Stayed over for new years 2010.
arrived on the 26th dec, first impressions are good but....
Cleaners are very loud (talking and making/moving beds) in the morning. You can hear every single flush from the next room as if it was in your own room. This does not help when the walls are made of paper!
Most of the time internet was not working (only 2 computers available) which you have to pay for, and you have to pay for wi-fi aswell.
A/C sounds like a old propeler airplane when switched on.

I spent 6 nights here for a seminar. It is a decent hotel with good breakfasts, located on a quiet safe street about 5 minutes walk from the beach, in the center of the Copacabana neighborhood. Everything worked well – AC, programmable safe, TV (no English or French language news though), etc. My bathroom had abit of a moldy smell (limited ventilation there, but was fine). The shower had ALOT of pressure and loads of hot water. There is a small pool that looked clean on the top floor with a view over the tops of nearby buildings all the way to the beach; in the other direction rooms at the top look over buildings across the street and right towards the mountain (favela, but with no houses) - neat. In general the front desk always had someone who spoke excellent English - they were pleasant and efficient though occasionally overworked (you might have to wait abit...).

I would not mind staying there again if on a 3-star budget (for alot more $$ I’d prefer to be near the beach myself…) Yeah, the hotel is not real cheap, but no decent hotels in the area are cheap and this one seemed to be a good choice for us.

This hotel is quite expensive for what if offers. The reception staff is horrible, not nice or efficient. The rooms and location are OK, but the most of the hotel is abandoned, like the swimming pool (dirty and tiny) or the gym. There are a lot of better places to stay nearby, for better prices.

Event though the location is excellent, only a few blocks from Copacabana beach, and breakfast is very good, the hotel is too expensive for the service offered.
I travelled with my boyfriend and stayed there for one night only. We were not able to sleep because of a terrible noise caused by one room jacuzzi. When this noise ended, another noise,caused this time by an air conditioning of the room downstairs, prevented us from sleeping. We complaint and they changed us to a single room, without jacuzzi and of course, two beds. They did not apologize and they did not offer any compensation because, they say, we only stayed in the hotel for one night.
The view is terrible, you feel you are inside a box. If you open the window you can see other houses roofs and a hill (morro) that is very closed to the hotel which makes you feel you are trapped.