Hotel Arapey

  Customer Review on 26 March 2010 

NOTE: When paying on check out, DO NOT trust the &"currency rate&" advertised with the room rates at reception on the wall. The owner pointed to this sign and said the currency rate of $1. 00USD = 24 Uruguay Peso. Whereas the actual rate on that day was $1. 00USD = 19. 5 Uruguay Peso. right after a lot of arguing he came down to 20 Peso to a Dollar. Nonetheless overcharged, but we had to catch our bus. He will tell you that his currency rate is the same as &'Cambio&' (a currency exchange) down the road, this was not true either. Otherwise the room was spacious, not all rooms were though, some were windowless. No internet access, and street traffic is extremely loud due to the fact of the bad insulation. P. S This is not a hostel, its a budget hotel.

  Robert R. on 26 March 2010 

NOTE: When paying on check out, DO NOT trust the "currency rate" advertised with the room rates at reception on the wall. The owner pointed to this sign and said the currency rate of $1. 00USD = 24 Uruguay Peso. Whereas the actual rate on that day was $1. 00USD = 19. 5 Uruguay Peso. after a lot of arguing he came down to 20 Peso to a Dollar. Still overcharged, but we had to catch our bus. He will tell you that his currency rate is the same as 'Cambio' (a currency exchange) down the road, this was not true either. Otherwise the room was spacious, not all rooms were though, some were windowless. No internet access, and street traffic is extremely loud because of the bad insulation. P. S This is not a hostel, its a budget hotel.

  Customer Review on 31 January 2010 

The hotel is inexpensive and it is a place to sleep and take a bath. This can be done quite peacefuly if you adapt to the peculiarities of the place. The exchange rate they use is absurd, much larger than usual within the Hostels of Montevideo and also the region. Also, if you leave pretty early within the morning they do not have change to give you. It is better to be prepared for it and make they find a way to exchange money (which is an obligation of them) or pay during the day.

  Bruna Pimentel C. on 31 January 2010 

The hotel is low-cost and it is a spot to sleep and take a bath. This can be done quite peacefuly in case you adapt to the peculiarities of the place. The exchange rate they use is absurd, much larger than usual inside the Hostels of Montevideo and the region. Also, in case you leave pretty early inside the morning they do not have change to give you. It is better to be prepared for it and make they find a way to exchange money (which is an obligation of them) or pay during the day.

  Customer Review on 28 December 2009 

Good location if you&'re looking to be near the old portion of Montevideo, not so outstanding for the beaches (we had to take a bus. )

  Kathryn T. on 28 December 2009 

Good location if you're looking to be near the old part of Montevideo, not so good for the beaches (we had to take a bus. )

  Michelle G. on 7 June 2009 

We had a nice stay at this hotel, it had alot of character. It was close to town, was clean, had a tv, and was great value for money. It doesnt have wireless but there is certainly an web shop down the road which charges just 16 pesos per hour. We will saty there again.

  Vera T. on 23 February 2009 

The only thing I liked was that they had two rolls of toilet paper in the bath room

  Maria M. on 19 February 2009 

Big rooms with high ceilings. Rooms have Tv. Clean. Most rooms dont have windows but fortunately we could change. and it looks like a horror hotel but for the rest its pretty ok