Casa Amarela Hostel

Very clean and tidy hostel with good aircon. The staff were really helpful and spoke English where they could. Only thing wrong with this place is the location. It's in the centre of business district so on weekends the area is dead (especially sunday) everything is closed, even McDonald's! It's also about 20mins by metro to Copacabana and 30mins walk to Lapa. Really enjoyed our stay here, but logistics of getting around the city would put us off coming back.

We stayed some days in Casa Amarela. The staff was very friendly and helpful and also helped us to find out how to get somewere, gave us advises for restaurants and so on. Some of them are not that sure in english communication but we always found a way to talk. The hostel is located in a working area so at weekends there is basically nothing open. Restaurants are open at midday for sure but most are closed in the evening. Anyway you can also find a place to eat if you dont get there to late (best time to eat is arround 18/19h). As I already wrote nearly everything is clsoes on weekends, so are the restaurants. The rooms in the hostel are okay, You have a bed, linen, AC and a closet. Bathrooms are at the floor but its okay. The walls are quite thin so if someone is a bit more noisy at the floor you can hear it. We did not have any noise problems, just at the morning, when people start to work we got woken up by the noise at the street. The breakfast is small but has everythong important: fresh fuits, some sweets, Toast, ham and cheese (and a sandwichmaker), coffee and milk. So you have a good breakfast in the morning. The only thing which wasn't that good was the wifi. Its very slow and sometimes we didn't even had a signal. Maybe its because there are too many devices online becuase in the morning it worked better. The hostel is located well. The next Metrostation is about 10 MInutes walk and right there is a market. The tram leaves about 5 minutes from the hostel, also Buses stop quite close. Arround the corner is a small harbor and the museum of tomorrow. Its very nice there! The cathedral is about 15-20min walk from there so you can get quickly to some touristic attractions.

In a nutshell, the atmosphere created by the people working here is fantastic (Amanda and Ricardo at the Reception, Jacqueline as maid). Besides, the bedrooms are clean and the breakfast is awesome. This is a wonderful place to be while in Rio.

Eu e meu marido nos hospedamos por 4 dias, lugar simples e agradável. Fomos muito bem recebido, os atendentes foram extramente educados conosco. O Hostel tem uma localização ótima e fica pertinho da linha do VLT.

Muito bom atendimento, ambiente agradável, limpeza ok. A localização não é boa pra passeio noturno pois a área fica muito deserta e se tratando de centro do Rio dispensa comentários​, mas cheguei a noite por lá sozinha e foi tranquilo. Sim, a localização é estratégica p passeio durante o dia. Próximo a parada do VLT. Achei o hostel bem legal e bonito.