I stayed at Hotel Hispano for 12 days in February 2009 and I got pretty satisfied. The hotel is a very modest one but honest in its proposal: If you want something fancy and sophisticated, go somewhere else. No porters, no restaurant no fanciness of any kind and the breakfast provided is just basic for you not to start a day on a empty stomach. Howerver it pays off for the cleanliness of the rooms, towels changed every day and room cleaned every day as well, clean carpeted floor, wonderful airconditoning and excelent hot shower. The staff is SUPER friendly, courteos and kind. All of them are very attentive to your needs and requests and will go out of their way to help you if you need. During the Carnival period, laundry service was not working (the hotel does not provide it, but kindly sends your dirty clothes to a nearby laundry and you pay upon receiving them back, packed and perfumed), so one of the hotel staff member had my clothes washed for a fraction of the price charged by the laundry, which was already very cheap (180 pesos, against 100 pesos). During the 12-day period I went to Buenos Aires and backed, so I could compare the hostel I stayed in Buenos Aires with the Hispano, and the difference was noticeable: (no tv, no airconditioning during daytime, no towels changing, no clean-smelling room, no new bar of soap and shampoo sachet a day and I had to wash my breakfast dishes, although I rate the argentinian hostel as fine and equally honest. Its proposal is a different one). Anyway I was relieved and happy when I was back to the Hispano from Argentina ( I was then reffering to Hispano as "home") I could enjoy it for 2 more days. If you are not that finicky about a hotel. I just wanted a decent room to stay the nights, and I ended up finding more than I expected to ( cable tv, a locker, a reasonably spacious room with 2 beds, a double and a single one, stay at the Hispano. I will be back there next year

A very good valued hotel in the centre of Montevideo. The staff are also nice with an excellent command of English. All rooms are clean and spacious with cable T.V. Breakfast is a pleasant buffet served from seven to ten in the morning. The hotel also organises tours of Montevideo and its surroundings. I would definitely recommend this hotel.

This is a very simple budget place. I had room 232 which was silent, and nearly silent air conditioning was provided. This was a "superior" room which was supposedly bigger than a standard room and had air conditioning and a 21" color TV (according to the hotel web site). The room seemed small to me, and the TV was only 14" but had at least 70 cable channels. The bathroom had new tile, but the same old fixtures had been replaced after the tile work had been done. The mattresses are made of foam rubber, and the pillows are made of sponge. There were simple furnishings in the room. The service was excellent and friendly. Simple continental breakfast is included. Credit cards accepted. The hotel is near everything. It isn´t in a bad neighborhood, but it´s not the best either. It's not a bad place, but you get better value at some other budget places in town, namely Hotel California (no cable TV though), and Hotel Lancaster (small rooms right on a pretty plaza). Although the people who work there are very friendly, I would be reluctant to stay there again.