Meridiano Hostel Boutique is a hipster hotel in Palermo Soho in Buenos Aires. This place has 82 reviews and an average rating of 4.3 of 5. This is a very good rating.
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Quiet, comfortable, air conditioned dorms and common room. Clean. Large rooms throughout. Great rooftop view. Nice staff!
Our booking.com confirmed booking for a private room was incorrectly handled by the property and we were given 3 hours notice before arriving at 10pm that we could have 2 beds in a dormitory instead.
The hostel also failed to book us a taxi which we had requested with 36 hours notice.
The hostel does not respond to emails, text messages or booking.com communication.
We had to stay in the dormitory room the first night as when we had arrived at night we had no alternative option, and the hostel made no attempt to accommodate us elsewhere.
As for the dormitory itself, the aircon was broken, the windows were open all night right next to a busy street and the bathroom drains were blocked/smelly, there was no toilet paper and we were not provided towels until we asked for them.
The owner would not meet with us, neither in the evening we arrived, nor the following morning at 9am when his colleague said he would be able to.
Be aware the roof terrace which is so greatly advertised is only open at the weekend, and is closed during the week.
Needless to stay we left the next morning rather than be move into the room we had originally booked. We were able to find a beautiful 3 star hotel nearby for cheaper.
Great roof and comfy beds. Good location
Dishonest, Rude & Cockroaches. The worst hostel we stayed in 8 months of travelling.
1. Many cockroaches on the bunk beds in our dorm.
I killed one & asked the male staff member to come up to the dorm with bug spray but he never did. He was busy drinking with his friends downstairs! Not his problem. “What do you expect, it’s a hostel!” was his response.
2. They advertise air-conditioning in every bedroom but they won’t let you use it
Air-conditioning controllers for dorms and private rooms are kept behind the reception desk. Over a 7 night stay in the hostel they let us put it on once and lied about why they wouldn't "It's not hot enough / other people don't want it......". When we insisted that we turn it on as the heat was stopping us from sleeping & we paid for an air conditioned room they finally told us the truth. The owner had forbidden any air-conditioning to be turned on at any time, day or night, as he was trying to save money on electricity.
3. Refusal to refund and lies about owner coming
Having endured cockroaches & more lies about the air conditioning we wanted to check out one day early and get a refund for our last night that we would not be spending there. The rude receptionist said “The owner will give it to you tomorrow at 8.30AM”. At 8.30AM the owner wasn’t there. “Now he’s coming at 10.30AM”. At 10.30AM we are told “the owner is not coming. He also will not give you a refund nor talk to you on the phone about it.” The receptionist was rude but even he admitted he was sorry, this was theft but what could he do? “I don’t own the hostel. It’s not my responsibility. Write a review online if you don’t like it."
4. You have to pay in cash so they can avoid paying tax
In every hostel we stayed at in Argentina it was cheaper to pay on card because foreigners paying with their bank card are exempt from 21% VAT tax. At this hostel they charge you $5 extra PER PERSON PER NIGHT to pay on card on top of the original agreed price. They want to be paid in U$D otherwise they give their own bad exchange rate to pay in pesos. They want cash at your expense so there’s no record of you staying there and they can avoid paying tax.
Don’t support a business that acts like this. We’ve stayed in 4 hostels in Palermo, BA now and this was the only one that treated their customers like this. They are dishonest and don’t care.
The general impression is good, it is clean and the area is safe. Yet hostel is noisy, they don't accept cards or bank transfers as method of payment. I stayed in a private room that had no ventilation, except for the main door, which you couldn't leave open because mosquitos would fly in.
It would get stuffy at night.
Address: Gral M Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires AR, Soler 4575, C1425 BXA Opening Hours: Monday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMTuesday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMWednesday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMThursday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMFriday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMSaturday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AMSunday: 7:00 AM – 12:00 AM Visit the website
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