This is a fantastic apartment in a beautiful location. There’s a huge patio overlooking Parque Mexico where you’ll hear gentle street music and sounds all evening, though it’s quiet when it’s time to sleep. If you cook the stove is amazing and there are nice pots and implements. There was good water pressure and temp in the shower but it’s labeled backward and takes time to warm up. This caused confusion and frustration at first as the water came out ice cold and it was hard to know what to do to make it hot. But just push the handle right for hot in the shower and wait a minute.
We didn’t really need the AC except for one night and it was also nice.
The only thing keeping this from being an excellent stay was first impressions. I tried to contact the host all day we were traveling with no reply, and arrived with no clue how to be let in. Eventually I read the comments and found other cranky guests saying someone at the cafe on the ground floor will let you in. We got in at night to CDMX and it’s just not nice to invite people to spend thousands of dollars to stay in your place and not simply send clear directions according to AirBnB conventions. It’s very alarming to be standing at the airport clueless, and even though eventually after ringing her whatsapp and phone I got an email reply, this is just not the way to do things. There shouldn’t be complaints about this; every other Airbnb host I had sends a note a day or two before telling you what to do.
The WiFi also is occasionally a little flaky but I was able to work in the apartment. The host was pretty good about doing something when I complained about slowdowns, which happened twice over three weeks.
Only a little more hospitality is needed to make this place great. The people in the cafe and the cleaning staff are wonderful and helpful.