Lima Airport Tampu B&B — Hotel in Lima Metropolitan Area

We are avid travelers and I usually give my reviews in three sections as - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. So please read all three sections to get a full picture.||The Good: Unfortunately, there is nothing that is worth mentioning in this section.||The Bad: |* Location: This hotel is at least 7 km away from the airport and no way qualifies for it to be called an 'Airport hotel'.|* Hotel identification: This is an apartment converted into a hotel set up. There was no board to identify when we reached late in the night. Fortunately, our Uber driver helped us ring the doorbell and it was answered by a teenage girl who was the only staff member we saw during the stay.|* Room: The bed (see in the picture attached) was barely a full size mattress with barely enough space for the two of us to sleep. You turn side and you hit into the other person. Absolutely a wash from what has been shown on the "hotel" site pictures.||The Ugly: |Usually, this section is the lightest in my reviews but in this case, unfortunately, with the most to share.|* Check in: The teenage girl who was the only staff member at the location (I cannot call this place a hotel so will refer to it as the "location"), asked us to pay for the stay in cash. If one wants to pay by card there was a $5 surcharge. Perhaps the owner knows that people would definitely dispute their stay at this shoddy place. This was not every mentioned when reserving the room.|* Location: The hotel is located in a filthy location that smelled so disgusting. We had to cover our noses because of the stench around. Unbelievable.|* Rooms: The rooms were barely 80 sq ft in size with an equally smaller bathroom. The ceiling height was about 8 feet and I could touch it with my arms not even stretched fully. The bathroom was so tight that one can barely find any space between the toilet and the sink. Even the towel bar would hit my elbow when brushing as the small is so small. See the pictures to get a better idea.|* Stairs: The scariest experience was to get down the stairs with your luggage as this amazing location does not have an elevator!!. I had to make multiple trips to the third level as the stairs were so narrow and scary to navigate that I did not want to risk falling down and hurting myself.|* Breakfast: Guess who is the one man show of this location, the owner himself ofcourse. He is the one would fix the breakfast for you. All this "B&B" location had to offer was jam, butter and slice of bread. He offered us some juice that he got from the fridge. Seeing the set up and the owner/server licking his finger after some jam touched his finger, we decided not to eat here and left for the airport.|We had chosen this hotel seeing the pictures and with the expectation of this location being close to the airport. For the price it was being offered, it did not feel like a bad deal when reserving the place for a few hours of sleep and a breakfast before departing. Usually, the saying goes is that "what you pay is what you get", but in this case I would never stay here even if was given aware for free. So beware and stay away from this place unless it is a dire emergency and you have nowhere else to go for the...

Quick trip from the airport with their driver Arturo, who is very kind, attentive and friendly. Thought he might keel over when we gave him a $5 tip for the $20 round trip to hotel and back to airport next day.|Quirky neighborhood, I wouldn't want to walk around at night, but what do I know. |Check in young woman was lovely and helpful, carried my suitcase up the two flights of tight stairs. |The room is nothing to write home about. No pictures on the walls, just the black stickers you can see in the pictures. Weirdly mismatched furniture. A fan, no AC. Very modern bathroom clearly redone. Not too long ago, but pretty cramped. Not the best night’s sleep in the small (double) bed with a mattress that registers with fidelity every move your bedmate makes. Saw the charming side of our lodging when we were served a modest but respectable breakfast by a sweet older man on a cute little rooftop terrace. A small market is just down the street, and a woman sells tamales and cheese discs from a car below...

Perfect for what we needed. We had an overnight layover in Lima Airport arriving at nearly midnight and taking off quite early in the morning. The B&B provided us with good communication, prompt and simple pickup, and a clean and comfy room for the night at a great price. It is very hot here and there is no AC - but you do have a fan. Staff is friendly and breakfast is simple but good. On the way back home we had another long layover which was during the day and they let us stay again from morning to eve at a great price and only a few hours notice with another pickup and drop off. We also got room service dinner which was yummy and easy. This isn't a 5 star hotel by any means - it's a B&B in a slightly sketchy area that smells terribly due to fish factories nearby. But it's well priced, close to the airport, comfortable and convenient. I do recommend it and would stay again. Definately worth five stars...