Location and history is really what sells this property. Shelley was awesome checking me in, and my room was clean. I had a hard time understanding the AC/heating, but thankfully I didnt need it too much in my room. I feel like the furniture could use some updating however, pieces werent exactly matching each other and while I understand that this hotel is meant to evoke Taos history, the furniture felt less like southwestern old charm and more like grandmas house.

We loved the place. Courteous staff and great service. Highly recommend it!!

Clean, sanitary, friendly and courteous staff. Very attentive and informative. The hotel room was clean and spacious. This beautiful historic building is in fabulous shape and kept in wonderful order for guests. You will want for nothing. They include guest bathrobes, top of the line bath essentials, comfortable beds, perfect location, and beyond reproach cleanliness standards all in historic Taos style and grandeur. Whats not to love! Heather couldnt have been nicer when we had to book a room at the last minute. Thank you for turning a fiasco into a fabulous finale at the end of our exhausting day.

Slightly overpriced. Very clean room. Good, friendly front desk. But, shame on LaFonda Hotel for clipping paid customers for parking. Kinda chintzy. Internet so-so.

Fantastic location, friendly staff, clean & comfortable rooms and on top of all that they have an amazing art collection! My only knock is that they charge an additional $6 per day to park in their parking lot in the back. Great place to stay when youre in Taos. Ill definitely be back!

What a treasure! This old hotel on the Plaza in the center of Taos is filled with history. It is a beautiful building smack in the middle of so many art galleries, stores, restaurants, etc. The staff was very friendly, from the front desk to the cleaning crew. The rooms are quite small, which is to be expected in a building this age, but they have plenty of comfortable common areas. Our room was equipped with a large flat screen tv, plenty of towels, Bath & Body works lotion, soap, shampoo, etc., and a coffee maker. We requested a fridge and got it (maybe they are in all rooms, I dont know). Were so glad we found this place and would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to stay within walking distance of so many fun shops.

Positive: Location on the plaza was nice. The room was old fashioned and small but fun. Negative: No restaurant on site, no air conditioning.

Our experience was terrible at best. Would never recommend this place. Felt like we were staying in a hostel instead of a $200.00 a night hotel.

I didnt stay here, but I love looking at it when I walk around Taos Plaza. This place looks just like what a Taos hotel should look like. Theres a coffee shop in the lobby, accessible from the hotel and from the outside too. It would be so fun to stay here someday.

Its a cozy not too big hotel with its own history. The employees and manager will make you feel like home.

Positive: Great location. Charming old hotel. Staff was great.

Our stay at the la Fonda was exceptional! The front desk staff was very helpful, the hotel was beautiful, and the chocolates and robes in our room was a very nice touch

A great place for a stopover!! Interesting hotel and locale!!Would be a great place to base and do Taos!!

They dont dust, no ac. If u have allergies, I do not suggest this place. The first floor smells like the employees smoke in the section by the back door. Disgusting

Came back to the hotel around 12:15am. Could not get in. Front door locked ( not key card accessible) Called the hotel twice because the first call was routed to voicemail. Was told that the hotel is locked at 11. That we have to call to get in. Thank God my charger was In my car because my phone was dead. Was never informed of this upon checking in.

Stayed here after another smaller lodge failed to keep our reservation. I traipsed in to the front desk at close to 2 a.m., weary from the road and frustrated at my situation. The woman at the desk was friendly and more than willing to help. She made check-in super easy. The room itself was quite nice and the hotel was in a good location for getting out and about the next morning.

Rooms are decent. It was hot when we visited and air conditioning is virtually non existent.

Best in Taos!! Gorgeous place, staff excellent. I highly recommend this place 👌

Just got here. Room is 80 degrees and I cant close the window cause the front desk said its the only way to keep the air conditioner on. Its only 73 outside. They need to warn guests before they stay here. Wont ever be back

Quick check in and the rooms are lovely. You cant beat the location!

Omar and Joanna were incredibly welcoming and helpful for all of our needs during our stay. ☺️

Friendly, inviting, and very comfortable.

