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2 out of 5
Crisol Mundial
Av. de Mayo 1298, 1085 Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 171 out of 827 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 294 out of 827 reviews" "
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 55 out of 827 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

valerie

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible experience
This was officially the first hotel I ever stayed in. Room was very run down, shower broken,WiFi only worked on the first floor, location is very convenient but not safe at all, especially for families with kids. No hairdryer in the room. When u came down to the reception to ask for the thirstier, they had 4 and all of them were unsafe to use. Only one power outlet worked in the room. I strongly suggest to stay away from this property as it is terrible inside and location is dangerous.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Daniel, Bensalem

Travelled with partner
Could be better I reserved a room pictured on the exp website and was offered different and was told all rooms are the same or similr. Internet is very slow at 11 mps. Room color is violet and lighting seems dim. Its okay I guess if you need an economical place
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

pedro anibal sosa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
buena ubicacion
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

TAY

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
The staff was very friendly. I made international calls and the property didn't charged me because it was for my family. That is so nice of them!!! The area felt safe for me during the day. I didn't go out out late at night but that's a general rule of thumb when you travel internationally. I like the area because there's many places to eat, many stores, and public transportation is nearby. The hotel is old and the amenities are outdated but that's it has it's own charm. If you are looking for modern hotel and amenities, this is not it. But you are out exploring places anyway and then come back for the night to rest and sleep this is it.
Stayed 10 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marcelo

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful service, excellent location
I stayed just as the coronovirus situation was ramping up in Argentina. Staff were great with extra cleaning and notices around the hotel in English as well as Spanish. Front desk staff so helpful and happy to be flexible as so many people's plans changed
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Booked in for 6 nights, left after 4. Noisy!. A room the size of a cupboard, a single bed meant for a child, noisy men shouting and slamming doors all night, traffic from the main street constant - sirens, buses, fights on the street. Breakfast very basic made worse by a large loud group of men staying there.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

MASOUD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 12 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Isabel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Price was perfect, atención was great, but no refrigerator, no microwave available, and TV was an old one. Room very clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

ADREAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I’d stay again !!
The staff was very nice and helpful. I initially booked at the Lennox up the street which was a swanky boutique hotel but they tried to double charge me. The mundial is affordable yet clean and very centrally located. I was not bothered and enjoyed my stay very much.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Claudio

Disliked: Staff & service
Mala experiencia con este Hotel
Hice la reserva con anticipación, Page el mismo día de la reserva . Cuando llegue al hotel , me cobraron 21% de impuesto cuando el monto ya estaba incluido en el precio . Muy mala experiencia .
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Beautiful building but a bit neglected. Staff was very nice and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Better than good.
Its hard to imagine a better place to stay for the price and keep the Argentine living style. The breakfast is good too if you are okay eating like the local culture. Although it says you have to pay upon arrival (if not paying online) they let me pay just whenever before check-out.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It was close to lots of restaurants and bars. Near to buses and the subway. Rooms were small and the bathrooms tiny but surprisingly still had a bidet which made them even more cramped. Breakfast plentiful but basic, coffee was good.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

denis, sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would never ever stay there again the room you advertised on your site was not the room I got, the room I got was tiny a single bed thrown in the corner that barely fitted me the bathroom was tiny I had to step over the toilet bowl to get to the shower, everything was tiny dark and dingy. If this is what you call a room then I will have to look else where to do my future bookings. Most disappointing
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Ram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
hotel at the city centre
Came for an official trip and stayed for a week. Staff at reception are courteous and helpful. Hotel is close to important places. Buffet breakfast is good. Can improve if they provide room amenities like coffee maker etc. WiFi speed needs upgrade.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Amado Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Price/Location
Excellent Location and very helpfull and friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Rooms need a little love...breakfast was way over priced...everything else was nice

6/10 Okay

Judit

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location, friendly staff
The staff is super helpful. However, the room dis not look like on the pictures at all.

2/10 Terrible

Roberto, US

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disaster
I paid for 2 non smoking rooms and one of them instead was tabacco free!!! The hotel staff refused to re accommodate my family until next day. Sheets and blankets were dirty also and the supervisor didn't want to change them. Lastly, the hotel needs a lot of maintenance.

8/10 Good

Mina, Egypt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Nice !
Hotel is very nice, very dynamic location, Av de Mayo is in the middle of the city close to all the tourist sightseeing, ease of access to many means of transportation like buses and subway. The hotel is surrounded by many restaurants, bars and cafes. Staff were really nice and helpful, hotel was clean, and rooms were relatively big as per the prices posted.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
GREAT location, lovely old building!
The hotel is in a *great* location for tourists: within a block of a Subte stop, easy walking distance to the Plaza de Mayo and very close to the other plaza, and the Avenue itself is interesting to walk along. There are frequent political demonstrations along the Avenue, but they are peaceful (though loud) and should be viewed as part of the experience. The building has been renovated and has 'great bones': this would have been a gorgeous place to stay in, say, the 1920s. The furnishing of the rooms is a bit spartan (just a bed, table, simple chair, and shelves attached to the wall for nightstand), but the bed is very comfortable, the air cooling/heating system works very well, and the hot water is plentiful (you might have to let the water run for a couple of minutes to get it, but then it's steaming and seemingly infinite). A few reviews have complained about the size of the bathrooms. Yes, the bathrooms are narrow, but they are perfectly usable and clean and, as mentioned above, there's plenty of hot water. The staff are exceptionally helpful--one even loaned me her bus card so that I wouldn't have to deal with purchasing a separate card for myself! You have to ask about available tours (they don't push tours and extras on guests, which I greatly appreciate) but if asked, they make all the arrangements for you. So in sum: no longer a luxury hotel, but a great place to stay as a tourist and in a great location for exploring Buenos Aires!

