Hotels in Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro

Positiv:: Nothing.

Negativ:: The room had no external window. The noise was terrible, building worked commenced each morning at 9am in the level below. The nature of where my room was near an atrium meant the noise from other rooms floors was terrible. The breakfast was worse I have ever had.

Positiv:: Friendly, very helpful staff; great location; clean; good food in the restaurant; quiet room

Negativ:: Uncomfortable pillows on the bed

Positiv:: The hotel was very clean and the breakfast has variety of foods, in addition, the location was superb.

Negativ:: Check in took some time but it was ok

Positiv:: Comfy bed and view.

Negativ:: Need of maintenance: doors, bathroom, bad odor in chairs.

Positiv:: Sehr freundlicher Service. Kostenloser late check-out und sehr guter Taxi-Shuttle zum Flughafen! Man fühlte sich sehr gut aufgehoben.

Positiv:: Location, the hotel organised a make up artist to do Carnaval related make up which was a nice touch

Negativ:: The staff were not helpful and at check in they had one very tired person working check in at Rio’s most busy weekend - Carnaval. It took an hour to check in and many people were unimpressed with the service and lack of attention. It took just too long given it was already quite late. Not just that but front counter staff in general were rude and unhelpful particularly in resolving issues. The rooms were very damp to the point that there was water on the floor from condensation. The bedding in our room was damp and everything was wet to touch. The only way to make the room manageable was to run the air conditioning at a low temperature the whole time to dry it out. Unacceptable! It was not condensation from the shower either - just damp! There must be some issues in the building as it was not normal and it affected all rooms from our large group who were staying there. I expect more of the Novotel, it is modern and has been renovated which is nice but basic and fundamental things were not done well.

Positiv:: Good business-class hotel. Good location near Sugarloaf Mountain. Great mall about 2 blocks away. Great service and food in the hotel restaurant. Great shower in the bathroom. Metro (Botafogo) about 4 blocks away.

Positiv:: Very clean lobby area. The rooms were excellent. Very nice shower. Great value.

Negativ:: We only spent one night in between flights. No complaints

Positiv:: The property central to everything, the staff was super helpful with every request and the rooms are modern and clean.

Negativ:: The WiFi was extremely slow and pretty much unusable at times.

Positiv:: Frühstück und Zimmer waren super

Negativ:: Kein Gepäckservice zum Zimmer. Keine wirklich schönen Restaurants in der Nähe

Positiv:: Das Frühstück war soweit in Ordnung. Entsprechend der Jahreszeit / Jahreswende jedoch war der Frühstücksraum immer überfüllt. Personal war aber immer freundlich und bemüht.

Negativ:: Wir hatten ein EXECUTIVE Zimmer gebucht, check in war um 1:30 nachts wir kamen spät an. Das erste Zimmer das wir bezogen hatten war mit Blick auf das Nachbargebäude, Gebäudewand in 3 Meter Entfernung vom Fenster. Wir haben gebeten das Zimmer zu tauschen, daraufhin wurde uns ein Zimmer mit Blick auf den Hinterhof zugewiesen. Für die Preislage des Zimmers überhaupt nicht akzeptabel. Die Möbel hatten Schimmelflecken. An den Zimmerecken Decke / Wand blättert die Farbe ab wegen der hohen Luftfeuchtigkeit. Kein Unterhalt.

Positiv:: The breakfast was great my family all had something they enjoyed

Negativ:: My family could not give a negative review.

Positiv:: Wunderbares Design mit toller Aussicht auf Rio

Negativ:: Der "Flurlichter" gehen jedes mal an, auch ohne dass man aus dem Bett aufsteht

Positiv:: Trendy, original, welcoming interior. Nice amnesties. Cool rooftop!

Negativ:: Some smell in the bathroom. Telephone line to the reception did not work.

Positiv:: Der Zimmerupgrade war sehr gut. Die Aussicht von der Rooftop Bar ist ueberwaeltigent. Jedoch koennte die Musik zur Tageszeit ein klein wenig gedaempfter sein e.g. als Hintergrundmusik und nicht als Party-stimmungshammer.....

Negativ:: da die Rooftop Bar eine einmalige Aussicht bietet, sollte man evtl die Bar auch die ganze Woche bis Mitternacht geoeffnet haben....aber dies ist kein Manko sondern nur eine Empfehlung.

