I arrived in Asunción without having any hotel reservation. However I knew that I would be stay either at Crowne Plaza or Cecilia. Both hotels met my basic requirements- AC, gym, breakfast and in center. From the airport I went to Cecilia to check out the place. The lady who greeted me was very kind and let me see the available rooms and gym etc. I initially booked the room (superior room Blue suite) for 3 nights but ended up staying 7 nights. As others have stated in past reviews that this is an older building and that is exactly what makes it a charming place. This is a family owned hotel with an interesting story that you can read about in the lobby. The family still runs the hotel, attends the reception and offer a personal touch. My room was spacious with a king bed, lot of room to spread, good Wi-Fi, hot shower with good water pressure and most importantly, quiet. The AC works great. My room was an interior room with limited inside view but it was a trade off to be in one of the quietest rooms with no street traffic noise. There is a fridge in the room where you can store your own wine and food etc. There is a 24/7 convenience / grocery store Biggie down two blocks from the hotel. Biggie sells everything you may need for an extended stay -wines, beers, snacks, fruits etc. There is a gym on 5th floor. It’s old equipment with limited free weights but if you know your way around the gym, you can get a good workout. I used the gym daily. The gym has two air conditioners that help as it was consistently between 95-100+F in Asunción during my stay. The breakfast was included in my booking and I greatly enjoyed it everyday. The fruits are fresh and of good variety along with cereal, eggs and the usual stuff. The roof top is amazing with pool and plenty of sitting room. I enjoyed a bottle of wine every night in the refreshing evening breeze with view of Asuncion. The La Preferida restaurant is attached to the hotel and has same owners. It offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had breakfast, lunch and dinner once at the restaurant and enjoyed it. I highly recommend this place and would definitely stay here again. Here are some points of improvement. 1. Requesting the management to put a desk chair in room for computer work. There was a chair in my room but not suited for long hours of working on computer. 2. It would be nice to have a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the room door. 3. The gym gets extremely hot - I’d recommend to have the window shades down during day time to help keep the temperature down. 4. It would be nice to make incremental upgrades to the gym equipment- new bench, barbell and newer treadmill etc. I am specially grateful to the owners and staff for their truly wonderful personal service and help during my stay.

Excellent service. We appreciated the staff who spoke English very well in addition to Spanish. The complimentary breakfast was amazing. They serve the best coffee. The chipa was freshly made and tasted so good. Fruits were very ripe and fresh. Rooms were very spacious and clean with very comfortable beds and pillows.

"Their customer service from the moment you walk in until check out is excellent! They cater to your every detail and they are very attentive to your needs. I will definitely go back with my whole family. I want to thank the whole staff personally especially Mr. Santiago, Mrs.Susana and Mrs.Ingrid for everything you guys are amazing

All employees were friendly and helpful. The room was very properly cleaned. Breakfast was good. I would only suggest to add a lighter cheese and to put only fresh fruits in the fruit salad.

Very good location and service. The best restaurant in town is in this hotel. This hotel deserves some time to enjoy the facilities.

Beautiful hotel with a great rooftop pool and excellent breakfast.

Vintage hotel but very clean. I enjoyed my stay and their yummy breakfasts. Those are my main priorities with a hotel, I do a lot of touristing and adventuring around, it's important for me to feel that the hotel is 1 safe, 2 clean, and 3 have a healthy and filling breakfast. This place has all 3.

Staying in Hotel Cecilia for Christmas 2013 - helpful staff,clean and tidy hotel, good location near the centre, not much street noise, good AC, reasonable prices, attractive interiors and large rooms, and excellent food in La Preferida restaurant on the 2nd floor (also accessible from the street). Staff speak no English but few do in Asuncion. Would have received 4 stars as needs a few tweaks due to its age, but is priced very favourably so gets 5 stars. Definitely recommend to visitors here.

“The service was excellent. The restaurant very good.”

Very Good! Not quite European standard(but most of the time) , but one of the best Hotels I have ever experienced in Paraguay.

Hotel Cecilia is great, but it is located on the Street "Estados Unidos 341," not in the US Embassy grounds as shown on this map!

It's a beautiful Hotel from Asunción Very comfy... Yummy foods! The rooftop has a very nice view with one swimming pool The hotel staff are very attentive and pleasant. I recommend.