My wife and I stayed at the Everest Park Hotel at the end of November 2010. The rooms were clean and the staff was very friendly and helpful. The location is great especially for the price. It is less than a 2 minute walk to Ipanema beach and about a 5 minute walk to some of the best restaurants in Rio. The only downside is there is no restaurant at the hotel but the complementary breakfast is served around the corner at their sister hotel. In our opinion it wasn't a big deal as the pros definitely outweigh the cons. We would definitely stay here again, and highly recommend this hotel, for people looking for a clean, safe hotel in the heart of Ipanema.

The hotel is really in need of modernization, especially the bathrooms. It's right behind Caesar Park Hotel and almost the same price the weekend we stayed. Very average.

The location is very good: close to the beach and to the bars and fine restaurants in the area. The room is terrible! Needs renovation at all! Old carpet, old furniture, old bathroom, terrible window, terrible ar-conditioning.... The breakfast is outside the Hotel, in fact at the EVEREST RIO, the brother-hotel thats benn refurbished and is very, very better than this one - one block away....
Stay away from this one and try to book at Everest Rio.

The rooms are older, but this hotel was actually fine. Location is important to me in Rio for safety reasons, and the hotel is in a good spot in Ipanema. It's only one block to the beach, and you're close to good shopping and restaurants. The staff here were awesome. For breakfast, I had to walk a block to their other hotel, which had an amazing view from the restaurant on the top floor. Breakfast food was good, nothing great. Last time in Rio I stayed at the Royal Rio in Copacabana, which had nicer rooms but the location wasn't nearly as good and safe. I'd stay at Everest Park Hotel again, or check prices at their sister hotel around the corner.