Casa Blanca Medellin

[JimmyStreets]

I was there from a Thursday to Sunday and I did not smell any weed on the premises. The one peculiar thing a few of us dudes there did notice was that one night there were these two girls who came and just constantly danced with each other, bought all their own drinks and looked underaged. None of us dared approach them because of their youthful appearance.

Highly unlikely underage at the M. They get shutdown and raided for the most petty things (code violations, a step isn't high enough on the property, etc). The neighbors all hate the M.

However one thing I never worried about there was safety much less underage would be the knockout blow for them.

Once I was at the M about 2 years ago or so and I pulled a girl from the pool when that was a thing and was going up the hill to M2 and 3 cops met me at the end of street. Told me to stand back and scanned the girls ID in the computer and fingerprinted her there to verify age. Was a I nervous. Nope because I knew they ran a tight ship when it comes to those things. Cops gave her the ID back and went on my way. It was a hassle that I didn't like but underage there I don't see it.

[Huacho]

I was there from a Thursday to Sunday and I did not smell any weed on the premises. The one peculiar thing a few of us dudes there did notice was that one night there were these two girls who came and just constantly danced with each other, bought all their own drinks and looked underaged. None of us dared approach them because of their youthful appearance.

So much for the vaunted mansion security.

[Exoticspirit]

Nice. Agree with almost everything you say. Almost. Kororico is even better than Frisby.

BTW, recently they have stopped letting the girls go up the stairs to smoke weed. No idea if short term ban or permanent.

I was there from a Thursday to Sunday and I did not smell any weed on the premises. The one peculiar thing a few of us dudes there did notice was that one night there were these two girls who came and just constantly danced with each other, bought all their own drinks and looked underaged. None of us dared approach them because of their youthful appearance.

[DiscoverFL]

The girls a lot of times ago to the bathroom in the bar to do Tussi, or up the stairs by the bar entrance to smoke weed. I love Frisby chicken, a lot more flavor than KFC.

Nice. Agree with almost everything you say. Almost. Kororico is even better than Frisby.

BTW, recently they have stopped letting the girls go up the stairs to smoke weed. No idea if short term ban or permanent.

[Husker Dude]

I forgot to mention that I had a made to order breakfast at 8 am each morning there but I was the only guest who was up at that time. Breakfast at the hotel was big enough that I did not really need lunch.

I've been in Blackbeards in the DR last couple weeks, so I'll answer a lot of the questions and comments here. Breakfast is good served from 8-10 or 11 AM. I usually tip them $1. For maids I leave $2 / day and get like 6-8 towels. You guys are staying in the wrong rooms. My favorite is 111 by the pool. I believe 106,111,112,114 have been remodeled all with jacuzzis in them. I've got 111 booked for 2 trips this year and 3 next year. Saturday nights is generally date night for the chicas where they go out with their real boyfriends and Sunday is family day. So the bar is usually not busy those nights, but it can vary greatly, surprised several times with plenty of chicas there. Wed-Fri are usually optimum. Generally doesn't' get going til after 10. Chicas will come in & out after that. If there are guys there, they will stay, if not off they go to the Paque Lleras or elsewhere. Always rotating in and out at various times. Some guys buy bottles of like Aguigenta or tequila and the chicas will flock around you. The girls a lot of times ago to the bathroom in the bar to do Tussi, or up the stairs by the bar entrance to smoke weed. LOL Any questions PM me or post them here & I'll try to answer. I've probably been there 30-40 times overs the years. Guys staying here are generally friendly and will share info and even go out in groups like casa runs if that's your thing. There're a lot of good restaurants nearby because it is in the middle of the financial district of Medellin. Two major malls within 6 blocks Sante Fe and Oviedo. Food courts in both too with tons of fast food restaurants. I love Frisby chicken, a lot more flavor than KFC.

[Exoticspirit]

I forgot to mention that I had a made to order breakfast at 8 am each morning there but I was the only guest who was up at that time. Breakfast at the hotel was big enough that I did not really need lunch.

[DiscoverFL]

Here you say that Saturday is one of the slowest nights of the week & Sundays they spend with family while in your post of 5-5-24 you said you were there on Saturday with 22 girls & the next night with 14 girls! So is there another DiscoverFL posting or is there another reason you have 2 posts that say the exact opposite thing? Curious mongers want to know?

LOL. Yes and yes. Saturday is typically a slower night than Wed-Fri. But I was there on a Saturday night that was full of girls, and it surprised me, hence my post. Proving you simply never know, and everyone's mileage will vary. I've also been on a very slow Thursday (Thursday the week before was packed, then the next Thursday was near dead, I could not figure out why). So the key word here is 'typically', as every night is different. Many factors can affect how many girls show. Number of guests at the Hotel M, rainy day, police activity at Park Llares, end-of-the-month bills due, local holidays, moon cycle, and who knows what else.

[DiscoverFL]

I'm undecided if I would rebook this hotel since the advantages are real. I'll just have to wait and see if they renovate in the future, how it affects their room rates compared to an Airbnb but I may miss out on those hotel bar advantages.