Positiv:: The hotel self was really cool and the rooftopbar was nice!

Negativ:: Next time I would choice a other location.

Positiv:: Ni view, Breakfast buffet

Negativ:: At this price, in room, café is not free...

Positiv:: In general, everything was fine.

Negativ:: I got a weird phone call on Friday evening, ask for my credit card detail because the staff at the reception forgot to do so for the sake of minibar. On Sunday, I realised my card was leaked and someone used my card for hotel/car rental in UK for >1500 EUR. The only chance for the card got theft was 1) the taxi from airport to hotel 2) the hotel. I don’t want to accuse anyone because I don’t know what happened in fact. However, I want to point this out for your information.

Positiv:: The staff were friendly and accommodating considering I couldn’t speak Portuguese.

Negativ:: The view from my room was terrible. One window was to an open space blocked in and the other was a view of the loading bay. Literally nothing like the pictures and advertisements said.

Positiv:: Tolles Frühstücksbuffet und Hotelrestaurant! Zimmer mit Blick auf die Botafogo-Bucht und Zuckerhut einfach unschlagbar! Rooftop-Pool mit Blick auf Cristo Redentor!

Negativ:: Hotel is really ok, beautifull view from the restaurant great breakfast. However please check if they do not have wedding or other party. I stayed there from Saturday till Sunday and my room was just above restaurant where the weeding party was going on. The music was so loud that you might think you are actually in the restaurant. I went to the office desk few times to ask if they do something about it, they told me each time that the party is almost finished. Finally around 2.00 in the night they offered me another room, i had to pack all my stuff move to the new room. This new room was very quiet. I was very tried the next dat.

Negativ:: gym hours could be 24h

Positiv:: We liked its rooftop, mostly, but you don’t have to be a client at the hotel to have a drink there... still, it’s quite amazing, with the best possible sunset on the sugar loaf / the bay. Breakfast is good, although served at the ground floor in a patio I did not find really nice with very few day light. The staff at the reception was very nice and welcoming. As for the room, the bed was good but we had some big issue with an horrible smell.

Negativ:: - It all started when we tried to reach the hotel a week before: twice by email + by phone to request 1) transfer from the airport 2) early check in. Nobody ever answered our emails and the multiples persons we had on the phone did not even seem to understand the requests. We were told the transfer was possible but for 2000R$!! (= 500€) - it cost us 20€ with a taxi we booked directly when arriving at the airport. - We arrived at 8AM after a 12-hour flight and asked (again) for checking in early. This request was directly rejected, although it did not seam like the hotel was fully booked (nobody in the lobby / very few people at breakfast / empty rooftop at night...). Not really what you expect from a hotel of this category - As mentioned before, we had this horrible smell in the room. When we finally received the key, we were so exhausted we just wanted to crash and did not felt like arguing about it, plus the guy, who brought our luggages did not seem to notice it so - well - we stopped the AC (it seemed to make it worse), opened the window and fell asleep. However, it had become really unbearable on our second day, so we asked for another room - which we had - but we might have expected an upgrade, especially since we specified these were the two first nights of our honeymoon... - About that, don’t expect any specific attention! We had it pretty much everywhere else during our stay in Brazil We really expected more from this stay and were highly disappointed. Just go there to enjoy the rooftop view, the rest is completely overpriced.

Positiv:: Nichts ..

Negativ:: Ich kenne das Hotel seit 2017 nach der Eröffnung. Da war es noch super - aber jetzt ist dort alles schlecht geworden. Dies ist mittlerweile höchstens ein 3 Sterne Hotel und niemals ein 5 Sterne mehr. Dreckige und herunter gekommene Zimmer. Unfreundliches Personal. Schlechtes Frühstück. Viel zu teuer . Preis-/ Leistungsverhältnis stimmt überhaupt nicht.

Positiv:: Funky decoration all over the place, arty and tasty in my opinion. Best bed and sheets I had in years. Extremely friendly and helpful staff, always smiling and proactively offerinf support. The rooms with a view of the Sugar Koaf are simlly stunting. The rooftop bar is equally incredible. At approx $160 a night for a room with view (advanced booking), this is just the best value for money you can think of.

Negativ:: Nothing. Well if I need to find something to complain about, the service at the rooftop bar can be a bit slow.

