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Rua Dos Navegantes 363 | Praia de Boa Viagem, Recife, State of Pernambuco 51021-010, Brazil
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Ranked #31 of 43 hotels in Recife
2.5 of 5 stars 46 Reviews
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Savage, Minnesota
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
“This was the worst, but ironically most expensive, hotel during our trip”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 February 2011

Apparently we aren't the only ones that hated this hotel. When we first arrived in Recife we stayed in beautiful historic Olinda for a few nights before heading north along the coast. Upon returning, we dropped friends at the airport and were catching an early morning flight ourselves so we just wanted a convenient, decent place for a couple hours sleep. After we caught a cab to one recommended hotel and found it full, the driver called around and took us instead to the Recife Monte. We didn't realize until it was too late what a dump the place really was.

From the outside the hotel looks great, and the lobby is quite fancy, leading us to mistakenly believe that the place was a high-class hotel. When the guy at teh front desk told us how much a room for the night was - R$240 - our jaws nearly dropped since it was almost twice what we had paid in Olinda and other places. But we figured from the looks of it, the room would be worth the money so we accepted.

Unfortunately he asked us to pay up front before seeing our room, which we did, not thinking anything of it. Then we got up to our room and our jaws really dropped! The air was humid and mildew smelling and had weird dark green walls. To top it off, I set down our bags, leaned over the edge of the bed and saw a cockroach, not yet quite dead, lying on its back kicking its legs feebly in the air. We immediate pointed this out to the bellhop, who nodded that he would do something...which meant a maid showed up five minutes later to sweep up the roach.

If it hadn't already been night and we weren't leaving so early in the morning I might have tried to get our money back and find a new place, but instead we just resolved to spend as little time as possible in the room. After dinner, we reluctantly retreated, used the bathroom only for essential purposes (I was certainly not showering there!), ignored the pathetic trickle of water from the sink faucet and then lay gingerly on the bed to avoid touching anything.

For a final insult, we had told the guy at the front desk we needed a taxi at 4am, which he had written on our bill. But when we got down to the front desk at 3:55am it was dark and there was no taxi. A different guy had to call us one, which luckily arrived quickly, but it was annoying none the less.

  • Stayed January 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Itu-SP
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25 reviews 25 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“If you complain you get better”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 November 2009

The accomodations can be bad, but when you claim for something better, generally you get anything that makes your stay marvellous, because, the location is very very pleasant, near everything must be seen.

  • Stayed November 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Brazil
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
“Is there a NO STAR option??”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 October 2009

Oh my god, I have no words to tell how grows this hotel is, this place should be closed.
Name it a HOTEL is to offend the all the hotels in the world.
This hotel was the worst I stayed in my hole life ( I travelled alot to poor cities and simple places).
I wanted to stay in a budget hotel just to spend one night before getting my plane. The windows were trembeling noises with he wind out side, the blankets were full of holes and did not cover all the bed, i simply hate to sleep in contact with matress, I never do it in my own bed, can you imagine what I felt there?
The bathroom is terrible.
Believe me when I say the price does not worth, there are lotes of other hotels near by and not so expensive.
Never trust the hotels web site...
I wish this place could desapear from the world.

  • Stayed July 2009, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Worst hotel ever - nightmare!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 January 2009
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I went to Recife Monte to spend one night before flying to Fernando de Noronha on the next day. I can't tell how nasty this hotel is. It doesn't deserve ONE star. I can list the horror show:
- the bed is actually 2 single beds put together and the sheets are smaller than the mattresses
- every snack I had from the minibar was at least 3 months after the due date - nasty
- the water sink drain was not working and brushing my teeth took forever
- the shower sink drain was not working EITHER!!!!!!!
- during breakfast we couldn't find clean cups or dishes. I mean, the were supposed to be clean, but they all had something nasty stuck on it
- our room didn't have a key, they told us they had lot or something like that, so after we went out to eat something we had to call room service and wait for the hotel maid to open our room!!!!
After coming back from Fernando de Noronha, we still had 3 nights at Recife Monte, but right when we got at the airport we told the travel agent there was NO WAY we would sleep there again. After about an hour of talking we were moved to a very nice hotel Recife Palace, which can't be compared to Recife Monte. Anyway, the day we were leaving to come back home, the travel agent who was at the shuttle bus told us: "you are crazy to even sleep one night at Recife Monte, that hotel is nasty and we know that there are even stealers there"!! I think that says it all!!
The worst thing is that the travel agencies know and still sell the packages to Recife Monte as if it were a 4-star hotel!!!!!! Our agency was CVC, just in case you want to be careful!!!

  • Liked — That I only had to sleep there for one night!
  • Disliked — Everything
  • Stayed July 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Not a 4 star hotel”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 March 2008

It is announced as a 4 stars hotel. Maybe it was the year it was inaugurated! Yes it has a huge swimming pool with a bar, the room has seen better times for sure.
The location is great anyway. Two short blocks from the Plaza de Boa Viagem, full of buses, supermarket, drugstores and Tourist Information Desk.. One block from the Boa Viagem Avenue, and the beach. And the breakfast was very well served.
The staff was not very kind at all.

  • Liked — The pool and breakfast service
  • Disliked — The room and the unfriendly staff
  • Stayed February 2008, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Rua Dos Navegantes 363 | Praia de Boa Viagem, Recife, State of Pernambuco 51021-010, Brazil
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