Hostal Turistico Eiffel — Hotel in Lima Metropolitan Area

I have written dozens of reviews on Trip Advisor, and almost never given a one star rating to something, but this place really deserves it. The hotel looks OK from the outside, but the rooms are just pathetic. The floors are covered in worn industrial carpeting. The walls haven't been painted in a very long time. The bathroom tile has had a very hard life and I wonder how it could have so many cracks. The smell of sewer gas seemed to be coming from the sink drain, and found its way into the room even with the bathroom door closed. The room has a 12 inch color TV with international cable channels. There's no phone in the room, so to ask a question, you have to go back downstairs (up to 4 flights with no elevator). The beds were about as firm as I've ever encountered. The sheets are lemon yellow and 100 percent polyester. I was sweating all night because my skin couldn't breathe while laying in the bed. The pillows were thick and hard. There's not even a fan in the room to help cool off; don't even ask about air conditioning. I only slept about 4 hours at most. ||||The staff seemed indifferent. I can't believe that they charge $30 for a single room in this place. I stayed in Lima for a week, but checked out after the first night and went hotel shopping the next morning. They do have free luggage storage, so that made it much easier. ||||The only positive thing I could say about this place is that there was plenty of hot water when I showered. ||||I walked past a couple of other rooms while I was leaving to see if they were similar to mine, and they were. I think they took the photos for the web site when the hotel was brand new. The rooms don't look like that now. ||||The only thing that I can figure is that this place must be listed in one of those travel books meant for budget travelers. Why else would it be filled with young Americans and Europeans? There are plenty of budget hotels in Lima that are nicer than this one. A few possibilities would be Farolito on 2 de Mayo, Tambo on Av. La Paz, Tinkus on Av. La Paz. For the same price, and possibly less, you would get an attractive room in the same neighborhood. I can't think of any circumstance where I would...

The worst place in the whole of South America. I travel a lot, but never seen more disgusting place. I didn't plan to stay in this place, taxi driver offered to do it. For a single room I paid almost the same price for which it was possible to stay in a normal hotel in the same area. At that moment I didn't know it. The staff is very rude and unpleasant. There was nothing in the room, only bed and window with view to lobby. As a result,to sleep after 7 am was impossible. In the evening I went to the store to buy water. When I came back, the door was closed (around 11 pm). I was waiting for 20 minutes near the door, ringing the doorbell. I was about to call to police, as I didn't know what to do. In the hotel, I left all my stuff. Finally lady opened the door, he face shown to me how she don't like it. And of course she didn't tell me sorry for this situation. In the morning no answers for my greetings... If you respect yourself,...

Shady people!! The taxi driver that picked us up from the airport would not SHUT UP about this place calling it a hotel and kept asking us if we wanted to try this place. after about 15 mins we finally gave in and said ok, let's swing by if it's on the way. we wanted to get to La Casa de Cici Hospedaje, I wish we would've just stuck to our plan. this quick stop at this hotel led to nothing but a headache. we got to this hotel and me being a cop, I didn't even feel safe. I asked for a key to check out the room, which they gave me one. right away as I entered the room I noticed the door jam looked like it had been pried open once or twice before. the room (the matrimonial) looked wretched. I immediately walked out and returned the key. the taxi driver looked upset cause he wasn't going to get a propina so then he decided to drive us AWAY from our original hotel and acted like a jerk, to put it...