Positiv:: Nettes und hilfsbereites Personal Schönes Zimmer sehr angenehme größer Frühstück ist gut und ausreichend Der Innenhof ist sehr gemütlich Die Gemeinschaftsküche war praktisch, notwendige Utensilien vorhanden Schöne ruhige Gegend Metro 5 Gehminuten entfernt Wir haben uns wohlgefühlt

Positiv:: Location and facilities were good

Negativ:: One staff member was very lazy and gave the impression she didn’t want to help or do anything, however the other staff members were great. The room was very humid which made it uncomfortable.

Positiv:: near botafogo metro new towels in plastic cheapest option for single room

Negativ:: noisy hot shower: afternoon (not working), night (not working), morning (worked)

Positiv:: - Frühstück war jeden Morgen ein kleines bis mittleres Buffet. Kaffee, Saft, Brot, Brötchen, Käse, Wurst und frisches Obst - Hostelmitarbeiter freundlich und haben dir immer bei der Planung von Aktivitäten geholfen - Innenhof abgeschottet von der Straße - Zentrale Lage

Negativ:: -Bilder entsprechen nicht der Unterkunft (Photoshop lässt grüßen) - durch die hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit hatten wir ein kleines Schimmelproblem im Zimmer und im Bad - Klimaanlage wurde ab 11 Uhr abgestellt und erst wieder abends gegen 19-20 Uhr angestellt (natürlich ist mir bewusst, was damit erreicht werden soll, aber es ist schon sehr unangenehm wenn man verschwitzt zurück kommt und eine Dusche möchte, das Zimmer aber unendlich heiß ist und die Luftfeuchtigkeit enorm hoch.

Positiv:: Es ist zentral, nah an corcuvado, Zuckerhut, Copacabana und Ipanema. Das Zimmer war sauber auch wenn etwas klein. Das Personal war immer freundlich und hilfsbereit.

Positiv:: Location and the breakfast was good. It was clean and the room I stayed in had lots of natural light. The common area are also good for working, reading and using throughout the day - with some of it being outside/not under the roof.

Negativ:: The internet was very patchy in the rooms.

Positiv:: The common area is really good and pleasant to be in. It is extremely well located. Furthermore, the staff is really friendly and helpful.

Positiv:: Rooms are stylish but small. The Location is very good and the price is reasonable. Breakfast was great.

Negativ:: A bit loud and kind of hostel stile

Positiv:: Bteakfast, the outside seating, comfortable seating corners.

Positiv:: I liked the location in Botafogo, because everything is close from there. It was easy to reach. The hostel has two cats, which I really liked.

Negativ:: The room had a lot of mold. They didn't change the towels even they were obviously dirty. The room service was only in the late afternoon. The breakfast was all days the same. The cheese and ham should be cooled as it is hot in Rio.

Positiv:: Das sehr freundliche Personal

Positiv:: The hostel is in a good location in Botafogo. Room was clean and nice. Airconditioning is only on from 7pm-9am, but that was perfect as we were usually out during the day and room stays cold if you leave it closed. Breakfast was included and a great start to the day. There is cold filtered water which was much appreciated.

Negativ:: Room was really small with no packing space for clothes. The hostel was described as social with drinks specials and events. There were however none of this when we stayed there. It might have been because of Carnival, but we specifically chose this hostel due to the social aspect and were a bit disappointed on that front.

Positiv:: The room is very comfortable. The shower is very good. The location is perfect, right next to the subway. Breakfast is also very good.

Negativ:: All fine.

Positiv:: Relativ gute Lage, da Metrostation direkt vor der Tür. Nicht gerade schöne, aber ausgesprochen lebhafte Umgebung mit zahlreichen Restaurants und Bars (eher "studentisches" Publikum). Gesichtsloses Hotel einer brasilianischen Hotelkette, als solches aber in Ordnung. Nette Mitarbeiter/innen.

Negativ:: Dunkles Zimmer, extrem laute Klimaanlage, Belüftung der Tiefgarage sehr deutlich zu hören. Frühstücksraum ohne Tageslicht. M.E. sind in Rio für den gleichen Preis bessere Zimmer zu haben (etwa in Copacabana oder Ipanema).

