this hotel need a bit of good decoration and better services to make it a top address, but its clean and comfortable

My boyfriend & I stayed at Hotel Ipanema Inn over the New Years period for 6 nights. It was a little pricey for the room we got - but most places are during the new year period. The key things going for this hotel is that is in a safe location close to great nightlife & the beach! Copacobana is great to visit & spend new years at, but we found the beaches & general area of Ipanema a lot nicer & safer (Copa feels a little seedy). We booked two great tours through the hotel - a favela tour which was the BEST thing we did in RIO!! & and an all day city tour of rio which takes you to Christ, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Scenic Outlooks, Maracana, Centro & Sambadrome (where carnivale is held) - the latter is a great way to see all the sights - it´s a long day but worth it.

In general we loved RIO!! & highly recommend staying at Hotel Ipanema Inn.

We were in Rio in for the new year celebration. Inspite the celebration beeing in Copacabana, we wanted a hotel in Ipanema, cause we know it's THE location in Rio. The price was quite expensive 2500 BRL for 5 nights stay. But ok it is Rio, its new year....
Breakfast was ok, Iloved the ananas. The staff not specially friendly, when we arrived they still tried to make us pay an extra tax (taxe de séjour) of 240 BRL, which wasn't menntioned anywhere! I refused, and the man said something in portuguese I'did unsterdand but like: "promotion", ok they tried to get us, but it didn't work.
Inspite of this experice, I would recomend this place cause, if you go to Rio, you prefer to be outside than in your hotel room, and the location of this hotel is really good.

I had stayed around the corner in Copacabana for a few nights at the Rio Copacabana hotel, then booked to stay in Ipanema. I wish I had of stayed in the first hotel as they were the same price yet the first was a lot nicer...

Ipanema Inn is very basic, similar to Travelodge but more worn down. The rooms and bathroom are smaller - it's the location which you pay for. The breakfast was quite nice, however the hotel doesn't offer any additional facilities.

The staff insisted I pay a cash staff tip of 10% as I was checking out, I had already been tipping the staff for good service, as I wasn't aware of this charge as its not advertised anywhere. The man on reception said its optional but insisted I should pay it and seemed demanding, I refused as I'd only been there for one night and was quite annoyed at this - the service wasn't that good.

On the plus side, the beds were comfy and the hotel is quite quiet - however I'd recommended staying inbetween Copacabana and Ipanema as it may be cheaper as it's only 5min walk each way to both beaches / shops. Ipanema also has it's own recently opened metro station which is 10mins walk from the hotel - it's near the Copacabana end.