Hotel Magnolia, Santiago de Chile
Expert reviews
“This 42-room property opened in October 2016 to rave reviews. It ingeniously intertwines old and new as chequered tiles, marble staircases and reconstructed stained-glass windows appear alongside ultramodern light fixtures, geometric furnishings and vertigo-inducing glass floors.”
“No two rooms are exactly alike at this artfully designed boutique hotel, which masterfully intertwines old and new within the confines of a restored 1920s office building. Checkered tiles, marble staircases and stained-glass windows.”
“A grand historic house just steps from the old town. Santiago’s first urban design hotel combines sleek modern elements with its Neo-Gothic heritage. A black-and-white marble entrance and exposed brick walls are juxtaposed with an industrial-style suspended metal staircase, a bronze reception desk and potted magnolias.”
What guests liked
- Great breakfast
- Friendly staff
- Excellent Wifi
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
Hotel Magnolia, located in historic downtown Santiago de Chile is a great renovation of a 1929 mansion. It is a re-envisioned model is that of the city’s past fused with modern luxury. The hotel is only a few minutes’ walk away from the national art gallery, Bellas Artes, Museo Arte de Luz, Santiago Town Square, Palacio de la Moneda and Plaza de la Constitucion. The “cozy refuge of calm and restfulness” is situated at the foot of the Cerro Santa Lucia hilltop park and is the first urban design hotel of its kind with neo-gothic heritage.
Featuring a black and white marble entrance with a suspended metal staircase and bronze reception desk, the hotel wows guests as soon as they come through the front doors and the wow factor is only magnified every step further in. Stained-glass windows featuring the coats of arms, heavy wooden doors, modern geometric light fittings and glass walkways… All of the features and more make this hotel one of the best.
All of the soundproof rooms are furnished with extra-long beds, a private bathroom, minibar, coffee machine, a flat-screen cable TV, safety-deposit box and more. The hotel has a library for quiet reading time and a terrace for relaxing and enjoying the scenic views of the Chilean landscape. This hotel definitely delivers value for money with a stay.
Hotel Details
— 42 rooms
— Built in 1929, reopened in 2016
— Vintage style
Hotel Features
— Free WiFi
— Restaurant and snack bar
— Terrace
— Pets allowed
— Fitness center
— Bar
— Room service
— Concierge services
— 24-hour front desk
— Tour desk
— Library
— Laundry service available
Additional Info
— Check in begins at 3:00 PM
— Check out ends at 12:00 PM
— Minimum check in age is 18 years old
Address
Huérfanos 539, Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
5 May 2025
Excellent . A perfect haven
Beautifully styled Clean Great service
It would have been great to have room service available at night
17 April 2025
The facility was very good overall and we would consider returning.
Excellent breakfast and the hotel is an amazing work of artistic archetecture. Would like to come back. Bellhop was really good. Was diligent with getting taxi and taking care of informing etc. Really did an outstanding job of customer service and follow through.
Front desk at night was inexperienced and failed to call back on our request for a billing question called about from room. Went to desk and she apologized for forgetting about calling back as she indicated she would.
14 April 2025
Very good
Good
13 April 2025
Unique Boutique Hotel
Very clean and comfortable room with outstanding bed and linens. Excellent food. Very helpful staff. Allowed us an early morning checkin at 1/2 room rate, which was much appreciated after long international flight from California. Definitely would stay there again. Great location.
11 April 2025
Nice hotel
Everything was good except for your WiFi. It was terrible.
See above
31 March 2025
Exceptional
Great hotel. Staff are great. Rooftop bar and restaurant a plus. Good workout facility. Recommend highly.
19 March 2025
Fabulous
Nice enough but pastry selection was limited
Check out use of my two cards failed for both stays despite cards being accepted everywhere else. Needs sorting out
15 March 2025
Good hotel location , but not value for money
Great central location, v friendly staff
Restaurant service was a bit poor , kept us waiting half an hour for the dessert which never arrived!
13 March 2025
I’d recommend staying here.
Superb staff without exception and very well located.
Common areas were a bit smaller than I imagined from the pictures but tastefully decorated.
11 March 2025
Sophistication at a reasonable price
Front desk staff was amazing. Randi, Paul, actually all of the staff were terrific. Very helpful, friendly, polite, and extending. Even the doormen were great. Hotel has a sophisticated, boutique vibe. Very striking architectural details were prevalent throughout the property. Room and bed were very comfortable. No view at all, but plenty of exterior light. Bathroom was spacious and well stocked with plenty of fresh towels. Rooftop restaurant and bar were inviting and food was excellent. There was a complementary open bar in lobby area that was nice for grabbing a cordial on the way up to our room. Complimentary breakfast was served in a very comfy well decorated room. Lots of fresh choices and eggs to order. The Eggs Benedict were excellent.
No drawers in room but nice closets.