Positiv:: Location is very close to Metro Botafogo station and good. Communication with the hotel staff in English was very smooth and they were very polite.

Negativ:: Soundproof of the room was not so good. It took a time to get hot water after opening the fauset in the shower room.

Positiv:: Good communication with the staff, I could use English with no any problem and the staff was very polite.

Negativ:: Soundproof of the room was not so good.

Positiv:: Great location from where to go everywhere in Rio! Staff really helpful, breakfast surprisingly good and varied, with good coffee and many choices of pastries as well. Fresh decor.

Positiv:: Localization and rooms

Negativ:: They just charged me a really expensive and poorly breakfast withou advise it had to be paid. I tried to explain on the reception that if I had know this is paid NEVER I had have it. But they just ignore and charged me. So be careful, they will not advise you before just to get ur money.

Positiv:: Great location

Negativ:: Beds uncomfortable and rooms a little pokey if you’ve got any luggage

Positiv:: Stuff are very nice but the facilities are not so good. The room is smaller and darker than we expected. Nevertheless, I would still say this is cost-effective considering the location (around 2km to the sugar loaf mountain, next to Chinese Embassy, close to a large shopping mall and supermarkets, as well as metro station) and friendly stuff.

Positiv:: Das Frühstück war lecker, besonders die frischen Früchte. Das Zimmer war sauber und das Personal war nett.

Negativ:: Zuwenig Bügel.

Positiv:: The staff was great!

Positiv:: Front desk staff speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese - so odds are you'll have no issue communicating with them! The room was perfect for two people and the breakfast bar is quite diverse and tasty.

Negativ:: I've only found this quirk while Brazil, but when you enter the room, you need to insert your key card into a wall-mounted device in order for all the power within the room to be activated (lights, AC, electrical outlets). The card has to be kept inserted for the power to stay on; when you leave the room and take the key card with you, the power cuts off - not too convenient during the hot summer months when you'll want to come back to a cool room.

Positiv:: The bed

Negativ:: There was a very noisy couple at the room next to mine

Positiv:: Close to everything that I needed.

Positiv:: For this place you’re basically paying for the location, which is great and ideal for getting around a Rio. it’s also close to lots of bars, restaurants the beach etc.

Negativ:: It’s a very basic room, and is a little small.

Positiv:: Location

Negativ:: Very basic and beds not so comfy Staff didn't speak much English

Positiv:: The price. Modern building and room.

Negativ:: Small rooms but it's such a bargain anyway!

Positiv:: Nothing. We could not check in. At front desk we were surprised. The receptionist said that we had to show the vaccination card from our dog. I was never asked before in a hotel that says that accept pets to show anything. But we were not informed about this in advance. The alternative they gave us was to go out at 20:00, to look for a veterinarian, pay for it, after 12 hours driving, and ask the vet to attest my dog was not sick. Besides that the parking area was a mass and we had to wait almost 20 minutes to be able to get our car because there was no one to organize and three other cars parked all around ours making it impossible for us to move our car.

Negativ:: Everything

Positiv:: Basic but clean, great staff, breakfast was very good quality,

Negativ:: Exercise caution at night time on street at front of building at night time,

Positiv:: Die Laage war ok. Frühstück war ausreichend

Negativ:: Die Gänge waren nicht besonders sauber. Zimmer sehr klein

Positiv:: Not far from Metro station, cost of the room, good Wi-Fi, breakfast

Negativ:: We could not find a good supermarket in this district. Personal speak English quite good, but they cannot advice about bus stop to go to Urcu, it's seems strange.

Positiv:: Cheap Clean

Negativ:: They didn't have shampoo They didn't let delivery guy to get on the room Fire alarms set on for no reason all the time

Positiv:: Frühstück absolut ok; konnte von meinem Zimmerfenster nachts den hell erleuchteten Christo Redendor sehen.

Negativ:: Für eine Person ok, aber für zwei???

Positiv:: In generally, they ussing high tech and modern appliences for all the area. We feel secure inside the hotel coz it has securities in state of conditions.

Negativ:: Couldn't find a breakfast source and lockers not only in the bedroom but also in the desk. Some of the staff aren't able to speak English.

Positiv:: It is cheap.

Negativ:: The staff wasn't friendly. The breakfast basically was the same during 4 days. Bathroom door didn't work.