You can go into the hotel bar if you are not guest, the fee is $50 k COP. I mostly these days stay at an AirBnb and then go to the bar as a non-Hotel guest.

[Shemp]

I always find it a challenge with messages that throw every complaint into a single message. Trying to figure what to focus on, what to ignore.

I assume by your 2nd paragraph you are referring to the bar at night. As others and I have posted in this forum before, Saturday night is one of the slowest nights as many are either out with boyfriends or planning to spend Sunday with family or have dates they pre-arranged earlier in the week. So not sure why you would think many girls would be there. For the 'most girls' you are looking at Tue-Thu nights, and even then. As has been posted before. They go in / out throughout the night. You need to spend the evening there. I was there three weeks ago with 23 girls and 2 guys at 10 pm on a Thursday. But 15 minutes before there were 6 and 1 hour later there were 10. They are in constant entry / exit motion.

For more and nicer towels, a simple $50 k COP tip ($13) to the cleaning ladies when you arrive will give you all the towels you want and faster cleaning service. Guess what, that advise has also been posted here several times too.

Here you say that Saturday is one of the slowest nights of the week & Sundays they spend with family while in your post of 5-5-24 you said you were there on Saturday with 22 girls & the next night with 14 girls! So is there another DiscoverFL posting or is there another reason you have 2 posts that say the exact opposite thing? Curious mongers want to know?

[Exoticspirit]

From photos, I already knew what Hotel M looked like from the outside but once I got there, it took me awhile to figure out that the entrance was through the black steel gates there. By the time of my arrival, the hotel clerks had already left but a security guard was there to let me in and actually check me into my room. The room itself was clean but was clearly outdated with the wooden closets and shelves in much need of replacement. The bathroom was probably the most recent with any renovations but the towels were all worn out. But the place was functional and the reason why I chose Hotel M was because it is a monger's hotel with English speaking staff, girl friendly without any extra fees to bring in the ladies and there is a pickup bar right downstairs where the available ladies come. Ladies are also screened at the bar as well as the hotel when we bring them to our rooms. They know the drill as they have to register with their ID with the security guard. This safety factor along with the ease of meeting and bringing the girls right upstairs even with limited Spanish made me decide to book at Hotel M.

After I checked into my room and got something to eat across the main street where the Ovienda mall and McDonald's were, I relaxed a bit before heading down to the bar which doesn't really pick up until 10 pm. Before, the bar was attached directly to the hotel but now we have to go outside and go to the bar entrance which is just steps away from the hotel entrance gates.

Although the rooms need major renovations, I still liked my stay here because of the bar just downstairs which made pulling the girls so darn easy. And I loved the fact that the security guard was on site. The guys I met there were also really cool which I appreciated a lot because mongering in my Toronto area scene is a solitary activity. Down here there is comradarie among fellow mongers who shared intel on not only Medellin but other destinations around the world.

I'm undecided if I would rebook this hotel since the advantages are real. I'll just have to wait and see if they renovate in the future, how it affects their room rates compared to an Airbnb but I may miss out on those hotel bar advantages.

[Exoticspirit]

Someone posted on google search that they gave the Mansion a 0 on a scale of 1-5 because that was the lowest they could rate it. I must concur. Its ok if you need a place for a night or two, one of the guests was talking about Blackbeard's resort in the Sosua area, and this was dead compared to Blackbeards. Sad it has not been maintained.

That might have been me mentioning Blackbeard's! In any case, I'll be posting my review on my first visit to Mansion as well as MDE in general very soon.

[HumbleHal]

I always find it a challenge with messages that throw every complaint into a single message. Trying to figure what to focus on, what to ignore.

I assume by your 2nd paragraph you are referring to the bar at night. As others and I have posted in this forum before, Saturday night is one of the slowest nights as many are either out with boyfriends or planning to spend Sunday with family or have dates they pre-arranged earlier in the week. So not sure why you would think many girls would be there. For the 'most girls' you are looking at Tue-Thu nights, and even then. As has been posted before. They go in / out throughout the night. You need to spend the evening there. I was there three weeks ago with 23 girls and 2 guys at 10 pm on a Thursday. But 15 minutes before there were 6 and 1 hour later there were 10. They are in constant entry / exit motion.

For more and nicer towels, a simple $50 k COP tip ($13) to the cleaning ladies when you arrive will give you all the towels you want and faster cleaning service. Guess what, that advise has also been posted here several times too.

Thank you for your comments. I might also add that my focus when I arrived was getting a room with a key that worked from the front desk. I was given a key that did not work to the room. The other room I was shown, the blinds fell down when the employee showed me it had one window. And the first hour was spent trying to get the room safe to work. Your mileage may have varied, glad you had a good time and gave a tip BEFORE getting standard towel service, instead of afterwards when you got good service. I think they need to close down. Its not a "Mansion", its a haunted spook house.