This is very quaint and cozie . The service is awesome and the la fonda is walking distance from everything in the taos plaza .

Positive: location Negative: old Hotel small rooms

Old historic hotel located on the plaza. Convenient to shopping, restaurants, and lots of local arts. Enjoyed farmers market on Saturday, (on the plaza) lots of locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Very nice interior.

Great stay

Lovely historic hotel, cool decor and room was cozy! We enjoyed the fireplace in our room and the bathrobes. Definitely an old-school hotel experience, which we enjoyed. Would have liked some sort of breakfast for the price of the room, but the free coffee all day was great. Location can’t be beat. Paid parking was $6 per day in private lot, worth the price IMO.

We stayed here for 4 nights. The room was clean, updated, and quiet. The hotel has maintained its historic charm without looking old or dated. The staff were incredibly helpful and courteous. The location is within walking distance of all the things to do in town. We will definitely stay here again!

UPDATED: Thanks for asking after a year... Taos was the first trip for my dad after having both knees replaced. When I called to ask about parking and room access I was told there was an elevator and easy close parking. We arrived to find the parking lot around back, down an alley about 300 yards away from the closest door, the entire path was still covered in ice and packed snow (no salt or sand either). We were given directions to the elevator three different times and never found it, there are not many options and no signs, no employee offered to help just directions to three different parts of the lobby. The snickers as i walked away each time should have been a clue but the walk up three flights of uneven stairs with luggage and an old timer who didnt quite know where his feet were was just stressful enough for me not to care at the time. There is handicap parking in front but it was used by an employee (no placard). The alarm went off in the middle of the night and there was no getting back to sleep considering there was no way to cool the room off, 85 plus is not fun. Ended up checking out at 2 a.m. the new person at the front desk thought the whole thing was funny. Sadists...

Very nice Hotel and the staff was very nice and helpful. The only reason for 3 stars is because of the beds. I have not seen mattresses that old in a modern hotel in my life. I would definitely ask when booking if they have purchased new ones.

Great, small historic Inn right in the center of Taos. We had a small suite with a murphy/pull down bed. Staff were super helpful, and the coffee shop in the front gave free coffee to guests in the morning. There was also coffee available in the mezzanine.Both beds were firm, good choice of pillows and extra blankets. Parking in the rear lot was plentiful and just $6 per day.

Small boutique hotel with lots of history and ambience. Its right on the Plaza. There are two rooms with balconies. Plenty of places nearby for breakfast lunch and dinner. The staff is very friendly and accommodating weve made a couple of stops here and its well worth the trip

Beautiful building, very friendly and helpful staff. Clean and everyone wearing masks

This quirky old building is filled with regional charm. Service was great. We will stay again.

Food was delicious! I had the smothered burrito, and not one complaint. The chips and salsa were fresh and quite good. Only complaint is their low on staff. There was one waiter for the resturant, but he was working it out! Kitchen turned out the food quick, but the waiter was the true star.

Perfect location right on the plaza. My room was 204, only queen with a fireplace and a view of mountains. Historic hotel, but very clean. Only drawback is no breakfast included. So comfortable though!

This is a Fabulous place ! My husband & I were there while Plaza was lit for Christmas 🎄! So, beautiful every night ! We had one of the 2 Rooms with balconies, overlooking it all! It was our 1st anniversary, they were so very gracious, to send a beautiful card & a bottle of wine 🍷 for us to enjoy, Can’t wait to see this beautiful Plaza & the la Fonda again soon, this historic area is very in bracing ! Hope you and yours can come see ! It’s a must !!!! Delia & Doug ! Blessings 🌞

The top fireplace sitting area, and a great inn all around. There are two fireplaces. Look for the one behind the restaurant

My husband and I just stayed here while celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary. The hotel was beautiful, the accommodations very comfortable, the room and bathroom were spotlessly clean, and the staff were friendly. Thank you, we really enjoyed our stay!

