I rate this a good 'average' hotel. Booked months ahead of time. Small inn with pretty courtyard in middle. They said they served breakfast but when we arrived they no longer offered it. Room was clean and spacious. The bathroom needed work/updating. Staff offered to move us to another hotel with breakfast for the same price, so they were very accomodating. If you're on a budget and don't mind a warm (not hot) shower and to go somewhere else for breakfast then this is your place. If you're used to higher standards than go somewhere over $100 a night. Was very safe at this hotel and great location by the arch.

We found the hotel to be very quiet & pleasant. There was Wi-Fi which was easy to use & very useful. The roof deck had a great view (see attached photo). The staff was friendly & helpful. The hotel is centrally located & very convenient. There is a SUBWAY sub shop just down the street for those of us who miss American food. The courtyards were well maintained with beautiful plants & flowers. The bathroom had a big walk-in shower with lots of hot water. We were picked up at the airport on time via the service arranged by the hotel without any problems. Overall- a nice quiet hotel in a great location.

It might feel like you're spoiling yourself, but Hotel Casa Antigua is worth every penny. Friendly and helpful staff, clean and interesting rooms and a great location make this hotel well worth the $$.

We have stayed at Casa Cristina and Hotel D'Leyende and think those are both much better choices than Casa Antigua.

Our reception was the first noticeable different. The desk staff was not very warm, although the cleaning and maintenance staff was nice.

We had a small group with three rooms, so saw the variety. Our room was clean, but the paint on the wall facing the courtyard was stained (with mold, perhaps), and gave the impression of lack of maintenance. The bathroom door was old and beautiful (lots of patina), but did not fit the opening, so there was a 10" gap between the bottom of the door and the floor, which seemed haphazard. The lights in the room were extremely dim and led to a dreary experience. The hot water in the shower was fine, and there were no problems. Just that for $65/night in Antigua, I expect better, and got better value at the other places. Lots of noise from an adjacent room started at 2:00am, with people walking around and talking loudly outside the rooms. Can't blame the hotel for this, don't know if there was a night guard that could have requested silence.

Our friends' rooms were variable. The Single room was very small (not unexpected) stuffy, and equally dreary. The other room (nearest the laundry) was bright and spacious but spelled like a male cat had spent a lot of time in there. The smell was overwhelming. Fortunately, the couple staying in that room was hard of smelling and didn't notice, but the three others of our group could not have stayed in that room. Perhaps that is a one-time problem.

The courtyards are quite nice, and make for an enjoyable place to gather. They also have signs asking people to keep the noise down in the courtyard, which is considerate to the rooms that surround it.

The roof deck has unrealized potential. There are a pair of plastic chaise lounges (without cushions), and a few tattered and broken chairs. With minor cost and effort, it could be a nice sitting area with views.

From up there, we spied another beautiful roof deck and garden, and went to find it. It turned out to be the roof garden for the hotel across the street, Meson de Maria. Once we walked through there and saw how beautiful it was, and how tastefully it is decorated, with multiple functional courtyards with excellent seating and gorgeous views, we decided to make reservations there for the following week. And we were VERY happy there, although it is much more expensive, at nearly US$100/night, we were glad we did.

The location is very good. Short walk to everything. Road is noisy, since it is the main road into town.

One warning... Make your reservation through the email address (hotelcasa-antigua@hotmail.com) accessed from their web site, and not through the RESERVE NOW button. If you reserve directly from them, you save at least 10% of the cost. But more important, you get the hotel's 3-day cancellation policy (no charge). If you use the third-party booking system, the cancellation policy is supposedly 10-days, so my traveling companion got charged the full amount of the room despite trying to cancel 7 days in advance. Nowhere could we find that cancellation policy on the third-party booking site, not on the confirmation email. The hotel made no effort to accommodate the cancellation (they could have offered a refund if the room got reserved, since it was a busy Friday night). I suggest the hotel make VERY CLEAR on their web site the cancellation policy if booked through the online reservation system to avoid unhappy customers.

Furthermore, even though I booked my room using the email, they were somewhat reluctant to cancel my return reservation. Said it couldn't be done from the desk, needed to be done online.