Lovely old hotel (as are all of the hotels on the plaza) and good value.

Rooms are spacious. Facilities old but O.K.

The problem with this hotel and unfortunately all of the hotels on the square is that there is now a rock band in the bar directly below the hotel. The music is so loud Thursday-Saturday nights that no one will sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning and that is only if the people attending the bar do not stay in the street after it closes and party with their car speakers.

It is a shame that the lovely old town allows this to ruin the quaint ambience of the entire plaza.

I would recommend to everyone that they should find a place outside of town if they want any sleep on these nights.

Living in Mexico, we are used to lots of noise, after all it is their culture and you either deal with it or go somewhere else. This music was so loud because it was directly under our room in the hotel. Honestly, we could not hear ourselves talk in our own room until well after 3 AM. There are other rooms far in the back that would be a little quieter but they are not near as nice as the ones facing the plaza.

This bar will disrupt all of the hotel guest on the plaza but especially this hotel is the affected the most.

We are retired, so it was a great disappointment for us because we love this old city, however, for the young folks who want to "party all night", then this is the place for you!!

We recently traveled to Patzcuaro and stayed at the mentioned hotel, from the outside it looked decent. Our first clue should have been that there were no other people there, no one in the dining room, we got 2 seperate rooms, they were on the second floor clean but dark they were okay. We had breakfast in the dining room and the food was not very good. The problems started when we had no running water, we contacted management and were told that the pipes were broken and that they were working on them and it would be a hour, well they told us that several times no water to use the toilet and no water to bathe it continued all night, until late when we finally had some warm water, not hot. In the morning no water again, we were never told that they were having trouble with their pipes when we rented the rooms. We would not recommend this hotel, nor will we stay there again.

Above average compared to what???? We spent a night in room 218 overlooking the plaza. A king size bed and a giant fireplace with wood supplied......of course we had a blazing fire...just fantastic. Yep nothing fancy like a Hyatt, but this place was built in 1656...350 years ago....Clean, with hot water plenty and ambience and romantisicm like you can't believe...and all for 600 pesos a night....like about $50 USD.....try and beat that??? I will go back anytime.....Ian Symonds Mexico City

We stayed here for one night in June 2006. We had been staying at a much more expensive hotel that wasn't in the center, and wanted a cheaper hotel and a change of location.
I asked for a quiet room, and we were offered a pretty room overlooking the second courtyard, with a large airy bathroom attached. But it was the rainy season, and on returning from lunch, we found that the roof had leaked and a cascade of water was running onto the bed.
The desk clerk appeared to be running the hotel single-handed. He offered us the tiny adjoining room, which had no windows - only a door opening onto the corridor. Then he showed us a front room that was $20 a night more, which we rejected. Finally we ended up in a strange bare room on the second floor in the centre area, with doors opening to the mezzanine overlooking the restaurant, and a window opening on the other side to the tv area and lobby. We had to promise not to use the second bed.
We were awakened by the sound of a full Mexican band (Monday morning - national anthem time) coming from outside the government offices in the square via the open lobby, and the sound of a leaf blower !! from the restaurant, where the sole waiter was cleaning the floor!!
Anyway, it was fun to stay in an old monastery. I'm sure our room was at one time the office of the abbot - interesting. And certainly spartan - bathroom very shabby, not sure about cleanliness.
Breakfast was fine, though the waiter was running like a rabbit to serve everyone.
We enjoyed the "comida corrida" at lunch time - soup, chayotes in cream, main course, postre and drink for a very reasonable set price.
Would have been a good stay if we could have had the original room. Wouldn't go back. Not sure if it was value for money.