Novotel Buenos Aires

“Can I call it home after 13 stays?”

All many positive aspects - modernness, location, flair, service, etc. - and negative ones - tiredness of some furniture, no international plugs or bottle of water upon arrival, repetitive breakfast with one juice only, etc. - have been detailed over and over in my many reviews here. The suite on t… more

All many positive aspects - modernness, location, flair, service, etc. - and negative ones - tiredness of some furniture, no international plugs or bottle of water upon arrival, repetitive breakfast with one juice only, etc. - have been detailed over and over in my many reviews here. The suite on the 12th floor is most elegant and cosy, but too bad the architect didn't consider a small balcony there. Oh, please fix the connecting door, it doesn't slide through. I look forward to returning somewhere I am genuinely smiled at and where people call me by first name, given the 'intimacy' developed in so many visits. Again, can I call it my home in BsAs?? I think so! PS. When is the excellent sauna getting fixed?

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“Centrally located hotel in Buenos Aires. Wish the pool was open.”

This hotel is located in the Theater District — it is in close walking distance of El Teatro Colon, the Obleisk, other theaters, many shops and restraunts. The breakfast was very good — especially the omeletts — ask the head waiter before you take your table. They have good coffee, a variety of war… more

This hotel is located in the Theater District — it is in close walking distance of El Teatro Colon, the Obleisk, other theaters, many shops and restraunts. The breakfast was very good — especially the omeletts — ask the head waiter before you take your table. They have good coffee, a variety of warm items, breads, cold-cuts, juices, cold drinks, try their croissants, fruits, etc. Very helpful staff who speak Spanish, English and Portuguese. The pool was closed for the season — that was sad for our tour group. We were there in mid-April and we had several warm days and it would have been nice if we could have used the pool. The small gym was open though. The outside sitting area at the back of the hotel was pleasant. We used the safe in the room, the beds were comfortable enough, there was in-room coffee & tea. I highly recommend that when the hotel is re-furnished again, that they aim at pleasing and catering to the guests and to make the guest rooms and common sitting areas more comfortable for us — everything should be refurnished so the guests are served — it seems like the decorator aimed at pleasing other decorators and not at pleasing the actual users of the furniture. It was almost impossible to get out of the sofas, the black interiors were not pleasant, the closest with the safe was not really correctly designed to put clothes in. Our group was there for 8 nights and there were no smaller shelves to put clothes in — my clothes were always just in a pile in the large shelves. The other closet was fine. Look at the picture of the shower I have published here — very stange — I blame the interior decorator for this! The TV did NOT have any English-language channels. One news channel in English would have been helpful. There was a hair dryer, hand soap, shampoo/body wash and conditioner provided. The towels were fine. They had enjoyable art work throughout the hotel. We used a meeting room several times during our stay on the second floor that suited our needs well. Make sure you get a room on the back side of the hotel — it is quiter back there. I would return to this hotel the next time I come to Buenos Aires. The price is reasonable.

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“Reasonable value for money”

We stayed three nights, bed and breakfast. Well located close to the Obelisk. Clean, well presented. Nice reception and bar area - modern decor. Bedroom was small but adequate as we didn’t spend too long in it. BUT no English speaking TV channels available which was disappointing. Swimmin… more

We stayed three nights, bed and breakfast. Well located close to the Obelisk. Clean, well presented. Nice reception and bar area - modern decor. Bedroom was small but adequate as we didn’t spend too long in it. BUT no English speaking TV channels available which was disappointing. Swimming pool is ok, not large but ok for a dip. There’s a life guard on duty. More shade needed and better umbrellas would be an improvement. Breakfast is ok. We’ve had much better elsewhere, but for the price of the room, the breakfast is ok… there’s fruits, cold meats, hot selections, pastries etc - not a vast selection but it’s ok. You can also order omelettes etc - they don’t tell you this, but we found out by accident! Service at breakfast can be slow and disorganised, and the staff do seem to stand around doing not very much, although at times more staff are needed. They do have gluten free bread and cake - if requested, which is good. We had a few cocktails from the bar but the service was incredibly slow… not enough staff. Overall though, this is a reasonable hotel and we would consider staying again

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