My partner and I travelled through South America for fifteen days. We arrived at this hotel about six days into our journey and found it a bright airy and well run hotel with excellent service and an absolutely fantastic location from which to explore Buenos Aires.

Rooms are roomy with Kitchenettes (though we didn't need to use it). Felt very secure and hotel staff were very helpful in accomodating travel requests, booking a tango show, or providing directions to nearby restaurants or trips to El Tigre or Colonial Uruguay. Front desk staff very helpful and patient, even when busy.

Yes internet service is in the Business Center, however when we discovered that Aerolineas Argentinas had gone on strike, and we only found out eight hours before our 8am flight- the receptionist had housekeeping open up the business center for us to enable me to find alternate flights online. I found that very accomodating.

As for location - yes it is a bit noisy during rush hour and is certainly in the center of hustle and bustle after 10pm - ironically this made us feel safer and once the hotel windows were shut and the A/C was on - didn't hear a sound from outside even though we were on the fourth floor facing the street.

For walking around Recoletta or the city, this location was ideal. Easy to get to all parts of the city and there were always Radio Taxis readily available in front of the hotel.

Breakfast was buffet style in the aviary style room which warmed up with the sun, but breakfast selection was very good and the fresh fruit and bread were delightful. The cook can cook your eggs fresh for you if you like. I found eggs in South America in general to be a bit runny so, complaints about them here are not unique to this hotel. If you want your eggs cooked, simply ask the chef for custom made and they did it.

The pool was interesting to look at, but I agree with others - not a pool that you are likely to swim in - didn't seem that clear (water) and it's an odd location for it - so don't book this hotel if you're ready for sunning and swimming.

Gym had adequate cardio and weight equipment, though it was in the basement, so felt a little closed in.

Good: Soft sheets, large room, clean, great service and front desk helpfulness, large bathroom with steam showers.
Bad: Swimming pool not really for swimming

Great hotel. very modern lobby. beautiful garden where breakfast is served. Rooms are very spacious and the bathrooms are large as well. The service is outstanding. The personnel at the hotel is very friendly and helpful. They all speak good english. The location is excellent. Few steps to Recoletta Cemetary and a short taxi ride to everything else. We stayed there in Nov-Dec and the AC was working great. Very quiet, contrary to the previous review.

I've visited Buenos Aires about a half-dozen times, and had always wondered what this hotel would be like. Its location is wonderful -- in my favorite part of town, relatively safe late at night. I've stayed in other hotels, rented apartments and stayed with friends in this city -- on Vicente Lopez, even -- so I have something to compare my experience to.... The worst thing about this hotel was that the heating system in the room did not work. The manual control -- for which there were extensive instructions -- did not work, so I had to call the front desk to change the temp. I asked for 1 degree change in each case. But.. the room was either freezing or too hot after each time it was changed. I called at least three or four times, but after that, gave up. It was VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. (At first I thought I wasn't doing something right, but the clerk at the desk told me the only way to adjust the heat was if it were manipulated through a computer.)The next day, I remarked on the experience, but I paid the full rack price -- $147 for the room, but by the time the more than 20 percent tourist tax was added in (and a few local calls), the total bill was $180ish.

In Buenos Aires, it's possible to stay in a comfortable place for far less. Try the Wilton on Callao, for example, which is not in as good a location as Loi Suites but is about half the price, and fairly close to the heart of Recoleta.

I will say the Lois Suites Recoleta staff was very polite and the breakfast by the pool was very good. In my short stay (one night), I didn't have a chance to use the pool, but had I stayed through the weekend, I would have found that the pool was not going to be available to guests anyway (another ripoff, I think). Anyway, the pool is close to the dining area, so who wants to be watched by a bunch of diners when you're splashing around? The pool and the dining area are in what seem to be a sort of aviary... very attractive to look at, overall... The room itself was nice; there was maid-turn-down service in the evening, with a chocolate on the bed cover, and there was a well-stocked mini-bar. The guests, when I was there, seemed to be mostly Americans.

One other inconvenience: There's no ATM in the hotel, and you have to go across the street to Recoleta Village to use one. I think that particular ATM is in an incredibly exposed area, not the best place for tourists to be withdrawing money.

I would like to recommend this place as a good first stop for a new visitor to Buenos Aires, but I feel terribly ripped off after my own experience here.

This hotel offers a great location, hearty breakfast (loved the globs of dulche de leche), and clean rooms.

Plentiful yellow and black cabs here, though we enjoyed walking to nearby attractions.

The minimall across the street is a great place for a relaxing lunch; the multiplex has cheap prices for recent films (we saw Sideways at that time).

Don't forget to stop at the Elsanjuanino restaurant nearby for the best empanadas before your flight home!