Hotel Doralba Inn

Prós: Spacious courtyard and pool area. Most rooms overlook the pool. Excellent breakfast included in our very reasonable price.

Contras: Location not ideal. It is a bit of a walk to the main tourist area of downtown.

The price is reasonable especially when booked online with Priceline! Please note that the rate negotiated by Priceline is a room in the colonial part and if you want to have a more spacious and modern room in the premium around the pool area, you must pay a small fee which is worth it.

Prós: The location is in the city center near the zocalo and full breakfast buffet that serves dinner at the same time taking it around 9:00 in the morning and very secure indoor parking for our car.

Contras: The unpleasant smell of drains in the bathroom of our room 357 and that the wifi works well only in the dining room and adjacent sofas.

Overall, a good value. Plusses are great location, clean, nice pool, big delicious breakfast, large room, reasonably comfortable bed, great water pressure in the shower, helpful staff, and very reasonable rates. Negatives include . . . The furnishings are rather tired and uninteresting. The entry is very shabby. There was a strong perfumed smell in the room, like it had been heavily sprayed with rose water perfume. It was impossible to get rid of it, and gave me such a headache the first night that I could not sleep. The staff was very responsive and tried to help by changing all the linens including bedspreads. The smell was still there the second day but not nearly as strong which leads me to believe that they had sprayed the room with something that smelled like perfume and it was still in the draperies, walls, etc. Only two bathtowels were provided, and no handtowels or wash cloths. I would strongly suggest that they stop the perfume spray and provide at least one hand towel.

Prós: Great location, large room which was quite clean. Great breakfast, delicious and a lot! The pool!! Room rates were great, a real value given the location, room size, pool, etc. Overall, except for the perfumed smell, I would recommend.

Contras: The entry to the building is very poor. Definitely not a good first impression. The room furnishings are tired. The worst part was the strong, overbearing perfumed 'smell' in the room. I could not sleep because of it.