The breakfast is fantastic and there is a bar in the lobby, a courtyard, a ping pong table and billiards.

Lobby is spacious and there is a bar and meeting and sitting rooms  and game room as well as a restaurant on the first floor.

Very important if you consider all the activities you do during the day.

There’s a pool table and ping pong table and cozy lobby and bar too!

We stayed here two nights
Staff was super nice and accommodating 
Hotel is charming and close to the main pedestrian shopping and Restuarant’s
They serve a wonderful breakfast ( ours was included in price) and they have a great gift shop
We even played ping pong for free!

•	Great location, two minute walk to main street (bar, cafes, restaurants, tour companies)
•	Quiet location
•	Pleasant, large room
•	Helpful staff
•	Best breakfast of our tour
•	Games room
•	Wi-Fi: intermittent and constantly dropping out

- Good location

- Helpful and friendly staff

- Game room with pool table and ping pong 

- Breakfast is good.

The hotel also has a large and comfortable common area with sofas, snooker and table tennis.

I did enjoy playing Ping-Pong/Table-Tennis in the games room whilst waiting to leave with a lovely lady from Minnesota

The hotel also packed a lunch bag for our day activities.

They have ping pong table, fuzzball, pool table, checker on the first floor.

The hotel also has a  recreation area with a pool table, a ping pong table and even a soccer table. Excellent.

The lobby, staircase, foyers and a games room is fabulous.

There is also a game room next to the lobby that has a pool table, a ping pong table, and a foosball table.

there is a games room with table tennis and books to swop.

Public spaces are quit large, the lobby, dining area, bar and game room (they do have a pool table, foosball, and ping pong,

They have a very nice game room for the kids.

Garden view room mostly featured neighbor's garage, driveway and other interesting stored contemporary cultural artifacts that were possibly recyclable or landfill items.

I liked that the hotel had a large lobby with a game room, reading area, sitting area, and restaurant.

Relatively comfortable hotel located just two blocks off the Main Street.

Conveniently located 2 blocks from the centre.

Location is two blocks from restaurants and shops.

Two blocks from the main street, nice room, pretty good breakfast buffet, service was generally helpful.

The hotel is centrally located to everything and a quick two block walk to the Main Street.

Comfortable, convenient location to restaurants and shopping and yet off the main drag, less tourist traffic.

Perfect location a couple of blocks from the centre of the main street so very easy for bars and restaurants.

We stayed at this hotel and is only 2 blocks from the main road where shops and restaurants are located.

Location is very good; just a few blocks away from the main street of El Calafate with numerous restaurants and shops.

A quiet hotel only 2 blocks away from the main street in El Calfate.

The location just a block or two from Main Street in town is awesome.

The hotel is only a few blocks from the main street, in a quiet area.

The hotel is situated 2 blocks form the main street, being only a short 5 min walk to the centre.

This is a well located hotel just two blocks away from the Main Street.

Lovely location (just a couple of blocks off the main street).

It is two blocks away from a main street where you can find many restaurants, cafes, and shops.

Located only 3 blocks from main town drag.

This is a nice hotel in a great area, just 2 blocks back from the main road.

The hotel is in a very convenient location walking distance to the main street and nearby restaurants.

Service was quick and very friendly and I really liked their focus on turning is into a fully sustainable business as well as the little courtyard garden.

Comfortable, clean rooms and efficient friendly staff.

The staff were very helpful and friendly.

It’s friendly, run efficiently and comfortable.

Hotel Kosten Aike was great, breakfast had a good selection, the staff was very friendly and spoke enough English to absolutely help.

Staff were friendly and helpful, the rooms and public areas spacious, and the breakfasts provided a good mix of drinks and eats.

The staff were friendly and very accommodating to hold our luggage till we left in the afternoon.

And this small, friendly place is one that I would enjoy coming back to.

The hotel had a lovely welcoming cosy feel to it and staff helpful and friendly.

It has good amenities, friendly staff and very well located, which is very important for travellers.

Nice, simple clean hotel with a friendly staff - Not a 4 star for european standards : a 3+ stars - placed near the town centre - good breakfast - not tested the restaurant - good shop inside with hand made goos a really good price

The common areas stood out as being really cosy and friendly.

