Hotel Casa Dulce María — Hotel in Jalisco

The hotel was a little hard to find (especially since booking.com shows it incorrectly on its map link), but it's well located just a couple of blocks from the town square and in-town distilleries (ie Cuervo, Sauza, and Fortaleza). This is a quaint property, with the hotel (especially the public areas) tastefully decorated with art and ceramics. They even have two tortoises living in the interior fountain!||The room was a little small, with no outside window and harsh fluorescent overhead lighting. But it was clean and decorated well, and when I asked for a lamp for the bedside they swiped one from another room for me. The bathroom was very small, but still usable. One funky thing about the bathroom: It had one small window that opened into an interior "well". Many of the bathrooms opened into this same echoing well, so you could hear everything (yes, everything) that went on in the other bathrooms. Not too big a deal, but a little gross at times.||Overall, the staff was friendly and tried to be helpful--but do note that no one speaks English. The only time that was inconvenient was upon arrival, when they tried to explain the parking procedure. We did have two issues with housekeeping: One was minor--the housekeeping staff listens to a boom box while cleaning. If you're not an early riser, this is mildly annoying. The second issue is a matter of personal preference: To me, the guest's things should only be touched if necessary, but our housekeeper gathered up all of our luggage and our personal items, repacked them, and put them in the armoire. Not life-ending, but it made us a little uncomfortable. ||||Parking: Other reviews mentioned valet parking, but I suspect that's a high-season-only option. Parking is still available off-season, but you have to jump out of the car, move the "no parking" sign that's attached to a heavy car rim, park, unload your luggage and haul it across the street (no bellman) to the hotel, go back to your car and move it into the street (while the traffic stacks up behind you), get out and replace the heavy "no parking" sign, get back in your car and navigate to the parking garage (only room for 3-4 cars, a very tight and awkward space), then walk back to the hotel (2.5 blocks) and hope your luggage is still there. That said, having a place to park in Tequila is imperative, so it...

We arrived to Tequila after traveling to much smaller towns in Jalisco, therefore this being the most tourist oriented tradition town, our expectations were a bit higher. The hotel is very well located and that is all the positive that I will agree to give this place.||The first room we were taken to reeked humidity and lack of fresh air, the receptionist agreed that it smelled terrible and moved us. Second room was still dark and had no ventilation but most importantly the lock was broken and unable to secure the door. Third and last (as they said it was the only left available) was right across from the main entrance and the Front Desk (this will become a huge noise issue later), we took it.||Went out to enjoy the town and came back at night to find terrible pillows (old and worn out), holes in the towels in a tiny bathroom.||We were waken several times during the night by noise of staff and the TV the night shift was watching. Only to be waken at 7am by the new shift who shamelessly talked loud amongst them and one maintenance man who carried stairs and materials all around the patio.||Upon showing up for breakfast, we encountered nude tables barely cleaned and all the staff enjoying their coffee inside the kitchen, we were told to wait for 15 minutes since the cook had gone out into town (of course, nobody moved from their seat to reply or give a proper explanation). We requested then to have some pastries while we waited, we were pointed to the lousy coffee that sat in an industrial coffee plug-in coffee machine with plastic cups and plastic spoons and given cheap cookies straight from a plastic wrap (literally, they opened the pack in front of us and placed it on the table just like that). Later on the so called breakfast arrived, as expected it was mediocre at best.||Gladly, we checked out right after.||If we had paid much less, perhaps all the above would have been less angering, however there are basics that regardless of the price tag should be respected in order for a hotel to be called so.||An enjoyable stay in lovely Tequila deserves a much better place with a more acceptable view of...

I stayed here overnight with some girlfriends and since we only spent one night in Tequila I cannot honestly say how this hotel compares with others in the area. The courtyard was quaint and charming and all the rooms surround it. This means that all your windows need to be closed up tight if you want any privacy or quiet. Since it is also the only common area, it can be quite loud. The rooms all smelled very musty and the AC had to be cranked for quite awhile to make the smell anywhere near bearable. All our of bathrooms had black mold growing on the ceilings. This was my biggest concern, Im not sure I would have stayed here at all if it was more than one night. There was plenty of hot water and the pressure was good but my drain was really slow so I had to be really quick or it would flood the bathroom. (I stayed in the Dona Maria room and my girlfriend was right accross the courtyard from me, my bathroom was dotted with mold, hers...