Meraki Boutique Hotel

I got to Guatemala City too late for the bus to El Salvador and spent the night at the Meraki. What a great little hotel! 15 rooms. Spotless and nicely priced in the very best part of Guatemala City. Friendly people working at the hotel. Free breakfast. Check out up until noon. AC works. Cable TV and hot water. Wonderful. I would definitely stay there again.

I chose this hotel for the price, location, and free breakfast, as most other hotels in Guatemala City wanted $20 a day for breakfast, which can add up. You get a menu for breakfast (make sure you ask for the English one if you don't speak Spanish). I got orange juice and 3 pancakes each morning. That comes with a small bowl of fruit too. I felt a got a good room, but when housecleaning was cleaning other rooms, I looked in and they seemed very tiny. Some did not even have windows, or had just a slat near the top of the wall for a window that you could not look out of. The hotel is in a very noisy area, so you will need very good earplugs. This is especially true Friday/Saturday nights when an open air nightclub right across the courtyard blasts music until the wee hours of the morning. The walls are also thin. I could hear my neighbors in adjoining rooms talking, coughing, taking a shower, going to the bathroom, etc. There is a mounted A/C unit above the bed controlled with a remote. Slide down the cover some for different modes, as mine wasn't on the A/C mode, so I couldn't figure out how to get the room cooler when I first got there. There is a heat mode, but it doesn't work, so you may get cold at night. I did. The shower drains slowly, so you may be standing in an inch or two of water if you have the shower on full blast. There is a small grocery story attached to the hotel that sells water, lots of other drinks, snacks, etc. and there are plenty more within walking distance, along with local restaurants and chain ones from the US such as McDonald's and Burger King. There is a nice open-air upscale shopping mall, Fontabella, across the street, and a real big very nice indoor shopping mall, Oakland Place, right down the street that you can walk to. The English of the front desk staff varies on the person, so have some basic Spanish or Google Translate ready to use, but it wasn't that big a deal. I was able to communicate fine with them. My smoke detector was missing from the ceiling, luckily there was no fire or I would have slept thru it. The toilet seat wasn't secure and would move around when I sat down. A towel rack was missing the whole time I was there, but appeared on the final day. No peephole in the door to see who is knocking on your door. They have guards standing outside the entrance to the hotel, and even put a cage around the hotel sometimes. Zone 10, where the hotel is located, is considered the safest zone, but it's still Guatemala City after all. Overall an OK hotel in the heart of Zone 10, close to upscale malls, and the free breakfast is a bonus.

We noticed this hotel on our last visit while having coffee at 12 Onzas The staff was super friendly and accommodating. The room was nice and the bed comfortable. We got in late but were checked in swiftly and shown directly to our room. I highly recommend the breakfast (free to guests) or even to anyone whose looking for a GREAT traditional Guatemalan breakfast. We’ll definitely be staying there the next time we visit Guatemala City.

I stayed at this Wondering Place to stay for a overnight sinceIhada appointment to do mybiometric the other day. During my stay there were Wondering employee and amazing location in town. Business Place to shop and dine in the entire surrounding of its location. The front desk receptionist she was very helpful in adhering to my needs so I can say well train staff. However the water system is poor. It's very cold and the heater takes long to heat the water.

Stayed here recently with my husband on a short trip to Guatemala City. The hotel is great: comfortable bed, good water pressure and a clean and welcoming room. The included breakfast was fabulous with plenty of delicious options to choose from. The staff were all very helpful. The location can’t be beat. Very nice and safe neighborhood with lot’s of good restaurants, bars, and shopping within easy walking distance. It is a bit noisy at night due to the location in Zona 10 but that is to be expected and it wasn’t enough to impact our sleeping. Will definitely stay here again if we are ever back in Guatemala City.