Hotel Riazor

Property is in good location, right out the front of Catete station. This note is a good budget option

Even though there are security cameras ... the doors to rooms are flimsy.. my door handle was very loose and pieces missing from the door.. rooms are quite small .

It is fair budget place for travellers

Some improvements in the breakfast would be welcomed.

We did like the location. It is next to Flamengo beach which is a good spot with nice local people. Metro is on the same side just in front of the entrance and can bring you where you'd like.

Not that much, globally everything went very good for the price we paid. One night was hard without air cond but it was following a technical problem due to a storm which flood everything, the street,...

Excellent location with a not so busy Metro station in front. Its an old historic building, once a hotel for the senators and representatives as Brazil's former Presidential residence sits across the street. It is now a museum and has many mementos from President Getulio Vargas epoch. The museum building and attached gardens were previously a coffe Baron's residence when Brazil ruled the worlds coffe production. It takes a whole block of prime real estate. The staff will know you by name after a few stays and are always ready to give information about events occuring in the city, including soccer games. One of them speaks english quite well. There is a refrigerator in thje room and a supermarquet next door as well as a phanmacy, A good restaurant is also close by and specializes in seafood but has meat as well. There were a few german tourist there during my stay and mostly brasilians on tour or working in Rio stay there. Price was exceptionally good for Rio, 286 reais for 3 days. The same group runs Hotel Regina nearby, costs more but has a great full tropical breakfast and an elevator as well.

It has suffered a renovation attemp for the olympics and world cup. but lets face it, it is a centenary building with its uniue set of problems. Run the hot water for awhile, it takes some time to heat up, but it is really hot from a boiler. Be sure to use flip flops for the shower as it has a wet bath and may harbor some fungus. Also request the front desk staff to turn your ac on when you poick up your key. It may be disconected or unpluged if it does not work at first.