good hotel for the money
Hotel Prim is a decent place to stay, I think the person who wrote only mechanics shops were around need to learn how to read a map, there are many mechanic shops from one side but if you walk two blocks to the other side you are on Reforma (the main street that take you to the downtown and to the Zona Rosa) if you want a hotel on reforma it will cost you $100.00 more per day so do your math, this place is a bargain for the price, it is not the nicesiest place, but it is pretty decent, clean and with a good location. I paid $25.00 per night plus taxes and everything $115.00 for four nights with travelocity if you want to visit the city and have a decent place to stay this is the place.