Situated in the heart of the Condessa, Paulina's 3 bedroom 2nd floor walkup is about as good as it gets for price, value, and charm.
My wife and I stayed for 8 nights with 2 friends. (3 bedrooms, 4 beds) The room with 2 beds has an ensuite bathroom. The master bedroom and the guest room (double and single size beds) share the other bathroom. “Sharing” also means hearing everything, so plan accordingly. Also, plan to take showers in the ensuite. The master bathroom’s shower had good pressure, but sputtering on and off, good for a quick rinse after a day walking around the city....the other bathroom had no sputtering problems.
The kitchen is located just to the right off the living room immediately upon entering from the front door. It’s got most of the tools you’ll need to cook at home a couple times a week, but who’d want to? Super restaurants are within easy walking distance or via an inexpensive uber ride. Everything worked fine although Paulina def needs to get a new coffee maker and the fridge had a modest leak (on the inside).
The living room was where our group met just before dinner to share our daily adventures. There’s a nice long dinner table where, in addition to eating, you can put down maps and show off purchases. There’s a couch and a small club chair that could use some re-upholstering and a 30” flat screen TV which looked decent enough. (We never turned it on). There’s also a wonderful balcony where 2 people can hang and listen to the sounds of the vendors as they pass by. I should note that the vendor’s call was just about the only sounds we heard. Even though the place is on a street that has access to both sides of the Condessa, the apartment is wonderfully quiet. That’s a rarity in CDMX, and a very strong selling point.
Beds were super comfy and extra pillows were just a Whatsapp away! Paulina was super responsive and on it.
All in all, Paulina’s place was modest but very pleasant and comfortable...simple and lovely interior/decor with just enough and not too much. Would I stay here again ? Definitely.