I had the chance to spend a few days with my family at this hotel. It is an ancient house adapted to a small boutique hotel. It is very clean, well decorated, smells very good, and you feel really comfortable there. The staff is very friendly and the typical food can't be better. It is one block from the main square and historic places. There are many good restaurants in the surroundings. Definitively, a very good choice

We stayed at the Rivera Hotel and I had the worst night ever, they gave us the room called El Valle that is just up of the reception and we heard the noise all night long. They close the door at night, so you will hear the ring every time someone arrives from town. If you go there make sure they don´t give you this room!
The location is very good. Just 2 blocks from the church. The street is very narrow so with children is a little difficult.
The thing that I liked the most of this hotel is the swiming pool area. You can really relax there, very calm.

This place is located two blocks from the central square and the room we had overlooked the roof of the cathedral - bad move. If you don't know - they ring the church bells (and there are three within sight of this hotel) every 15mins in San Miguel de Allende, so even though this location seems ideal, if you want good sleep you can find much better places.
The room was nicely furnished with refrigerator, small TV, wardrobe and small desk. The bathroom was a little smelly and the bath was a new version of an old mosaic style bath but not very well done. However the shower was pretty good.
So on the bad side - the finishing of everything was just too cheap. They have tried to create an olde world feel to the place, but the doors onto the patio were cheap and difficult to open, the bedroom door has been stripped of paint- but still some remained, the window glass was held in by plastic sealant, the curtians were thin and pretty useless to keep out ight and the beds were just that bit too hard.
The breakfast included in the price was the bare minimum (bread, coffee OR juice, fruit) and they were trying to sell you more stuff that would have been included in any normal hotel charging you $150+ per night.
So overall, it's an OK place to stay (if you can sleep with the bells ringing), the rooms are fine (except for the smelly bathroom), the breakfast is poor, the swimming pool dirty but the location is very convenient. The price is excessive for this level of hotel, but this seems to be the trend in this town. For money better spent go to Patzcuaro, where you will get a much nicer hotel, a nicer town at half the price!!

My husband and I were married in San Miguel in April. Having grown up in San Miguel I have always dreamed of having my wedding in this magical town. I am so happy with our choice to have the Welcome Party for our wedding guests at the Villa Rivera. – We had about 45 people, but the location is very versatile and could have accommodated anywhere from about 20 to 80.
Having grown up in San Miguel and still having lots of family and friends in town I had access to a lot of locations and vendors. Everyone at Villa Rivera was very helpful and they did a very good job with everything. Victor Manuel Luna who helped us to coordinate everything was great! The owners, who we met several times were incredibly friendly and helpful as well.
We had a three hour sunset welcome reception by their pool area with wonderful appetizers and great cocktails!! – We are still talking about the beautiful view of the back of the Parroqia and about the delicious food and great margaritas! We also hired a guitar player for the evening and they were very accommodating about that.
I would very much recommend the Villa Rivera for a dinner or other event. In addition to this location they also own La Azotea which I love!
I included a few photos- most of them are people, but hopefully you can see behind us to see the beautiful hotel grounds.