Rio de Janeiro hotellit Maracanã

Plussat: Very friendly staff who were very accommodating for my very late booking (I booked at 9.30pm in the Uber on the way there and checkin closed at 10pm).

Plussat: The rooms were clean and had air conditioning from 10pm - 8am. The staff was friendly and tried to help as much as they could. They spoke English, Spanish and Portugese. Common areas were open for anyone, you could hang out anywhere in the hostel.

Miinukset: Showers are small and you can’t set the water temperature. Bathrooms are not very clean, sometimes very dirty. Tiny sink. I had bad luck with my bed so I couldn’t even sit up in it and I didn’t have an outlet by the bed so I had to charge my phone in the hallway every night.

Plussat: Nice staff, very helpfull and they speak English. Rooms are nice and big enough with locker, bed is good. Close to buses and supermarkets

Miinukset: Shower is too small and there are not enough bathrooms if the hostel is fully booked. Not allowed to be in the kitchen if you're not staying for a longer period. Downstairs is some cutlery and a microwave available, but you can't cook.

Plussat: Only came there cause it was the best option regarding prices for carnival and I have to admit I've seen worse but definitely not adapted to backpackers

Miinukset: This is not really a hostel, a lot of things are missing, no kitchen, no glasses to drink, the bathrooms are very old and dirty, the AC in the room is freaking cold, the staff is not welcoming and internet was either super weak or not working.

Miinukset: I honestly have no words to describe how BAD our experience at this hostel was. Since the first moment staff was RUDE, unfriendly and unwelcoming. They also have very poor English and some of them don't speak Portuguese at all. Another point is: staying in a hostel you would expect to cook your own dinner and save money, right? They do have a KITCHEN but short term guests (staying less than 2 weeks or something) are NOT ALLOWED to use it even though the price we were paying should cover that kind of thing. Last but not least we had our belongings stollen from our backpacks inside the room, from the man who was sleeping next to us. He was a long stay guest and was friends with the manager, who took his side when we reported the event and completely turned the situation against us instead of being neutral and impartial. He wasn't even interested in trying and help us out or figure out the conflict. To sum up, we DO NOT RECOMMEND this facility to anyone, where we had a huge unpleasant, stressful and unfair situation.