Hotel Principe

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It’s classical style of hospitality. Old world Argentina. Great rooms and adjoining bedrooms , if it only had a place to cook, I would say it was like a local’s home ..

There's a good reason why this place hasn't been reviewed for a while! It looks like no one has been there for quite some time.

Out dated rooms with hard and uncomfortable beds. The bathroom suite also in need of a complete overhaul. Nothing worse in my opinion than a old, flakey bath, shower and toilet! Cheap and nasty loo roll. Single glazed windows that didn't shut properly on the front of the hotel that let's all the street noise in. Really old linen and lack of glasses, plates....in fact....everything in the little kitchenette. If you can't use it, why is it in my room?

Luckily, we were only there for one night. It is cheap but you can do so much better for the same price around BA.

Attention: don't forget anything in the room!
We stayed at the hotel last August 2012 for vacation. During the stay in the hotel, one morning we forgot the mobile in the room and it was stolen. It was a very bad experience.
Our room was near the elevator and therefore very noisy. Cleaning of the room was normal.
The breakfast was good. The hotel is not very close to the underground. You have to walk almost twenty minutes on food to reach it.
A couple of Italian tourists

After perusing tripadvisor, I decided to book a room at the Principe Hotel. I was lured in by the US$23/room rate that I read on this website and I told my cab driver almost braggingly what a great deal this was. To my dismay, I found out that singles were actually AR200 (US$50) and doubles AR250 (US$64).
My taxi had unfortunately left so I had a look at the room and decided to stay.
The rooms are quite nice. I appreciated the spaciousness and cleanliness.
What disappointed me was the attitude of some of the staff. Even though it was low season, they refused to give me any kind of discount on their rate. Also, each morning, I would ask for a 2nd cup of coffee. Little did I know that they were keeping tabs on this and that when I would check out, I would be charged AR8 pesos for each cup. I travelled a month in Argentina and these guys were the only ones to charge extra for this.
Another thing I noticed was that the son never lifted a finger when it came to cleaning up or helping with luggage; he just sat there on his computer while the older people (parents?) did all the work. Really not impressed.
In conclusion, I am torn about recommending this hotel. The room was really quite nice but the cost and the attitude forced me to find another hotel on my return to Buenos Aires.
I actually found a hotel that was highly rated on tripadvisor for the same price but the staff were exceptional and there was a computer in the lobby for patrons to use for free. PLUS, guess what, they never charged me for that 2nd cup of coffee in the morning!!

I did go to Buenos Aires with my mother (80) a person who prefers the Sheratons, Hiltons etc. We both took the chance with the Principe Hotel (since our beloved cat is named Principe) and found it a great deal and a nice place to stay. Since we do not spend much time at a hotel and I had a rented car, we were not interested in extra activities (pool, sauna, etc.) For the price of under $50 dollars, Hotel Principe is a good deal. I was uneasy about my rented car and parking but I was pleased with the parking lot across the hotel. I paid $12 dollars for parking 24 hours a day during 4 days. You need parking, since you can not park in both sides of the street in Buenos Aires and with so many cars, it is difficult to find spaces for overnigth parking. I do speak Spanish so communication is not a problem. Their 3 person staff, is friendly and helpful. Breakfast is only croissants and coffe, but very good. Its location is very good. Half block from Avenida Santa Fe and its shopping stores. This avenue takes you directly to downtown and the wide 9 de Julio avenue. Perfect location for me to drive back and forth. A/C is by demand but does not work very well. Although in the middle of summer, it was raining and did not suffer much for lack of A/C. Our room was big an clean. The bathroom OK. I requested help with two tango shows reservations and they did good. Since most of these tango places pick you up and bring you back to the hotel, location of the Principe Hotel does not matter if you do not have transportation. By the way, a metro station is one and half block away!
If you are the type that spends most of the day at a hotel, this NOT YOUR type of place to stay. Otherwise, I highly recomend it!
Finally, I could not get my reservation with their weeb page; It would not connect properly when the final "click" was activated. However, I e-mailed them with my date of arrival and they confirmed it by e-mail.

