Wish Hotel da Bahia BY GJP

Wish Hotel da Bahia is a landmark hotel in the city of Salvador. It was built in 1947 and is considered an excellent example of Brazilian Modernist architecture. Besides the beautiful design, there are over 350 works of art, sculpture and photography on display throughout the hotel. Our room was large, with a comfortable king-sized bed and luxurious linens. The bathroom was equipped with a large shower. Hot water worked fine and so did the a/c. Breakfast is included in your stay and you can choose to sit inside or outside (pick a table outside—there is a lovely park across the street and beautiful plants all around). It was very good. We also had a visit from a troop of marmoset monkeys looking for a handout. The pool is large and attractive; there’s also a decent gym. They have a great selection of wines available at the bar or through room service. They even have a wine shop in the lobby, which was a first for me. The hotel employees are all very friendly, attentive and helpful. I’d especially like to praise our waiter Junior and the receptionist Vitoria.

Great hotel pool excellent gym facilities Breakfast (CV19) restrictions they did great Well done to hard working staff especially Helena in the restaurant area .. The City is so beautiful and well worth a visit

Stayed at this hotel for multiple nights. The bedding and pillow are changed everyday, they are super comfy by the way! Both hotel front desk staff Bianca and Nannayra are super friendly and spoke English. The overall experience is a five star and we will come back again!

I have been staying regularly at this hotel since 2014, when it was managed by Sheraton, it is a beautiful hotel, well located and good rooms. Ever since it began to be run by the owner of the real estate, GJP, the service has evidenced a true love for cost-cutting and poor knowledge of the hotel business. The breakfast buffett now is comparable to what you would find at an Ibis Budget, with a little more variety. Hotel da Bahia, as people still now this hotel, had the famous “breakfast” people in Salvador were proud of in the past. No longer. For the past four times I have staid at Wish, every time I arrived in the room I had to call the front desk and complain: a/c not working, missing floor lamps and armchair, etc. In this most recent stay, the smell of air freshener in the entire floor of my room was intoxicating. Well beyond tolerable. It seems current management is more focused on the bottom line than on customer service and satisfaction. Unfortunately Salvador has few good hotels these days.

I had a good stay at Wish Hotel da Bahia during my visit to Salvador in December 2020. Of course there were pandemic measures in place but good visit. My room was very clean and comfortable with an amazing view. Though some of the staff speaks really good English you may want to learn some basic Portuguese words. Their gym was very nice but must be booked in advance for one hour at a time due to the pandemic. My only complaint is the check-in and check out process is way to long. This hotel had one of the longest check-in and checkout processes I had experienced. Upon checkout I finally had to just leave because my ride to the airport had arrived before the checkout process completed. The receptionist asked me if I had anything from their mini bar and they didn’t have mini bars in the rooms as far as I knew. But overall good stay I’d recommend staying.