"Excellent hotel for your consular processing visit"
La Quinta Inn is a great hotel. It is updated and clean. It is very safe; the entire perimeter is fenced/gated and they have a guard 24 hours a day, monitoring who comes and goes into the hotel premises. Make sure you put their number in your phone, as you will be calling the hotel often for the shuttle or for a taxi. They have a US number and a Mexican number, so make sure you dial/figure out the right one before you go. The hotel is not really walking distance to the consulate or the mall (unless you like walking and are pretty brave), but they have a shuttle that will take you anywhere in the area: consulate, mall, DHL office, Zaragoza bridge, airport, etc. Just make sure you tell the receptionist in advance (early in the morning) and/or be prepared to wait for the shuttle. The 2-10 pm shift shuttle driver, Bernardo, is very helpful and charismatic. We stayed here for 10 days and didn't tire of the breakfast.
They have honeydew, papaya, apples, bananas, yogurt, granola, cold cereals, milk, orange juice, grape juice, coffee, little Mexican bread pastries, regular bread & toaster, beans, an egg dish, and a meat/veggie dish that would change every day.
The hotel tends to get sports teams on the weekends (teenagers) who are very loud when people are trying to sleep past midnight. It also seems to be a popular location for big groups who like to meet in the conference room where it sounds like they're having parties/concerts. The hotel can get crowded.
Dulce from Seattle