I stayed about 10 days at this hotel and really did like it.

First off I can tell you as a very well traveled person I found this to be a great bargain.

Location is excelent with many shops and restaurants within walking distance on Av. Santa Fe. Hotel is on a side street so there is not too much trafic noise from outside. A great restaurant on Av. Santa Fe is Comida Y Co. great all you can eat buffet for about $8.00 quality is excelent.

Those who complained about this hotel I feel are really those types of people who are hard to please. Look this Hotel is not the Ritz or Four Seasons, if you want four seasons comfort and luxury dont book at a $30.00 a night hotel.

What I can tell you is that the staff work hard here, and you will be greated by a cleaning lady who will take your lugage up to your room for you regardless if it is over half her weight! So please dont believe anyone who could tell you this place is dirty.

OK Argentines are not known for be humble and salt of the earth people but they are generally open and friendly. I sympatise with the writer who did not know his flight schedule (due to injury) but he should not expect a hotel with 15-20 rooms to be able to accomidate an open check out. On the contrary the fact that they did accomidate him shows in my opinion a degree of effort to help guests.

The hotel also has full cable tv with about 80 channels, and free access to 800 numbers like AT&T or Canada Direct!

The only warnings I can give someone is the following. Breakfast is included but I did not take it as it was very very simple and not the best quality at that. But again at $30-35.00 what do you expect? Your room has a fridge and supermarkets are near by so hey buy some OJ and Yogurt and enjoy the savings! Also the kitchen downstaris will heat up anything in a microwave for you.

Reservations at a hotel that has few rooms and offers a large comfortable room at a low price can be difficult, but I did find the staff ready to help and by possibly calling two times and letting them know your ready to take a room if someone cancels or no shows you will find they will do what they can for you.

Lucky are those who are able to book a room at this hotel!

We stayed at this hotel for 7 days in March 2005, our room was large and light with 3 beds. The bathroom could have been a little cleaner, but it was more than acceptable for the money $35USD/night with breakfast. We wanted to stay in an Argentinian hotel rather than a hotel full of American and European tourists and this certainly was the right place. The hotel staff was helpful in making dinner reservations and lending us champagne glasses to use in the room when we bought a bottle of champagne from the grocery store rather than from their small bar. We plan to return to BsAs next year and will defintely stay at the Hotel Principe again.

i am from Uruguay, and every time i travel to Bs As I stay at the Principe Hotel. Its disgusting read the things that the woman of Austria wrote. I know the people that works there and are very friendly. My language is spanish obviously, but every time i travel i enter in tripadvisor, sorry about my inglish. When i make reservations in every hotel of the world they ask me the days exactly i will stay because the works with reservation. The problem perhaps are that the american people or european thinks that in south america we are death and they want to pay U$S 35 dolars and receive a HIlton service. Write here anything its free, i see!!!

The Hotel Principe is well-located (close to the metro and just off busy Avenida Santa Fe), but there are better values. Our room was rundown, with none of the charm of Buenos Aires' other aging establishments. The room we were given was spacious enough, with two single beds in addition to a queen bed, but it also smelled musty. The bathroom reeked of mildew and its tiles, from wall to floor, needed a good scrubbing. The towels had seen better days and could best be described as "crunchy."

Worst of all, we returned to our room one afternoon to find the bed made, but also an unwelcome addition: an empty condom wrapper on one of the nightstands. The condom wrapper definitely was not ours. Disgusted, we called the front desk, who sent a maid to pick it up. The front desk was alarmingly nonchalant about the surprise, noting that it wasn't as if it had been a used condom itself! Buenos Aires is a beautiful and affordable destination; you don't need to accept shoddy standards to find a place to stay. For a bit more money and a lot more value, try the Guido Palace Hotel at Guido 1780, Recoleta. Tel: ---

