Having traveled and experienced a wide variety of hotel/hostel standards, my assessment of Samsara Hotel is that is at best a 2nd rate hostel. Our room (#10) was dark and musty and felt like a dorm room. The bathroom was hardly usable with the sink having such a short faucet that you could barely wash your hands. The shower offered NO water one evening and when it was eventually turned on, the pressure provided only a trickle next to the wall. Additioanally, the walls & ceiling were moldy (painting over mold does not equal maintenance or cleanliness). The bathroom door was warped and the wood was separating/breaking apart due to excessive water damage. I will include photos, if possible.
The photos you see of rooms at this hotel are NOT at all close to our experience.
Orbitz indicates on the booking information that the hotel will take payment and that non-Argentines will pay 21% VAT tax if not paying with a credit card. When we attempted to pay with a credit card, we were told that a 15% fee would be added. We have not encountered that type of fee anywhere else in Argentina during our trip!
I was completely disappointed in this hotel and our stay here. I would recommend booking at any other hotel or hostel.
The only redeemkng quality about this hotel is the location, but we saw many, many other hotels close by, so don't let that factor sway your decision.
