Arena Ipanema Hotel

Read the reviews and decided to stay there. But my experience was not so wonderful.. First let’s stars with decoration in general: there are nice ideas but looks like they were never finished.. lobby looks like a desert with 3 sofas.. all the materials used in hotel are cheap and replicas like “wooden” surfaces all fake and all looks very cheap in real life. Terrace with pool.. that’s embarrassing having this view and make this place look so cheap.. sun beds are broken, water in the pool looks like a green soup, panoramic glass all dirty. Gym.. it’s just 3 machines in the passage between pool and elevator. Same for the room I got, first the smell like cockroach killer. The headboard of the bed was all dirty, floors are dirty (see pics). The AC, this huge machine is blowing directly to the bed. No soundproof AT ALL, I could hear people talking from the next rooms and corridors, and also people from the street. And last but not least, I booked deluxe room.. and when I got in the room I saw standard room, I went to reception and the guy told me that the size doesn’t change, but only the view between categories. Which IS A LIE because on the website they have different sizes of the different categories of the room. Oh well what did I expect. Anyway, I didn’t expect much from this hotel, but I wasn’t ready for it to be so cheep from every point. Never ever again! Rio offers much much better places.

Good hotel. Nice service

Good location, very friendly staff.

Perfectly located at Ipanema beach. Totally modernized with small but well organized rooms. Fairly calm during evening and night,despite close to street. Perfect backyard pathway down to the beach. Nice,fresh breakfasts buffet and friendly staff. Nice roof bar with pool, and perfect view of the ocean and the beach below. Cons: Rusty and malfunctioning gym machinery but treadmill working fine.

Modern and clean hotel. Very kind and informative staff. The breakfast is really good.