This is a lovely hostel with a great location for getting around Lima & for its atmosphere. The staff & the lovely gardens are the biggest assets - you should ask for a room at the back the ones on the street are noisy

Had a fantastic stay, great location, clean, spacious, friendly and helpful staff!!!
LOVE MIRAFLORES......

Needed a place to stay in Lima for a night with some friends and fortunately they had an opening for us here. We stayed in the dorms with a few other people. The rooms were clean enough but the beds were not too comfortable. They felt old. The showers were impractical. There was no where I could put my toiletries while I bathed and the showers had cracks on the side so anyone could easily peek which was not good. Breakfast was nice, fresh bread and fresh squeezed juice and the teas were nice. It is located very close to big parks and the beach with a lot of restaurants which was a plus. The staff were nice and welcoming and readily available to help out any queries. The wifi was fast but only worked in certain places. It would have been better if it were accessible from everywhere.

When we walked into Home Peru we were pleasantly surprised. The building looks a little rundown on the outside (although they were painting the exterior while we were there, so it looked better when we left!), but on the inside the main building is large and decorated with original items. Antonio on reception was incredibly helpful and a really lovely guy. He helped us to book our onward bus tickets and generally made us feel really welcome.

The downside was definitely our room which was small and cramped with nowhere to put our things. There was no undersheet on the bed and the sheets that were there were thin and a little grubby looking. The room was also suffering from a damp smell that we couldn't get rid of. It's not possible to leave the window open if you're not in the room, so we had to deal with the smell the whole time we were there. The shower was great the first morning, really great pressure and plenty of hot water, but the next morning we ended up waiting 2 hrs for a shower because there was some sort of problem with the hot water. We think it was just used by other guests, but the lady on reception kept telling us to wait 10 minutes... for about an hour which was disappointing. We felt for the price that the room really wasn't great.

The location of the hotel was ok, a 15 min walk to the main square in Miraflores and probably 30 mins to the beach. We didn't mind so much and it was a bit closer to the old town and the bus stations.

Breakfast was provided which was good, coffee, tea, juice and pretty nice warm bread rolls.

There is wifi, but it doesn't work in all of the rooms (not ours).