It’s a very nice hotel, but old and needs a lot of maintenance. They have a general problem with electricity not working properly. We walked into our room, TV was working. As soon as my husband put his phone into USB outlet, all electricity in room turned off. We called maintenance, they came right away, but after 30 min fixing wires, I asked if we can be moved to another room. It took another hour for them to find another room, eventhough the hotel was very empty. Instead of getting an upgrade for our inconvenience, they put us in exact same room on different floor. New rom was under maintenance and door to bathroom did not close, but since we are a couple we didn’t care. Electricity worked at the time!!! But throughout our 3 night stay, we discovered that only 1 of 3 USB plugs worked and there were other electrical issues. Lights turned off/on by themselves. Twice they turned off while I was in the shower - all the lights in the entire room/bathroom. Then in the middle of the night they turned on by themselves - twice first night and once second night. The other issue was the AC vent at the top of the room which kept dripping on the floor and left puddles.
Breakfast was excellent, huge selection, excellent service. Be prepared that the front desk staff are a bunch of kids in very strange unisex beige outfits. They smile but barely speak English. The hotel is in a good section of Copacabana beach, toward the end near Ipanema. They have a section of beach with lounge chairs