I have stayed in numerous Guadalajara hotels since we travel there quite often. This hotel is one I'm definitely returning to. It has all the services one could want, incl. a very nice restaurant for breakfast (buffett or menu) lunch and dinner. Excellent service all around. handy location although if you're just going to visit historic center, you may want to stay downtown even though it's rather seedy at night. But this hotel for example has the green tourist bus going right past it, every 15 minutes, which takes you to Tonala, Tlaquepaque, or historic center in comfortable airconditioned bus for 9 pesos; . and hotel is in a nice upscale neighborhood, where it's safe to stroll the streets at night.
Has nice heated pool, nice gardens, ample lobby, bar and gift shop, and basically all 5-star amenities and treatment. Paid $75 which included full American breakfast. Mostly business clientel here, so they know how to treat you well; a five-star for three-star prices.

We stayed at the Guadalajara Plaza Lopez Mateos for two nights, after switching from a less than desirable place. This hotel was definitely a step in the right direction!

The "bad" things about this hotel include nonpotable water from sinks, no clocks in the room, hard beds, and major construction in front of the hotel. However, we received three bottles of water each day, and even though there was major construction, our room (402) was quiet and peaceful and had a nice view of the pool and mountains in the distance. They also have wake up call service, and a channel on the tv that had the time of day.

Of note, the construction project confused almost all of our taxi drivers who returned us to our hotel. They seemed exasperated with the detours they had to take to get us back in front of the hotel. They are constructing a traffic tunnel in front of the hotel and I would suspect it will take a long time to finish.

The "good" things about this hotel include a lot of help with your luggage, doormen open the doors for your, bilingual, friendly staff, sunny pool (heated) area, nice restaurant with good food and menus in English and Spanish, room service, extra pillows, hair dryer, enough pressure in shower, air conditioning that worked, conveniently located near Plaza del Sol shopping center, reputable taxi service waiting outside, valet parking, money changing at the front desk, helpful front desk staff, and cleaning staff that checked on your needs twice a day (however, the ones that checked our room did not speak English - but smiled a lot and were friendly).

The cost of the taxi back to the airport very early in the morning was approximately 100 pesos (approx. $10). We took a taxi to Liberty Market downtown and it cost 70 pesos (approx. $7). A taxi to the Plaza Del Sol shopping nearby costs 30 pesos (approx $3) - but is well within walking distance. We also went to another outside market in Tonala, which cost 120 pesos (approx. $12) in taxi fare. The Tonala market had more of a variety of items compared to the Liberty market and seemed like a notch above the Liberty market, but both were fun if you like that sort of thing.

Overall, Guadalajara was a very friendly place. I would recommend this hotel and would consider staying there again. We were charged approximately 800 pesos/night (approx. $80).