After reading the reviews, we expected the worse. BUT we were pleasantly surprised. Downtown Lima is not safe at night but during the day, it is safe...really fun to mingle with the locals, eat & shop where the locals do. The closeness of this hotel to the historical part of downtown was great too. The hotel itself is a little dated but clean. We got upgraded to a suite, two unexpected welcome drinks (Pisco Sour!), comp. fruit basket & 2 bottled water. Breakfast was so-so but so were the b'fast in the Miraflores area hotels where we also stayed at. The staff were very helpful. All in all, great bang for our bucks. They also offer "day room" rate (check out 7PM) if you're catching a late international night flight out. BTW....also free internet.

This has to be the worse hotel we have stayed at. It is not that the hotel was dirty and the food bad (it is and it was) but the location is awful. We were warned not to go out at night unless we were in a large group. Noise...dirt...kids throwing stuff off building roofs at the people walking near them....We were placed in this hotel by our tour company but after we and our guide complained, we were moved to a better part of town. We could not even find a good restaurant to eat in in this area.

Downtown Lima is not a good location for the tourist -- fine during the day, but not after dark and there is nothing of interest near the hotel anyway.
The San Agustin Riviera was probably a great hotel in the 50's but does not look like it has been updated since. We were with a group and none of us had AC that worked. Some rooms had no water (meaning no toilets, etc.). One elevator stuck with a group of us in it. For all these problems, the rooms were large and clean and the desk personnel were very friendly and helpful within their means to help. We would not stay here again though.

The worst hotel I have ever been: very old - furniture and decoration from the 60's/70's; rooms where you can drive mad with the noise, all night long! No proper curtains, the room is full of light; no remote control in some bedrooms, no cable tv in some rooms; breakfast is very poor and the quality of the food is low. 4 star hotel? No way, I give it 1star and I'm being generous.