Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique, Mexico City
Expert reviews
“Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique is in a restored colonial palace on a square in the heart of the Historic Center. The 18 rooms feature tiled floors and remnants of the structure’s ancient walls.”
Featured in New York Times’ 36 Hours in Mexico City.
What guests liked
- Excellent location
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
- Boutique style
All you need to know
Ok, it’s some to entice the history explorers! Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique features splendid 15th-century architecture, a terrace overlooking striking city views, and much more. Facing Plaza Primo de Verdad, this beauty is what we can call the town’s charm.
Some of the must-visit tourist points near this luxury hotel include Palacio de Correos, the National Palace, the Mexico City Museum, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City, and more.
Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique features a plethora of worthwhile accommodation options, ranging from Standard Suite, Junior Suite, Superior Suite, and more. They all feature full-size private bathrooms, an aesthetically set sitting area with windows overlooking the street and courtyard views, and much more.
A beautifully set Mexican restaurant, free Wi-Fi, concierge, fitness center, 24-hour front desk, room service, and availability of family rooms are some of the worth notable things about the Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique. You will get to enjoy a scrumptious la carte breakfast during your stay. Lunch and dinner can also be enjoyed but with extra charges.
To assist guests, Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique also offers paid airport shuttle service from the nearest airport, Benito Juarez International.
If you want to enjoy your Mexican excursion in the true sense, book Casa de la Luz Hotel Boutique now! Its proximity to the airport and bundles of offered amenities contribute to answering why!
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Location
Recent guest reviews
3 March 2024
Exceptional
Beautiful building, lovely staff and great location
Na
15 February 2024
exceptional service good and accommodations
loved the facilities and the architecture gorgeous property
nothing
11 February 2024
Great hotel, great staff and great breakfast!
The staff were very nice and helpful. The hotel is beautiful and we enjoyed the daily breakfast. Our bed was comfortable. The hotel is located very close to the square. The hotel was very clean.
There is a night club that we could hear from our room on the weekend.
7 February 2024
Pleasant staff, convenient location, nice rooms, good restaurant.
The room was very comfortable.
The housekeeping was erratic. They promised bathrobes but we had to ask 4 times. Unlimited water was the promise but when we asked for a bottle they attempted to put it on the bill, we declined to pay and they accepted. The hotel is on a plaza and for several nights there was very loud music well into the night. One night the music (furniture vibrating ) went until 6 AM.
4 February 2024
The accommodation was stylish and clean. Staff nice. Good rooftop bar & restaurant.
The breakfast was good, including fruit, a nice juice and ‘pan dulces’, as well as a choice of eggs and cooked food.
The tipping culture meant that at breakfast (which had been pre paid at the start of the stay) an account was taken of what food had been eaten, eg 400 pesos and there was an expectation of a 15% tip. Also we arrived very early on the day of check in due to the flight arriving early, which meant that we got to the hotel at about 6am, and we were asked to pay an amount of 1,000 pesos to be given access to an already prepared for room !
23 January 2024
I recommend this hotel. Charming, with excellent staff.
I was able to have an evening snack one day and dinner another. The food was exceptionally good. Order the salsa - they wheel in a cart and make it in front of you, using a mortar and pestle. So delicious. The room was very large with high, high ceilings. Excellent pillows.
I understand that people want to be with family and loved ones, but I could not get an evening meal either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. I was unable to eat breakfast as each of my day excursions started very early, long before breakfast was served. Otherwise, everything else was excellent.
23 January 2024
Great location great room Key too difficult to use on many occasions
Toilet paper wasn’t replaced often enough (none in the room to start wit and twice we had to share a bath towel because only one was replaced
7 January 2024
Charming Building With Some Nice Touches + Room For Improvement
Gorgeous building and they've done such a marvelous job renovating it. Love the detailing of the rooms, the brick work, the beamed ceilings, and the Smart TV with built-in apps. The concierge, Jesus, was made for his job. He clearly enjoys people and wants guests to have a wonderful experience. Location for visiting Zocalo is great (but also crowded and quite noisy)
It's too bad we can't charge our meals at the restaurant to our room. We had to pay each time with our card. Also, need fabric softener! Towels and robe (and there was only 1 robe provided) feel like sandpaper. Ditto for the toilet paper. Also, I'd appreciate a selection of pillow densities. If you're going to provide 4 pillows, make 2 of them softer / mushier and then 2 of them denser. Also, no room service. We ended up quite sick for 36 hours of our stay and felt rather helpless in our room, surviving on the mini fridge for hydration. Finally, realize that this is a VERY NOISY location. Next time, I'll likely stay in the Condesa, Polanco or Cayoacan area for more peace and quiet.
7 January 2024
Style, luxury and beautiful
This hotel is in the heart of Mexico City. It is in a busy district with a small park across the road and a church across the street. The hotel is beautiful and definitely not a cookie cutter American style chain hotel. The restaurant was great food excellent. Rooms are large and clean
There wasn't anything I didn't like, but if you are a picky traveller you need to consider this is in the city and there is some noise from time to time, but it is life noise. Bells ringing, people cars. The hotel is located in a corner of a square and is very lovely.
