Rooney's is an elegant, if sparsely, decorated small hotel located on the third floor of a rehabbed apartment building. The staff and (Irish) owner were friendly and helpful.

Due to a scheduling quirk, I spent 10 nights between a "studio" and a "superior" room. I would dissuade anyone from booking the studio room which had far too many compromises, while I would tepidly endorse the superior room. While beautiful and stylish, I felt the rooms were poorly designed for functionality.

The superior room is fairly spacious, and the bathroom included a traditional tub and sink. The non-removable shower head is located in the center of tub which proves awkward, and the hot and cold spigots are mislabeled (they're in English so it's not a case of "C" = "Caldo"). The shower curtain is not long enough, which results in water spraying out of the tub. The bathroom does include a bidet and hair dryer.

The studio room is just large enough to fit the major pieces of furniture, though it featured a small wardrobe which did not provide enough hanging height for even a man's sportscoat. Forget about hanging women's clothing. The toilet and sink/shower were split between two separate mini-rooms. Creating endless frustrations, the sink/shower room did not even include a shelf so there was no space to place toothpaste and toothbrush, never mind other toiletries. Nor was there a hair dryer. The shower is about half-width, so there isn't enough space to turn around.

Both rooms included doors to a small balcony, a safe, and a wired Ethernet port for Internet connection. Wireless is available, but was somewhat flaky and unreliable.

Other reviews have described this hotel as "centrally located," which may be true, but the hotel also isn't particularly near anything of great interest. Convenient to all, but close to none.

The breakfast buffet is a Continental breakfast which features cereal, yogurt, fruit salad, some fresh fruit, (sweet) croissants, various pastries/desserts, toast, coffee/tea, orange juice, and milk.

Also be warned that the exterior rooms are fairly noisy even for this city resident. The hotel is located on the corner of the busy Av. Callao and Calle Sarmiento, and windows were single-paned letting in plenty of noise. Street kids hung out well into the evening on Sarmiento to panhandle the drivers stopped at the intersection. And on weekends, partygoers let out around 6-7am. Strangely, the interior wall also includes a clear window without curtains above the door which lets in light from within the hotel into your room.

Those staying for short periods of time would certainly be satisfied with the many enjoyable characteristics of this hotel, but the poorly designed features would make a longer stay maddening.