Hotel Bandeirantes

Staff was amazing. Location was perfect. Pool was good and enough. Beds were a little cheap, in that there wasn't much padding.. felt. Like a box spring with a thin layer of cloth on top. We made it work by getting more blankets and putting them under the sheet. Breakfast was good, basic but good.

GREAT LOCATION as it's within walking distance of EVERYTHING noteworthy in the Copacabana/Ipanema areas. Extremely friendly and accommodating front desk team! Great great customer service and they engaged in relatively good English! The one older lady was truly the star of the front desk team, please give her a raise! The hotel is well maintained BUT the rooms are very very basic. No frills. Pillows are not plush so offered little support for sleeping. Water pressure in shower was awesome! Nice hot water also. Basically no amenities (teeny tiney bar of soap that would basically be done after using it to wash your hands once lol). I had to go to the store and buy a bar of soap. TV had only Portuguese channels! Wifi was good (not excellent) but good and allowed me to do the things I needed to do. I was there for the NYE celebration so the price was super high, waaay higher than the quality of the room you're getting deserves but I guess they had to increase their rates like every other hotel for that occasion. Breakfast was mediocre. Boring selections. Orange juice tasted like water with a splash of orange flavor (yuck). They need to work on the Breakfast. Anyway, I guess I'd stay there again if I just wanted someplace to S.S.S.S (Sh*t, Shower, Shave and Sleep lol) in Rio at a moderate price.

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Excelente

Internet was a bit spotty for me but worked well for my sister. We noticed a mini bar can of soda had exploded and we mentioned in on checkout and they got upset we hadn’t immediately notified them. Otherwise enjoyed our stay as it is centrally located and the area felt pretty safe.