Great location, friendly staff, walking distance to several excellent restaurants, shopping and galleries. A traditional New Mexico inn experience. Coffee shop off the lobby, handy and friendly. One caveat, if youre a light sleeper do not take a plaza view room - too many cars and people making noise after dark.

Nice hotel

Comfy little hotel! Staff is very friendly and helpful! The room was clean and the bed had ample numbers of pillows. Convenient location.

Quaint hotel on the plaza. I enjoyed my stay and the staff is super nice.

Location is fantastic service good and the price not to bad. Wish it had a restaurant but there are quite a few good places to eat within walking distance

Just a shade short of 5. Interior maintenance is very adequate, but they admit by ignoring the mifinor details in the rooms. 4 panel doors have amateurish repainting of and repair for grout, door panels have 1/8 inch lines surrounding the panels. I never felt uncomfortable, but the execution of the presentation of the rooms, and at least a explanation of the skimmed style of sheetrock, wall finish, is something that needs to be explained to guests. What happened to the bar? No explanation was offered. Their has been an incredible effort to make these rooms feel authentic, but that needs to address the details, such as wood floor trim that actually covers all the obvious gaps in the floor. Do it right the first time, and it doesnt need to be done again to get it right. The rooms need to be made much more friendly as guests arrive. The TV service is difficult to use, and takes a while to get used too. So surprising how humid it is here if it is rainy at all. I am exceptionally sensitive to humidity where I sleep.

Perfect location, nice folks, clean, artsy, genuine, gracious, good value, all the positive attributes I can think of. Beats corporate hotels and Airbnb by a long shot. We’ll be back.

Very cute historic feeling place with nice staff and parking. Right on the plaza with built in coffee shop. Everything I was looking for. :-)

We had a great stay so much to see.

Great, quaint historical Inn feel. Rustic but with amenities youd expect. Comfy beds and nice coffee bar attached.

This is an historical hotel located in the historic district. It is well maintained. We were there for a meal. The food was good and the prices were very reasonable.

Classy

Cozy little place

Called 3 days early and booked room. We arrived only to be surprised with what happened. Our original room was given to another guest. We waited while they repeated this action until finally we were booked into a room fir the same price but not on main floor.We were asked to pay for entire stay before being given key access. Parking was an additional price.We were then told front entry doors were closed at 10 PM. We were told to KNOCK LOUDLY on the front door and to continue until someone came to the door.There was no entrance from parking lot into the back of building as the access gate from inside slams shut. We had to walk around building.Bottom line is while this hotel is historic, it is also expensive ($198,00 per night), inconvenient, no continental breakfast, no restaurant, no lounge and required guests to adhere to an unrelastic curfew. Ince in the building we felt captive.Having been in Taos to visit family, it was impossible to relax and enjoy our limited time.We will never again use this hotel.

Its a beautiful hotel but waking up at 7 AM to church bells and not having a restaurant or lounge made this a place just to sleep, and I didnt get much of that.

Comfortable and beautiful hotel...the mezzanine invites you to just stay, have coffee, and read all day, but then you would not get to take in the interesting culture.😉

It is like stepping back in time. Friendly people.Recommend it.Santa

It was in a really nice location, right on the square. The staff was also very friendly. Free Starbucks coffee for all guests. Overall a very nice place.

Gorgeous rooms. Friendly staff. Comfy beds w lots of pillows!

Awesome atmosphere, cozy up to the inviting fire and order a Green Chile Gimlet, you will not be disappointed!

We had lunch at the hotel restaurant. The food was great and reasonably priced. The atmosphere was amazing.

Fun and funky hotel right on the plaza. Friendly staff. Clean and well kept.

Didnt appreciate being harrassed in the parking lot by an employee

This is a historic location in the beautiful heart of Taos New Mexico the service was amazing the food was 5 star. Will definitely be stopping or staying there anytime I pass through Taos.

Simply stepped in to look at the lobby, but greeted warmly and made to feel welcome. Beautiful historic hotel!

Really enjoyed our stay here...AWESOME location for shopping and discovering the old town area!

