Sol Ipanema Hotel

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Do Not Stay
Musty/Damp Smell Issues
40%
Low confidence.
Based on 104 detailed reviews.
Score-only reviews are excluded.

Despite other strengths this hotel may have, 4 recent guests (4% of reviewed stays) reported musty/damp smell issues. This is a structural concern that affects comfort and health, making it impossible to recommend.

🚩 Red Flags

Musty/Damp Odors
critical
Mentioned 4 times, last 2 months ago
The smell of the first room that was unacceptable and moldy

The smell of the first room that was unacceptable and moldy

2 months ago·Greece·Score: 3/10

There was an unpleasant smell in the room for three days, I think a sewer issue that they couldn't resolve

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 4/10

Rooms had humidity smell, breakfast was very poor

2 years ago·Chile·Score: 1/10

Lift lobby on our floor (6th) smelled damp at times (due to lack of ventilation?) despite air fresheners

2 years ago·United Kingdom·Score: 4/10
Noise Issues
high
Mentioned 12 times, last 2 months ago
The room was incredibly noisy. I was woken up at 7am by the noise of the lifts

The room was incredibly noisy. I was woken up at 7am the first morning by the noise of the lifts (I'm not a light sleeper and this was very noisy). My wife and I were woken up by the guests the following night chatting in their bedroom at 3am

2 years ago·United Kingdom·Score: 3/10

The noise from the corridors and neighboring rooms because there is absolutely no soundproofing in the walls

2 months ago·Greece·Score: 3/10

The rooms are too small, noisy, much waiting to take the elevator. The breakfast room (not copious) is too small and poorly soundproofed

10 months ago·France·Score: 4/10

Air conditioning noise equivalent to airplane noise

2 months ago·France·Score: 5/10

The noise level was horrible. I was on the ninth floor. The windows are from 1950s not soundproof the maids left all the equipment outside the door day and night

1 year ago·United States·Score: 1/10

The rooms very noisy lack insulation in the windows and also in the door

7 months ago·Argentina·Score: 5/10

The windows are not soundproofed. Lots of street noise and dripping AC

1 year ago·Portugal·Score: 4/10

The neighboring room super noisy, you can hear everything

7 months ago·Argentina·Score: 5/10

Old windows with wind noise, very high daily rate for what the hotel offers

1 year ago·Brazil·Score: 5/10

And noisy too. Walls thin

6 months ago·India·Score: 5/10
and 2 more mentions
Outdated Facilities
medium
Mentioned 15 times, last 2 months ago
Hotel looked like it was in need of a refurb - rooms looked tired

Hotel looked like it was in need of a refurb - rooms looked tired

2 years ago·United Kingdom·Score: 4/10

The hotel is old, the installations are old. The building has come down and has no coherence in quality - price

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 1/10

Hotel with lack of maintenance, the elevator didn't work well and took a long time, the pool very small

2 years ago·Chile·Score: 5/10

Very disappointed by the hotel which is run down, very small rooms

2 years ago·France·Score: 3/10

Hotel globally old-fashioned, without really decoration or pleasant common areas

2 months ago·France·Score: 5/10

Location is good and staff is friendly but the Hotel is in poor shape. Rooms and facilities are old and run down

1 year ago·Netherlands·Score: 5/10

Old installations. Bathroom, Elevator, breakfast, and facilities in general

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 4/10

With little competition in Ipanema the price is exorbitant in relation to what they offer - obsolete facilities

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 4/10

It's old, the small room, the ugly and not renovated furniture

5 months ago·Spain·Score: 1/10

Very old hotel, old windows with wind noises

1 year ago·Brazil·Score: 5/10
Poor Value for Money
medium
Mentioned 12 times, last 2 months ago
The price is excessive and the quality-price ratio is terrible

The price is excessive and the quality-price ratio is terrible

2 years ago·Italy·Score: 2/10

Very expensive for the service they offer

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 4/10

Price not compatible with the Hotel

7 months ago·Portugal·Score: 4/10

This hotel is a bad 2-3 star hotel - only reason it is expensive is for its location

2 months ago·Greece·Score: 3/10

Everything is paid in the room, not even a free water bottle for a room over 300 euros

2 months ago·France·Score: 5/10

The hotel is very expensive in relation to the room. It didn't even have a nightstand or lamp, an ugly bathroom, not according to the dollar rate

1 year ago·Argentina·Score: 5/10

With little competition in Ipanema the price is exorbitant in relation to what they offer - obsolete facilities

2 years ago·Argentina·Score: 4/10

Not value for money. However their place is very clean

4 months ago·South Africa·Score: 5/10

Was very okay. Just a simple room. Not worth the price

6 months ago·India·Score: 5/10

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