Balvanera hotels

Everything was great, from the delicious breakfast (hot milk, pastries, salami, cheese, bread, tea, coffee, jam, cocoa, yogurt, cereals) to the room facilities. We had a suite, with two spacious room, fridge, safe, and microwave. Staff was extremely kind and helpful (well, with the exception of one member, otherwise professional, but not extremely pleasant nor flexible: he did not allow us to make an urgent local phone call from the reception but sent us to our room to make the call; also, he did not allow us to stay in our room longer than the check-out time (our plane was at 9 pm). All our friends who talked to other staff members were allowed to stay longer, without any additional charge. We were asked to pay $ 50 USD for a couple of hours, which we did not agree, so here we were, wondering through the city for a few more hours. Other than this, the staff was very kind, humorous and always helpful. I recommend this hotel. It is close to Avenida Corrientes. Also, to the Faculty of Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. It is clean and quiet. Worth the price.

The hotel was nice and it's staff particularly the manager helpful and friendly. It had a much more extensive breakfast than typical Argentinean hotels have. The wifi was not great in the room, but was excellent in the lobby and there is a computer available there, too and it is possible to print out tickets or other documents. One thing new to us Gringos: there is a slot you must put your room key into in order to get the electricity including the AC to work (it's actually a good environmental policy though of course done for them to save money). The slot is near the door. Good view of the Congress building from our shower or the rooftop.

Nice clean and modern room, great breakfast buffet included in the price. The hotel location is very good, across the street from the Abasto Shopping Mall, and a few minutes away from downtown BA by subway. The subway entrance is just a few steps away from the hotel. A few niceties include an in-room safe and wall outlets that take American-style plugs for appliances capable of using 220V (e.g., iPod or laptop chargers). Highly recommended.

This hotel was more than adequate for what I needed. I visited Buenos Aires to tour the sights of the city, not spend all my time in a luxurious hotel room. I would rather give my money to the local vendors instead of a hotel. This hotel is clean and provides a somewhat comfortable bed and a bathroom. They also have free breakfast. I would stay there again.

The location is good, close to shopping, transit and tourist attractions. The staff was friendly and accommodating. On the down side, if you get a room up front, it's loud. The street is busy. Busses, motorcycles and cars (honking) and lots of city noise come through the windows. Everything is older and dated, but everything was clean. They have 2 men in the lobby all the time. They were helpful with luggage and getting cabs etc. It's family friendly. I recommend ear plugs. but overall a good value.

I was a shy, jet lagged, anxious mess when I arrived there! I left well rested, well fed and well informed! The building is old but it's perfect to get you settled in BA. Close to the airport (think it was 35-40 US in a taxi) it's walking distance to the train station too!!

We needed a day room while waiting for a night flight to the US. This is a "local" hotel with strictly Argentinians. I had to use Spanish only with the staff. We waited an hour (from 10-11AM) for the room-which was expected. Very small room with only a fan(we found out later that a remote for the decrepit looking a/c might have worked-the TV remote had to be signed for also. A new flat screen is wall mounted-there is NO room for a stand,chair or table. A fold down table attached to the wall was it! For $35 it was worth it to hang for 7 hours. A nap and shower was welcome. The afternoon man at the front desk helped me secure a private car to the airport and assisted with our luggage. The area is basic but cheap grocery and take-outs were plentiful.

Great facilities, convenient, clean and great service. Very spacious rooms. Can´t wait to go back there on my next trip to Buenos Aires.

Definitely I will never go back to this hotel... it located in a terrible location, room smells like ***, elevator is like 50 yrs old... in overalr I didn't like this hotel at all... maybe other people can think different but I like the good stuff.. passed on to another hotel called esplendor and it's was a totally different world and I paid like 60 bucks less...