Originally Posted by
edrags
The good
- a seven story hotel with nice quality rooms, good linens, great water pressure (better than the St Regis Mexico City), a welcoming lobby with cool decorations, great service and staff
- a very convenient location close to the airport and the central historic district
- current rates are very reasonable at $100 or 3,000 points. Infinitely better value than the Maria Isabel, W or St Regis
- an amazingly vibrant neighborhood with countless new restaurants and an up and coming scene
The bad
- the interior space in the upper floors is poorly lit
- the street the hotel is on is really not that great and takes some getting used to
- most cabbies still haven't heard of this place
In my mind the goods far outweigh the bads. Your first impression, if not used to Mexico City, might be a little disappointing on a busy dirtyish street. But within an easy 15 minute walk in almost any direction you will find hundreds of AMAZING restaurants. To many critics Mexico City is the world's hottest culinary destination. Just check out the New York Times article calling MEX the world's best restaurant city.
I recommend you walk around the neighborhood and see what one of Mexico City's trendiest neighborhoods feels like. And if you feel unsafe you can always take a short cab ride.
I will be back.
I've been searching on recent 411 with regards to this property--especially the quality of the beds, linens, furnishings, noise, bathrooms and degree of smoking ubiquity--as the Roma n'hood in all other respects sound great. Right now we're reserved nine days at the St. Regis Sep 13-22 in an Exec. suite (SPG Gold) averaging out at about $165 with some points and promotions. For such a long trip, however, I prefer to be in a neighborhood rather than solely in a business area. Were we to stay at this property, we would probably spend the first four days during the Fiestas Patria/Independence Day festivities at the St. Regis (an executive suite is an executive suite, after all) then shift to Junior Suite at this Sheraton.
I rarely stay at Four Points domestically--but I'm intrigued by your positive comments. This trip, however, is on the occasion of our 20th anniversary--so your Con's re the street not being so good are very unsettling. Would you not want to walk around here in the evenings? Is the street unsafe, or just, well like 1st Avenue in the East Village circa 1979 before the Hell's Angels clubhouse turned into Condo's?
Too, I hold a hotel up to a higher standard when it's my wife and I than when I'm alone on business. I'm a NYC native and have felt comfortable in Asia and Europe in a variety of cities; and in a past life lived for several months in Manzanillo and San Miguel D'Allende.
Food and markets are a focus of our visit, and probably 80% of the restaurants already scoped out are in Roma/Condesa, with several more in the Centro and one or two outliers in San Angel and Polanco.