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
“The smell of the first room that was unacceptable and moldy”
“There was an unpleasant smell in the room for three days, I think a sewer issue that they couldn't resolve”
“Rooms had humidity smell, breakfast was very poor”
“Lift lobby on our floor (6th) smelled damp at times (due to lack of ventilation?) despite air fresheners”
“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”
“The noise from the corridors and neighboring rooms because there is absolutely no soundproofing in the walls”
“The rooms are too small, noisy, much waiting to take the elevator. The breakfast room (not copious) is too small and poorly soundproofed”
“Air conditioning noise equivalent to airplane noise”
“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”
“The rooms very noisy lack insulation in the windows and also in the door”
“The windows are not soundproofed. Lots of street noise and dripping AC”
“The neighboring room super noisy, you can hear everything”
“Old windows with wind noise, very high daily rate for what the hotel offers”
“And noisy too. Walls thin”
“Hotel looked like it was in need of a refurb - rooms looked tired”
“The hotel is old, the installations are old. The building has come down and has no coherence in quality - price”
“Hotel with lack of maintenance, the elevator didn't work well and took a long time, the pool very small”
“Very disappointed by the hotel which is run down, very small rooms”
“Hotel globally old-fashioned, without really decoration or pleasant common areas”
“Location is good and staff is friendly but the Hotel is in poor shape. Rooms and facilities are old and run down”
“Old installations. Bathroom, Elevator, breakfast, and facilities in general”
“With little competition in Ipanema the price is exorbitant in relation to what they offer - obsolete facilities”
“It's old, the small room, the ugly and not renovated furniture”
“Very old hotel, old windows with wind noises”
“The price is excessive and the quality-price ratio is terrible”
“Very expensive for the service they offer”
“Price not compatible with the Hotel”
“This hotel is a bad 2-3 star hotel - only reason it is expensive is for its location”
“Everything is paid in the room, not even a free water bottle for a room over 300 euros”
“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”
“With little competition in Ipanema the price is exorbitant in relation to what they offer - obsolete facilities”
“Not value for money. However their place is very clean”
“Was very okay. Just a simple room. Not worth the price”