We stayed 5 days in this hotel. The positives were good location, relative safe area with a 5 mins walk to shops/restaurants area with buses to Ipanema/Leblon The bed was really good and wifi was complimentary. Aircon was a bit noisy and the shower was basic. There was no cutlery and other basic kitchen equipment even tho it was a serviced apartment. Staffs were friendly and could speak English which helped a lot. Overall, it was good and would definitely come back (if they reduce the rates, would be better).

The hotel is in a great spot - between Copacabana and Ipanema beach. i felt safe walking to shops/restaurants at night and there are many great ones close by at Ipanema. Copacabana is not the nicest area but having it at the end of the street was fantastic for the NYE fireworks. There are buses right at the door and you can easily walk to Lagoa. The rooms are well equipped and quiet considering the amount of street movement in the area.

We are staying at the hotel for 9 weeks. The good parts: reception staff is very friendly and helpful and they speak English; location close to Ipanema, metro, restaurants. Wi-fi free and reasonably fast. Flat screen HD TV with CNN and several movie channels in English. The breakfast has lots of breads, fruit, fresh squeezed juices, yogurt and cereal but the eggs are made from powdered eggs. Bed is good. You can order room service for lunch and/or dinner and the food is good and very reasonably priced. Safe in room. The bad parts: The balconies face a blank wall (no view), the street noise is pretty bad unless you keep the sliding doors closed; the A/C is loud which helps drown out the street noise; the bathroom is tiny; the kitchen had no pans, cups, plates etc and it took us several requests to get them. The pans they gave us are ancient scratched teflon. You will also have to ask for more hangars, iron, ironing board. The breakfast room and cleaning staff have no English so if you have some Spanish or Portugese it would help.