My disappointment with this place had more to do with problems from outside the room, but those problems nevertheless made this hotel experience unpleasant, to say the least.
The room itself was ok. It was relatively clean, though the phones did not work and the staff kept promising that it would be fixed but no one did anything. On the other hand, one of the staff members was incredibly helpful and allowed us to spend an hour using their phones to make our travel plans and he even helped translate and book a reservation for us.
The main problem we had with the place was the music coming from the neighboring bar. Let me preface this a bit: I am 26, I go out to bars, and I have gone through all the typical college roommate experiences, but when a club is blasting music right below your room until the morning hours, literally, it makes sleeping difficult.
Also, the free breakfast is pretty much just toast and cold coffee. You have to pay 5 dollars if you actually want breakfast. It is not much money at all, but it is more the principle that when breakfast is offered for free, you actually get breakfast. We stayed at 4 other hotels in our visit and all offered free breakfasts that were an actual meal. If all the hotels we stayed at in Panama were the same, I wouldn't comment on this.