6/10 Okay

Antonio

8/10 Good

Ricardo Fabian, Fribourg, Switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Value for Money-Affordable solution
Value for Money. Well located. Close to metro stations (Subte station: Saenz Peña), buses and taxi. 300 meters to the Congress and manz building attractions,. If you like Spanish Culture, this is zone to stay.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Friendly, helpful staff
Nice, quiet area. it's a very beautiful quiet little town with very nice people

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The staff was extraordinary.
Hotel is a bit hold the areas not great but the staff is extremely helpful everything!

6/10 Okay

Bogdan, Kyiv

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Everything depends on who will serve you on reception. We staid two times and we have two opposite reviews. :) In general, good location, breakfast and facilities. Nice old building in the hard of the city.

2/10 Terrible

maria, New York city, USA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The wrost experience in hotels I had
Horrible, the toilet top deteriorated, spalled wood, door not even open 90 degree to get access, raised bathroom, carpet smelling a dog excrement, the entire room smell humidity,spalling walls, TV no digital, no good image, and the wrost, no wiffi although they charged for wiffi, the signal is only available in the lobby. Something more, when I complain at front desk, they not even care, they were only concern to charge for the night. And be carefull when you walk in Buenos Aires, the entire sidewalks are full with dog excrement, nobody who has a dog pick up the stuff.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Good budget option
Comfortable room, a bit worn and dated but not bad for the price.

4/10 Poor

Cristian, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
9 Day Stay
We stayed for 9 days. We looked for a cheap hotel "to just sleep", and this hotel was just fine for that. We payed only US$33 per day, which is SUPER SUPER cheap. There were a few small details that didn't work good, but over all, nice stay. The cleaning lady did a fantastic job every day. I left a 50 pesos bill on the pillow for her as a tip. But it was still there when I came back and the bed was made. I had to leave a note to tell her to please take it. She did then and left a note with a big thanks. Yes, small room, small bathroom, a small leak in the shower handle and the joint between the beds were a little pain (to make our queen bed, they just put tighter 2 individual beds), but the AC worked, hot water worked. We were out so much we used it to sleep average 5 or 6 hours, shower and leave. The safe was awesome and NOTHING was missing, we left small things on the table and nothing was taken. The elevators were annoying a little because they did't work (I thought), but then found out that other customers didn't close the doors (they are manual) all the way and the elevator won't move. And finally there was a faint bad smell, unfortunately, as soon as you walked in the lobby, but just in the lobby, not in the room. But that's it. I was there 9 days. Awesome location. Walked to Av. 9 of July, to Congress, to Barolo Palace, Pink House, GREAT restaurants and "kiosks" all around... I loved that. Metro station right there, we used it a lot... only 50 US$ cents! SO cheap.

6/10 Okay

Susana, miami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This hotel is in a good place.
I spent a good time in the Mundial Hotel. The staff is friendly and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Chris L., Pennsylvania

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Basic but fine for my needs
Just a couple of blocks from the Palacio del Congreso and a moderate walk to Microcentro, Calle Florida, and the Casa Rosada, the location is perfectly fine for touring Bs.As. The hotel is halfway between two subte stops, both less than two blocks from the hotel. The room was fairly basic but very large--we asked for a twin and got a triple with plenty of room to walk around. It was older (love the high ceilings) but kept in decent condition. A/C worked well enough. Large bathroom, although shower stall was a little small. Good wifi signal (free) in our room, but connection was very slow. Note some other rooms can have poor or no wifi signal, so try to stay near the central elevator core if you need wifi. Strong and fast free wifi is available in the neighboring Starbucks if necessary. Hotel staff friendly and helpful, although English spoken is limited.

2/10 Terrible

Marshall, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Deeply regretted staying here
I foolishly booked 4 nights in this hotel based on some positive reviews I had read. Big mistake. I had paid for a room with a double bed, and ended up in a cramped room with a single. The old, poorly-maintained elevator rarely worked. TV didn't work and even though I asked three times to have it fixed or changed rooms, the staff failed to coply throughout the 4 days. All fixing it would have required was changing the faulty cable, but the staff was just to lazy to make any sort of effort. When I expressed my displeasure, the surly kid at the desk suggested that I go ¨complain on the internet.¨ So I did.

