I stayed at this hotel for 4 nights over Easter. The hotel is attached to a small mall, which was closed the whole time. It is located in the middle of the business district where there is no retail stores other than the mall, very few restaurants, hardly any people walking around, but a lot of banks and embassies. One block away was Citibank ATM (the only one that gave me money with a Wells Fargo ATM card). The hotel has a business hotel feel. It is upscale, but not luxurious. For example in the bathroom the walls were tiled (not marble) and the shower head and fixtures were not high end. They were gold plated so they looked expensive. The shower had an insane water pressure. The bed linens had Hotel Lido stiched to them in gold. My room had two beds. The other one was very hard (typical to Latin America) and the other one softer. The rate included a breakfast buffet, which was a great deal since the official exhange rate is very expensive.
The hotel is mainly Spanish speaking. Only the main receptionist spoke English. The other staff did not. 3 out of 4 mornings we had a great waiter. One day the waiter gave us no service so I think the service depends on individuals. We walked to the nerby Embassy Suites to get some tourist information in English. They are more geared to a tourist with advertised tours and taxi rates posted. The Lido looks much nicer than the Embassy Suites. Loved that the Lido has a business center with free internet and 4 computers. The only negative about the hotel was that when we just checked in there was a noisy family in the room next to us and we asked to change rooms. You could hear everything through the walls. After we got a new room we had a great nights sleep.
- La Quinta Caracas