Stayed 2 nights and loved it!! Tons of shops and restaurants within walking distance.

Friendly hotel, great location, nice town. Have recommended this to everyone I know traveling to the area.

Charming historical hotel, immaculate rooms, a feeling that you have traveled back in time to the era of D. H. Lawrence and his friends.

Not sure about the hotel, but went to the restaurant to eat dinner on 2/19, had to seat ourselves, and when ready to order after a long wait, went to find our waitres and the staff were throwing towels at each other and goofing off. Apparently its poorly managed.

Very nice but restaurant and bar were closed. This was one of the reasons we stayed there.

This was one of the worst nights I have ever lived through in a hotel. The bed was awful, small and hard. The side clock went off all night,and I swear there is a mouse. It is 5am and I am just waiting for checkout

Dont dare to move chairs to sit at the table to eat dinner at 10 in a Saturday night, the front desk will incessantly call to harass you.

200 year old hotel on the Taos Plaza- great little coffee shop downstairs- certain rooms overlook the plaza-as elegant and historic as Taos gets- with everything convenient- RC Gorman Gallery inside- feels like home to me- cause it is

Lovely historic inn with a retro feel but modern comfort, perfectly situated in the town plaza

Beautiful, Taos is just beautiful. Def. A must see.

Clean, centrally located, helpful staff, starbucks coffee service included.

Noulas coffee shop is a bit dark but coffee is decent and sweets by American Pie are good. It shares space with the lobby which gives it more of an expansive feeling.

BEWARE: Even though they publish a FREE CANCELLATION DATE they hit your credit card for your charges - immediately... Then, when you call them they give you double talk about how they have issued you the refund -but they just cant tell you when you might see the money back on your card??? Funny how they can hit your credit card in 15 seconds - but it might take you weeks to see your money back in your account. Makes vacation planning a real nightmare...

Ate at the restaurant...great food.

This review is specifically about the coffee shop and not the hotel. I dont usually write reviews. Takes a lot for me to waste my time. I have never been treated so rudely as I was treated. I am not sure if my short hair that might point to my sexuality was behind her treatment but she all but told three of us to get out with a condescending smile. We did. Ill spend my money elsewhere.

Nice room with fireplace overlooking the plaza. Had wifi issues, but other than that no trouble.

Over priced and over rated. Save your money. The Inn of the Governors is a block away with nicer rooms and perks.

Despite the high price of our room, the experience at this hotel for the weekend we stayed there was disappointing at best, and awful at times. The veneer of historic and quaint does not cover poor customer service and management that clearly only cares about the profit margin, not guest satisfaction.

Rooms were great, nice and cozy with a beautiful view of the plaza.

Nice and comfortable. Well maintained enjoyed the stay

Very nice hotel, right on tje square. Staff is very knowledgeable of local events and history.

Planet Earth to Andy Anderson...The Hotel La Fonda is in - TAOS, NM my dear is the one they are discussing!!! (Hotel La Fonda de Taos)The Inn of the Governors you are recommending a block away isin SANTA FE, NM not in TAOS, NM. Santa Fe is 1.5 hrs from Taos.There is ALSO a La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, NM - (La Fonda on the Plaza) and the Governors Inn is a block away from this location in Santa Fe, NM.There is NO - Inn of the Governors in Taos.There is a HISTORIC HOTEL in Taos ... but no Inn of the Governors:/

Great hotel and stay but wish there was a way to turn off the heat.

Phenomenal staff, visit the coffee shop inside the hotel everyday.

Awesome hotel. Will stay here again

Historic hotel on the Plaza, comfortable, quiet room with bath, complementary drinks from the cafe, and helpful staff.

Beautiful rooms. Convenient location.

Cute location. Didnt get to see much was just passing through.

Elegant, central location to the Santa Fe Square, impeccable service.

On the square what else could you want! Great room very cozy Inn plus free Starbucks Coffee.

Lovely place. Comfortable room.

A superb historic hotel with impeccable service.

Fun, awesome, comfortable, what else can I say

Nice coffee shop in hotel La Fonda.