For all you travel savy Wunderkind. Its pretty obvious this is not the Four Seasons Paris. You took a wrong turn. Yes the parking lot is overgrown, yes the hotel could use a coat of paint, but this is a 40$ a night hotel on E. Van Buren! 15 bucks from/to the airport. The rooms are clean and big. Comes with a microwave and coffee maker, comfy bed with clean sheets. The Family that runs the place will go out of their way to be of service. Decent folks. There is no fridge or ice maker. Follow your nose, the restaurant next doors sells ice (.50 for 5 lbs.) and smoked brisket, oh yeah, smoked brisket. Good deal for 40 bucks near an International Airport, in a major city. Shady part of town? Check. Unsavory characters? Maybe. Are you safe? Of course. (common sense rule) There may be a few surprises, a few wrinkles, and I hate to say "It is what it is". But it is! I can only imagine the look of shock on some of the earlier reviewers' faces when they find out that 200 peso Rolex bought on vacation is a fake.