Great location. Pleasant environment. Courteous staff. Spacious room. Comfortable bed. Good night’s sleep. Nice work desk. Sizable closet. Perfect shower.
The air-conditioner was a bit noisy though but effective. Tv was an outdated one. They should totally move to flat screens or at least the new crt’s.
Didn’t use the gym or the pool which was on the top floor and totally regret it. As a terrace pool it was amazing.
Front desk was courteous and friendly although English can be a bit of a challenge depending on who is on duty.
Cabs available right outside which was super convenient.
Lot of restaurants around this location including some vegetarian options.
Felt totally safe to walk around in this area.

I spend two nights at the Tryp Itaim during a business trip to Sao Paulo. I chose it for its location -close to Faria Lima avenue, a few minutes walk from many of the most important companies in the city.

As I said, the location is very convenient although the hotel is in a dark, narrow street without much to do or see. Not the best option if you're a tourist, but OK for business.

I didn't see much of the hotel other of my room. I booked a Premium room so it was more up to date than the standard ones; however, nothing fancy. It was quite small, the bed was good but nothing extraordinary and the bathroom was well appointed, but also small. A good range of toiletries was added nice touch. Anyway, the only thing I really liked about the room was that it had a balcony with a nice street view, in the 13th floor.

Another thing I liked was complimentary wifi connection in the room. It was OK for e-mail or other basic tasks.

I asked for room service once and it was quite good -reasonable variety, open 24 hours, fast service, average prices for Sao Paulo.

I don't have much to say about general service. It was average, although check out took longer than expected because there was only one employee at 'rush hour' (8.30-9am).

I would probably stay here again but I know there are many better places to stay in the same area.

Of the three brother hotels next of Av. João Cachoeira (nice spot in the neighborhood of Itaim Bibi, São Paulo), this is the poorer one.

Overall experience was dated.... rooms with cigar smell, fungus, bad and noisy air conditioning. Bathroom cramped. All looked dated and dirty.

Attendance was poor too. I almost always stay at Itaim Bibi when travelling to São Paulo. I do like this region, so I reviewed the 3 hotels of Meliá chain which are very next to each other. For the price you pay for this one, you should choose Itaim Jesuino, one block away. If you wanna spend a little more, walk one more block and go to Melia Jardim Europa.

In fact, Tryp Itaim is my last choice, when nothing else is avalible, due to the hight occupany rate in this region.

Tryp is part of the Sol Melia chain and falls in the middle of their range of hotels. This place is smallish--approx 150 rooms but spacious
with large king sized beds or two double beds in the room.

The hotel is in the Itaim neighborhood of Sao Paulo. This isn't the greatest neighborhood if you're a tourist or its your first time in Sao Paulo. The area is kinda far from the subway and points of interest like Avenida Paulista and the Centro. However, Itaim is a very nice, upscale, safe neighborhood with a lot of great restaurants in the area and very walkable.

The hotel is a gym and pool up on the roof. It's a cool view from up there. The gym equipment could use some maintenance but was workable.

You can book this online. I got a great rate--about 120 reais per night in Nov 2007