I was meant to be at the Novotel next door, but due to some confusion with including credit card information in the reservation (thanks for a clear process, Accor!), my reservation was canceled, and everything was fully sold due to a conference. They were going to try and send me to Ipanema, but I had booked a room in the center of town for a reason. Anyway, after I raised a stink, they "found" me a room in the Ibis. Well, it is what it is! The room served its purpose - relatively clean, somewhat comfortable (minimalistic?), and I guess it was acceptable for the price. That said, the facilities are quite limited, the wifi is AWFUL, the restaurant is extremely slow and not very good, but I guess that's to be expected for the budget price.

I do need to give a shout-out to Julia in reception. In fact, I was pleased with service on check-in and check out and that was an upside. Also, if you need to be in the center of Rio, the location is very convenient, pity the food options at the hotel are lousy.

Next time I will be sure to put in my credit card details so I don't miss out on the Novotel, hopefully a better option than the Ibis.

Noise (both of machinery and planes landing/taking off. Miserable open room for clothes (per the picture you can see how I got my shirts and jackets ¿hanged? No hair dryer. On the other hand, well located, cheap and with breakfast better then you'd expected in this brand. Staff very service oriented, and very professional despite they're flaws they can't solve.

I spent the weekend on the hotel, the main touristic points are a little far away, but if you have rent a car is a great place, there are parking slot in front of the hotel (so no need to pay for it), is very safe because is in near a military area, and extremely close to the airport, so you could arrive by foot. The hotel ain't in the airplane routes so was very comfortable to sleep, the room was very large (compared to other ibis) but i didn't like the pillows. The breakfast is so-so, but the localization don't offer many bakeries or cafes.
Conclusion: If i didn't rented a car i would prefer to stay at some hotel at copacabana.

In this hotel you can easily hear everything from rooms next door or on the floor above. No sound isolation at all. Rooms are clean and there is affordable wifi even if some rooms have worse connection. Locations is conveniently close to domestic airport and taxi from international Rio airport is about 45R$ if you book in advance. Not many restaurants nearby and forget the hotel restaurant. Take a taxi to Butofogo or Copacabana if you want a good meal.