There are many good things about this Airbnb, it’s clean, great location, the building is
architecturally interesting. Lardo, a delicious restaurant is down at the street level, the apartment is large and can accommodate three to four people. The main bedroom had a very comfortable large bed. The extra room is not a twin bed as described, it seems closer to a full or queen. The building is beautiful, it’s historic and has amazing windows. Communicating with the Local Way people who operate this Airbnb was easy.
Unfortunately, because of all the big windows the apartment tends to be cold, and we discovered the heat did not work. The Local Way person that I was communicating with offered to send somebody up to fix it but I did not want to wait around for somebody to show up and I did not feel comfortable having somebody in while I was out, so I opted out for the repair and used the space heater. The hot water in one bathroom worked but the cold didn’t, in the other bathroom in the main bedroom the sink cold water worked but the hot water didn't. The shower water was inconsistent it would be boiling hot to freezing cold at random.
I feel that the pictures oversell the apartment. The living room furniture is cute and functional. The kitchen cabinets are a bit shabby. The main bedroom has built in cabinets that are also shabby as well as the bathroom cabinets. Both bathrooms are very poorly lit.
Most Airbnbs that I have stayed in have some little extra things which this did not have, there were no extra cotton balls no extra washcloths no Q tips it was very bare bones, it did have nice shampoo, conditioner and lotion. I myself operated an Airbnb for many years and made sure I had all those small necessities.
If this Airbnb was less expensive, I would not have cared about these things, but it was close to 250.00 a night and I feel it wasn’t worth the price.
I Easily could have just said this place was fine, great location, pretty building, etc. but I feel it’s important for me to be honest for future renters of this Airbnb or hope that the operators will fix it up a bit.
One last issue is that you can’t just copy the address link from the Airbnb site and then put it in to Uber… you will be taken to the wrong place. We did this from the airport and discovered there are 3 locations in CDMX w the same street name and address, it is better to just type in to Uber "Lardo" (The restaurant located on the corner of the buildings location) which is what I did every time in the end. Otherwise make sure the you see Colonial Condesa after the street name and number on Uber.