HAB Hotel — Hotel in Bogota, Capital District

First the good parts. The location is excellent on a quiet street but only a few blocks from one of the most fun nightlife areas of Bogota - Chapinero - and also near some of the finest restaurants to be found. The look of the place and its public areas are charming and tranquil. Most of the staff are friendly and helpful.||BUT! A woman friend accompanied me to the hotel. She arrived a day after I did but I had booked a room for two and told the hotel in advance she would be arriving on my second day of staying there. The woman at the front desk who checked her in on her arrival didn't talk to her directly, but instead only talked through me and referred to her as "la chica," (the girl,) in a somewhat rude and dismissive way.||Once she was checked in we climbed the stairs to the third floor, there is no elevator. The stairs between the second and third floor are steep and barely lit at night. For some guests I imagine they are an accident waiting to happen.||My comments about the room all refer to room B304, one of the hotel's "City Suites," the most expensive rooms in the hotel. I didn't see any other rooms. The room was in what was once an attic, with a steeply sloping roof that got very low in places. If, like me, you are someone who gets up once or twice a night to go to the bathroom, it is very easy to bump your head in the dark. And also try to be aware of the two steps on the way.||As for the bathroom, the lighting could very kindly be described as "romantic." It is very dimly lit with no way to boost the lighting. The only mirror in the bathroom is to the side of the toilet and not over the sink. My friend was frustrated trying to put on makeup. I take blood thinners - due to a genetic condition - and need to be very careful when shaving; dim light and no mirror over the sink did not make that easy. Speaking of the toilet, there is a sign warning that the aged plumbing in the building is very bad and requesting that you not put any form of paper or anything else in the toilet, including used toilet paper. (I have encountered this before in buildings with old bad plumbing and I'm sympathetic to it.) But in every other hotel I have ever stayed in that suggested such a thing, they at least had waste paper containers with a tight fitting lid in which to put your used toilet paper. In this hotel it was a standard, cheap plastic bucket with a plastic bag liner and no lid to help keep in odors.||As for the rest of the room, the bed was okay, but a little too soft for my taste. The internet was very slow and undependable, even after I paid the extra US$6 per night for supposedly better internet. Possibly no one stays in this hotel to work, but there were too few electric outlets if you needed to plug in more than one thing at a time.I guess the fact that there was an armchair is what made it a suite, but unless you are very short or slouch a lot, due to the very low ceiling in that part of the room you can't comfortably sit in it. The room service menu touts that room service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. But I guess Sunday is the 8th day as it isn't available on Sunday. I didn't test whether or not it was available 24 hours a day.||The food in the restaurant was okay, not great, not bad, at least for breakfast. That's the only meal I ate. I don't know what the breakfast is like for people who get a room that includes breakfast, but for the additional price I didn't go for it. (There are numerous excellent breakfast places within no more than a two block walk, including Mistral and Varietale.) The bar has a nice variety of booze and the bartender did concoct a gulupa margarita that my friend liked a lot. There is a lovely outdoor patio where you can eat or drink.||But overall, nope. I won't be staying there again and can't really...

