Viña del Mar is a beautiful city, I Really Like it, but this hotel was horrible.

When we did the check in, two receptionists were having a debate about others guest (a couple) with troubles inside the hotel. They didn't took care about us for a while.

Some days before, when I did the reservation, someone told me, the check out is until noon, but in site, and when we were preparing our stuff, we received a phone call, the recepcionist told us, the check out is until 11 AM, if you don't do it you have to pay a middle day. I tried to explain her the situation, but she didn't understand. But when we did the check out at 12, she didn't told us anything and we didn't to pay the middle day.

I shouldn't recommend this hotel.

This is an excellent value for money hotel, located centrally within a few steps of the centre of Viña del Mar and the main Plaza Viña for public transport of all kinds (train, taxi, bus & micro & "colectivo").
The Hispano is budget priced, and for that you get a clean, well-run place where everything works (electrics, hot water and so on).
The owner/manager will fix anything that goes wrong immediately and the place is cleaned from top to bottom every day.
There is WiFi throughout, although some rooms have an ethernet connection because the signal is not so strong. Reception is 24 hrs.
Bed and breakfast is the best option and, even the meals are alright: straight forward Chilean home cooking with not a chili in sight. If you like me like a bit of spice, they will bring you same from the kitchen.
Staff are friendly and attentive. I stayed more than two months for some work and the chef never repeated a main dish, which is pretty good going in a budget place. I had half pension, so I visited other places in Viña as well. It is a favoured long-term student accommodation. Although not my interest, every room has cable with dozens of channels in Spanish (of course), French, German and English.

We stayed here only one night, in a single and a double room.

The single on the first floor had very musty air, and was not too clean. There was a bus stop right outside the window, and the sound proofing seemed to be bad.

The double room was on the third floor. Cleaner, and with slightly better air than the other one. The shower was not very good (imagine the hard, concentrated spray from a hose), and the bathroom was without heating. The room itself was ok for three stars, with good storage room.

Breakfast consisted of watery orange juice, coffee and two slices of toast with cheese and ham between. No buffet, but by order. Quite ok.

The main draw is the location, only a square and a half from the main plaza, and even closer to the metro (going to Valparaiso).

We paid 18.500 pesos (about 30 usd) for the single, and 23.500 (about 40 usd) pesos for the double.

Look for something else if you have trouble with un-fresh air.

This is a cute little hotel that fronts a pretty little plaza. The nice thing about it is that there is no major traffic noise, which can be a problem in Vina del Mar. Most of the budget hotels are on busy streets. This is an older place that looks decent for the price. The beds and pillows are comfy enough. In March 2006 it was 15,000 pesos for a single room. They have cable TV, hot water, and it includes breakfast,which they will bring to your room. The staff was very nice. You are only a block away from the main square here, and you can walk to the grocery store and many other shops.