Wow. This Holiday inn is getting an unusual five-star review a full 2 days before I check out. I…read morewas here for four nights on a long weekend getaway from San Francisco California. Everything about this stay was top quality. Check in was a breeze. The staff could not have been more professional and helpful. The room, room 511, far exceeded expectations. It's a large room. Immaculately clean on check-in and kept clean during my stay. Flawless daily housekeeping. Comfortable bed, good working air conditioning, crystal clear TV, extra seating in the room, functional desk for getting some work done, and even a small balcony. The common spaces in the hotel are wide open, bright, immaculately clean, and well-appointed. While I did not eat at the restaurant, I did enjoy several cups of coffee from the coffee shop. The coffee shop staff could not have been friendlier and more helpful. I didn't swim in the pool but I did sit in the hot tub. Some might complain that it wasn't hot enough, but it was actually perfect for me. It was comfortable for more than 90 minutes, something you would not find in a typical hot tub. Who needs to be boiled alive at a hotel? The water was clean, not overly chlorinated. The pool is a lap pool, and there was a crowd swimming lapse most of the night. But the pool deck is also immaculately clean. I get the impression it might actually be a health club with connection to the hotel.
I mentioned room 511, because if you have an opportunity to stay on the 5th floor, and you're interested in the pool, Jim, or hot tub, you can't beat it. From every room door you can see the entrance to the fitness center. A quick and easy walk.
As for the neighborhood, it's a nice Mexico City neighborhood. Within a couple of blocks there's a sanborns, and electronics shop, and plenty of other eateries and coffee shops. The El Chapo one line Metro bus station is a 5-minute walk.
My only criticism, and this is not unique to this hotel, quite common in Mexico, maintenance and construction workers are more than happy to do heavy construction in common spaces feet away from guests. While taking some Zoom meetings in the lounge area, I had to compete with someone drilling and sawing feet away.
If there's any question whether I like this hotel, having been to Mexico City dozens of times and stayed in dozens of different hotels, I've already booked my next trip around my birthday and I'll be back at this holiday in.
