Hey people! Me and my wife just spent 4 days at the Claridge, and here´s what we think it´s worth sharing:
-- The Rooms
Very clean. The rooms are a bit small and have and older look to it. The bathroom is small too, but you do have a bathtub in there, and for those who like it, like me, it´s definitely a plus. The room´s floor is made of carpet, but we had no alergic problems with it.
They have a wide variety of cable channels, too. The safe in the room is the best I´ve seen! You need no keys, just put in the code you like and it´s locked. Easy to use.
-- Complimentary Internet
Used it very little. I like to really disconnect from the world when on vacation :) It did work nicely on the few times I used it.
-- Food
We didn´t order anything from the room service. Buenos Aires has way too many great restaurants that made almost impossible for us to even need room service. About the breakfast, it is good and tasty (even though usually brazilian breakfasts in hotels are better). A side note about it is you have to wait a little bit to get a table if the Hotel is crowded (about 10 minutes). Other than that, the service is good.
-- Front Desk
Great, great service. Very helpful people. They gave us a map of town right away and located us on what to do and where to go. Made us reservations for tango show and told us a little bit about good restaurants, too. We were fully satisfied with their service.
-- Location
That is the BEST thing about the hotel. It is indeed very well located, as a few others have said. You´ll be within walking distance of many interesting points: Shopping street "Calle Florida" is half-block away. Puerto Madero restaurants are 5-6blocks too. Obelisco and Casa Rosada, too. If you´re in the mood for walking, you could even go to Recoleta neighborhood (about 2 miles - btw, if you go to Recoleta, you HAVE TO eat at Primafila italian restaurant on the Design Shopping, close to the Cemetery. Great food and unbelievable pricing). You have everything nearby: good restaurants, shopping, phone booths, metro stations, "freddo" ice cream, anything. I don´t think there are a lot of hotels with better location than this one.
-- All in all
Great location, great service, good breakfast and decent, but rather small rooms. I think I´d probably stay there again. Great cost/benefit.