I have to day I found the location and price of this Hotel (cheap through Hostelworld) very affordable, I ready some online critizim of the neighborhood, but honestly if your coming to Sao Paulo...there are no nice neishborhoods with hotels.

This is a realy good place to see the whole of Centro on foot from, plus there are plenty of bars and restraunts 5 mins walk away, ok you have bums sleeping on the road and transexaul hookers on the corners but this is Brazil.

Only critism are:

My Single Room is very small (but not as small as the room I had in Rio), there is no A/C in my room , just a fan(so just leave the fridge door open). They dont have safes or even safety deposit boxes (so leave the lights and th TV on all the time to create the illusion of some being in the room). The walls are very thin and like many latins, other customers at the hotel a noisy into the early hours.

The breakfast started well but went down hill after 2 days, first the hot food (only one dish of Scambled Eggs or Boild Sausage) stopped, then the juice stopped. So it was bread roles with cheese and ham or cornflakes, with coffee.

Only one of the 2 of the staff speak any English (the younger 2) but they were very helpfull.

I would definately stay here again for the price and centralness of the location.

We booked 4 nights at this city centre hotel at a reduced rate through hostelworld... it should be rated a 2 or 3 star hotel, definitely NOT a hostel, Spacious rooms (we had a three room apartment to sleep 6 for two of us); although, on arrival, the immediate environment is disappointing do not be put off, once inside it is very nice and kept perfectly clean, towels and linen changed daily, very helpful on reception and all this only a few minutes walk from Praca Republica with myriad bars, restaurants and shopping. There
is a closer Metro station Sta Cecilia but going in that direction the area is a bit "iffy".
Would definitely stay again and would still be good value at their normal advertised rates.