Our New Zealand travel agent booked the Mayflower Suites for our six nights stay in BA. The place was very clean and tidy. The room we had was of good size and was good condition, plus everything did work. Breakfast was a small but nice continental breakfast with cheeses fruit pastries etc. The Mayflower staff were helpful, but their English is limited, they did have some good suggestions on where to eat locally and things to do. An interesting point to note is that most of the staff do not live in the city, so they don't get to eat much in the city, so their knowledge is limited. Within 5 minutes walk of the hotel are a number of banks with ATM machines, internet shop and a small supermarket, within 10 minutes there are number of Restaurants/cafes/coffee shops and a big supermarket. The area around the hotel is classed as a business area, so they are a lot more people walking around during the day, at night streets are a lot quieter. As this was our first trip South America let alone BA, we got our travel agent to book a couple of day trips (the half day tour of BA is a must). The Mayflower staff can and will book a number of different tours. The rest of the time we walked. We walked around most parts of BA (both day and night), there were some parts of the city that the Mayflower staff suggested not to walk thought, so we would catch a cab. The cabs we used were cheap and clean, one helpful suggestion, always catch a “radio taxi” and have plenty of small notes/change. People said that BA was a dangerous city to walk around. We didn’t find this at all; it is just like any other big city around the world. If we go back to BA, we would be comfortable about staying at the Mayflower suites again. This hotel is a middle of the marketplace, not to cheap and not to expensive .

Muy buenas habitaciones, el desayuno es muy abundante, lo mejor de este son las medialunas, el lobby lo estan modificando lo que creo que va a quedar mejor, lo flojo es la falta de informacion que tienen las personas que atienden la recepcion.

Its a very good hotel. Big rooms, good beds. Awesome breakfast. Location is not bad, but you can find better ones. The only problem I can tell about this hotel is the price. US$150 per night four a double room. You can find better hotels for this price. I f you find a way to pay less (US$90) go for it. Its really good.

This place was a dump and in a sketchy part of town. The first indication was the fact that they kept the front door locked all day and all night. The "business center" was one computer in a dark back room. The complimentary breakfast was terrible - stale bread and overly sweet drinks. This we could have dealt with. The room and location was another story. The carpet smelled like a wet, mildewed basement. The smell was so overpowering that the only way to control it was to turn the air conditioner as far up as it would go. This numbed our sense of smell enough to sleep. After our first night we had breakfast at an outdoor cafe up the block from the hotel. A very, very scary bum tried to mug us. As two women traveling alone we didn't feel safe staying at the hotel especially since we were planning on taking advantage of B.A.'s fantastic night life. We checked out the same day.

We booked the "Latin Triangle" tour with Traveland.com. We were supposed to stay at a Kempenski hotel in Recoleta. However, we were switched to this hotel. Our unmet expectations from the tour company certainly impacted our impression of this hotel. Mayflower Suites is less expensive than the hotel we were led to believe we were staying in. If you get a good price, you will probably be more satisfied. Since this was our first visit to Buenos Aires, and we were looking for some assistance from a tour guide, our problems were exacerbated by the fact that this is not a full service hotel. The beleaguered front desk staff had to serve as concierge, cashier, housekeeping, and repair staff. The AC did not work and the window broke when opened. They were nice, but it could not make up for the fact that our tour guide from "Special Travel" took the week-end off and could not speak English. We spent Fri, Sat., and Sun. nights there. Centro was deserted after the Friday workday. My husband was mugged because the only people left in the neighborhood were tourists and muggers. Others in our tour group who stayed in Recoleta had a much nicer experience. I would avoid Traveland because they are unresponsive and not available. Mayflower would be good for people who know the area and what they are getting into. And re: the previous comments about no towels--that happened every day. I think they only have one set of towels and wash and replace them if they dry in time.