My husband was doing the research for our hotel stay for a week in BA and he switched toPalladio at the last minute from another one roughly 7 to 8 blocks further south also on Av Callao due to a slightly better location where Palladio is.
The hotel facilites (lobby, restaurant, bar and our room) are immaculate. All the staff are super friendly, helpful and professional. We arrived just before noon after 25+ hours of traveling with 2 connections from Vancouver, Canada and was pleasantly greeted by our bright, spacious, clean and modern suite (a large room with a king bed and spacious seating area). Although our balcony / room is on the back side of the hotel, it is quiet and quaint with a neighbourhood view. We look down to a lovely courtyard of the building next door. There are 2 pairs of ample closets (a hanging closet and a closet with drawers) for him and her (or him and him in our case) separated by a coffee bar / mini fridge in the middle. The bathroom has dual sinks and a separate shower from the tub. I also like how the toilet / bidet is separated by a partition from the sinks and shower.
Our room package included a daily breakfast in the restaurant. It's a buffet setup but you can also order a few specialty items off the menu. It was a rather opulent buffet for the boutique hotel. The cold table had a variety of oatmeals/cereals/yogurts, fruits, cold cuts, cheese and smoked salmon. The hot table offered scrambled egg, bacon, chorizo, croque monsieur, breakfast potatoes, French toasts. There were also a good variety of bakery items including toasts, medialunas, the essential alfajores, and many other dessert bits. Although you are serviced poured coffee and orange juice at your table, there is an also a coffee machine offering about 8-10 specialty coffee and hot beverage items. The juice cart also has half a dozen different juices to choose from. '
The hotel is very centrally located at the southern end of Recoleta. Most destinations are with 20 minutes to 60 minutes on foot depending on your propensity of adventuring on foot. Taxi rides are inexpensive compared to N American rates and the Subte (subway) reaches a vast area of BA and the closest station to the hotel is just a block away. We walked everywhere: 20 minutes to the heart of Recoleta (the cemetery), 30 minutes to Plaza de Mayo, 45 minutes to Palermo and about 60 minutes to Puerto Madero. San Telmo is about 60 minutes on foot but we opted to take a taxi (called by the front desk for us) that morning.
The hotel billed us in ARS so it was great for us after converting to CAD due to the prevalent exchange rate.
I would stay at the Palladio again in heart beat. read more