11 March 2025
Very good
Lovely boutique hotel with hard working, friendly staff
At checkout despite having tourist exemption tax free the hotel still wanted to charge the tourist tax fee if we paid using a debit card. This was not expected or explained by them at any stage until checkout. Many other hotels did not charge this fee. Apparently the charge was passed on to the customer because we used bookings and did not book direct with the hotel. Yet if we paid by credit card we were exempt from the tourist tax. Very disappointing by the hotel to enforce the tourist tax fee when other hotels waved it for international travellers.
11 March 2025
Enjoyable, well located, 5-start to get to know Santiago
We particularly liked the rooftop patio and bar, where we had a very good dinner one evening. The breakfast buffet & service were also excellent in the mornings in the indoor restaurant space on the ground floor. The rooftop also proved to be an excellent place to retreat from the very hot (30C+) days for a late afternoon/early evening drink--typically a very refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail--before dinner elsewhere. In other respects the hotel lives up to its 5-start rating, and is very well located for many central city sites. But be aware that this area of downtown can be somewhat unsafe at night, or so we were warned by multiple locals, and the streets appeared relatively empty in the evenings. When traveling to several of the best Santiago restaurants that were typically not nearby we followed local advice and took Ubers without any problems.
Our only minor issue was that the lighting was rather dim in our room, and there were not enough hooks in the bathroom for toilet bags and robes. But these two issues seem to be true of many modern, upscale hotels.
10 March 2025
Great Historic Hotel
Beautiful historic hotel. Great Location. Rooftop restaurant and bar we both a great addition.
Everything was perfect
7 March 2025
Will certainly return to this hotel.
Beautiful hotel stay. The staff were exceptional and remembered us when we returned two weeks later.
Everything was great...no complaints.
7 March 2025
Exceeded Expectations
Tremendous breakfast, tons of choices, great service, lovely roof top bar and first floor library with complimentary wine in the afternoon.
Nothing
2 March 2025
A good hotel in an horribly dysfunctional city.
A good hotel in a very dysfunctional city.
28 February 2025
Fabulous
Beautiful restored property close to the center of Santiago. The staff were extremely helpful and attentive. The room was very comfortable.
Some street noise heard from our room. Our window wouldn't close tightly.
27 February 2025
The Magnolia Hotel and its superb personnel will make your stay in Santiago a pleasure.
Excellent staff. From check-in desk to restaurant to bellhops to cleaning staff, everyone was super professional and helpful.
26 February 2025
Very nice hotel, great amenities, staff were attentive, library a great addition.
roof top bar was excellent, breakfast, staff were exceptionally helpful and attentive, library available.
The hotel is a bit dark.
22 February 2025
Very good
Beautiful property extremely helpful staff
The toilet and shower were directly connected to the bedroom only had a partially frosted glass door making it not very private.
22 February 2025
Great service and handy location.
Staff excellent. Breakfast plenty on offer. Dining on the rooftop terrace extremely pleasant.
Not keen on the glass partition to the bathroom.
21 February 2025
Lovely boutique hotel.
This boutique hotel has it all! The staff were wonderful. The food was delicious. The rooms were well appointed. And the eating areas were lovely. The location was perfect, we walked to everything!
The breakfast was a little disappointing, the delivery of ordered items was slow and the eggs were cold once you received them.
21 February 2025
Excellent courteous staff would recommend and return
Beautifully boutique hotel tastefully appointed great location
Needed more description of amenities we missed the roof top bar times
15 February 2025
We had a comfortable stay and enjoyed the breakfast very much
Very good location, very comfortable and polite and helpful staff and breakfast was excellent
No swimming pool
14 February 2025
Perfect centrally located hotel
Stunning building, beautifully decorated with very comfortable rooms
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13 February 2025
Very well run hotel in the central area of Santiago
Excellent breakfast. Friendly and very helpful staff
12 February 2025
A lovely hotel to spend a few nights in Santiago. Has all the amenities and more.
The hotel is in a magnificently renovated old mansion with beautiful rooms and common spaces. The location could not be better - walking distance to many of the must see sights in Santiago. The staff could not be any nicer or more helpful. Breakfast was plentiful and in a beautiful room and we had a lovely dinner on the rooftop. They also have a nicely equipped fitness center. Highly recommend this hotel.
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11 February 2025
One of the best small hotels we’ve stayed in for some time.
Well appointed, lovely spaces, friendly, helpful staff who were all excellent communicators. Outstanding breakfast.
Lack of outside space. Maybe as time goes on they could put some tables outside the entrance.
11 February 2025
Exceptional
Unbelievably friendly staff, who couldn’t do enough for you. Beautiful boutique property, nice rooms, excellent rooftop bar and great food
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11 February 2025
Lovely hotel in a great location
Nice room, great complimentary drinks at the library, breakfast was really good and of course location is excellent with all the downtown restaurants etc. at short walking distance. Very friendly and helpful staff!
10 February 2025
Santiago stop over
Good location. Nicely restored building. Terrace restaurant served a varied menu & the views were good. Visit the Bella Vista neighbourhood.
Upper terrace not accessible in the morning for breakfast
3 February 2025
Excellent location and high quality hotel
Lovely combo historical building and new design.
