ibis Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont 3 sterren

We used this hotel for an overnight stay. The hotel is quite close to the national airport. But that’s the only positive point. I always liked Ibis hotels but this is probably the worst I ever stayed. The checkin took 30 minutes! I know that filling some forms is mandatory. But instead of giving us all of them at once, the guy at the reception was kind of confused (but very friendly) and when you thought that everything had been finished, he came up with another one. That happened 3 times. The rooms are very old. We had 2 rooms and in BOTH rooms the door to the bathroom could not be closed! And it was quite noisy. You could even hear single sentences of your neighbours talking in the next room. So no recommendation from me. Below usual Ibis standard and hopefully someone takes care on the renovation that is required!

Firstly, be aware it’s not next to the airport. If you have just hand luggage you can walk it in ten minutes by following the big bridge you can see from Departures and it’s at the end of the next again block. But it’s not a salubrious area (homeless people sleeping on the street). I’ve stayed at several Ibis hotels and they are usually good value bricks-and-mortar places but Ibis S.D. Is quite isolated and lacking nearby facilities. The food at the ‘restaurant’ was poor, the ‘buffet’ turning out to be soups and plain, undercooked pasta. (Next door at Novotel I found marginally better but a very long wait for the food.). Zero information from reception on food deliveries or other restaurants (other than ‘try WhatsApp’), zero info on directions other than ‘take a taxi’ when downtown is only 15m walk, buses terminate almost opposite and the excellent modern tram system runs from the airport. It has all the basic facilities, wifi, safe, air-conditioning. One member of reception spoke English and was enthusiastic. It’s not that they don’t try: they just don’t have basic visitor information or recommendations to hand.

Hotel levert een goede prijs/kwaliteit verhouding en is op minuten loop afstand van Santos Dumont Airport en van de "Executivo" naar de GIG-airport in hartje Centro. Iets langer lopen is het naar de ferry docks naar oa. Niteroi als ook naar de dichtbij zijnde metrostation.

Prima hotel. Wachttijd voor de check-in was overdreven lang, maar verder een prima hotel op een centrale plaats. Meer geschikt voor business dan leisure. De kamers zijn goed verzorgd en elke kamer heeft de beschikking tot een geweldige douche!

Prijs - kwaliteit verhouding van deze IBIS vestiging enigzins duur bevonden.