There were street dogs barking all night which made it impossible to sleep.

Opening the windows at night requires ear plugs to sleep largely due to dogs barking.

..barking dogs at all hours, thin walls, hall sounds.

What I didn't like:

Shower pressure was a bit low and water temperature would constantly change from hot to cold. Noise from dogs barking (seems to be a kennel next door?)

The barking stray dogs in the neighborhood will likely keep you up most of the night and if you're lucky not attack you walking to the downtown areas from here.

Alas, we suffered from a different kind of noise with the graden view, and that was because the properties next to the Hotel kept several dogs, who barked most of the time, noisely enough that we had the keep the windows closed the whole time we were there. There is no air conditioning, and the radiators seem to be on most of the day, and your only ventilation is through opening the windows (noise issue !)

but el calafate has many, many stray dogs who barked all night long.

I would choose a room facing the back garden if possible, as the noise of dogs barking and cars and trucks was rather noisy outside out window at night.

Garbage trucks, yahoo tourists racing all night under our windows in muffler-less cars and motor cycles, packs of roving barking dogs, packs of roving barking tourists baying at the moon under our windows at 3:00 am when the bars discharged.

but other than barking dogs we didn't hear a single thing during the nights.

The only problem was that the temperature in my parents room was too warm (in November they couldn't turn off the heat) and there were a lot of dogs barking so opening the windows was rather noisy.

The only downside was that our room faced the backyards of houses with barking dogs.

Only negative is the barking dogs in the area.

El Cal does have a bit of a frontier feel which explains the dogs roaming the streets We were kept awake one night by the local boy racers.

Our only "issue" would be the pack of dogs that lives behind the hotel and would bark incessantly for almost 2 hrs in the late afternoon.

Only problem we had was that there were dogs howling and barking from about 7:30am.

There are some rooms in the back of the hotel that had a problem with a  garbage truck picking up garbage from the dempsty dumpster at midnight and a neighbors constantly barking dog,

My only complaint about the hotel were the dogs barking at night.

though soundproofing is poor, not great for light sleepers.

We did suffer from having a room on the road from the main street which was incredibly noisy - a youth hostel is close by so a lot of noise at 2am and then bins collected at some ungodly hour.

Some noise disturbance in rooms due to design and fabric of the building.

Unfortunately we had a room at the front opposite a "beer and bed" establishment which was very noisy also the traffic seemed extreme for such a small street.

Although the hotel was full of groups, it did not seem noisy.

but get a room in front of hotel which I think wouldn’t be as noisy.

but off the beaten path so it's not loud.

but with the window cracked open the noise from very late night revellers at the hostel opposite woke us several times over night.

It was clean and friendly with very helpful staff.The only problem for us was that the hotel is popular with tour groups, and a very noisy one left early in the morning and disturbed everyone on our floor.

Only minus: noisy during hours that music cafe opposite hotel is open

Doors slamming constantly and noise reverberating throughout hotel.

Although across the street from a youth hostel, noise was not problemsome if windows were closed.

The other reviews about noise are very true, be sure to get a room overlooking the courtyard, not the street.

It is very crowded and noisy for the first hour or so, at least it was on both mornings I was there.

but within walking distance to shops, restaurants etc.

