Hotel Monte Cordillera

Breakfast was the same each day, with eggs, ham, or cheese, or French toast with both ham and cheese if you didn't want eggs. The juice was watered down. They made the beds, but several times it was obvious the floors hadn't been swept. The food was decent, though way too expensive: 12,000 pesos for an appetizer that was only a salad and a main course that honestly wasn't the best. The place is nice, but neglected, and the pool was in really bad shape.

The setting is beautiful, and the owner and staff were exceptionally warm and helpful. The artists performing at Limarí's biggest show of the year stay at this hotel, and there's probably a reason for that. I'd choose it again and again.

I went with a couple of friends who were staying there and another friend we all knew. To clarify, this was about dinner, which I had with them. We were served cream of vegetable soup, then a quarter of a chard omelet, sautéed potatoes, two slices of tomato, one of those modern, "plastic" ones, and corn with mayonnaise, I think. Dessert was a small serving of baked milk, and there was a 350 ml bottle of wine, enough for two glasses. They charged us $60,000 for the two dinners and that small bottle. The service was good and the place is beautiful, but the food was nothing special and far too expensive. It was meager and bland for the price. I only saw the owner's reply to my earlier review three months later, and hadn't known how to clarify it before. The place itself is beautiful.

The staff's attention really makes a difference. The place is set up for relaxing, with spacious, very comfortable rooms and a terrace where you can enjoy the food along with an unforgettable view of the hotel and the Limarí Valley.