Layout of the hotel is a little claustrophobic, but amenities are there. Although views of three rooms I saw were not picturesque, it probably helped keep the noise level down. Room was quiet and comfortable. Location on San Martin adjacent to Florida was extremely convenient and walking distance to several popular areas of the city.

This is one of the most classic hotels in Buenos Aires! The old Plaza hotel, now part of the Marriott Chain.

The best of it:
1) The beds are amazing!
2) The staff is friendly and helpful.
3) The surroundings and location: The plaza San Martin is beatiful and the Florida street (shopping) is right around the corner
4) I got a maasage: unbelievable!! An older (60+) heavy set man... when I first saw him I thought he might drop dead while giving me a massage, but then he surprised me with an amazing kneadding!!

The watchouts:
1) The elevators don't stop at the lobby level, so you alwaya have to go a floor up or down from/to the lobby to take the elevators.
2) Getting in and out of the hotel in a cab is tricky... you might have to do a big roundabout, and hit a lot of traffic. Their own cab service is poor
3) Breakfast is not that good
4) Don't leave anything behind!!! I left a book in the night table, called right away but it was already "not there"... they took no responsibility, of course!

We stayed at the Marriott Plaza 3 different times over a 2 week period while vacationing in Buenos Aires. The first stay, we requested a park view room and had a great large king room -almost a suite -on the 8th floor. We requested early check in and were able to check in upon arrival after a long flight from US at noon. Next 2 stays were in double rooms on 3rd floor-much smaller rooms, but very nice. The hotel was fully booked and they could not provide early check in or late check out, but held our bags in storage, so could spend the day out and about. Bedding was devine! Staff all spoke English well and were very helpful and professional. Lots of security people about, so felt very safe. Nice exercise room and heated but small pool. Location was great-right at Florida Street shopping and could easily walk to many other sites and Recota/Palermo/San Telmo all a short cab ride away. I would definitely stay at this property again if in BA. For two of our stays, our rate included breakfast which was very good-nice selection of foods and very good quality. We had breakfast out several days and none of the breakfasts was even close to as nice as the Marriotts.

The Marriott Plaza Hotel from the outside is a beautiful hotel. Its location right at the end of Calle Florida is a big plus and the distance to Plaza de Mayo and other attractions is perfectly decent for walking. I have Marriott Rewards gold status which helped me score a larger room with huge bay windows looking out over Plaza San Martin. The view is nice, but from the 4th floor, the street noise can be quite loud. So, if you are a light sleeper, you definitely need to try to get a higher level room. The room was spacious and bed was extremely comfortable. Service, room amenities and housekeeping were good and fairly consistent with other Marriott properties, although there is evening housekeeping. As mentioned in other reviews, the paint is chipping in places and the fact that this is an older hotel is apparent in places, but everything in the room was in good working order. The health club was above average - big floor space, but it didn't have a lot of equipment. Overall, I would recommend the hotel and the price, $200/night, for a weekend rate is probably fair.