I would rather watch corn grow in my front yard or watch rust grow on my car, than wait for hours women to show up in the dark, damp windowless basement they call a bar. Nor are special nights of the week like Saturday advertised as "slow" nights. Your experience varied, but my time is worth more than yours, apparently. Hope you enjoy continuing to go to the "Mansion Spook House". I wish Aussie Greg re-invested some of his profits to make The Haunted "Mansion" like it was 10 years ago and 20 years ago, like I knew it to be. All the hours and boring time there are yours, I will not be returning.

[DiscoverFL]

I always find it a challenge with messages that throw every complaint into a single message. Trying to figure what to focus on, what to ignore.

I assume by your 2nd paragraph you are referring to the bar at night. As others and I have posted in this forum before, Saturday night is one of the slowest nights as many are either out with boyfriends or planning to spend Sunday with family or have dates they pre-arranged earlier in the week. So not sure why you would think many girls would be there. For the 'most girls' you are looking at Tue-Thu nights, and even then. As has been posted before. They go in / out throughout the night. You need to spend the evening there. I was there three weeks ago with 23 girls and 2 guys at 10 pm on a Thursday. But 15 minutes before there were 6 and 1 hour later there were 10. They are in constant entry / exit motion.

For more and nicer towels, a simple $50 k COP tip ($13) to the cleaning ladies when you arrive will give you all the towels you want and faster cleaning service. Guess what, that advise has also been posted here several times too.

If you go there I recommend you bring your own towels and wash clothes because all the towels in my bathroom, even though rolled up like swans? Or something, had strings hanging from them, yes all of them were shredding. The towel on the towel bar seemed like a rag for a mop, it was so worn, had strings from it and holes in the middle. And they do not use fabric softener either, so the towels seem like sandpaper against your skin.

For $100+ a night, for one room, they could definitely buy some new towels. It seemed like a low classed youth hostel. The attraction of women being there was also a nothing, by the way, I was there on a Saturday night when one would think many girls would be there.

I would complain to the front desk manager but she was not courteous. When I tried to speak Spanish to her, to help her understand me, she criticized me for switching from English into her language. Maybe it was not her day. I was able to get the safe working after 2 hours and 3 employees played with it and raised their voices at me.

The included breakfast the next morning was a plus, fruit, eggs and toast, coffee. A soda from the locked cooler cost 7,000 mil pesos, about twice the cost of the nearby store. Hope your experiences are better. I was able to get the business cards from several other hotels in the area, most are cheaper because the prices were in pesos.

[HumbleHal]

If you go there I recommend you bring your own towels and wash clothes because all the towels in my bathroom, even though rolled up like swans? Or something, had strings hanging from them, yes all of them were shredding. The towel on the towel bar seemed like a rag for a mop, it was so worn, had strings from it and holes in the middle. And they do not use fabric softener either, so the towels seem like sandpaper against your skin.

For $100+ a night, for one room, they could definitely buy some new towels. It seemed like a low classed youth hostel. The attraction of women being there was also a nothing, by the way, I was there on a Saturday night when one would think many girls would be there.

I would complain to the front desk manager but she was not courteous. When I tried to speak Spanish to her, to help her understand me, she criticized me for switching from English into her language. Maybe it was not her day. I was able to get the safe working after 2 hours and 3 employees played with it and raised their voices at me.

The included breakfast the next morning was a plus, fruit, eggs and toast, coffee. A soda from the locked cooler cost 7,000 mil pesos, about twice the cost of the nearby store. Hope your experiences are better. I was able to get the business cards from several other hotels in the area, most are cheaper because the prices were in pesos.

[HumbleHal]

I spent one night there last week. I last stayed there 10 and 20 years ago when it was jumping with women and exciting. Now the place was sad. No repairs for years, the decor was about 20 years old. Now they have a bar with a separate entrance from the street, to comply with the Mayor's rules. No girls soliciting around the pool any more. If you want a woman from the Maison you have to go into the bar area and get one.

I went into the bar area twice. Once about 8 pm and the bar was totally empty. Second time about midnight and no women, 4 men. One woman was leaving with a hotel guest, she was trashy in my opinion with tattoos covering most of her body. She eyed me and tried to talk to me while going into the mansion with him; I supposed she wanted me to pick her the next day?? At midnight I asked the door man where the women were and he said there were 3 inside, but they were in the bathroom. I did not see any of them.

Beware of getting a room on the first floor, the noise from the bar disco prevents you from sleeping until 1 am when the bar closes, if you stay there get a second-floor room. The bar is simply a converted garage or basement with no windows and the entrance is outside.

Someone posted on google search that they gave the Mansion a 0 on a scale of 1-5 because that was the lowest they could rate it. I must concur. Its ok if you need a place for a night or two, one of the guests was talking about Blackbeard's resort in the Sosua area, and this was dead compared to Blackbeards. Sad it has not been maintained. Staff seem ok but will walk away when you ask for something. The room safe did not work and I spent my first hour trying to get 3 people to get it working. Breakfast is in another converted garage. Aussie Greg is not putting much money into this property. You can probably do better getting any hotel near Parque Lleras for less money.