I usually travel several months in a country- so I stayed last year 3 months in Argentina and this year I returned again. As everybody else my trip always starts in Buenos Aires and I have to return there to get my flight back home. From Feb. 1st - Feb.6th I stayed in Hotel Principe because it has nice previews from other customers. The hotel is very clean, it has nice large rooms and I liked also the quarter with its restaurants, stores and the streets with trees... I reserved my single room by e-mail, but they have not got it. Unfortunately they did not have a single room available so I had to take a four-bed-room, which costs AR$ 100,-- (us $ 35,--) the night. After Feb. 6th I left the hotel to continue my trip. On March 5th I have had an accident and had to return to Buenos Aires to get a return flight - my right shoulder was broken and this was very painful. Unfortunately VARIG, my air-company, was not able to tell me which day a seat in a plane will be available and I explained to the reception that I cannot exactly say which day I will leave Buenos Aires. This really upsets the receptionist, he has been complaining about the way I do my reservations and I should be able to understand that they are doing their business by reservation and now they had to wait until I will tell them.......For my trips to South-America I studied Spanish but in these moments I have been regretting it - it would have been much better I would have not understand what he was telling me! Nobody in this hotel did help me with luggage or just some other little help....they were watching me while I tried to lock my bags - all with one hand and pain...The young gentlemen in the reception is not able to greet you once you enter the lobby.
SERVICE, KINDNESS, POLITENESS, HELPFULNESS - THOSE WORDS THEY DO NOT KNOW AT THE HOTEL PRINCIPE BUENOS AIRES!!!

We wanted a quiet place in Buenos Aires to spend 4-5 days. On the last minute we cancelled our reservation in a downtown hotel for Hotel Principe. It was a great decision. Hotel Principe has a great location (in Palermo: one of the richest area), Internet cafe, grocery store, restaurant and ATM were less than a block away. Plus you get to walk from Recoleta, zoo and botanical garden easily. The subte station is one block away and takes you downtown in 10 minutes. The room we had was not modern but we had a small fridge and lots of space. Breakfast was simple but enough to go on: small croissants with juice, yogourt and your choice of coffee (cappucino, espresso etc). We visited downtown and pinpointed all hotels of our initial choice, you do not want to stay downtown in Buenos Aires, it's crowded, noisy and you need to be on your guards constantly.
The rate in december 2004 was 90 pesos, breakfast & tax included
P.S.: the personnel is very friendly but speaks little English. If you have some knowledge of Spanish, you'll be fine.

i stayed at the Principe Hotel for 2 weeks. I rent a double room. It included the taxes and the breakfast. A typical, but interesting breakfast. Express Cofee taht its not very common. The room are very confortable, 3o mts2 with tv, refrigerator, private toilet. The people at the Hotel are great. Its a differente kind of hotel. Big rooms, low rates. I will return to Bs As and i will stay at the Principe Hotel.

I stayed here for a total of nine nights in mid-late April, 2004 and I was very pleased with my choice. This is a simple, small family-run hotel in Barrio Norte, bordering both Recoleta and Palermo, an excellent choice for those who are not the hostel-type but looking for an inexpensive place to stay in a very nice and safe neighborhood. Very good for women traveling solo, as I was. The hotel is very well-maintained, extremely clean and the furnishings are in excellent condition. A free-standing closet/armoire and large dresser gave plenty of space to store my stuff and all rooms feature a small dining table, refrigerator and color cable TV. Not sure if they have full air-conditioning, but they do have a central air system that kept my room comfortable on a couple of warm, muggy days. The lobby and breakfast area are homey and bright, and the room rate includes a standard Argentine continental breakfast of medialunas/toast, yoghurt, coffee/tea and juice. The hotel staff doesn't speak much English, but they are cordial.

The location of the hotel is excellent, a half block off Avenida Santa Fe with its many shops that have everything you need and a block from the Aguero subte (subway) station. Many restaurants and cafes are just a short stroll away, and a little more walking will bring you to the heart of Recoleta and Palermo. The area is also a safe place to walk around after dark. I was very happy here.