Hotel Escondido Oaxaca, a Member of Design Hotels

Hip small property well located in Oaxaca. Shower was amazing and the grounds are so pretty. Down side is it’s on a noisy street Nice breakfast, good food, great service. Wonderful amenities from Escondido hotel in shower and bathroom!!!!

The hotel was charming and quaint. We had a balcony room, which faced away from the main streets (the hotel is in a corner of two busy streets). We could still hear the noise from the buses and cars either honking their horns or accelerating to go up the hill. Construction in the building beside the hotel had us hearing jackhammers going until late in the evening. Despite that, the hotel managed to redeem itself largely through its extremely professional yet friendly staff. From the reception to the restaurant, we felt welcomed and taken cared of. Too bad the noise levels were just beyond what they could manage.

Really enjoyed the property. Modern but authentic. Great dining and great mezcal. Roof top is excellent as is the location. Highly recommended. Not too many rooms so not overly crowded. Front desk and bar staff were very helpful with all sorts of recommendations.

We were very disappointed, there is so much noise that it is impossible to get a good nights sleep, the breakfast is expensive and boring. Overpriced and underwhelming.

Do not stay here. Come visit for lunch / dinner, or go to the pool — the food is amazing and the common space is nice, but the rooms and service are atrocious. We arrived for a stay over NYE, and were excited at the beautiful common space and the amazing beach when we checked in. We sat by the pool and looked at the ocean. Everything was amazing until they showed us our room. The rooms are dark and dingy, and have clearly not been maintained. It seems like they also have not been cleaned regularly. Our room had a huge scorpion in it, and it took them 12 hours to send someone to remove it. There is a beautiful plunge pool in the back, but ours was covered in algae and filled with bugs. When we asked them to clean it, they just came and dumped chlorine into it (and left all the algae and dead bugs). There were tons of dead and living bugs in the room, lots of dust and sand, and every night when we came back there were pieces of mouse poop on the bed. The rooms are dark and dingy, with poor lighting. The lamp beside the bed was broken, and dangling by just the cord. They do not clean your room by default. When we asked them to clean it, they came a few hours later and replaced the towels and sheets. Unfortunately, a large amount of cash went missing from the table during the cleaning — should have put the cash in the safe! This seems like it used to be a great hotel, but nobody maintained it for the past 10 years. This is unfortunately seems pretty common in my experience with Grupo Habita. They build amazing common areas that are prime for Instagram, but their rooms are terrible. Come for lunch and dinner and to enjoy the common areas — but stay elsewhere!

Hotel Escondido was an amazing hotel and one of the coolest hotels my wife and I ever stayed at (we stayed 4 nights). While, the rooms may seem a bit dark, the various outdoor spaces very much make up for it. We relaxed by the pool, had drinks by the library and had snacks on the outdoor hotel terrace. The staff was extremely attentive and available to assist with any request (we even ordered drinks through WhatsApp when we didn't see a waiter and the hotel attempted to find us chocolate cake late at night). The price is well worth it at this hotel and I don't think the food and drinks at this hotel get enough credit. The architecture really has the Oaxaca feel but at the same time feels modern, which is unique for Oaxaca. I fully suggest staying here.

Beautiful peaceful design.. a true oasis! Lovely staff.. centrally located without being in the noisiest part of historic Oaxaca. Room was pretty, relaxing, very peaceful with a very comfortable bed. Everything worked (not always the case). Loved this hotel!