Habita, Mexico City, a Member of Design Hotels

The hotel stay was excellent. We were warmly greeted and offered good tequila upon check in! The room was “modern” Mexican—firm bed, walk in shower, small balcony which allowed fresh air. The small restaurant/bar on the street level had a nice European breakfast buffet —with an option for hot dishes. We had a light dinner after a full day and it was perfect. I would stay again. Good customer service and location. Thank you to the friendly staff.

Truly terrible from the start. Had to leave roof terrace by 8pm on night 1 as there was a birthday party that went on until 1am. Sunday morning - loud exercise class at 9am waking us up. Sunday afternoon - couldn’t use pool area because of private event. Total waste of time and money. Noisy throughout either waking us up or not allowing us to sleep. Housekeeping claimed to have returned our clothes from washing but they hadn’t. After 2 hours of chasing them, they admitted they still had the clothes and took a further 2 hours to return them making us late for the wedding event we were attending. Could not relax or enjoy the hotel at all. Staff unfriendly and rude throughout.

The noise from the rooftop was way too loud. The hotel rents out the rooftop for private events so non-hotel guests were constantly showing up, and the noise became too much. At around 11 PM, the hotel was kind enough to move me to a lower room. While the rooftop music wasn't as loud, the issue became drunk partiers yelling from the lobby trying to get to the party upstairs...all of which could be heard from the room. As I was trying to switch rooms, the 2 elevators at the lobby had a ton of outside partiers waiting to get to the party upstairs, so I had to take the stairs to switch between my rooms. There were guards stationed outside trying to control the flow of partiers, but for whatever reason, big groups of non-hotel guests were making their way into the lobby and they were very loud. It felt more like a night club then a boutique hotel. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of quality rest in this hotel. Additionally, since a private group was renting the terrace, hotel guests were asked to leave even before the party started. I asked an attendant at the pool for a towel, and she refused because they had to prepare for the party. This was at 4:30 PM and the party was to start at 6. I had been told that the pool would be closed at 5 PM, and figured I could lounge for 30 mins but that wasn't the case. When I asked the front desk about it, they told me that people had paid to use the space. Hotel guests also pay and the hotel even highlights the terrace as a major reason for picking their hotel. The priority, unfortunately, seemed to be the outside guests. For a hotel that presents itself as one of the top options in the Polanco area, the experience they offered was far from it. I found this hotel to be very disappointing, and would not recommend it at all. There are much better hotels in the area.

The noise from the rooftop was way too loud. The hotel rents out the rooftop for private events so non-hotel guests were constantly showing up, and the noise became too much. At around 11 PM, the hotel was kind enough to move me to a lower room. While the rooftop music wasn't as loud, the issue became drunk partiers yelling from the lobby trying to get to the party upstairs. As I was trying to switch rooms, the 2 elevators at the lobby had a ton of guests waiting to get up, so I had to take the stairs to switch between my rooms. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of quality rest in this hotel. Additionally, since a private group was renting the terrace, hotel guests were asked to leave even before the party started. I asked an attendant at the pool for a towel, and she refused because they had to prepare for the party. This was at 4:30 PM and the party was to start at 6. I had been told that the pool would be closed at 5 PM, and figured I could lounge for 30 mins but that wasn't the case. When I asked the front desk about it, they told me that people had paid to use the space. Hotel guests also pay and the hotel even highlights the terrace as a major reason for picking their hotel. The priority, unfortunately, seemed to be the outside guests. For a hotel that presents itself as one of the top options in the Polanco area, the experience they offered was far from it. I found this hotel to be very disappointing, and would not recommend it at all. There are much better hotels in the area.

The rooms were incredible and very minimalist. The staff is extremely friendly, and welcoming. I stayed for two weeks and didn’t want to leave! The roof is so cozy, the pool is relaxing, and the cocktails and food are delicious!!

The hotel is in a great location and while a little tired is overall pretty nice. The issue however is the lack of noise insulation making it near impossible to sleep while the rooftop is open. The loud music, stomping and yelling of the rooftop patrons was unbearable. This didn’t stop until a little after 1:30am which is normally fine expect for the fact we had an early flight to wake up for and wanted to get more than a couple hours of sleep. The front desk did send up some ear plugs but those weren’t enough to stop the noises. I would not recommend this hotel to anyone who isn’t going to want to stay up to 1:30am.