We stayed at this Hotel for three nights in March 2005. We booked it because it was cheapest 4 star hotel we found on the net (30 dollars per room for a night during the week-end). We said to ourselves: if it is a 4-star, it cannot be that bad... Well, it was...at least at the first sight. The building is very old, it must have been nice about 30 years ago, but it seems that nothing happened with it since then. There was a wall 2 meters from our window, the room was old and musty, the furniture was shabby, the bathroom was huge but extremely old. The staff was friendly. However, we asked for a wake-up call twice, once it was half hour late and we missed our pre-paid trip to Teotihuacan (we made by metro and bus), the second time it was us who woke up the receptionist...
Now the good things: the room was clean, the location is great - right in the center, 10-minute walk from the Zocalo. It is in a very busy street, but the room was quiet (maybe because it did not really have a window).
Overall, a pretty shabby hotel at a great location for a budget price. You can find a much better one for only a little more money.
- Capitol Hotel Mexico City