La Casa del Tio Rafa Reviews

I spent 3 days at these lovely hostel in Merida, and I can recommend it absolutely! Rafael and Barry are wonderful hosts, the hostel is cozy, very quite, clean and very safe. And for people like me, who needs a good morning coffee to wake up - Barry serves you an excellent coffee! Thanks for your hospitality and greetings from Germany - Sybille

I had a very familiary stay at this very nice place. I enjoyd it a lot and i could relax in these little Oasis... Thanks to Rafa and Barry for the support by planning trips.

The staffs were friendly. We painted the flag of our country on the wall and it was so much fun. However, it was fairly far from the zocalo though, about 15minutes walk and the streets were quiet, hence, a bit dangerous if walking alone at night. We couldn't get the internet connection from our room.

A very friendly and clean place, which we highly recommend.We stayed one night in a dorm, where we found a lot of space, and some nights in the private room. It is a very nicely decorated room and we can´t imagine to find a better option in Mérida. Thank you Rafa and Barry for such a nice stay, for preparing breakfast and for having always time to help us! Jasmin & Adam

All is well with the shape of a single room is very lovely, but the drawback is that the girls bathroom shower or occluded, there is some distance from the city center, not too late to come back, because it is a bit remote

Great place to stay! Tio, the owner, is very welcoming and helpful and seems to be there literally 24/7. He also quickly adapts to the needs of the backpackers (e.g. fruits for breakfast instead of pancakes) and creates a very friendly atmosphere. Definetly recommended!

Staying at La Casa del Tio Rafa is like staying with friends. Rafa and Barry were both excellent hosts and are great to chat with and get travel advice from. Breakfasts were great and we had different food each day. It is a bit of a walk to the main square (~10 minutes), but we didn't mind the walk each day. We stayed in the private room, which was large and comfortable. The hostel is full of art, colour, and character, which we really enjoyed. The pool was nice too as Merida is very hot!

I stayed here on the first leg of my journey in Mexico. It was a wonderful hostel. Really homey, the staff were extremely helpful and gave great advice about day trips. Hostel was clean. Free breakfast changed every day. Nice garden to relax in, including pool! (old converted water tank). Highly recommended!

Rafa and Barry were nice and welcoming, great atmosphere, fab breakfast.

Great atmosphere - the owners are very helpful, friendly and make you feel at home. Nice back garden area with hammocks and little swimming pool. Would recommend.

Ok for a night, had a strange vibe to it!

We loved this hostel!! It was a wonderful home away from home. Barry was wonderfully generous host who was extremely helpful with all this. His many skills included making a healthy fruit breakfast for everyone no matter how early, playing travel adviser with all his helpful hints on where to go and what to see and being an overall wonderful host who has the knack of being able to chat to anyone. The hostel had a lovely vibe, very clean with a fully equipt kitchen plus wonderful hot water!!

My best stay at Mexico! Not so many rooms but very comfortable and excellent atmosphere! Staff is really really nice, breakfast is also good. It's not far from ADO station, also near the central plaza. Recommended!

Warm and nice reception. Lovely owners organised a lovely party on new year's eve with tombola and piñata. Very friendly atmosphere. Unfortunately it was a little too packed with people.

strongly recommend ! Just like we're back home!

We spent about five nights in Merida and were very pleased with the hostel and its facilities. We arrived two days earlier than planned and Barry (one of the owners) helped us find another hostel for the two extra nights. Also had good suggestions about what to see and do - a very nice stay in a beautiful city.

We can totally recommend this Hostel. All rooms have lockers, there are a kitchen free to use and outside in the garden you can spend your time in a hammock, the pool or the roof. The stuff is really friendly and helpfull! Thank you Barry, we will totally come back again, when we are in Mexico.

We really enjoyed our stay at Tio Rafa, its a fantastic homely place and the Barry( the owner) can't do enough to help and make you feel welcome! We would definitely stay again and have already recommended others to do the same! Thank you.

After traveling for over a year this was one of my top 10 hostels of all Latin America. Very social atmosphere and Berry (business partner of Rafael) was amaizingly nice. He helped us in any situation. It is not a luxury hostel but it is so easy to feel at home. And the breakfast (which is included) is very nice for this price as it includes fresh fruits.

This is a place really makes you feel like home, amazing! My plan was stay here for 2 nights only but i stay 4 more nights just because i like everything here!