This is a beautiful apartment rental, but BEWARE...this is FAR from being in a safe neighborhood.
My wife and I arrived the day of our check-in thinking how cool it would be to visit Chinatown...there was no mention in the listing that the rental is location DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF Chinatown...on a closed road...in an alley.
To complicate matters, the Chinese New Year Festival was occurring the first 3 days of our stay, and the rental is located in the heart of all of the festivities (neither of which our hosts bothered to mention, either before or during our stay). This means that you can't even access the rental without having to battle your way through ridiculous crowds who are pushing and shoving you to be able to get close enough to see the show. On Saturday of the event, it took us 30 minutes to go 1/2 block to get to our rental. Not only did we feel like we were going to be trampled by the rushing sea of people, but I had my wallet stolen and my wife and our friend had their phones stolen. Thankfully, we were only assaulted by by pickpockets and not by anyone armed with a knife or gun.
When we told our hosts about what happened, the only thing they told us was that they were sorry to hear about it, that the Chinese New Year festival brings many people that do these sorts of things, and to always be careful as tourists are very vulnerable all over the world. There was no offer of help, just another message asking us to report the crime to the police so that they provide more presence/protection in future festivals.
Since the final day of the festival was on Sunday, we had 3 options: (1) risk our safety again by venturing out into the festival crowds to get in/out of the rental, (2) remain sequestered in the rental until Monday, or (3) find an alternate rental. We decided, in order to be safe, to make another reservation and just eat the cost of the rental for the last two nights. Fortunately, we found a rental in Condesa for a little bit more per night, but safe and in a good neighborhood.
I don't blame our hosts for what happened...but I am very disappointed that they didn't give us any warning either before or during our stay that there was going to be a festival, and offered no assistance after we told them we were robbed. I doubt we would have continued with our booking had we known the first detail, and we will definitely never book with them again because of the second.
Mexico City is a wonderful place to visit and see...just don't stay in this location during your visit. Try places in Roma or Condesa...you will still see wonderful things and eat amazing food...and feel safe in the process.