Review of Alpachaca Quito Airport 3*

Kind of an odd little place. It is very close to the airport (less than 5mins drive), but off a dirt side road behind what looks to be a farm. The room was clean and quiet, however, so no complaints there. Check-in and check-out was a bit weird as well. You have to hit this buzzer and wait for someone to come. They advertised that their restaurant is open in the little info pamphlet, but when I went in search of food around 5:30pm, it was completely closed. There is another little restaurant down the dirt side road, but they did not open for dinner until 6pm. I ended up eating there because the restaurant associated w/the hotel was still not open. It seems to be run by a family and one of the sons was very nice to walk me to the restaurant for the included breakfast, which was very good and filling. They also arranged a taxi for me (which they cover the cost of as it is included in the rate) back to the airport for my flight. The taxi there was arranged by a very nice information desk agent who contacted the hotel from the airport. Apparently you are supposed to pre-arrange the transport from the airport to the hotel, but I made the reservation while at the airport, so there really was not a way to do this. Thankfully, they didn't make a big deal about it, but I think if they advertise that the transportation to/from the airport is included, then it should be "on demand". In any case, $36 might have been a bit much for the location, but in the end, it was a clean, quiet place to spend the night that included breakfast, with excellent Wi-Fi and satellite TV (you could even change the audio language from spanish to english! ) and was a better alternative than spending my long (12+hrs) layover at the airport.