The main selling point is the location AND the fact that these Apart-Hotels are VERY VERY BIG!! I would say the average size is about 700 square feet! They have an enclosed kitchen with FULL SIZE STOVE, FULL SIZE SINK, FULL SIZE REFRIGERATOR, Dining area, living room, hallway to bedroom with is VERY BIG with GIGANTIC closet and bed and SUPER BIG closet and good size bed room. Great views!

The so so is that it doesn't really have a fitness room, just 3 pieces of equipment in a corner, satisfactory restaurant and bar.

The elevator is EXTREMELY slow and small and can only hold 4 people! And the building is old BUT sturdy so you won't hear your neighbors, but there are only 190 rooms.

The location is in the HEART of Leblon which is NO DOUBT is the best area and most exclusive and richest in all of RIO! Yes, more than Copacabana and Inpenema!

You are in the middle of exclusive restaurants and the beach!

We stayed in this hotel for 2 nights. The position is very central in one of the smartest area of town (so do not expect bars and wild night life nearby)

The flats (we rented two of them) were large and comfortable with one exception of the bathrooms which are VERY VERY old.

The bed was very large and VERY comfortable

The breakfast (a bit pricy) was average (the croissant were very greasy and not tasty!)

Front desk as usual depends on the employees...some of them were kind some others less.

However what rally strikes me is that almost 70% of the rooms DO NOT belong to the hotel, hence the "residents control" is very weak and in a place like Rio I think this is very important.

The hotel needs refurbishing all common areas are at least 20 years old.

I would look for other places to stay (my cousin stayed at the atlantis in copacabana and loved it)

Location, location, location. The building and apartments are old and need full renovation. Elevators are small, slow and always crowded. Extremely expensive for the facilities offered. Only choose this hotel for the location.

This is a apart/hotel where the majority of the rooms are suites. The best part of the hotel is the location, beach is 2 blocks away, lots of restaurants nearby and in the heart of Leblon, OK negatives.... a little too many, lets start with the worn down condition of the hotel lobby and rooms. It looks as if the hotel has never received a renovation since it was built. The pool on the roof is shallow and there's not much outdoor furniture to sit on. And the "gym", what a joke, it's so small, that you can't even find it.

Attending staff are polite but not very helpful and watch for those extra charges on the room bill when you check out.