2/5 Nong P. 2 years ago on Google
During
my
mattress
run
of
7
different
hotels
in
Mexico
City,
Las
Alcobas
(Luxury
Collection)
was
in
some
ways
the
best
of
the
7,
and
in
other
ways
the
worse
of
the
7
so
it
was
a
story
of
extremes.
With
all
things
considered
the
elite
benefits
are
so
weak
that
I
am
unlikely
to
rush
back
–
an
argument
can
be
made
that
this
property
can
be
considered
quite
similar
to
a
Design
Hotel
not
a
Luxury
Collection.
This
hotel
only
has
35
rooms
in
total
so
it
has
a
clear
boutique
feeling
and
can
be
considered
preferable
to
large
hotels
with
a
couple
hundreds
of
rooms.
The
problem
is
that
room
upgrades
will
be
more
difficult
since
they
are
limited
and
what
they
can
offer.
I
booked
the
entry
level
room
and
received
a
modest
one-category
upgrade
which
is
almost
the
same,
and
all
other
room
types
were
occupied.
LA
is
the
only
hotel
during
my
trip
which
did
not
upgrade
me
to
a
suite,
all
6
others
did.
The
room
itself
had
the
best
hardware
of
all
hotels
I
stayed
in
CDMX.
The
quality
of
the
furniture
was
excellent,
it
had
hardwood
floors
and
marble
bathroom,
there
was
a
Toto
toilet,
Bulgari
bathroom
amenities,
a
shower
with
side
jets
and
great
water
pressure,
La
Bottega
bathrobes,
an
electronic
panel
by
the
bed
side
to
control
blinds,
curtains,
air
conditioning,
lights,
etc.
That
said,
the
room
was
not
perfect:
the
temperature
controls
could
not
go
lower
than
18.5C
and
the
room
did
not
feel
very
cool.
In
addition,
the
soundproofing
was
one
of
the
worse
I
have
seen
especially
for
a
hotel
of
this
caliber:
I
could
clearly
hear
housekeeping
doing
non-noisy
tasks
such
as
laying
towels
in
a
plastic
bag,
dipping
a
broom
in
a
water
bucket,
or
just
moving
their
cart
without
banging
it.
Some
hotels
who
are
stingy
with
room
upgrades
can
make
up
for
it
in
other
ways
such
as
F&B.
Unfortunately
it
was
not
the
case
at
Las
Alcobas:
they
had
one
of
the
most
limited
breakfast
benefits
I
have
seen
anywhere
in
the
world.
The
breakfast
was
fruits
and
bread,
period,
and
for
drinks
it
was
a
standard
juice
and
regular
coffee
or
tea.
Cappuccino?
Extra
charge.
“Green
juice”?
Extra
charge.
Yogurt
or
granola?
Extra
charge.
Cereals?
Extra
charge.
A
hot
dish?
Extra
charge.
When
a
Four
Points
charges
extra
for
a
cappuccino
I
can
somewhat
understand,
if
a
Sheraton
or
Marriott
charge
for
it
I
think
it’s
a
bad
idea,
but
for
a
Luxury
Collection
to
do
so
is
not
aligned
with
luxury
hotel
standards.
When
I
expressed
my
shock
about
the
breakfast
benefit,
they
removed
the
charge
for
cappuccino
and
they
offered
me
to
choose
one
hot
dish
as
a
courtesy,
which
was
appreciated.
However
when
they
brought
it
to
me,
they
cut
out
the
fruits
and
the
bread
so
it
ended
up
being
a
substitution
rather
than
an
extra,
so
at
that
point
I
just
decided
to
be
quiet
and
move
on.
In
my
opinion
they
should
take
a
hard
look
at
their
breakfast
policy
for
Marriott
Bonvoy
guests.
To
conclude
on
a
more
positive
note
about
breakfast,
I
should
mention
that
it
was
the
only
hotel
of
the
7
that
offered
breakfast
in
the
room
instead
of
the
restaurant,
so
at
least
by
giving
the
option
between
restaurant
or
in
the
room,
they
got
that
part
right
to
give
a
feeling
of
luxury
which
others
do
not,
not
even
St.Regis.
I
like
staying
at
Design
Hotels,
or
hotels
from
SLH
(Small
Luxury
Hotels)
/
LHW
(Leading
Hotels
of
the
World)
chains,
when
I
travel
to
some
towns
in
Europe
without
much
local
hotel
competition.
However
in
big
cities
with
lots
of
choices,
those
rarely
provide
good
value
for
the
money,
and
I
found
out
that
Las
Alcobas
behaves
like
those
hotels.
The
upgrades
have
very
limited
value
and
the
breakfast
benefit
is
ridiculously
weak,
so
while
the
room
itself
was
nice,
for
the
same
reason
that
I
rarely
stay
at
DH-SLH-LHW
hotels
in
big
cities,
next
time
in
Mexico
City
Las
Alcobas
is
unlikely
to
be
at
the
top
of
my
list.