All great.
3 February 2025
A very well managed hotel which had taught that customer satisfaction is very important
It is a well appointed hotel. The staff were excellent dealing well with any issue that could affect our stay.
Nothing
1 February 2025
Close to museums, metro and cerro sta lucia. Wonderful breakfast and staff that make you feel welcome.
Decor was top notch. Staff were great. Breakfast was excellent.
Terrible WiFi accessibility in my room.
31 January 2025
A perfect trip!
Very helpful staff and very clean. Food in the restaurant was also very good. Central location.
31 January 2025
Beautiful
Beautiful building and rooms
Glass floors!
31 January 2025
A truly exceptional hotel in the centre of Santiago
This was my third stay at the hotel and as always everything was wonderful. The service in particular is outstanding and the Terrace restaurant on the roof serves exceptional food.
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30 January 2025
Great stay would recommend it.
Excellent hotel. Rooftop bar and restaurant were good. Staff friendly and willing to help. Good location for exploring the city and restaurants.
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30 January 2025
A comfortable stay on the center of the city with an amazing restaurant.
It is in the center of the city though on a quiet part of a central street with no shopping. Inside it is modern, has all we needed including a high quality restaurant. The staff is very friendly and speaks fluent English. They arranged a car transfer from the airport.
28 January 2025
Perfect base for exploring Santiago
The location is perfect - right next to Cerro Santa Lucia and Lastarria, with many bars and restaurants. The hotel staff were also brilliant - very friendly and willing to assist with anything. Particular thanks to Carlos who helped us with our bags. The room was very comfortable and clean and the rooftop bar is also nice.
The room is a little dark, which is an unfortunate and unavoidable consequence of the design of the hotel. Important to note we had a superior room and this would likely not be an issue for any rooms above that grade which had a balcony or were street facing, for example. Another minor point was that there was an overpowering smell of cheap air freshener in the breakfast room which was not pleasant. Other than that, the breakfast was a very good standard.
27 January 2025
A nice refuge in centro
Spacious and comfortable rooms and a great rooftop bar!
The breakfast wasn’t really in keeping with the price tag, and while there were lots of staff, they were a bit inefficient.
26 January 2025
Clean, modern hotel with great staff and location
New, contemporary design hotel in great location. The staff were friendly and professional. The hotel was clean, and in a safe neighborhood. The stay was delightful. The room was exceptional and large. Really fun rooftop bar, with excellent staff and great food and drinks. Highly recommend!
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26 January 2025
Very tentative staff
Comfortable bed, clean room, location
Nothing
26 January 2025
Trendy hotel near tourist sites fabulous stay.
Its location was awesome and we walked to many places. Rooftop terrace restaurant a must visit views good Good tour desk Facilities very good including free drinks in liabrary for guests ( wish someone told me about this though). There is a bar and two restaurants. Breakfast buffet and off menu, champagne on offer at buffet.
There is a bit of noise from street.
22 January 2025
I will not book this hotel again
The room is modern and clean. The included dinner seems good enough
A few things: the breakfast was not fresh and not much selections. The hotel was not so honest about the charge. 1. They convinced us to book the ride through them instead of Uber. Uber costs half. It ends up the ride is from Uber and required us to carry luggages to the parking garage to get the ride even it said from TransVIP company. The car is private. Carey the luggage to the garage downstairs was not fun at all. I suggest you use Uber. 2. They told us to pay US $ instead of local money because they said they will charge 19 percent more of the tax. But on the bill, it is in local currency. I think the US $ is so strong now, that is why they made up the story. I feel we could have book the US brand hotels which will be more honest to the US tourist. 3. They automatically include the tips on the bill saying it is 10 percent tips on the included dinner. And they claim the huge cost for the dinner. I am sure this is only toward the US tourists. I will not book this hotel again. Another thing is this hotel is in bad area, nothing good to look at or visit. You should look for the hotel in more safe and high ends area. It costs the same. By the way, we stayed there for two nights, one of the day has dinner included.
22 January 2025
Perfect.
Great location, amazing staff. Lovely old building respectfully renovated.
21 January 2025
Lovely stay in Santiago
Very friendly staff, lovely breakfast and restaurant, and very cute rooftop bar
The room decor could have more love. I thought it was a bit basic. Also, it was a little noisy at night when I tried to sleep at night.
13 January 2025
Gorgeous designed boutique hotel in central location.
The Hotel Magnolia is a gorgeous boutique hotel set in a central location for touring the city. The roof top bar was beautiful and a must do.
12 January 2025
Beautiful hotel, staff nice and helpful service
Beautiful decor and the added free activities like wine tasting
The menu selection in the restaurant
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Packed lunches
- - Car hire
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
- - Grocery deliveries (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Fitness centre
- - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
- - Massage (additional charge)
- - Back massage
- - Neck massage
- - Foot massage
- - Couples massage
- - Head massage
- - Hand massage
- - Full body massage
- - Fitness
- - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
- - Cooking class (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Parking
- - Parking garage
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
5 May 2025
The perfect stay