Mercure Santiago Centro

“Decent for the price”

Hotel, food and pool were decent for the price, neighborhood was a bit sketchy at night. The location was great during the day though. Overall was moderate pleased with the stay, would maybe look at staying somewhere a bit more upmarket in a safer location in future.

“More of a 3.5 than a 4.0 really.”

I quite liked the hotel on the whole. Unlike some of the other reviews, I didn't think the area was so bad, yes it's a little grungy, especially after dark but it's a very central location and perfect for exploring Santiago. The rooms are decent, and a good size. The breakfast was generally fine ap… more

I quite liked the hotel on the whole. Unlike some of the other reviews, I didn't think the area was so bad, yes it's a little grungy, especially after dark but it's a very central location and perfect for exploring Santiago. The rooms are decent, and a good size. The breakfast was generally fine apart from the scrambled eggs which are not pleasant and need to be improved. The outside space and pool are pretty nice but the music being played is always way too loud. This makes it impossible to sit and read or even listen to a podcast. In a city hotel, doesn't it make more sense for the outside space to be a quiet, tranquil place away from the heat and noise of the city? So, it's a fairly good hotel, but for me there's some improvements to be made.

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“Would not return”

The hotel is in a central location on a very busy street and is safe during the day but even the hotel staff suggest you not walk too far at night - take a cab instead. The hotel has a security guard at the entrance. We arrived very early morning and were advised our room might be ready in 2 hour… more

The hotel is in a central location on a very busy street and is safe during the day but even the hotel staff suggest you not walk too far at night - take a cab instead. The hotel has a security guard at the entrance. We arrived very early morning and were advised our room might be ready in 2 hours....we returned, not ready for another 2 hours, still not ready and even after the normal check in time, we had to wait an additional 1 1/2 hours. No apology for the dely, no offer of a free drink etc. In fairness, they did say early check in may not occur but if they had said our room wouldn't be ready for 8 hours we would have gone and toured the city. The room we had was on a high floor but you could still hear city noises - think NYC. Room size was fine, room was clean so no complaints there. The pool is on the roof top and not very big for the size of the hotel. We dined at the hotel restaurant our first night and had excellent service and the food was good overall. We returned another night and had a horrible dinner - service was extremely slow, 2 of the dinners that were served (in a group of 6 people) were uneatable. The server we had the first night saw us waiting and came over to apologize - she also had the manager come to our table and translated for the manager - no offer of of a free drink, dessert etc to compensate for the lenghty service delay and 2 of our group didn't have dinner. Very unsatsifactory service! Breakfast was included and was good overall - nice variety but get there early as they close up everything at their closing time - no chance to get food one minute later. The price was reasonable but next time would pay more for hopefully better service.

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“Ok hotel, but I won’t return.”

Overall, the hotel is ok. The receptionist was attentive and the room was comfortable. It is in walking distance to restaurants and tourist attractions. The security guard was weird with me. He always had a comment that didn’t make sense. For example, check out is 12pm. I entered the hotel at 11a… more

Overall, the hotel is ok. The receptionist was attentive and the room was comfortable. It is in walking distance to restaurants and tourist attractions. The security guard was weird with me. He always had a comment that didn’t make sense. For example, check out is 12pm. I entered the hotel at 11am and he decided to remind me about the checkout time. Why was I so special? It wasn’t like he was going to help me with my luggage. On other occasions, I noticed he would converse with other guests, but not me. Due to his behavior with me, I won’t be staying at this hotel again. Thank god I changed hotel.

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