Mina 32 - Coyoacan — Hotel in Mexico City

I stayed here for a week and feel qualified to offer a detailed report. I rarely do this, but I think it's only fair to provide information for other potential guests. First, to call this facility a bed and breakfast is a misnomer. There are beds -- quite comfortable, actually -- but no breakfast. The cafe downstairs is a separate business and people staying in the apartments are on their own for all food amenities.

If you are the type of traveler who just wants a place to sleep, will be out all day, and can tolerate a constant variety of noises, this place might be acceptable to you. The best thing I can say about the facility is the location is pretty good for walking to things in Coyoacan and is also a convenient Uber pickup and drop-off spot.

But also to be considered, if the following kinds of things matter to you when traveling: Two dogs confined inside directly next door that bark constantly throughout the day. Also in the same building next door (sharing a common wall) is what sounds like some kind of a household manufacturing business that involves use of a grinder and extended periods of hammering. Music and conversation from the cafe filters upstairs, as do activities from the yoga studio. Street musicians stroll into the cafe and play until people pay them go go away. (Cafe management makes no effort to discourage this) The street out front also provides a constant variety of typical Mexico City noise -- loudspeaker trucks, people hawking all types of wares, etc.

Regarding accessibility, this apartment would be out of the question for elderly visitors or persons with mobility issues. Besides the three flights of spiral steps themselves, the stairway does not have a hand rail. It's cute and interestingly engineered, but don't try carrying anything up and down it and watch out if you've had a long night out. The stairway would not satisfy any building or safety code in the states.

The kitchen in the apartment is pretty much a joke. Clearly no one is expected to actually cook or even prepare any simple food there. A single pot is provided, along with a single small dish towel, no hot water kettle, no microwave. To get drinking water, you have to go downstairs to the second floor to fill a bottle from the water filter. The filter container was empty more often than it was full as it is shared with the yoga studio and other apartments. Lastly, the tile floor in the kitchen and bathroom could both use a routine scrubbing. The showers did provide hot water, though for a limited amount of time. There was no hot water at the kitchen sink.

Besides the one small dish towel in the kitchen, we were each issued one bathroom towel for the week. I had to request three times to have fresh towels provided, which finally happened after five days. Likewise with toilet paper. (If this happens to you, look in the cabinet in the water filter room by the second floor yoga studio).

While I would never stay here again, I recognize everyone has different expectations and tolerances. Other guest reviews give a different impression and should be taken into consideration. If you're the easygoing type, not interested in basic cooking and amenities while traveling and are highly noise tolerant, this apartment might be suitable for you. If that's the case, though, I believe you could probably get equivalent accommodations at a hostel facility at a much lower price. I believe the points I've shared are important, because travelers deserve a fair value for...

Stayed one night, left, and was willing to lose money due to their strict cancelation policy. Cold, sparse, and feels like a college dorm, including firm, thin beds, windows don't have fames and offer no real insulation from sound or outside temps. Even the front "door" is like an interior door. Bedroom curtains don't cover the windows, so the neighboring light shines in. The main window has no curtains. A dead cactus (how hard is it to keep a cactus alive) kind of summed it up. Then there is the uncomfortable old sofa, a bizarre bathroom layout with enormous bidet in the way. No attempt was made with textiles other than 2 dirty rugs in the dining room. Simply adding higher quality curtains, rugs and pillows, would go a long way to insulating against the temperature and the outside noise. Overall it was quite grim so we politely informed that we would depart. In spite of leaving around 10am, allowing plenty of time to clean and ready the room for another guest, we were charged the 2 additional nights we had reserved. Be aware you have no recourse should you experience the same. We should have known when there were very few pics available. If you need very basic accommodations, there are much better options for less money. Very...

In a fantastic location. You can walk to the Mercado and lots of restaurants and the amazing Muri Muri cafe. Yaneth and Roberto were very helpful as my flight got severely delayed. It would be nice to have a few more thins in the room like a hairdryer, daily filtered water. The bed was hard as others have said, and with all the noise from Dia de los Muertos the neighbour’s dog barked non stop for hours at night. No ceiling lights which made it hard to see when I was packing my stuff up, but there were 3 other low strength lights.

Metro is a 10 minute walk and the major bus metro is a 15 min walk away, both taking you into the heart of the city for less than $1! You need to buy the card at the subway station though. The cafe operating downstairs is nice if you don’t feel like exploring.

It would have been nice to have a booklet of information about local sights, restaurants etc. I loved the Frida Kahlo Park which had no...