8/10 Good

Chris L, Pennsylvania

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Congreso and good restaurants
Enjoyed our time at Hotel Mundial. It's an older building but in decent condition. We booked a twin and were given a triple corner room, so we had a ton of space. Decent beds; A/C included. Bathroom decent but a little smallish (but not uncomfortably so). Furnishings fairly basic. Couldn't get wifi from our room at the end of the hall; had to go to lobby or elevator area to get signal, and it was often slow. Front desk staff friendly (and some English spoken) but front desk was always swamped, so if you have questions or need to check out, give yourself an extra 10 minutes. Location great--1.5 blocks either direction to Subte stops, just around the corner from a top-rated Peruvian restaurant (Chan Chan--definitely worth a visit!), and only a few blocks to the national congress (to the left) and the Avenida 9 de Julio (to the right). Easy walking distance to the Teatro Colon, a moderate walk to Calle Florida and the Casa Rosada, and about 30 minutes to the heart of San Telmo. A convenient and good-priced laundry service is around the corner behind the hotel (if you don't want to pay the hotel's rates for laundry). All in all, would definitely stay there again if the price is right.

8/10 Good

HH49

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location, great value, very comfortable
Hotel is just steps away from Subway station, and is in very convenient location. Many restaurants, shops in area and is safe to walk around even late at night. Comes with the basic necessities such as free wifi, free breakfast, and safe in room. Bathroom very clean, and great water pressure for the shower. Would definitely recommend to others, and will saty here again next time in Buenos Aires. Great value for money.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location
This hotel is very reasonable priced and is in a great location with reasonable parking very close by. Staff was very good, one word of caution is make sure you have hotels.com copy of booking just in case.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Close to centro.. So its safe
Great staff.. Room ok... Bit location is great and safe. Great hotel for the price. I would go back to this hotel :)

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for what you pay
It was not bad but the room was freezing even though I asked the people in reception to fix that. The location was probably the best part. I liked the shower. :)

10/10 Excellent

Zeke, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Value! Very happy we choose this hotel.
Excellent value. We stayed here our first 4 nights in South America and couldn't be happier. It is within walking distance to downtown, and is in a safe area with restaurants etc. Mario (manager) was very helpful and spoke perfect english which helped us a lot. Very friendly staff. Hotel had a lot of character, nice high ceilings and balcanys. Buffet was great too, lots of variety...meats, cheese, fruits, cereal, cakes, you name it! All you can eat too. Will be staying at Hotel Mundial if we ever come back to BA. Muy Bien!

4/10 Poor

Polly, Colorado

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noisy, Tiny, Dirty
This hotel was conveniently located to the Subte (one block away) and 9 de Julio, and in a pretty safe area but the three adjectives I would use to describe it are NOISY, TINY, and DIRTY. I am a small person but this room (single) was like living in a shoebox, and the bathroom was exceptionally small. It was noisy all hours of the day and night and they put me right by the old, noisy elevator which seemed to be running 24 hours, so I had to wear earplugs to sleep. For an "updated" hotel, my room was very dirty. I found a few hairs in the sheets and ripped towels, scuffs all over the walls, stains in the carpet, the shower door was broken. The bed was okay, but seeing as I found some stray hairs in the sheets, I was a bit grossed out. Wouldn't recommend a stay at this hotel unless desperate and need a cheap place. Breakfast was okay, nothing special.

6/10 Okay

hh, canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Okay but tired
Older hotel in need of renovation. Bathroom has been upgraded but room itself needs attention. Flooring worn carpeting and need of repainting. Clean to the extent possible given worn condition

6/10 Okay

Moni, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location
Hotel is clean and great location. It is just bit old and out of date

6/10 Okay

marc, panama

Disliked: Cleanliness
to expensive for what you get .
First things first , the hotel towels were not clean , even though they had been washed , there was hair from whoever used it last . there was old carpet thoughout the room and the lobby , instead of having a queen size bed , you have two twin beds pushed together to make one large bed , not comfortable . the front desk were very helpful but could learn how to smile when talking to customers , but you will find that all over argentina . last but not least . this hotel was in the city center , but pretty far from all the resturants and clubs of palermo .

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Kristen

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Helpful staff/convenient location
This is a beautiful old building, with a little love it could be spectacular (and would command a much higher price). It is located near the Subte (subway) and bus lines, walkable to a lot of places. The staff was really helpful, particularly the manager.

8/10 Good

Jason, Montreal, QC, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good hotel in heart of downtown BA
Very nice, old building. Charming. Perfect location. Safe. VERY CHEAP! Nice staff. Breakfast is fine, but not amazing.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

meishan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable hotel
The hotel has a good location. Two blocks away from subway station. Close to many attractions. The hotel was remodeled. The bedroom is comfortable. There are many options for breakfast.

8/10 Good

Mike

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good price/value not a high end hotel
Good: free wifi, breakfast free, very helpful front desk staff. room 709 street noise no problem. Hand held shower massage/sprayer. desk in room, phone in room. Mini refrigerator in room . good ac. bed sheets clean. front desk speaks English. Needs improvement: No exercise room, Carpet stained by door. Breakfast room dining ceiling unfinished in a section, TV not very good. exterior door/window chipped/pealing paint. TP holder not secured well.