If you’re looking for a romantic inn in Oaxaca, look no further than Agrado Guest House.
For those interested in checking out popular landmarks while visiting Oaxaca, Agrado Guest House is located a short distance from Andador de Macedonia Alcalá (0.2 mi) and Exconvento de San Pablo (0.2 mi).
As your “home away from home,” the inn rooms offer a minibar, and getting online is easy, with free wifi available.
Guests have access to a concierge and baggage storage while staying at Agrado Guest House. In addition, Agrado Guest House offers a lounge, which will help make your Oaxaca trip additionally gratifying. And, as an added convenience, there is paid public parking available nearby.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Mexita, Cafe Bistrot Epicuro, and Trattoria y Pizzeria Ciao Italia "pañuelito", which are some Mediterranean restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
Should time allow, Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman and Ethnobotanical Garden are some popular attractions that are within walking distance.
The staff at Agrado Guest House looks forward to serving you during your upcoming visit.
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Languages Spoken
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Location
Francisco Murguia 305 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca 68000 Mexico
Name/address in local language
Agrado Guest House
58 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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Well, to say the least we were not exactly happy at the Agrado Guest House. Great location and interesting building. Not too many pros, so here are the cons. No hair dryer in room (had to search for one for the wife in the early morning and that took almost an hour); no shower curtain and a lousy shower (it is a tub/shower and the water drains from the shower running off into a drain on the bathroom floor); breakfast, only one choice with cold toast, starts at 8:30, which is not convenient if you have an early morning excursion, plus, it is cooked at the time you sit down, so another 15 minutes is wasted. Also the coffee is not very good and cold. In winter, take a coat to breakfast because it is out side and is very chilly in the morning. Room itself is very spartan. No TV but that was ok because we were busy and our Spanish is lacking at best. Staff is friendly and do their best trying to communicate. Only the head manager speaks English and he does the breakfast cooking. Room was cleaned daily and fresh towels were delivered daily. This was good because we used the bath towels to dry up the water on the bathroom floor so we wouldn't slip and break a hip. Covid protocols were good. There is a small bar area but was not staffed. Again, very convenient location and was clean. But I would suggest another place if staying in Oaxaca.
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Date of stay: January 2022
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The guest house itself is really beautiful, and the staff really friendly, but try to avoid any room facing the street. I was booked in the master suite and the guest house decided to have potable water brought into the hotel at 23:15 in the evening. This happened right outside my window for 30 min and was extremely loud! Beyond that, every night was loud on the street. It's hard to shut out the noise because you need the windows open for air flow as there is no air conditioning. I didn't had a good night of sleep since staying here.
Additionally, guests don't get a key to the front gate. You have to rely on hotel staff or security to let you in and out of the building. I haven't had any problems with this, but I have heard other guests have. I think this should have been more clear in the booking site.
Breakfast was convenient and tasty, but dinner was something you could skip, unless you want to meet other travelers. The guests at dinner were so great.
Overall, the concept of this place is great but if you need a quiet place to stay, keep looking.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Traveled solo
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Response from Mauricio Rodriguez, General Manager at Agrado Guest House
Responded Apr 20, 2021
Hola I'm sorry you had a bad experience with your room. Water is really difficult to get in Oaxaca since the city not always provide us with it. Also, we really care about our guest's privacy and security, that why we work with the front gate closed. Maybe next time you would like to try a room at the garden
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We stayed at the Agrado recently (for a wedding) and we enjoyed it very much. The Agrado is a wonderful hotel, I loved the architecture and the cleanliness was incredible, the interior decoration was also very lovely and comfortable with a clean, minimalist style. Quiet and peaceful, with many lovely, large open communal spaces to sit and relax, a very nice breakfast included and all the linens and towels were very soft and spotlessly white. Filtered water is supplied. The location is perfect, very central and near everything, also there is a person at the front desk 24/7 which is great for feeling secure and getting help with anything you may need. In a nutshell a very peaceful, lovely place to get away from it all.
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Date of stay: March 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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The Agrado Guest House was the most welcoming & warm place to stay. A home from home.
It’s a beautiful building lovingly restored by owner Ana and her family. The rooms are clean, light & spacious with local artworks displayed and, during our visit they hosted a small artisan market in the courtyard. Communal areas are comfortable & there is a rooftop terrace where yoga classes are available in the mornings.
The Agrado is situated within easy walking distance of town and we loved exploring the galleries, markets, & restaurants. Ana’s son, Mauricio, manages the guest house & has lots of information on places to eat and visit.
This is a family business and it is clear that everyone works towards ensuring the guests get the most from their visit to Oaxaca. They are clearly proud of the city & it’s rich heritage..& rightly so.
It has been an inspiring visit and we thoroughly recommend the Agrado.