The Kosten Aike is near these landmarks: Lago Argentino, Glaciarium, Estancia 25 de Mayo, Laguna Nimez Reserva Natural Municipal, El Calafate Historical Interpretation Center, Avenida Libertador, Walichu Caves, Santa Teresita del Nino Jesus, Southern Spirit, Museo Argentino del Juguete, Calafate Fishing, Parque Anfiteatro del Bosque, Plazoleta Heroes de Malvinas, Casino Club - Calafate, Plaza De Los Pioneros, Hoya del Chingue, Museo Regional Municipal de El Calafate, Azules Arte en Turismo, Amayco Turismo y Expediciones, Patagonia Profunda, Cruceros MarPatag, Hielo y Aventura, Cal Tur Travel And Tourism, Cabalgata del Glaciar, Estancia Cristina, Calafate Mountain Park, Cerro Frias, El Calafate Tours by Say Hueque, Glaciar Sur, Yeti Ice Bar, Tangol El Calafate, Calafate Extremo, La Tienda de Vinos, Calafate Travel, GlacioBar, Criollos Turismo, Azul Latina - El Calafate, Patagonia Dreams, Aike Traslados, Puerto de Frutos, Chalten Travel Turismo, Chalten Travel Rent A Car, South Road Patagonia Extrema, Arte Indio, Explora Calafate, TodoCalafate, Tangol El Calafate, Movete TPA Traslados en El Calafate y El Chaltén, Calafate Walking Tour, Luna Roja El Calafate, Howlanders - El Calafate tours-, Enjoy!, Polar Bar, Gigantes Patagones, Tagle Servicios Turisticos, Tagle Servicios Turísticos, Mil Outdoor SA, Tribus Del Sur, Southwind Experience, Morresi Viajes, Hls Travesias, Always Glaciers, Primera Vivienda de El Calafate, Superlimp Calafate, Vellon Negro, Solo Patagonia S.A. Day Tours, Chacra Las Moras, Telares Andinos, Estetica EL Calafate, Uco Wine Shop, Glaciar Turismo, Traslados Calafate, Parque Provincial Península De Magallanes, Upsala Expediciones, Patagonia Night, Turismo Calafate, Turismocalafate.com, Terminal De Ómnibus El Calafate, Estancia 25 de Mayo, Calafate Kayaks, Shackleton Solo, Gooshe Aike, Cabalgata en Patagonia and Punta Walichu

The Hotel Kosten Aike in Calafate is a beautiful Patagonian hotel, with good breakfast included and excellent service, it’s right in the city center, it has a restaurant and a gift shop store.

This hotel is superbly well-located in town within walking distance of many bars, restaurants and local artisanal shops.

There is a souvenir shop in the lobby that has very good prices when compared to shops outside.

We also enjoyed talking to the woman who ran the gift shop and knitted many of the items.

but central and close to all the restaurants and shops.

This hotel is perfectly located a couple blocks from down town, a easy walk to shops and restaurants!

Close to the Main Street with shops and restaurants, so you can walk everywhere.

they also feature a small gift shop. we had 2 rooms, room 305(?)

It was a in great location, within walking distance to all of the shops and restaurants on the main street.

This is a lovely hotel with large clean rooms and very well situated in town and near all shops and restaurants.

and the best location, just a walking distance from restaurants, markets, shops, cafes, etc.

The hotel is well located for shops and restaurants.

There is a terrific ice cream shop two blocks down on the main Street.

However, it's very loud when you open the windows, which then impacts your sleep quality.

We had to sleep with the windows wide open whilst it was -5c outside.

but is far enough away to avoid the noise and get a good night's sleep.

This resulted in very little sleep during our stay.

we're from NYC so it has to be pretty bad when a couple of New Yorkers can't go to sleep because of noise!

Do not stay here if you expect any sleep.

We asked to change to a room where we could sleep in the same bed.

There is a downside too:
Rooms in the front are bombarded by loud music from a bar a cross the street, making sleep impossible till past midnight.

The hostel across the street would blast outdoor music past 3 am which would carry into our room and prevent us from sleeping after a long day of trekking.

Our tour group was nearly all placed on the street sides of the hotel, and NO ONE got a good night's sleep.

The room was on the small side, and could have benefitted from some renovations, including new mattresses, as they were uncomfortably soft and we did not sleep well.

Bad sleep due to heat and fact that if we left window open insects came in!!

Receptionist in daytime much more accommodating.

Other than that, professional staff, lovely big room,

Everyone in the staff was very welcoming, helpful and nice, specially the receptionists.

Awesome hotel, staff were unbelievably helpful and knowledgeable, Juan and Shunko on the front desk especially

The staff are courteous and helpful and the breakfast was fine.

The staff are very professional and helpful, and the facilities are good.

The staff were very helpful at all times.

Helpful and kind personnel: a special positive note for the barman.

The staff was very attentive and greet you with a juice concoction.

Cozy atmosphere and personnel is ready and willing to assist.

Beautiful space, lovely staff, fantastic location.

Kosten Aike

quietness

sleep

convenient location

activity

shop

Sadly toilet seat needed a bit of an adjustment.

