This hotel is very well located a short walk to the main Plaza and directly opposite one of the main attractions in Cusco.
The entrance is in an alley way, which leads through some small streets into the centre.
The reception does not do the rooms justice as i was quiet surprised by the quality of the bedrooms.
There is noise however from the streets and the rooms on the ground floor close to the reception particularly noisy as the the activity in reception can be heard in the room.
The bathrooms are a bit basic and water pressure quiet low.
However the room are clean and beds comfortable.
There is a courtyard for relaxing or having breakfast which is comprises of fruit, bread, cake and eggs of your choice. Hot water is provided and a selection of teas all day long.
The staff are very helpful most understand a bit of English. Laundry service is efficient same day and very reasonably priced all my clothing came back the same colour.
When my pick up to the airport did not arrive the guy at the front desk followed it up with phone calls, checking the street etc.. even though it was not there responsibility as this was booked by my tour company.
They were happy to store my luggage whilst i visited Machu Picchu and returned to the hotel.
Would recommend as a good not too expensive place to stay in Cusco.

My family of 5 stayed here for 4 nights, 2 before and 2 after Machu Picchu. The wonderful staff was the highlight of our stay--everybody spoke English and worked really hard. Melvin, who worked the front desk most of the time we were there, gave us great restaurant recommendations and attended to our every need. The breakfast was okay. The building is quite old and has a lot of character--great "bones", and some huge beautiful rooms with really comfortable beds. So we were disappointed that it was lacking in some pretty important ways. The space heaters in the rooms were inadequate to heat them; when we complained, they gave us much better heaters which made the bedroom toasty. However, when we returned after MP, they had given the good heaters to other rooms and no others were available, so the rooms were cold again. The shower temperature was erratic (and you have to make sure to ask them to turn on the hot water as they turn it off in the middle of the day)--the first two nights, when we were the only ones in the hotel, the water was lukewarm; when more people were in the hotel, it alternated between scalding and freezing, with no way to regulate it. Also, the water pressure was consistently weak, and when combined with the lack of heat in the bathroom, made showering a miserable experience. The lighting was also inadequate--virtually impossible to read in the room. Finally, there is a huge disparity in the room sizes. We had 2 rooms facing the street, which were HUGE with high rafters. Our double room had a double and a single bed; the triple room had a double and 2 single beds; both lovely rooms. When we returned from MP, they replaced our triple with a tiny room at the back with 3 single beds, no window, and no room for luggage. We ended up putting 3 people in our "double", and 2 in the "triple." Both rooms were the same price! If you stay here, insist on one of the large rooms facing the street.

It's hard to find the right hotel in Cuzco and not spend an insane amount, not be in a dumpy hostel, not be located above a noisy bar, not be far from Plaza de Armas, and get some local charm. Unaytambo ticks all the boxes.

+ Good location, a few blocks from Plaza de Armas, across the street from the most important Inca ruin in Cuzco, next door to the $600/night Libertador. On a small but brightly-lit alley. I've been robbed in Cuzco before, so I strangely felt good when the owner left $250 sitting on his desk when he helped me with an issue. All the staff speak at least some English.

+ Quiet, at least as quiet as possible in Cuzco. Car alarms and honking horns are a fact of life here. At least there is no bar with noisy revelers at 3am.

+ Very historic. It's an old Spanish mansion with stone walls 2 feet thick. Pay a little extra to get a big room with a sitting area.

+ No rip-offs. Water is reasonably priced at 2 soles and laundry is 7 soles a kilo, same-day turnaround. These costs can add-up fast at other places. They use a reasonably-priced taxi service. It's 25 soles to Poroy station and 30 soles back.

Cons

- Water not totally reliable. The trick is to turn up both the hot and cold when the pressure goes down.

- Confusion over transfers. There was some confusion over whether the return transfer to the airport was included in the room rate or not - depending on who I asked. It was 8 soles so I didn't fuss about it.

--Room is very clean/charmingand warm, the only minor issue I have is with the bathroom, which doesn't match the charm of the room and the hotel.

--Breakfast at courtyard was so nice and lovely. Location is quite good.

--Staff---extreamly healpful and nice, the owner should really treasure them.

--They have been very flexible with my itinerary as well, and I really appreciate that.

--a very good choice if your budget is around USD 100.