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
1 July 2025
Fantastic
The proximity to the city.The house itself.The Cocktails and food in the hotel restaurant.
21 June 2025
Very good hotel in the wrong part of the city
Location
18 June 2025
Exceptional
Staff were amazing, they went above and beyond to answer questions and make our stay amazing. The property was lovely with great restaurants, vibey rooftop bar, and a moody library.
Nothing to really complain about.
12 June 2025
Great location , right under St Lucia hill. 5 minute walk to Lasterria and much quieter. ( minute walk
Gorgeous boutique hotel, beautiful rooms, great breakfast, rooftop bar and the staff were incredible , especially Camilla at reception!
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5 June 2025
Very clean and comfortable, would stay at this hotel again.
Lovely warm and friendly reception on arrival. Very cosy, quiet and intimate, lots of charm and style. Lovely breakfast room and delicious home style breakfast. Great location for walking into the old city and to arts area for bars and restaurants in the evening. Loved the rooftop bar as well!
31 May 2025
Exceptional
A beautiful hotel. Exceptional service. Friendly staff. Perfect location.
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30 May 2025
Fabulous
Fantastic staff. Stylish hotel, comfy beds, quiet and very secure
Location downtown a little sketchy, but that's Santiago unless you stay out in the new neighborhoods
29 May 2025
Best romantic boutique hotel in Santiago, what a surprise!
This is a gorgeous boutique hotel in the middle of the city (which may not be for everyone). We had an awesome time in the old part of the building, beautifully renovated and tastefully appointed with unique and beautiful decor. Staff were brilliant and exceptionally helpful.
The only negative point could be location. We did not venture out during the evening/night, as it felt not quite conducive to exploring.
26 May 2025
Excellent
The rooms we’ll appointed & nicely decorated. Comfy bed. Large.
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22 May 2025
Classy, convenient, comfortable with the most hospitable team.
Classy yet cozy, perfect balance of style and comfort- walking distance to the historic centre and the beautiful Santa Lucia. Staff were so accommodating and friendly. Even packed me a beautiful brekkie as my flight was super early.
19 May 2025
Fabulous
Breakfast was very good . Locantion was excellent
17 May 2025
Highly recommended
Great location, friendly staff, delicious breakfast included in the price. The rooms were spacious and comfortable and complimentary sparkling wine and wine was served in the lounge each afternoon.
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15 May 2025
Perfect boutique hotel near the old town
Impeccable design and conservation of the spaces ; the young staff members at the reception; the affable doorman ; the breakfast and dinner ; the location
would be ideal to have a bidet, and two wash-hand basins instead of one
10 May 2025
A lovely Hotel with very helpful staff.
Had a cosy feel about it downstairs and the beds and rooms were excellent. All of the staff that we met were extremely helpful.
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9 May 2025
Perfect place to stay o.Santiago’sd would highly recommend this property
Beautiful property, great bed and a lovely touch to have an open bar in the library. Staff were all well trained and very attentive
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8 May 2025
Exceptional
Unique experience in a stunning boutique hotel. We enjoyed every moment.
8 May 2025
Fabulous
Location was great, staff was very friendly and helpful, lovely decor.
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6 May 2025
A last minute stay but one that will live long in the memory. If you’re staying in Santiago - this it the place
Beautiful staff, great space.
Small detail - the water pressure on a hot shower.
5 May 2025
The perfect stay
Perfect location great customer service
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.
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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.
Nothing.
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
Nothing
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!
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
8 July 2025
Modern comfort in historic Santiago