This rental is as described and better. You better like modern decor inside an old building with a mixture of modern and antique decorations and paintings. We loved everything except the dryer which gave us a lot of trouble trying to get it to work (no manual) and the bed needed another sheet to make us happier, but the host and his staff were super. They answered any questions promptly and even came over at 8:30 at night to help us understand the dryer. So overall we loved it. It was nice and quiet.....no issue with the Cafe underneath....and the location was perfect right between the Opera metro stop and the Plaza Mayor. There was a Carrefour Express near the Plaza Mayor for quick breakfast food and snacks......delicious donuts there! The taxi couldn't find the street for the apartment and left us off in the Opera town square but it was easy to get to the apartment from there. We even walked back up there with our rolling bags when we checked out and caught a taxi easily to transfer to our tour group's hotel near the Prado. So we highly recommend it.