Our room was fully booked when we arrived, so we had to pay more to get another room. The breakfast was not as it is in the pictures. It was only bread, cheese, ham, a sweet cake, juice and coffee. The wifi did not work in the room, only in the lobby even when it was suppose to work in the room too. It is very noisy from the hallway, the other rooms and from outside. We were 3 people in one room but only got 1 key. The positive thing is that it is fairly close to the copacabana beach. The AC in the room did either not work, was not able to be turned off or not working properly.
Not as advertised. I booked this going by the pictures and the proximity to the beach in Copacabana, only to find out that it is years older & more run down than it looked. There was a huge hill to climb up to get to the place and tons of stairs to get inside and up to my room. I think this info should be emphasised when booking, to ensure guests are capable of climbing all the stairs that are involved. Their only saving grace is that the staff are terrific & assisted me with my suitcase up all the stairs, so only 3 stars for the Hostel, but 5 stars for the staff!!!
I have been there during one week for the new year 2017. It's a nice place, safe as a police car is always down on the street. 5 minutes walking away from the Copacabana beach and small markets around. The staff is very nice and helpful. About the room, it's cosy, comfortable, clean but a bit noisy. Price correct. I passed a very nice stay there. Thank's a lot to all the crew!
Very nice place to get to know Rio de Janeiro. The staff are very welcoming and helpful.The facilities are very excellent including bed,breakfast, wifi, air conditioning, kitchen,free airport transfer, balcony to dry your clothes, Leme and Copacabana beach on your doorstep, even a mineral water shower outside if you want which comes out of a mountain water collecting pipe outside the hostel. Plus nearby you have all the supermarket supplies and buses to take you anywhere in rio. Make sure to take a padlock with you so you can lock your essential belongings away safely. Buy a "rio card" from the metro station in town as every third bus journey you take it gives you for free and multiple people can use one rio card as I so pleasently found out when even the bus driver did not