The location is great, a very quiet street in Ipanema with excellent access to all the shopping and many restaurants and bars. Access to the beach and the lagoon on foot is very easy, five minutes either way. The reception was good and the security staff very friendly and accommodating, we also managed to have offstreet parking for the car. There was a bottle of champagne left for us for the New Year celebration. Internet access was fine with wireless connection. However, the apartment itself is a little tired and could do with a small makeover in order to give it more stars. Some of the doors were not working there were some knobs missing making it more difficult to open and at one stage we struggled to open the door of the second bedroom and were stuck for some time trying to get it open. The window rails were lifting in some of the rooms and not so easy to open either, the towel rail in the bathroom was loose and there were no toilet roll holders in either of the bathrooms. There were some light bulbs that were not working and needed replacing. The oven could do with a really good clean, and the fridge defrosted and cleaned. The washing machine and the other appliances were all functioning well.
Overall a pleasant stay and could be a little more inviting with some minor touch ups.