A friend recommended this hotel.
We stayed at this hotel few times when we had to do some stuff in Santo Domingo. It's a small hotel, very clean, personal friendly and speaking English (that is not that common in all hotels in DR), price is good, so if you want to stay close to the Colonial Zone and don't want to pay the high price, this is a place to stay. It's about 10-15 min walking distance from Colonial.
The price is about $ 50 for double room, including the breakfast that is served at the next door restaurant and it's not that great. Usually they don't have too much to choose from. But across the street is a great bakery/deli/eatery - they have great stuff there and very good prices.
If you are coming by a car, sometimes might be a problem with parking, but we were lucky all the times we stayed there.
They suggest to make a reservation ahead of time, but we never did and got a room there - it gets busy most of the time, so I would to do the reservation. more