Stayed here while attending a conference at UNAM (University) nearby. Conference rate $100. Wireless internet $11.50 extra, fast connection. Clean, good a/c, friendly staff. Interior of hotel is pretty nice, with character unlike many large boxy hotels.

Normally I am not a Radisson fan, but this is a beautiful hotel - services are great, the people are very friendly and I found I really wanted for nothing while I was there. Highly recommended if you need to stay in this southern part of Mexico City. It is a bit removed from the downtown area, which means you will easily spend an hour in traffic to get to the Zona Rosa. Near the Coyoacan neighborhood though, which is fantastic and worth visiting.

We spent a week at the Radisson Paraiso in June/July 2004. It is located near UNAM (Univ of Mex) and the 1984 Olympic Stadium/Olympic Village. Across the street is a very nice large shopping mall which you access via a foot bridge spanning the Perisur freeway. Their Sears dept store is not the same as in the U.S...it was upscale with great selections. The chain of restaurants, called Sanborn's, has one located there. A good place to eat, buy wonderful baked goods and purchase gifts. Remember, in Mexico smoking is allowed in restaurants. Our room, 9th floor, was well furnished. Marble bathroom was spacious. Would highly recommend the breakfast buffet; not free, but tasty and lots of choices. Although the hotel, mileage-wise doesn't seem far from everything, the millions of cars that travel their roads keep the freeways packed at most hours and make the trip into the city 1 1/2 hours. We were there at start of rainy season (some rain each day, but sunny too) so the smog was kept to a minimum. When using the airport, schedule your travel for late evening to avoid the crush. We were fortunate to be visiting locals who had cars to take us everywhere so we went to Teotihuacan to the pyramids and south to Taxco, the picturesque silver mining town built on a hillside, and would definitely go again. Make sure you take in the Saturday bazaar in Plaza San Jacinto, a taxi ride from the hotel.

We arrived via air to Mexico City on Thursday, January 8, 2004. It took about 40 minutes from the airport to get to the Radisson Paraiso via taxi. This was at 4:55 PM The fare was $385 pesos. It is important when we travel to have internet access for our business. When I called the 800 Reservations number in the U.S. I asked if they had wireless internet connection in the room as I could not get this information from their web site. I was told by Reservations they had wireless connection in some rooms but these rooms are more expensive. $180 for the first night and $130 for the two additional nights we stayed.When we arrived at the Raddison check in was very courteous, efficient and friendly. We got to our room and there was NOT wireless internet connection. The bell boy, the front desk clerk, the Manager and the engineer all got involved trying to solve this problem. The only means of connection is with a dial up system. The engineer was kind enough to configure my lap top so I could use it in the room as I did not have a server in Mexico City. Because this type of connection is done with a regular phone, I have no idea why the extra charge for the room as all rooms have phones.If anyone needs computer access as we do for business when away from their home office, please note the Radisson Paraiso does NOT have wireless connection in the room.The beds are VERY hard.It was raining one night so we did not venture out for dinner and had a bowl of soup at the hotel restaurant. First it was cold so sent it back but even when they returned it hot, it had no flavor and did not eat it. We were not asked why it was not eaten. This was the only meal we had at the hotel but would not recommend it.The concierge was excellent and I'm sorry I did not get his name. The manager is Bejamin and did a fantastic job helping with our dilema upon arrival with the lack of wireless internet service.I have to give the entire staff an A+ for the courteous manner they handled this situation, correcting an error their reservations department made.There is a mall across the street.Sunday morning at 10:00 AM we took a taxi back to the airport to leave and it was a 20 minutes ride and $280 pesos. The exchange rate is now 11 pesos to one dollar.