Was there in May 2006

The Gran Hotel Bolivar is still a Grand old hotel albeit a bit worn and now down to only a 3 rating (short on amenities, so bring your own shampoo, etc.) but beautiful if you like antiques and historical sites. The restaurant was nice and service good.
Our room was clean but a little warm because A/C did not mean cool, ...

LIKE IT ALL, THE SERVICE (ROOM AND FLOOR), THE WAY THIS PEOPLE CAME OUT FROM A BIG STRUGGLE AND STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE LIKE THIS IS THEIR MISSION IN LIFE... YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PAST CENTURY... IS LIKE A "DEJA VU" FEELING... SPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT BELIEVE IN THAT!!!

I say the Bolivar hotel in Lima Peru, was excellent, the food probably the best, the restaurant service was great, waiters and bartenders made us feel like in home. The rooms where very pretty, the shampoos and soaps did not smell to good, where kind of simple, but for the
price we felt like royalty.
We liked staying there one more time.

The location of this hotel is good, right downtown, but the rest is well under accepted standards. There is no shampoo in the bathrooms, the included breakfast is basically bread and butter with coffee and we had to change rooms because of hot water issues. At the very end, they overcharged us. When we confronted the staff the next day, they ...