Hostal Plaza Londres 77 — Hotel in Santiago

I chose this cheap hostel for the location on the pleasant Calle Londres, within easy reach of all central sights in Santiago. In that respect it was exactly what I wanted. ||||All that you can say about the rest is that it was cheap. ||||Room: windowless, not particularly clean. Bedside lamp gave off a worrying small of burning plastic which meant I decided not to use it and had to use a mini torch to find my way to the door in the dark. ||||Shared bathroom cleaned once a day and if after that someone walked muddy shoes over the floor or the bin was overflowing with used toilet paper, it was tough luck until the next day. Also no proper lock, just a loop of material to hold the door closed. ||||Breakfast: instant coffee, bread rolls, orange squash. ||||Due to the location, I think it's ok for one night to get the most of your time in Santiago and provided you just want to grab some sleep there and leave, but the rooms are completely soulless and quite grubby. Most guests are South American, I don't know if the staff...

We spent 4 nights at Hotel Londres. Santiago has several modern areas with major hotels but we chose Londres because it was in the older part of Santiago and had . The hotel is set in a pretty cobbled square. that it shares with a pleasant cafe/bar. The hotel is rather "quaint" and and reminded us of the many older European hotels. Some maintenance was needed e.g. cracked tiles etc. Our room was large and had a shower/bath ensemble. The beds were comfortable and clean. Plenty of power sockets for computers etc. There was a small TV, but the hotel internet was only accessible form the main lounge area. The owners and staff were friendly and helpful though a little disorganised.||The brekfast provided was minimal [similar to that taken by most Chileans?]. One kind of cereal, yoghurt, bread, cheese, jam, orange juice and coffee.||The hotel is 1 block from the main road and its easy to get buses and the metro from The University of Chile stop. Tour operators like Touristik pick up from the hotel.||We had a...

I was in this Hotel just two days ago. The pictures they show about the Hotel at their website have a lot of photoshop. I'm very disappointed about the place. The service is terrible. The TV didn't work. The shower tap water was broken. The soap is too cheap for a "3 stars hotel". No shampoo either. Nothing to drink. Somebody has to go to the near convenient store. ( But the place around is too dangerous). If somebody from the hotel brings a bottle of water for you, will charge you double. If you claim over the following day, nobody knows about it, therefore your money gone. The most terrible is the breakfast they are offering: No eggs, no fruits, no orange juice; Just cheap corn flakes cereal and kumis in a very cheap containers from the market, or coffe to make yourself. Honestly I don't know how the Chilean authorities does rate hotels, but definitely this place is too horrible for a 3 stars hotel. I'm definitely not never ever recommend this place. My name Is Frank Silval as my...