We recently spent Christmas at this hotel and on the whole had a great time.

Unfortunatley I can´t give this hotel quite as good a review as I´d like, as sadly the thin walls rather let this place down. It also lacks any comfy chillout areas, and if you want some fresh air you have to go to a nearby park.

This hotel was the most money we´d spent on accomodation in a year away from home, and going on other reviews we had rather high expectations of it, which sadly the hotel didn´t really deliver on.

The hotel is in a great location, and the rooms are very modern and comfortable, we loved the electronic curtains (watchout though the blackout one will have you sleeping really late if you have no alarm to wake you!), and we had no problems with the bathrooms either. However saying the walls are thin is an understatement!! We actually got moved round a little bit so sampled 3 rooms all of which we found unacceptable noise wise. Due to connectining doors you can hear everything the people next door do (even if they whisper!) and if you´re unfortunate enough to end up in a smoking room as a non-smoker next doors fumes nicely come under the ajoining door too!

The breakfast was amazing though, there is hot and cold to suit all with great tea and coffee. And the staff are very helpful. Mind you the bar does close at 11pm which is strange as the rest of the city is only just waking up then!!

All in all I´d say this was an OK place for a few days, but if you´re a flashpacker thinking of blowing a little budget on it I´d say save your cash for somewhere else.

My wife and I stayed in the Vista Sol for three nights at the start of September and could find no fault with our hosts. The hotel is well located and is only a short walk to most tourist sights (Florida street is two blocks west) Although small and compact the Vista Sol has made good use of space and our room athough packed with glass and mirrors was very cosy. We were fortunate to get one of the rooms with our a deck area so maybe we had more space than the standard rooms, but the floor-to-ceiling windows kept the place bright and airy. The room had a flat screen t.v, electronic safe and a reasonably priced mini bar. (Internet access in the basement restaurant area)

A variety of options were available for breakfast from cooked to continental, and all the food was of a decent standard. The breakfast area which doubled as the restaurant in the evening was well stocked and well staffed and indeed the staff in general were friendly and helpful at all times.

This place will never be a five star hotel as it doesn't have the space to add the necessary facilities, but it is a very good hotel for it's target market - tourists/businessmen looking for a reasonably priced clean and safe hotel in a good location. As I said we couldn't fault the place and when we return to BA we would certainly have no worries about staying here again

Design Hotel where everything is cool. The rooms are cool, the reception glass floor is cool, the lounge is cool, but the hotel is small but clean. Not a place for a Honeymoon.

The Hotel Vista Sol Buenos Aires is, to me, almost perfect.

The hotel is beautifully designed in a modern, Ikea-like fashion, with smooth hardwood floors and dual motorized curtains that are controlled from the side of your bed allowing you to let some or no light in from outside. The TV is a modest-sized flat screen, better than you'll find at other locations in Argentina. The internet is free and was generally reliable and quite speedy. The breakfast is free and is very complete. The hotel is well located and reasonably priced. In all these respects, the Vista Sol is so much better than most hotels in Buenos Aires, which is a wonderful city but a city that doesn't boast great hotel accomodations unless you are willing to stay with the expensive foreign chains like Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, etc.

But for all the good that I have to say about it, I will think twice before I book the Vista Sol again. For them, the design has prioritized beauty over function in my view. For example, I would echo the prior reviewers' comments about the bathroom, which is sleek looking, but not very practical. Water does splash everywhere, both from the small sink, and from the shower, which doesn't have a curtain covering all the way. Also, the bed is an Ikea-style bed without a box spring, very European / Asian style. This was not a problem for me, but if I had my girlfriend with me, I'm not sure we would've liked sharing it.

And, last but certainly not least -- the walls are paper thin. I could hear absolutely everything going on in the next room! I've stayed in hundreds of hotels in the last few years and I've never been anywhere as poor as the Vista Sol for soundproofing. Part of it may be that there was a pass-through door between the next room and mine, and certainly the stylish hardwood floors don't help in keeping things quiet, but the sound problem from neighboring rooms could be a deal-breaker for me.