17 December 2023
Exceptional
Beautiful hotel, great location and very nice staff. Comfortable and spacious room, delicious breakfast.
The switches in the room could be better located and tea in the room would be a great added value.
10 December 2023
Wonderful!!!
Very well located for few days in Mexico City center.
Takes too long to deal with check—in.
4 December 2023
I loved it!
The breakfast was amazing and restaurant upstairs was my favorite. The food was delicious and cocktails even better. The service was excellent and the staff very professional and very friendly,
Wi-fi connection could be a little better.
25 November 2023
Fabulous
The hotel is abosolutely stunning, and the staff are really friendly. The venue is also great, ver yclose to the cathedral and close to downtown shopping and the histle and bustle of the old town.
The rooms are really beautiful, however, our room was not very well insulated from a noise perspective. so it was quite noisy in the room when we were sleepong. Our room also was lacking in a few small facilities - ie only one hook for towels in the bathroom, no hooks fo rthe hand towel around the sink, no cup for toothbrush. But like I said, the room was really beautiful so willing to overlook these small things.
22 November 2023
Lovely historic building in need of some additional managerial oversight
Beautifully renovated historic building. Comfy bed and very clean. Walking distance to historic sites and public transport system. Breakfast was good, but doesn't start serving until 8am and is "a la carte" so takes a while - given that on 2 of our 4 days we had 7:30-8 am starts we had to go without - think before you upgrade to a "breakfast included" package. Roof top terrace was a nice spot for a drink.
Paid for a suite with balcony. On check in were given a very noisy room with no windows. Were moved the following day, but never provided any compensation/explanation. Pre-ordered an airport transfer. This worked well, but on arrival at the hotel the price had changed from the prearranged 600 to 850 Pesos (concierge had sent a WhatsAp whilst we were on the flight, but a little late in the day for such an uplift when price agreed 6 months earlier). Hotel's explanation was the concierge is a franchise and not under their control! Tried to book a return trip, but hotel failed to pass on the message and so the ride never materialised. Just get an Uber - it cost $5 to airport. To sum up, staff on the front desk were very smiley and well meaning , but undertrained. Communication was an issue.
13 November 2023
A stylish small hotel in the heart of Mexico City Centre
Comfortable room with everything you need for a city stay..lovely staff!
It was very noisy on the square outside,demonstrations,yelling ,loud music..not the hotel’s fault!
11 November 2023
Unbeatable location
The location in Centro Historico next to Zocalo is unbeatable!
Due to the property housed in a historic hospital building from the 19th century, some rooms don’t have windows at all, feel like luxurious jail cells.
5 November 2023
Nice stay but clean air is an issue here as in all of CDMX
- nice historic building - a la carte breakfast
- facilities limited, e.g. treadmill not functioning - air in room not good because no window can be opened for “fresh air” - restaurant expensive
2 November 2023
Room was clean and the bed was super comfy
hotel staff were great and provided excellent customer service
nothing to report
29 October 2023
Really enjoyed it
Staff were fantastic. Location was great. Place is very clean and beautiful. Breakfast is yum.
23 October 2023
Great location with clean rooms with a old world feel and fabulous restaurant
Good location / Clean and historic
old world charm
22 October 2023
A great value. Great staff. Great location. Beautiful historic building. Will book it again.
Great little boutique hotel. Great location. Great staff. Very comfortable room.
Everything was on point
19 October 2023
We wanted a special hotel for our final night in Mexico and this place was perfect.
Fantastic location on a historic square and a short walk into the centre. Stunning building and restoration, extremely friendly and helpful staff, really great breakfast.
The lights in the foyer outside the room were on all night and the light spilled into the room because of lack of blinds or curtains up high. Really nnoying if you like a dark room for sleeping.
18 October 2023
Excellent location, good breakfast, nice building, staff helpful and friendly.
Excellent location, good breakfast, nice building, staff helpful and friendly.
11 October 2023
Enjoyable and within easy reach of the main centre
Given that we did not speak Spanish, we were delighted that the staff were able to converse in English. Jesus looked after us very well, suggested places of interest, local restaurants, arranged taxis & tours. The staff at breakfast were polite and looked after us attentively. Same for the evening meals at the restaurant.
Whilst our bedroom was good, it lacked air circulation and this made it uncomfortable. We sat in the open court area outside the bedroom to sit and relax but noted that this area was not always cleaned. There was no facility to boil hot water but we overcame this by asking for hot water in the restaurant which the staff willing gave.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Shuttle service (additional charge)
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Tour desk
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Invoice provided
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Face masks for guests available
4 March 2024
Very good
Location was fabulous if you want to be right in the historic center. Staff were friendly and helpful. Space is beautiful. We felt safe and especially appreciated the interactions with the late night front desk and security who were kind and accommodating as we came and went from the hotel. The included breakfast is also fantastic and the staff in the restaurant are superb.
We had some serious problems with our initial room, after speaking with the desk we received a room change the second space was perfect. However this hotel is best for midweek travelers. During the weekend you have a Disco next door that will seriously change the otherwise peaceful vibe of the space.