Originally Posted by
offerendum
While the room looks decent (not my style, but tastes are different) the view is awful. Very scruffy!
I believe the higher (expensive) up rooms have an 'outside' view rather inside, but I could be wrong. I think their location doesn't leave much to do - but surely they can cover it or something - it was the most annoying part of an otherwise good stay.
Originally Posted by
kevincrumbs
You're quite right that it seems to be a bit of a unique name for a hotel, so much so that upon reading this post, I recalled that I stayed at
Room Mate Valentina over five years ago on my only visit to Mexico City. I found the hotel to be fine, certainly clean and in a decent neighbourhood but nowhere near luxurious by any means. I had no idea they were a chain until your post and I find it amusing that the one in Milan goes for AUD$400 when the one in Mexico City goes for a little over AUD$100. Obviously they are very different markets but still...
Looking forward to the rest of this report.
Thanks for reading!
In context, $400 AUD is around $310 USD - so it's not ludicrous, but I did see the rate dip to $300 AUD on the rare occasion (just never when I was in Italy), so it might be worth it then due to the location and uniqueness. I know my friend got that $300 AUD rate when she went to stay, and the hotel was a little less full, so they upgraded her anyways.
I had never heard of Room mate chains till this trip, but good to see someone else has tried a Room Mate setup - though I think this is a step up in design as compared to that one as well.