Rooms are NOTHING like what they are on the website. They are very dirty, and I have no idea what they mean by trendy. To top it all off, I got ripped off at the end. My bill came in dollars and was then converted into pesos. The rate of the day was 3.09 pesos to the dollar. I was charged 3.20 pesos per dollar on the conversion, which is fine if I was going to pay in dollars. I was going to pay in pesos, so I said that I wanted the rate of the day. Even though I was paying in their currency, instead of dollars, they still charged me for the exchange. Bottom line is this place sucks!

Well, this place is not suitable for a person with high standards..First of all, the decor is too poor, nothing to do with the one you imagine when you see the website images. The breakfast? You have the cheapest options: low quality spreads (dulce de leche, but the cheapest you can get at the supermarket), only whole milk (sorry, they don't like healthy people!), old pastries and if you like fruits, you're lost: they're not fresh enough. The staff is OK, but they always recommend you the same eateries (please, read another travel guide!). And of course, be careful with Christian! He's the owner, and be worried if he looks at your boyfriend...Disgusting.

We stayed at Che Lulu for one night during the week that we spent in Buenos Aires. The pluses are the friendly staff that greet you and are quite helpful with tips on things to check out in Buenos Aires. Also, the prices were great for a stay in Palermo. We paid $33US + taxes/night for a double room. The area is quite safe and there are a good number of shops and cafes nearby.

The downside is that there are a lot of people for the number of bathrooms that they have. It's a good pick for a budget traveller but maybe not so great for a romantic getaway. There's lots of traveller's from around the world staying here and everyone has breakfast together which is a great place to meet people if you are a single traveller or just want to meet new people.

The staff was very friendly. However, we had originally booked three nights and there was a mixup and our room was given away for the other 2 nights. They still made an effort to find us accomodations at Casa I.F., another startup BnB that is also good value for the budget traveller and was located nearby.

Che Lulu is definately good value.

I stayed at the 3 Gueishas room with 3 other friends, we reserved the whole room for us and stayed 3 nights. The total cost was of 55 US Dollars, and was worth every penny. For the price we paid, the room was totally worth it, we befriended some of the hosts, the breakfast was delicious (simple, but delicious) and the hotel itself seems a lot like a house that was had been empty for months and was just cleaned up yesterday. When I got there I immediately noticed that the pictures in the website had created a much nicer image of the hotel than it actually was, but the hotel was just as nice as I had thought of it, but in a different way. It's cozy, comfortable, plesant, has a nice warmth to it. But it is not "chique" or "elegant", so if you're looking for a comfortable place to come back home to after a day of walking and shopping and are willing to pay a higher price, you might want to look around more. I'm 17 and stayed with 3 other friends of the same age, we didn't want to spend much money and weren't looking for high class rooms or fancy hotels, so for the price we paid it was TOTALLY worth it, and the location is excelent too. If I go back to buenos aires with friends I would certainly want to stay at che lulu again. The 3 Gueishas room is adorable, although again, it looks "old". I guess that's part of the charm. And there's a negative part to the room, it has no door. It's the last floor so it's as if it were an attic, and you go up this staircase (there are no elevators because it only has 3 floors, so prepare to take the suitcases upstairs) to get to the room, but no one ever touched any of our stuff. But it is a room that is shared between 5 people (unless you reserve the whole room, like my friends and I did) so I guess it makes sense that there's no door. On the other hand, the hotel is like a house, so to get in you need to ring a doorbell and identify yourself before entering, that way it's safer. And there is someone at the door 24/7.
They also don't accept payments in credit cards, which can make things more complicated for some people.

Overall, it was a wonderful experience, the hotel is plesant and totally worth the price (for our room, at least). The location is great, the staff is young and polite (except for this one lady that no one liked), the 3 Gueishas room is confortable, spacious and clean, the bathroom is shared between all rooms except for one and is clean too (there are two bathrooms, one that has the 2 showers and 1 toilet, and another with only a toilet and sink. this way you can shower and lock the door) but it's complicated to get warm water. Either its steaming hot or it's freezing cold.

I recommend it if you want to save money and/or you're young and/or adventurous (as in not interested in elegance and high class accomodations).

And if you go, tell Nico or Daniel (2 of the hosts) that I really appreciated the mediaslunas after a night out in the clubs. It was nice to go to back to the hotel at 5 o'clock in the morning after having danced all night long and just sit down on the couch in the living room and just chat with them eating croissoints (with no additional charge!).

Enjoy (: