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3.0 of 5
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Num 205, Puebla 72000, Mexico
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Hotel del Portal
Ranked #59 of 70 hotels in Puebla
3.0 of 5 stars 16 Reviews
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Kendal
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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 13 cities Reviews in 13 cities
20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
“Faulty Towers!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 May 2011

We ended up here as a last resort as all the decent hotels we're full. The location is great which is the only way of justifying the $80 price for one of their very basic cell like rooms. After waiting 10 mins for the manageress to find a porter who wanted to do some work - reminded me of Fawlty Towers sketch - he put us in the lift pressed the button for the 2nd floor and we never saw him again! Pretty sure we could have managed to work that out ourselves. The worst thing however was the 'complimentary American breakfast'. We were told to help ourselves to the buffet so we did, we ordered some coffee with a waiter and waited 20mins as they were much more interested in pampering the local wealthier looking guests. It was pretty amusing after a while as they blatantly couldn't care less about tourists, it was as if we weren't there. The best bit was when we got up to leave and we were given a bill for $80 as we had helped ourselves to a spoonful of yoghurt which apparently wasn't included, we argued for half an hour and walked out of the hotel without paying. This is not a tourist friendly hotel.

  • Stayed May 2011
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Marseilles, Illinois
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Beware of your luggage”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 June 2010
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Beware of this hotel. We decided to check out of the hotel in the morning so that they could clean our room and reuse it. We checked our luggage at the reception. When we returned to the hotel to reclaim our luggage the hotel had lost our most expensive suitcase. They promised to repay for the cost of the luggage and its contents but then later changed their minds and we were only paid for half.

  • Stayed April 2010, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Great location, skip the free breakfast”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 November 2007

We stayed here for a few nights in October. The front desk was friendly enough. However, you're supposed to leave your key at the desk when you leave the hotel and it can be a little annoying to get it back when you return to the hotel if there is only one person at the desk and a long line of folks checking in.

There were some young kids- like a middle school field trip- the first night we were there. They were a bit obnoxious, knocking on our doors and generally being loud. This is really not the fault of the hotel and it didn't come to the point that we had to report them.

The rooms are a bit old, but they provide plush towels and hand towels, along with bottled water. We had a room overlooking the zocalo, which was loud until about 11pm, then the city seed to go to sleep. The view was worth it.

The breakfast was not really worth bothering with. The toast served is a product unique to Mexico- pan tostado- which I know translates into toast, but this stuff is a little different. It's more like big slices of melba toast, not bad, just not toast like most Americans are used to! There are tons of other cafes around the zocalo, so you won't go hungry. You can go to McDonald's for hotcakes or try one of the more traditional Mexican places.

  • Liked — Proximiety to shopping, restaurants and Turibus.
  • Disliked — Loud kids.
  • Stayed October 2007, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 November 2007
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people found this review helpful

Sadly, this hotel could be great, the location on the main Zocalo in the lovely city of Puebla has a great old fachade, Inside the disappointment begins at the reception desk, where the employees are not only not helpful, but blase and rude. The rooms are ugly and small, carved out of what must have once been a grand space. The halls are like canyons, echoing the loud shouting by young guests far into the early morning hours. Despite complaining to beg for quiet by 2 am, the staff did nothing and lied that those quests would be leaving the following day. Thus the following night we suffered the same. The free continental breakfast was nothing more than toast made sometime in the past century, undrinkable coffee and a few slivers of fruit. Parking is provided down the block, but only overnight, so you are on your own if you don't want to pay during the day. Did I mention the beds are hard and the pillows lumpy? Few rooms face the street, so most have no natural light. I had hot water, but my traveling friends did not.

Stayed November 2007
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“No lo recomiendo, mejor busca uno un poco mas caro, vale mas tu tranquilidad!”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 April 2012
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  • Stayed April 2012, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Juan de Palafox y Mendoza Num 205, Puebla 72000, Mexico
Price range (per night):* INR2,508 - 3,957

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