We arrived at The Claridge Hotel on July 18th and stayed there just one day. This Hotel is superb. None better placed in the historic commercial center of Buenos Aires. It is a classic place to get an English style tea. Room, breakfast and services are excellent, even the spa, as the entire building. Very few better places to stay in Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires is a terrific place to visit, especially right now with the exchange rate, and the Claridge Hotel is not a bad choice. We stayed here for five nights recently and found the hotel to have the following attributes.

First, it is centrally located along a busy street in the Microcenter, which is a good hub from which to explore the surrounding 'zonas' of Recoleta, San Telmo, Puerto Madero, Plaza Mayo, and the pedestrian way on Florida street, as well as the many restaurants in the area. Taxis are easy to hail, plentiful, reliable, inexpensive and, we must say, the drivers were the nicest we have ever encountered (and that is saying alot if your experience with taxi drivers around the world has been anything like ours!).

We found the staff, as other readers have noted, to be uniformly warm, helpful and proficient at their respective positions (though the email reservationist was not quick to respond and did so sometimes with confusing information). The hotel's rack rate is competitive. The front desk offers a very good rate of exchange.

The rooms themselves, however, while large and nicely appointed, have the thinnest walls we have ever experienced, making a good, complete night's rest very elusive, if not impossible. The bathrooms, while clean and well equipped, are a tiiiiiiight squeeze, even for one person.

The breakfast buffet is alright, though we did not think it was anything to write home about; the breakfast attendants are pleasant; the breakfast room is done up in wood panels, red velvet, and even a large moosehead on the wall. In the adjoining room is the bar, which is spacious, infused with natural light from Tucuman Street and a nice place to gather.

We used the gym which is small but adequate, and the dry sauna, which is a little old and showing its age. The business office offered free internet access. The pool we never had a chance to use since it was cold out; in fact we were in Buenos Aires for the first snowfall in 90 years.

All in all, we enjoyed the Claridge but are not exactly sure we would return. We felt welcome there as we did in all of Argentina.

I have been at the Claridge last weekend with my family. It is quite nice and well located but completely out of date. The air condition is so noisy that wakes you up in the middle of the night and you can also listen strange noises from the bathroom. My children had a non smoking room with such a smell of cigarette that they almost couldn´t sleep there the first day and were changed room for the second day. We asked for ice cubes and had to call again after half an hour. Breakfast is very good. I think it is not more the hotel it used to be.

Hotel provides excellent location to most sights and BA neighborhoods. Just a half block off the Florida street pedestrian walkway. Although hotel is located in a relatively busy area, had no problem with noise. Traveled with two others and all three of us were able to check in upon arrival around 9am.

Hotel bar is quite beautiful and is a great choice for coffee before heading out or a beer after a long day of sightseeing. (Quilmes is on tap..7 pesos)

Staff was pleasant and helpful. Business center provides free access via three PCs, however found the internet connection painfully slow. Was somewhat disappointed to find there were no English language news channels available. I would have expected SkyNews, BBC, or CNN International. Hopefully the hotel will address that oversight in the future.