The apartment was clean, looked like the pictures, and was in a quiet neighborhood. Rene was friendly and we even got the apartment a few hours early, right after we arrived from the airport.
One thing that surprised us about the city in general is that some of the restaurants allow smoking, and may even have the smoking side as the main area. There are more pleasant restaurants without smoking, or at least have the smoking areas so that you don't need to walk through them. I recommend checking the restaurant reviews first. The apartment was non-smoking of course, so no problems there.