Hotel Distrito ZF Reviews

This hotel is located in a special free trade zone. It is surrounded by two security fences, the first one being electrified. The entrance is blocked by a high metal gate and a crossbar. From the outside it has a prision feel. When we arrived by taxi an armed guard radioed my name to the hotel. After confirming my reservation, the guard had the taxi driver open the trunk, he checked the trunk and we were allowed to enter the area. This process was repeated when we left the area to go to dinner. The taxi was stopped, the trunk checked and we were allowed to exit. There were no people in the area, only a lot of semi trucks and industrial buildings. We arrived at the hotel, were greeted and checked in which was quick and easy. The hotel lobby is nice with seating and a foosball table, but other than the clerk at the smallish front desk, there were no other people. Once we arrived on the floor where our room was the hallway was dark. As you walked down the hallway the lights would automatically come on zone by zone. The problem with this was by the time we reached out room, it was still in the dark. The room was small, very small. It was painted stark white floor to ceiling with just one small painting on one wall. There is no closet, no coffee maker, no refrigerator. There were no AC/heat controls. The window which did not open was filthy. The room immediately felt stuffy. The bathroom was OK, but rather than having individual shampoo and soap in the shower, there were pump bottles attached to the shower wall. I am not sure how many people handled these before my arrival but in this day of COVID I would have much preferred individual bottles of shampoo and bars of soap. The double bed was OK. The nightstands which were really just shelves attached to the wall were tiny, so much so that in order to put my bottle of water and mobile phone on it, I had to put the telephone on the floor as there was not enough room. Because of the lack of ventilation and the stuffiness it was difficult to sleep, so much so that in the middle of the night, I propped the door open with a towel so I could get some air in the room. There is a breakfast buffet set up but there was no buffet breakfast. It seemed we were the only people in the hotel, the front desk clerk, who doubled as the waiter, took our order for breakfast, disappeared into the back, and a few minutes later came out with the breakfast. I suspect he was also the cook, as I never saw any other workers in the hotel. I suppose if you have to stay in this free trade zone, this hotel will work for you, but otherwise I see no reason to stay here.