We stayed for 7 days at the Hotel Catedral, the price was right and the location was just what we wanted. Easy access to the Zocalo, subway, day markets, Alameda and Centro Historico sights. The restaurant is charming for breakfast, filled with locals and offers attentive service. The bar is superb for an afternoon cocktail or a late night glass of wine - just don't order a double! We found the noise level of a nearby club intolerable on Friday and Saturday nights, however. Thumping music from 10 p.m. til about 6 a.m. We will stay again and again at this remarkably clean, homey hotel, just not on weekends. I agree with the other reviewer that the in house travel agent is not at all helpful, we found better recommendations and prices for tours etc. at the city tourism kiosk at the base of the Angel of Independence monument. A recommendation for fine food: Las Sirenas, one block from the hotel on Donceles street was the best meal of our 3 week tour of Mexico, gourmet mexican cuisine served on a romantic rooftop overlooking the Cathedral. I also highly recommend the TuriBus, a double decker that carries you throughout the city and offers hop on/ hop off privileges. A great orientation, it stops a block from the hotel right at the side of the Cathedral.

We stayed here 1 to 3 August 2004 inclusive.

Superb value.
Excellent location - 2 minutes from Zocalo.
Good views in all directions from roof terrace.
Comfortable rooms.
Clean and attractive public areas.
Ceiling fans in bedrooms gave barely adequate ventilation, I would have paid more for AC had it been available.
Good and economical breakfasts - excellent choice of pan dolce (and good strawberry jam) as well as the usual Mexican fare.
Other food (evening meal) less good.
Helpful hotel-employed staff, though person manning (franchised?) travel desk not at all helpful.

We paid 440.00 pesos per night per room with 2 double beds. This must represent the best value in the world for a hotel in the centre of a capital city.

My husband and I flew down to Mexico City over the 4th of July weekend in 2004 to meet friends and vacation. We were very happy with the Hotel Catedral. The rooms were very clean and had plenty of space for luggage. We had a room facing the street with a small balcony. It was lovely to eat breakfast in our room and watch the street below come to life. We had no street noise except for on one night we stayed, on Saturday night there was a Rave in the street just down from the hotel, and the glass and walls couldn't stand up to that kind of noise. But the hotel staff more than made up for it by providing us with small souveniers my husband wanted to buy for free, and terrific service. The breakfast in the restaraunt was wonderful and priced great! We also had a terrific time sitting on the roof to watch the sunset sipping on ice cream sodas. A terrific stay! We will return again and again.

I have stayed at the Hotel Catedral several times over the past 10 years and have never once found it to be anything but wonderful. The staff is helpful, the breakfast is good and the rooms are immaculate and the price is great. The only drawback is that it is a bit iffy neighborhood if you are wandering around late at night. Other than that it is close to subways and teriffic restaurants and markets and situated on a street that is lined with excellent used book shops and a block away from the Zocalo.