Name: Hostal plaza by Elvita
Address: 16 de Diciembre y Ambato, Banos, Banos, Banos, 180250, Ecuador
Rating: 6

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

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All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Pets Not Allowed

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Chachoan Airport

Cotapaxi International Airport

Hostal plaza by Elvita

It is a clean and comfortable hotel. The rooms are simple with the facilities a normal person will need. It has a good bed with TV. It is one the corner of the main square, which is good because its location is fantastic but a the same time it is a little bit noisy. I been here many times for my work as a tour guide. And I think I will be back one more time 

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Good enough 

This hotel is right next to the bus station which is why it was chosen when arriving into town at 9 pm.  The room was large but sparse with just the beds, a small dresser and night stand.  Floors are tiled throughout.  Room does have a flat screen TV, not found in normal hostals/hotels for this price.  You get only a single towel per person (normal in Banos) with no wash towel, bath mat, etc.  

The bathroom was a little cramped with a small sink and a falling down shower curtain.  Never had hot water for a shower, tepid at best.  The window was rusted and mildewed.  Overall, this hotel did not feel exceptionally clean.  

Like all hostals, there is no AC so windows open at night lead to extraordinary noise from the street below.  There are lots of neighborhood noises all night long.  You will not sleep much!!  (We had to move to another hostal, it was terribly loud on the weekend.) 

The staff did not speak any English and while not mean or nasty, did not seem to be as welcoming as most others on my travels.

Overall, this was close to the bus station, that is its only up side.  There are better, quieter & cheaper hostals within walking distance of the terminal.  Try Timara Hostal - a much better stay for half the price..

Loud & not the best choice

It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't stay here again. The rooms are tiny, the bathroom (hot showers) had a wall of windows sparsely covered by shower curtains turned regular curtains.. It was loud. So loud. A staff member was playing a game so loudly in the lobby I had a hard time falling asleep. It's run by 20-25 year olds and I think that explains the noise level. The rooms were like mini-replications of hotels like Best Western or Holiday Inn, it was kind of weird. We were only here for 1 night, but I think you can definitely find better places to stay than this.

Stay somewhere else if you can

I would like to tell you about our stay at Hotel Elvira--if we had actually been able to stay there. Unfortunately, even though we called ahead yesterday and they confirmed they were holding a room for us, when we showed up at 10 pm, they did not hold a room as promised and we were turned away. The worst part is they made no effort whatsoever to help us find other accommodations. The desk clerk just said, "Sorry." And that was it. The whole reason we called ahead was we were concerned Banos would be sold out approaching New Years. Sure enough, hotel after hotel turned was sold out as we had feared. Thank God we were able to find a room at all. No thank you to Hotel Elvita for giving us a good scare that we'd have to sleep in the park. How unprofessional! To quote Jerry Seinfeld, "They know how to take the reservation; They just don't know how to hold the reservation." Book elsewhere unless you want to be unpleasantly surprised on arrival. 

Hotel did not honor our reservation. Let us stranded late at night with no hotel and everything else sold out.

We stayed here two nights. We picked this hotel because the rooms seemed nice and they had a garage. We should have read tripadvisor first.  It started on the first day when we noticed the wifi was not working. When we complained the owners accused us of not having paid yet. Lucky we had it on paper! 
The second night was truly a horror. The owners were having a get together and you could hear the tv, yelling and the games trough the entire hotel and rooms. We complained at 1 am, 3 am but it wasn't until multiple people went down at 4 am to complain that they finally stopped.  We actually considered leaving in the middle of the night. 
Truly the worst hotel I have ever been in, and believe me I have been in quite some dumps. Avoid at all cost.

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