The room is large and the common areas are nicely appointed. However, I'd warn that this is not a place to stay if you have trouble sleeping with loud noises. Most of the rooms have windows facing a central courtyard where people party and talk very loudly on some nights. The hotel has no staff from 8pm until morning, so there is no way to stop the partying in the central courtyard. I get that staffing a hotel after hours is expensive, so a compromise would be for the hotel to lock up the central courtyard after dark. People can smoke on the front street areas if they need to. There is no need for Casa Julia to make it easy for people to yell, drink, and smoke in the central courtyard around midnight. I mentioned this to the staff the next morning, but they provided no solution, not even a complimentary breakfast or some token gesture for my inconvenience and lack of sleep. To add insult to injury, they asked me to pay the city tax a second time, even though I already paid it and had a receipt for it. Overall, this hotel has a lot of potential, but some minor corrections to how the staff handle situations would have been greatly appreciated. It isn't their fault that people were partying in the courtyard but the hotel's policies enable it. If they want to have the courtyard open past 8pm they should consider staffing the front desk longer so they can lock up that area when the staff goes home or can confront guests who are being overly loud.