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Date of stay: December 2021Trip type: Traveled with family
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Breakfast is just bad. There is a daily menu without any choice: like tortilla with frejoles and chicken on Tuesdays or eggs with ham on Thursdays. Had to get breakfast in a cafė. The room we got was nice and large but no hot water to bathe as we came on a rainy day and on that part of the guest house has only solar heating. The shower head gives a thin sprinkle of water. There is no air conditioning in the rooms and no heater, just fan. For the price I would expect for more. I wonder how come they marked 3star hotel. The second star was given for the good location, the lovely garden, and the comfortable bed. Another really annoying thing is that in order to get in and out of the hotel someone has to open the gate! Why just give the guests a key???“minimalism gone wrong ”
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Date of stay: June 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip:I think there must be better options in Oaxaca
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I would like to start by clarifying that “El agrado guest house”is not a hotel. As its name says it is a guest house. ( Huge difference)
It's a family business, they're new on the business, they’re learning and they are nice hard working people. The place has great location, it’s close to everything! Having said that; There was no hot water in the hotel from the first day until the last. We stayed for six nights. We occupied seven bedrooms and we were 14 adults.
The place offers breakfast and dinner included in the rate. Breakfast is not pretentious: fruit, juice, coffee, egg or chilaquiles, nice home made breakfast!
Dinner ... I will simply say that they still don't have the experience or the competence to offer dinner service to their guests.
I assure you that over time, hard work and your positive attitude will make this guest house a memorable place, I wish you the best!
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Mauricio Rodriguez, General Manager at Agrado Guest House
Responded Apr 20, 2021
Thank you. We will do better :)
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The cleaning people are terrible, came back to my room to find my wet dirty towels hanging back up on the shower pole all damp by the cleaning ladies. I had to grab them all and take them to be exchanged for new ones. The shower head was spraying from the pipe area, me and my wife couldn’t shower. mold around the area where the sink meets the wall. Toilet seat too short for the toilet. There was a sliding wall in my living room which was hiding a hugh window, I had to stuff it with what I can find to cover the hugh gap. People outside can clearly see in my room. Another small window in the kitchen was easy to look thru from the outside and see my whole living area. Complete mold on a rubber flap they had put on the shower drain. Why I didn’t give it one star was because the rest of the staff and the garden were awesome. But they need more stricter room policies. The room fell short completely. Even the decor was sad.
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Hi, first and foremost I would like to start saying that we stay at the room 17 corresponding to the department at the back of the house. It is a big room with a double bed and a indivual sofa bed. It has a kitchenette, a dining table, a firepleace, one restroom with shower and a TV. You will always count with wifi that even when is not the best wifi service, it works really well so you can be connected.
The room was very clean and comfortable.
When we arrived we have only 2 inconveniences: there is no parking so you have to look for a place on public way out of the hotel and we didn't have hot water.
The first inconveninece couldn't be fixed, because there is no near parking where you can let your car, but to the temperature problem of the water, we talke with the hotel's people and the fixed it, therefore the next days we didn't have any problem with that, actually we enjoyed a lot to take a delicious shower at morning so we can start our days.
The restaurant is not very varied, so you better take consideration of that, that is not actually a problem, because Oaxaca downtown is full of places where you can eat for differente sprices, eventhoug everyday theyhave a few dishes, that to my taste they where very average, but the last day I was surprised with the flavour of the chilaquiles that they gave us in the morning for breakfast. They were delicious.
The people is really nice and I would considere definitely to stay there again for the next trip, because the hotel is in a very good location near to everything, after all you go walking to every place that you want to know unless it is a place as monte alban or something like that, that is far from downtown.
Thank you to all the Agrado's staff for making us feel like home. A lovely place to stay.
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Date of stay: December 2022
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For the price and location, I really cannot make any complaints! Our room was clean and I dug the Oaxaca meets Minimalist approach. Wifi was not great, but good enough to stream shows at night. The included breakfast was great (and the beautiful, shaded outdoor area to have it) and special thanks to Mao who was able to make us a special diet friendly meal each morning. The coffee was also outstanding. Would stay here again!
This place may not be a good fit if you are used to more franchise hotels (particularly in the US). There are no TVs, no room service, no hairdryer (that I could see), not a ton of outlets, or places to hang things etc. As someone who stays in those places a lot, I appreciated the uniqueness of this hotel.
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Date of stay: January 2022
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My first time in Oaxaca and I loved the recommendation, the super comfortable bed, very nice common areas to spend the afternoon, very good internet to work and it has a coworking area. In the room you have everything like a minibar at a very affordable price. The exquisite breakfast is also a few blocks from the tourist corridor, the Santo Domingo church, all within a few blocks walk. Thanks for your attention.
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Date of stay: September 2023Trip type: Traveled solo
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There are more places to choose from in the Oaxaca area.
PRICE RANGE
$103 - $156 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
MexicoSouthern MexicoOaxacaOaxaca
NUMBER OF ROOMS
15
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Which popular attractions are close to Agrado Guest House?
Nearby attractions include Coyote Aventuras (0.1 miles), Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán (0.2 miles), and Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca, A.C. (0.2 miles).
