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Reviews of Hotel Arpoador

4 out of 5
Hotel Arpoador
Rua Francisco Otaviano 177, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

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8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Joe, Rancho Mirage

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Although a great location for access to Ipanema beaches, the hotel appeared run down, provided no amenities you'd expect given the hotel cost. Noisy at night and not a comfortable stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Javiera

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
great smaller hotel right on Ipanema beach. excellent food at restaurant, dining indoors or out. staff very friendly and helpful. would return for certain. ps: enjoyed the morning yoga sessions
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gerarda

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in Ipanema, right on the beach. Easy access to the Metro. Many restaurants and shops around. Staff is very friendly and help. Breakfast is very good, many selections
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Irina

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and very helpful. Best location. Breakfast amazing. Sauna in rooftop, right on beach. Cons: do not get the massage they were not good. Esp lymph massage, asked several times for some pressure and nothing was changed. Major con: there is NO INDOOR SHOWER or place to use if your room is not ready or you have a late flight. They only have one outdoor shower. Very few amenities. Room is tiny.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jerome

Traveled with partner
The staff was very nice and helpful. The food at the restaurant was as good as well!!
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cool hotel. Perfect location. Great service. Small but decent rooms. Loved the pool area. And right on the beach. Restaurant is ok (dont order the cacio e pepe and fillet) but there are so many others walking distance. Breakfast is great. Couldnt recommend this hotel enough.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Faisal

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fernanda

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was really happy at Arpoador Hotel- beautiful property! Great service, great staff, and the restaurant was wonderful too. I can't wait to visit again :)
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect stay , location is on iconic Rio's beach. Staff is great but room a little bit small but confortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terry

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paulo Mario Bianchi, Cupertino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right on the beach. Excellent service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Flora

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brilliant place, great location. The staff was very attentive and professional. Room with a sea view was just perfect.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Henry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing location on Ipanema beach. The entire staff was friendly and made our visit to Rio very memorable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cristina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I love everything, but especially that the hotel offers gluten free and lactose free food options.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gina

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is an excellent boutique hotel. The rooms were clean, the hotel is very well situated on the beach in a quiet area of Ipanema. The included breakfast was excellent but what made this Joel stand out were the workers. Ana Paola our breakfast waitress could not do enough for us. She was so sweet. Rodrigo the bartender ion the rooftop bar made the best caipirinhas was so helpful explaining the city to us he made us feel like family. Toth our diner waiter was awesome. He catered to every need. Bruno at reception could not be nicer. Also very helpful. In general everyone was nice but the ones mentioned made our stay extra special. We thank them for their hospitality and making us feel so at home and welcome in Rio. Our first visit and surely not our last.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We just stayed at Hotel Arpoador for 8 nights. It was a wonderful stay! The rooms are small, but we’ll appointed! You can not beat the location and dining with a view of the ocean and mountains. But was most special was the staff. Everyone and I mean everyone went the extra mile. Micael checked us in, checked on us the next day and was so welcoming! Toth, Alex and Rapha were just wonderful to us. We could not have had a better vacation. We loved Rio and everyone at the Hotel Arpoador.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Traveled with group, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The setting is beautiful and the staff couldn't be more friendly or helpful. They went out of their way to make our stay care free and enjoyable.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location and the staff is very friendly!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Incredible

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Stayed 6 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

J

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

misha

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marina, Parkland

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We absolutely loved our stay at Arpoador. It was very convenient, close to everything. Walkable distance from copacabana, ipanema and leblon, and close to famous bars and restaurants such as Belmonte. The restaurant Arp is beach front, the little street that has access to the beach is fully secured and has a view to the arpoador rock and morro dois irmaos. Totally recommend and cant wait to go back!! Only downside is that the TV doesnt have the option to use streaming channels and the only channels available are local Brazilian ones. Considering this is a very international spot and many guests are from abroad, Arpodor should really consider upgrading the TV system.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bruna

