The location is great, less than 5 minutes to the Metro, and same to either Copocabana or Ipanema beach. Buses to Sugar Loaf and Christ The Reedmer also virtually on the doorstep. There's also a supermarket just over the road. Pool area is nice, but there's no self-service laundry at present. We stayed in a 1-bed apartment, with a good sized bedroom with cable TV, decent lounge area also with cable TV, and small kitchen. We were supplied with pots and pans upon request, but the kitchen isn't that ideal for cooking your own meals as there's only 2 burners, and not too much space to organise things. There is a Microwave however. No electric kettle, and no drainer for washing dishes and the smallest kitchen sink ever make dish washing a challenge. Maid service is strange, we were told it would be halfway through our stay which did not happen, we asked reception for our room to be cleaned which also did not happen, and finally got our room cleaned 1-day before we checked out. Wifi had good reception in our room on the 1st floor. Would stay again as we enjoyed our stay, the apartment's good, the location great, and the staff friendly.