We stayed here for a month. We work remotely and travel full time so we rely on detailed reviews. We both work from home so we spend A LOT of time in every airbnb. Overall this was a good stay and Belén is a very responsive host.
Pros:
* The big window is both a pro and a con. It is really awesome, when you open it it makes the whole apartment feel like half inside/half outside. That's really great and just lets so much air, light, and city life into the place. Apartments can feel boxy and this really helps with that especially if spending 8-10 hours a day in there during week days.
*Great TV set up for chill time, no external speakers though
*Big bed, dark room if you close all the doors, 1.5 bathrooms which is nice instead of just 1
*Awesome awesome awesome location. Perfect for exploring condesa, roma norte, zona rosa, and walking distance from many tourist attractions. Super easy to get a Didi taxi or Uber at any time. The traffic in CDMX is pretty bad though so it can take 45 minutes to go 5 miles sometimes.
*An overwhelming amount of cool restaurants, bars, cafes, and stores within walking distance
*Kitchen is really well stocked. It's small and theres almost too much stuff, but there is definitely everything you could want/need
*Belén is really responsive and helpful whenever anything comes up
*Super fast wifi in every room
*Hot and cold water, stove and oven
CONS:
* The big window turns the entire apartment into a sauna between 2-6pm. Even with the shades drawn and shut, the sun is so strong coming through the glass, and even if you open it, the apartment just heats up a lot (uncomfortably) during those hours.
*Sometimes it felt more like borrowing a friends apartment than renting an airbnb. In some ways that was cool, it gave the place a lived in feel and it has a lot of character. In some ways it was not cool - there isn't enough space for guests to make themselves at home and a lot of our stuff was in piles instead of on shelves. (All the shelves are filled with the hosts stuff)
*No AC. AC is very uncommon in CDMX which is hard if you're used to sleeping in a cool room. There is a portable thing that is more of a fan. It doesn't really do anything unless you're standing right next to it, which is impractical because it needs to be next to a window (tube that goes out) and it's about as loud as a vacuum cleaner. There are fans which help a lot, but if you're used to an air conditioned room to sleep in, you will be hot in the springtime. Leaving the windows open any time of year wouldn't be a good option for us because the city is loud with sirens and car horns and whatnot and way too much artificial light would come through.
*The bed is huge which is nice, but it's old and hard and the sheets were like sandpaper. It was okay for us but really scratchy sheets that need replacing
*Washing machine / dryer combo doesn't work. No matter what setting you put it on, the water is extremely hot. The "dryer" takes 4 hours and is also extremely hot, but none of the clothes actually get dry despite 4 hours worth of drying time at high heats. Everything still wet, lots of our stuff shrunk.
Despite the cons I would still recommend this place, especially if you can work out of a coffee shop in the afternoon and/or will be mostly out and about exploring! It's still really good for the value and we have no doubt that Belén will use our feedback to improve some little things. It's hard about the AC because CDMX isn't usually that hot, but when it is, it is, and not having AC was tough the place would get intensely hot. We would stay here again regardless, probably bring some personal fans or something for the afternoon.