L'Adresse Hôtel Boutique

I'm a huge fan of anything that has personality, and this place has it in spades. Fantastic service by the staff, a great breakfast, and overall a place I just really enjoyed spending a couple of days in. Perfect for walking around to get the flavor of the area, plenty of attractions and great little bars and restaurants to relax in too.

L'Adresse is in the heart of the hip and recovering San Telmo neighborhood, and indeed seems to embody its virtues: understated, unpretentious, and even inconspicuous. Its youthful staff tend the breakfast service even as they keep their eye on the reception desk in the first couple hours of the morning. I had arrived past 1 in the morning, and was grateful that the staffer that night was not only awake when I arrived, but insistent on carrying my suitcase up to the room -- it was up two long flights of stairs. The room was adequate to my needs, with a comfortable bed, hot water in the shower, and WiFi throughout. The morning staffer steered me to a casa de cambio where I could exchange my (cash) dollars for pesos at a rate of 675 to the dollar. (I later passed others in the same neighborhood that offered as much as 700.) During Argentina's current economic crunch, the visitor does well not to take the 10% discount on a prepaid booking, which is calculated at the "official" rate of exchange (350 pesos=1US$); rather, book the reservation to pay the full amount, in pesos, when the visitor checks out -- and convert your dollars to pesos once you're in town. The L'adresse's most distinctive asset is its location in San Telmo, where B.A.'s youthful energy is. It's a short walk from Plaza Dorrego, the informal "heart" of the district, and for that matter is a perfectly walkable distance from Plaza de Mayo and the city's historic center. If you're not desperate for luxuries, and like walking up stairs, it's a great find.

Es fällt mir schwer dieses Hotel zu bewerten. Einige Sachen waren wirklich ordentlich bis gut wie die Lage oder der Empfang am ersten Abend. Auch das Zimmer gefiel uns. Aber das Frühstück war wirklich schlecht. Es gab fast gar keine Auswahl und davon auch sehr wenig. Oder ich hab es nicht gefunden, aber die Teller von den anderen Gästen sahen auch nicht wesentlich anders oder voller aus. Kaum wurde das mickrige Buffet nachbestückt, war es wieder vergriffen, da sie viel zu wenig gemacht haben. Da wir nur eine Nacht dort hatten, würde ich dem Hotel noch eine Chance geben. Es ist sicherlich nicht schlecht und hat seine Vorzüge. Aber das Frühstück und das Personal beim Buffet hat mich doch etwas irritiert.