Hotel de la Cité

In a few bullet points: 1. The staff are very pleasant and helpful. 2. The room is huge, w/a very well kitted kitchenette and mini-bar. 3. The room is quiet. 4. The wi-fi is fast. 5. The hotel is centrally located.

In a few bullet points, again: 1. The walls/celing could use a lick of paint. They have scratches and marks. 2. The way the toileteries are provided is not eco-friendly (they do NOT leave in the shower half-full shampoo and conditioner and/or sopa bars). 3. The menu is exhaustive and ambitious, yet the food is too bland or some of the flavours (mostly "salt") are overpowering. Keep it simple and reduced the number of dishes to an elegant minimum an deliver on quality: do not go crazy and fancy and deliver the kind of goo I ate, ham and cheese filled sorrentinos with a mixed sauce that tasted like a heart-attack. 4. The breakfast buffet is exhaustive, again, but caters mostly for someone with a sweet tooth, i.e. way too many pastries stuffed with dulce de leche. It is clearly targeted to the Argentinian guests. I'd recommend a bit of mixing and matching because the waste is immense. Keep it simple, dainty and tasty, and as traditional as possible (how about "tortas fritas saladas" or more "chipá"?). 5. The hotel doesn't accpet debit card payments online.