Our stay at Esmeralda's place was awesome. It was our home base for a week-long work trip, and the amenities and general quality of everything made it a much better value than our previous trips (where we stayed in local hotels). In particular, the kitchen is very nice and there is a cupboard full of spices! We cooked and used some, but we also bought a couple new things and left them.
The location is just a bit off the beaten path, in a residential area. This is good and bad: we really liked the peacefulness of the little rooftop patio, but Lyft/Uber drivers take a bit longer to get there than I expected. Definitely a worthwhile trade, in my opinion.