The bathroom is gross with mildew and mold.

Couldnt use the bathtub because there was no drain plug available.

Not a lot of space for clothes and the bathroom has nowhere to put anything.

Bathroom fan was not working and the shower head leaked.

Shower basin fills with water and overflows on the floor in 2 different rooms.

The rooms are very small and the bathrooms are tiny.

-We did have a problem with our sink over-flowing which we reported.

As noted elsewhere, the rooms in the main lodge are a bit small and the bathrooms are also small

Bathrooms are small and a bit hard to navigate if you were on the larger side.

though the bathrooms were on the tiny size.

but the shower curtain over the bath was held up by a rail which attached to the tiles with suction pads.

There appeared to be blood stains on the shower curtain.

Wifi did not work
No fridge, No airco
Dead flies all over the windows,sheets and blankets
Mold in the bathroom, shower and sink I found hairs
TV and lights broken,
Review: super bad  photos will follow

I would only claim the very noisy ventilator in the bathroom in one of the two rooms we had, I also missed a minibar in the room.

The Cauquenes de Nimez is near these landmarks: Lago Argentino, Glaciarium, Estancia 25 de Mayo, Laguna Nimez Reserva Natural Municipal, El Calafate Historical Interpretation Center, Avenida Libertador, Walichu Caves, Santa Teresita del Nino Jesus, Southern Spirit, Museo Argentino del Juguete, Calafate Fishing, Parque Anfiteatro del Bosque, Plazoleta Heroes de Malvinas, Casino Club - Calafate, Plaza De Los Pioneros, Hoya del Chingue, Museo Regional Municipal de El Calafate, Azules Arte en Turismo, Amayco Turismo y Expediciones, Patagonia Profunda, Cruceros MarPatag, Hielo y Aventura, Cal Tur Travel And Tourism, Cabalgata del Glaciar, Estancia Cristina, Calafate Mountain Park, Cerro Frias, El Calafate Tours by Say Hueque, Glaciar Sur, Yeti Ice Bar, Tangol El Calafate, Calafate Extremo, La Tienda de Vinos, Calafate Travel, GlacioBar, Criollos Turismo, Azul Latina - El Calafate, Patagonia Dreams, Chacra Las Moras, Aike Traslados, Superlimp Calafate, Tribus Del Sur, Enjoy!, Puerto de Frutos, Chalten Travel Turismo, Chalten Travel Rent A Car, Gigantes Patagones, South Road Patagonia Extrema, Southwind Experience, Arte Indio, Explora Calafate, TodoCalafate, Tangol El Calafate, Movete TPA Traslados en El Calafate y El Chaltén, Calafate Walking Tour, Luna Roja El Calafate, Howlanders - El Calafate tours-, Telares Andinos, Polar Bar, Vellon Negro, Hls Travesias, Tagle Servicios Turisticos, Tagle Servicios Turísticos, Mil Outdoor SA, Morresi Viajes, Always Glaciers, Estetica EL Calafate, Primera Vivienda de El Calafate, Uco Wine Shop, Traslados Calafate, Solo Patagonia S.A. Day Tours, Glaciar Turismo, Parque Provincial Península De Magallanes, Upsala Expediciones, Patagonia Night, Turismocalafate.com, Terminal De Ómnibus El Calafate, Turismo Calafate, Shackleton Solo, Calafate Kayaks, Estancia 25 de Mayo, Cabalgata en Patagonia, Gooshe Aike and Punta Walichu

Close to Laguna Nimez Reserve and Lago Argentina makes accessing the bird life with flamingos a highlight at the Laguna and Lago convenient.

The location is 5 minutes from the Nimez Laguna and a 20 min walk to the town.

It is just a five minute walk to Laguna Nimez and no more than 15 minutes to the city centre.

It is also about a block from the Laguna Nimez, and excellent place for bird watching and getting in a good walk.

It's a walking distance to Laguna de Nimez Reserve.

Cauquenes de Nimez is a cosy small hotel just minutes away from Laguna Nimez, which is a lagoon nature park with birds and flamingos.

Walking distance to downtown and to the Laguna Nimez nature preserve for birding.