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location. Beautiful hotel. Rio is simply stunning <3
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Amazing hotel, definitely recommend and will stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Special hotel
Excellent hotel, we had the best time. Breakfast was a special highlight with a sea view. Special shout out to Nicolas Swan, he really made us feel welcome and couldn’t have done anything more, an asset to the hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Murray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enhanced beauty
We wanted to stay at Arpoador because we had previously been to the restaurant and had a great experience in terms of food, service and ambiance. We weren’t disappointed when we booked our room. If we ever tome back to Rio we will definitely stay there again.The staff can’t do enough for you, even arranged our last minute transfer to Ilha Grande. We had to leave early before breakfast was ready but they made a bag of sandwiches, biscuits and water for the minibus. Other hotels could learn a lot from Arpoador.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Joy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overpriced for what it offers
Very small hotel. No breakfast buffet, just simple breakfasts. Overpriced for what it offers. People are getting great places at $100-250 a night. This one costs $535 a night. Not worth it. Right next to the beach is its only claim to fame, but the sound of the waves also makes it harder to sleep.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Irene

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing location and property.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were lovely and very attentive. The breakfast view and food was brilliant. Rooms were extremely clean and kept to a high standard throughout our stay. We also loved the small details like the shower gels, amenities in room and great shower facilities to use long after checking out.

10/10 Excellent

Luke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mateus

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hotel is small and quaint. Modern with a Brazilian twist. Staff very friendly and restaurant has great food. Rooms are small and meant for one in my opinion. Safe.

10/10 Excellent

Laurelena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
loved the bar restaurant that was open to the beach. the bike service was especially great and the yoga option. everyone was super helpfull and freindly. food was great. and the beach is better than copacabana

10/10 Excellent

Henry

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel
Great location right on Ipanema beach and great staff service.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022

6/10 Okay

Constantinos, New York

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
amazing location and friendly staff. very nice breakfast Basic rooms extremely small with absolutely no view looking in airshaft. too small for even 1 person and problems with air conditioning. Wonderful views from terrace but pool really the size of a jacuzzi. Fitness room extremely tight
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Martijn van der

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Alison

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Outstanding location. Very nice view of ocean if you are lucky enough to land an ocean-view room. Only thing missing is a concierge service.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

laura

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Yelena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Guilherne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Room for improvement, overpriced, wouldnt recomend
Mixed feelings about this hotel (we stayed in 10 hotels in our brazil trip from 100 a night to 650 a night and it was during carnival so our expectations were adjusted. Note we paid 500 a night to stay here in a ocean view room but would say for that kind of money you are better off staying in the belmond which was 600 for ocean view. The good. View was nice, good location to walk around ipanema beach, service from SOME staff was good. If you pay 100 a night for the room then its good value. The bad. Paid 500 a night for ocean view and you dont even get free water. The rooftop view was nice but the pool is basically a large bath so not really enjoyable. ocean view also had people partying all through the night on the beach (they were there till 12pm the next day) so sleeping was difficult. Front of house staff were hit and miss for service and were quite confusing. The worse bit for me was breakfast. You can have on the rooftop or on the pier which is nicer to sit and people watch. We went to sit down for breakfast, had to wait atleast 10 minutes just to speak to someone as the restaurant also serves the public (never had to queue to go for breakfast in a hotel), when we finally got to someone we were told it was a 30 min wait as there are many names on the list (from non hotel guests) and that i should go to the rooftop for exclusive breakfast. This to me is unacceptable that a hotel guest paying 500 a night should have to get in line with others that just rock up that day
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The very best part of the my whole stay was the friendliness of the staff. They were so attentive and friendly despite some language barriers. And I meen ALL the staff, from the front desk to the waiters and security guards. The restaurant t was spectacular. We wanted to eat there every day. The pool wasn’t very big but it had spectacular views. I would deffinately stay there again
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2022