First the good parts. The location is excellent on a quiet street but only a few blocks from one of the most fun nightlife areas of Bogota - Chapinero - and also near some of the finest restaurants to be found. The look of the place and its public areas are charming and tranquil. Most of the staff are friendly and helpful.||BUT! A woman friend accompanied me to the hotel. She arrived a day after I did but I had booked a room for two and told the hotel in advance she would be arriving on my second day of staying there. The woman at the front desk who checked her in on her arrival didn't talk to her directly, but instead only talked through me and referred to her as "la chica," (the girl,) in a somewhat rude and dismissive way.||Once she was checked in we climbed the stairs to the third floor, there is no elevator. The stairs between the second and third floor are steep and barely lit at night. For some guests I imagine they are an accident waiting to happen.||My comments about the room all refer to room B304, one of the hotel's "City Suites," the most expensive rooms in the hotel. I didn't see any other rooms. The room was in what was once an attic, with a steeply sloping roof that got very low in places. If, like me, you are someone who gets up once or twice a night to go to the bathroom, it is very easy to bump your head in the dark. And also try to be aware of the two steps on the way.||As for the bathroom, the lighting could very kindly be described as "romantic." It is very dimly lit with no way to boost the lighting. The only mirror in the bathroom is to the side of the toilet and not over the sink. My friend was frustrated trying to put on makeup. I take blood thinners - due to a genetic condition - and need to be very careful when shaving; dim light and no mirror over the sink did not make that easy. Speaking of the toilet, there is a sign warning that the aged plumbing in the building is very bad and requesting that you not put any form of paper or anything else in the toilet, including used toilet paper. (I have encountered this before in buildings with old bad plumbing and I'm sympathetic to it.) But in every other hotel I have ever stayed in that suggested such a thing, they at least had waste paper containers with a tight fitting lid in which to put your used toilet paper. In this hotel it was a standard, cheap plastic bucket with a plastic bag liner and no lid to help keep in odors.||As for the rest of the room, the bed was okay, but a little too soft for my taste. The internet was very slow and undependable, even after I paid the extra US$6 per night for supposedly better internet. Possibly no one stays in this hotel to work, but there were too few electric outlets if you needed to plug in more than one thing at a time.I guess the fact that there was an armchair is what made it a suite, but unless you are very short or slouch a lot, due to the very low ceiling in that part of the room you can't comfortably sit in it. The room service menu touts that room service is available seven days a week, 24 hours a day. But I guess Sunday is the 8th day as it isn't available on Sunday. I didn't test whether or not it was available 24 hours a day.||The food in the restaurant was okay, not great, not bad, at least for breakfast. That's the only meal I ate. I don't know what the breakfast is like for people who get a room that includes breakfast, but for the additional price I didn't go for it. (There are numerous excellent breakfast places within no more than a two block walk, including Mistral and Varietale.) The bar has a nice variety of booze and the bartender did concoct a gulupa margarita that my friend liked a lot. There is a lovely outdoor patio where you can eat or drink.||But overall, nope. I won't be staying there again and can't really...

HAB Hotel is situated in a quiet, safe area of Chapinero, surrounded by restaurants. It is in a great central location of Bogota. There is an express exito supermarket very close by and a very large exito Supermarket about 10min away if you walk there. You can access La Candelaria, Usaquen & Centro Comercial Gran Estacion Shopping Mall all within 25min via taxi or rideshare vehicle. What lured me to this place to begin with was their stunning website, lovely advertised pictures across social media and english language being offered.

I stayed at HAB for 1 month while on vacation and I couldn't have had a more pleasant experience. It was my first time visiting South America (and also solo) and ALL of the staff were so friendly and welcoming. The service was extraordinary. My spanish is not very good but the hotel, restaurant and cleaning staff were all very patient with me attempting to speak their language and were happy to teach me a thing or two.

The gym is adequate with just a small selection of free-weights with bench, a TRX system, Pull-Up bars, spin bike and treadmill. Enough to keep fit. And is open 24hours.

Every day I would dine in the restaurant for breakfast or dinner and the service was always exceptional. They always have some type of upbeat or smooth pop covers playing. Once a week they have a band play at night. The staff are all neatly dressed and groomed. And are just incredibly nice and over the top helpful.

While I was there I had Covid and stayed in my room for 1 week quite unwell. The Hotel have amazing room service and I could order any food and drinks from my phone with their app and within 30min it was at my room (contact free)

As an Australian, this was a very cheap place for me to stay. But with full convenience and luxury. The wifi works great and my room had a lovely big shower. There was no kettle or tea in my room but the restaurant is open late and will bring any tea or coffee to your room. I really loved that there were filtered water taps on every level of the hotel so I never had to purchase any water while staying there. I loved the snacks in my room and ate a lot of them.

There is no clothing laundry service available but if this can be added I would have been happy to pay extra for this service.

A very special Thank You to Mariana who would check in on me whilst sick and gave me reassurance as an anxious solo traveller at times. Also, many thanks to Carolina, Paula, Diana, David, Alberto, Claudia, Angela and all of the other staff I had the pleasure to deal with. Thank You all so much for a great stay. Muchas...