Although a bit outside of town (you can reach the main street, Ave del Liberador, with 15 min of walking), it was a great place on the shores of Lago Argentino.

It's very close to Laguna Nimez, hence the name of the place, and it only a 10 minute walk to the center of town.

This charming hotel is located close to the Argentino lake bay and next to a wildlife reserve.

Cauquenes de Nimez is situated just outside the little city El Calafate, very close to the shore of the lake.

We walked to the close-by Laguna Nimez Bird Reserve and really enjoyed the large and carefully planned sanctuary.

If you are into birding as we are the Laguna Nimez Reserve is 2 blocks away and is a designated IBA (important birding area)   We thoroughly enjoyed our morning there and got to see a harrier chase a grey fox away from her nest!

Cauquenes de Nimez is in a local neighbourhood which is walking distance from the laguna di Nimez, ecological park, which is a nice place for an outdoor walk to see Chilean Flamingos and other birds.

The lake is close by and you should walk to the shore early in the AM to see the birds feeding and horses grazing.

It was a couple of blocks from the waterfront and from the centre of town.

We went exploring near the bay and through the quiet neighborhoods.

The hotel is very close to the Laguna Nimez nature reserve (45 peso entry fee).

The personnel is very friendly and helpful.

It was a quite little hotel with friendly helpful staff.

the good: very friendly and helpful staff.

We stayed just one night, what a lovely quaint, friendly hotel.

It has this amazing atmosphere of a mountain lodge where you can meet nice folks from all over the world, and easily make friends with them  The personnel of the hotel is friendly and helpful.

We stayed here for three nights and couldn't fault the comfortable and cozy rooms, the lovely friendly staff and the delicious meals.

Very clean room and tidy rooms
Very friendly and helpful staff
Good portions of delicious food
Gave decent lunch boxes 
Very flexible staff
Got my taxi on time
Very reliable 
fast check-in and check-out

Staff was very friendly and was aware of our departures for excursions.

The staff were extremely friendly and helped us out with our plans for our two days in the area.

The staff is very friendly and speaks good English.

Entire staff was very friendly, spoke excellent English and always available to answer questions and offer suggestions.

staff is very friendly and  very helpfull.

It is very comfortable, very clean and the staff are friendly and helpful.

however, was the friendly, helpful front desk staff who were happy to make calls for reservations for dinner or other arrangements.

Friendly and helpful staff, rooms small, and a bit tired round the edges,

Room is tiny and cluttered with useless cute furnishings.

The Cons:
-Small: The rooms are small and we had big bags;

Pretty tiny rooms with somewhat rickety furniture.

The rooms are small and it can be a little loud outside the bedroom doors in the morning with the rush of tourists getting up for their excursions

The room that we had was a little small for us

The spanish girl from the reception was very nice and helpful!

We cannot rate the staff here highly enough, especially Clara and Bruno.

The staff were wonderful and very helpful.

It's closed on Wednesdays and reservations for other nights are taken at the front desk.

Breakfast is way above average and the reception desk could not be more helpful!

The staff here were extraordinarily competent during my stay - speaking excellent English, juggling taxis for the guests and extremely good when one of the other guests became suddenly and dangerously ill.

Our hosts did everything they could to make our stay as comfortable as possible.

hotel at 15mins walk from town centre, very quiet locating, nice rooms with very good and helpful staff at reception desk.

Staff / ownership is very helpful and went out of their way to help us, Very nice common areas.

The staff helped us to organise a tour to Perito Moreno,

It doesn’t has a view to the lake like it says!

nicely styled and decorated place with a nice view from the restaurant area.

The hotel is in a quiet spot with beautiful views to the lake.

Clean, big rooms, beautiful view from the rooms, nice staff especially the manager and lovely red hair girl at check in.

The small restaurant has wonderful views and excellent food.

Had afternoon tea overlooking the lake which was lovely.

The dining room and lobby are very comfortable and have great views of the lake.

The bed most comfortable, the bathroom spacious and the view from my windows overlooking the nature preserve and nearby homes and green space.

We stayed in the annexed building, with a view to a lovely garden.

Nice view overlooking the lake and the nature parc.

The dining room/breakfast room  overlooks an incredible nature reserve which is a mere 10 minute walk from the hotel.

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