We stayed in Celia’s apartment for two and a half weeks in January, and it was easily the best Airbnb experience we’ve ever had. The apartment is located in Roma Norte, and within minutes of some of the best restaurants the city has to offer, as well as shops, bakeries, a grocery store, and a Metro station. It is a quiet and safe neighborhood, and we often walked at night and never had any issues.
The apartment is located on the third floor, facing the street, and there is an elevator. It’s quite spacious, with a large dining area, living room, kitchen, dedicated office, two bedrooms, and two full baths. There’s also a balcony off the office with a table and two chairs, and we spent many nights there outside.
The main bedroom has a queen bed and windows facing inside, and it was always very quiet. The second bedroom has a double/full bed and faces the street. There were only two of us, so we used the second bedroom rarely, but given the quietness of the neighborhood, it would also have worked well for us.
The bathrooms are about the same size, both with showers (but no tubs). And one has an in-unit washing machine and a drying rack that we were happy to have. (Our clothes dried overnight.) The showers worked well, and there was always plenty of hot water.
The kitchen is fully stocked with a refrigerator, oven, coffee maker, blender, and microwave, and all of the cookware, dishes, and utensils you’d need if you want to cook your own meals. (The quality of the local restaurant scene made that rare for us.) Celia provides a large water bottle for drinking, and you can get inexpensive replacements less than a block away.
My wife and I have been working from home for about 20 years, and we worked each day from the apartment. So, we really appreciated the dedicated office, which has room for four, ample desk space, and lots of power outlets. Better still, the Internet is very fast for Mexico---we routinely saw speeds of 160 Mbps down and 60 Mbps up---more than fast enough for our video-based work meetings and podcast recordings.
The apartment is very clean, and it is professionally cleaned weekly. It’s also nicely decorated with local art throughout, and we found ourselves taking pictures of it all, something we’d never done before in an Airbnb. It’s a pretty place, with a lot of natural light.
There are two TVs, one in the living room and one in the main bedroom. The first has an old Apple TV that was too slow to use, and the second one is a smart TV with built-in Netflix. We didn’t watch much TV, but they’re nice to have.
Celia always responded quickly when we had questions. Check-in and check-out were both smooth and easy.
We cannot wait to visit Mexico City again and we will absolutely try to stay here again when we do: the apartment itself is ideal and it’s in our favorite part of the city.