Hotel Don Quijote Plaza

The young guys at the reception are nice, especially Francisco who speak English. I stayed in a double room with balcony on the 3rd floor (2nd for Europeans) because I needed fresh air, and most of the hotels in Guadalajara have rooms with only inner windows. I understand the design around an inner courtyard is intended to keep the heat out; I saw a similar architecture in Morocco and Southern Spain, but there the top is open, allowing fresh air in. In Mexico the top of the inner courtyard is roofed in, keeping the stale, stinky air in, while allowing the smallest noise to reverberate as in a tunnel. Anyway, the room I got was lovely, with 2 large floor to ceiling doors leading to small balconies. It was impreccably clean. However, the bathtub water wouldn't drain! If you showered, you'd end up standing in knee-deep filthy water. There was a visible clog of hair in the drain (attached pic). The very next morning of my stay, I mentioned this to Hector, the receptionist, while the maintenance guy was standing there, listening to every word. Just to make sure I was clear, I also addressed the maintenance guy directly, asking for the drain to be unclogged. My mistake was that I assumed my request would be heeded when I paid for an additional night. After a day of exploting the beautiful city of Guadalajara, I returned, only to find the drain as clogged with matted hairs as when I left! For this reason alone I give the hotel only 2 stars. Otherwise, the location is convenient for public city buses, and for the historical center. The bed mattress is hard and has uncomnfortable springs, but I managed to sleep OK on it. The hotel was quiet because there was hardly anyone there, but you could hear the cleaning woman talking 2 floors below, because any noise is amplified by the architecture and tiled floors. The bedsheets and the room were very clean, but everywhere in the hotel there was a cloying smell that made me gag. After I complained, the cleaning woman stopped spraying my room with the terrible air freshener she's using, although you can't escape the smell on the hallways. I appreciated the fact that the hotel offers drinking water on all floors, and free Wifi (Francisco restarted the router when the signal couldn't reach my floor).

This is a quaint hotel within budget, nothing luxurious about it but the location is prime and the price is fairly affordable and includes parking place which comes as an advantage given the construction of the subway that is happening at the moment in that area of downtown Guadalajara. Counting on a free parking place comes as clear advantage and it's very convenient however, the personal is the best asset of this place, incredibly friendly and helpful. Rooms are modest but clean and suffice. The internet connection is really, really bad though, unfortunately .

This hotel totally fails in deliver every thing a hotel is for... Our experience was terrible, since reception it smells like dirt and aromatize. WiFi it’s not enough for the building and slow as the worst connection ever. Inside the room the bed it’s old, dirty, smelly, dusty, awful. The concept tries to be vintage and open, but it forgets the basics, the bathroom was a nightmare and we leave after the firs night.

Good and convenient discount store. There are variety of good over there such as fresh meat, food, cosmetics and household thing. There is 100 yens shop inside the plaza. Bicycle shop, restaurant and slots machine

Stayed two night with family of four. Clean room with air conditioning. Ask to be away from Main Street, because of my two young children they complained about the notice. Walking distance from centro. Staff was helpful and courteous. We tried the hotel food and was not disappointed. My kids are picky eaters and they really enjoyed the food. Just across the hotel you have a taquero which I LOVED!!