Diamond Hotel

Large rooms, friendly staff, about 20 mins walk from the airport. A lot of restaurants with good atmosphere closeby.

Breakfast was not great. A lot of noise coming from the street

It was a good value for money and worth the stay during carnival. The staff was friendly and helpful. I had no major issue at all.

As the building is an old construction, our bathroom was constantly wet. The breakfast wasn’t so good, with limited variety and many times they stopped serving before the closing time or even took too long to re-supply the trays

The hotel staff was very nice and welcoming. The first night I had some problems with the WiFi which stopped working after a while. I asked at reception if there was a problem with the internet and they told me there was, however, they'd call the manager to reset the router on my floor again to see if it solves the problem. Within ten minutes the manager appeared and the internet worked again. My room was huge and the beds were nice and comfortable - not too soft, not too hard. Great air con with remote control, cooled the room down within minutes (although the cover hung loose and rattled a tiny bit). The area in which the hotel located in is great. Lapa is only a ten minute walk away, you are right in front of Praça Paris, a huge, beautiful park, and the Metrô station Glória can be reached in ten minutes, too. On Sundays there is a big street market literally right in front of the hotel, where you can buy fruit and veg and also eat delicious street food and listen to a little live Samba/Pagode.

It could definitely have been cleaner. The beds were alright, but the bathroom - albeit huge - wasn't clean at all. In the shower I found bath scrub on the walls, there was hair on the floor and tiles which wasn't mine, and next to the sink the shelf was missing. Under the table and cupboard the dust lay inch thick and the huge mirror in the main room had massive hand prints which told me that no one has given this a clean for a while. I wasn't particularly fond of the breakfast either, too much sweet stuff and not enough savoury options. The coffee was plain horrible. Although my room was located on the 12th floor (of 13) and facing to the side of the building you could hear a lot of noise on Saturday night.

It was decent for the price I paid. Quite close to the airport. That's the reason I booked it.

It was ok