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See all**Property Location**.With a stay at Américas Barra Hotel in Rio de Janeiro (Barra da Tijuca), you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Tijuca Lake and Pepe Beach. This hotel is 5.1 mi (8.1 km) from Recreio dos Bandeirantes Beach and 5.8 mi (9.4 km) from Jeunesse Arena. Distances are...
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Hotel located near the busy road. Rooms on the side of the road are very loud and if you like quiet rooms better to take the room on the other side - not a see view. At the reception I've been welcomed by receptionist - Thaisa - which speek English very well. She is a very helpful person and understands guests needs, I could always count for her help. Services in this hotel are realy nice, room service very friendly and is most of the time on time with delivery. Rooms are clean and cosy with own air condition which works fine. On top of the hotel.there is a very nice recreation area with swimming pool, gym, bar and sun beds, clean towels are provided also. If you want to have a little relax or do some training this is the place. Food in here is really tasty and portions are big, breakfast starts at 6 which is great for early birds. Near by you can find a small ships and restaurants where you can eat a good dinner in the nice place. Enjoy!
DISAPPOINTING!!!
My wife and I stayed in a Master Suite on the 12th floor (just below the rooftop), comfy king-size bed, decent sized room, but the compliments stop right there! Everything else lacked quality, attention or more importantly lacked training! Sound isolation extremely poor, as even being on the top floor, one could easily hear the noise of the cars passing. From A-Z the service as a whole is absolutely horrendous, we've asked twice for service and had to call reception twice every time because it was taking forever to get some sort of attention. One of the nights they have completely overbooked their garage, thus people could not move their cars in there, breakfast experience was one to forget... the hotel does not have a control on the dress code (!) at their restaurant, women in mini bikini tops and men without shirts (completely bare chest), the manager saw that happening and did absolutely nothing. The hotel desperately needs intensive training from top to bottom in customer service. The hotel would probably do much better if managed by an international and reputable hotel chain.
The Hotel is ok BUT its so FAR from the Social Areas
The hotel took ages before we got our keys, the line at the front desk was so long and the front desk are so slow. The kitchen is ok, the room spacious but it feels like we are in a deserted area. Will take you 1 hour to go to Ipanema and Copa Cabana. The Barra Beach is not busy at all. The kitchen staff are courteous. The swimming pool is ok but the steam room is a mix between men and women, no privacy at all.
Quick stop over
Slightly out of the way hotel, but was only stopping over for one night, before flying offshore. East check in, and rooms were quite nice. Breakfast the following morning was plentiful. Not sure on the location as did not have time to look around.
POOR Service!!
The price per night was good and the room comfortable, but beyond that there is little positive to say about the Americas Barra Hotel! Promises to schedule / book excursions advertised never materialized - even after assurances were given more than once! I was also told several locations were closed for the holidays, but I went anyway, and all the locations were open! There is little located near by, so you have to Uber or Taxi to get anywhere - the beaches, shopping, or restaurants! ...and don't expect the hotel to assist in finding you a ride. The included breakfast was often virtually unavailable, as too many people were there eating too little food being put out for the buffet / self serve style meal. DISAPPOINTING, find another place!!