expect. Our verdict was that it wasn't the best hotel we had ever stayed at, but that it was adequate for a short stay.
The room was reasonably clean, although it did have a bit of an odd smell and the towels weren't as clean as they could have been. We did have a balcony though, with a partial sea view and the bathroom was quite large with good water pressure in the shower. We were able to hire the safe deposit box for a small charge.
The hotel has 3 restaurants, Italian, a la Carte and the main buffet restaurant. We were on half board and so were only able to eat in the buffet, if we had wanted to have a meal in either of the other two then we would have had to pay full price. The food in the buffet restaurant was absolutely fine and often very good, including a pasta chef and some very nice puddings.
There are some minor issues to do with drinks service and food quality, plus at busy times guests sometimes had to table share. We only caught one of the entertainment shows, due to jet lag, which consisted of Tropicana style dancing and singing.
It reminded me a bit of the Eurovision Song contest - not my idea of a good night out, but then again we never expect much from the entertainment when we go abroad!
All in all, this wasn't the best hotel that we've ever stayed in, but it was adequate for what we needed, and certainly a lot better that some of the other hotels that we experienced.