Meggy Gotuaco
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We recently returned from a 6 night stay in the Nopal room, which we booked based on overwhelmingly positive reviews. Unfortunately, we can't recommend this B&B, as there are lots of other wonderful places to stay in Oaxaca at a similar price point. Our room was supposed to be one of their nicer rooms, but the water pressure in the bathroom was horrible and the room itself was very stuffy. I was looking forward to taking a nice shower at the end of a long day but it took over 10 minutes to get any hot water and equally long to rinse the shampoo out of my hair! I don't like to waste water when I bathe and this was bordering on ridiculous. The on-site staff was kind enough to get me an additional pail and cup to rinse myself, which I ended up using for the remainder of my trip. Also, while the bathroom is beautiful it isn't very well appointed, e.g. they have bath gel but no shampoo, and there's no place to put your toiletries except on the shower floor (f but it had no ventilation whatsoever and was permanently warm and stuffy and even though the weather was nice and cool outside. There is a small window which was left open 24/7 and they provide a fan but neither helped much. We resorted to leaving our front door wide open when we could to air it out, which meant letting in mosquitos and obviously giving up some privacy. On the positive side, the breakfasts were hearty and delicious (fruit, fresh fruit juice, eggs, toast/tortilla, and good coffee) and the staff was friendly and tried to accommodate us given the circumstances. The grounds are lovely, I just wish the rooms were more comfortable.