Mercure Rio Boutique Copacabana 4 stars

Stayed 6 nights for my 60th Birthday. The Hotel is situated near the middle of Copacabana Beach and is just a hop, jump, and skip away from the Beach. Breakfast has a good selection of food and there are even deserts...........and the deserts are delicious. We ate dinner a few times at the same place breakfast is served and the food is absolutely delicious. My favorite is the Salmon Ceviche and my wife's favorite is beef on a skewer with a baked potato on the side. Check in was fast and staff was so friendly and helpful. Probably one of the best hotel staff, if not the best, we have every met. On our way up to the room, after checking in, we had the pleasure to run into Gui Mendes, the General Manager of the hotel. He gave us his number and told us to contact him if we needed anything or if anything was not up to our expectations. Well, everything was up to our expectations and then some. He is really a great guy and we are so glad we got to meet him. So, upon entering our room, on the table, there was a small Birthday Cake (my 60th Birthday) and Greeting Card. The front desk can arrange a taxi for wherever you want to go. They have a trusted taxi company they deal with. They helped us arrange a taxi to see Christ the Redeemer Statue again because the first time we went with a tour company, but it was rainy and we didn't get good pictures or see the views (fun fact - tour companies don't cancel if rainy weather). So, rather than book another tour in advance not knowing what the weather would be like when we got picked up, we decided to wait until the morning to see how the weather was. Luckily it was sunny, so we asked the front desk to book a taxi for us. Within 5 minutes the taxi was here and we were on our way to Christ the Redeemer Statue. The cost of the taxi (one way) was about 52 Reais (about $ 10.32) and he took Apple Pay. Ipanema Beach was about a 20 - 25 minute walk away. Upon checking out, the front desk arranged a taxi for us to go to the Airport. Thank you Bruna, Bruno, Alan, Bia, Gui so much for helping us to have a wonderful vacation in Rio de Janeiro. Actually more people that were helpful, but I forgot the names. We will definitely stay here again...........Carnival is on the bucket list.

The hotel is super well located, good breakfast and the staff super kind to support us on the questions /queries we had.

Copacabana is at your front door. You can walk to major attractions easily. It’s an easy taxi ride to Corcovado and Sugarloaf.

I used my reward points to pay some of the booking price, so was given the "worst" room in the category, i.e. on the lowest (second) floor of the building. There was a lot of noise coming from the street.

Hotel with no complimentary water