First off let me start off by saying this property is extremely nice. It is much bigger than what the pictures make it seem.
When we arrived the security guard greeted us and told us to go on the elevator.
Just before we got on the elevator another security guard jumps out of no where and begins YELLING at us.
There were a total of 4 people in my group. My father, brother, friend and myself.
None of us speak Portuguese and we tell the man we do not understand what he is saying.
He continues to yell at us for 5 minutes.
I finally pull out my google translate to try to understand what he is saying. Basically he was saying that we are not allowed to have any female guest in the apartment.
On the booking it cleary says it is ok to bring guest if the homeowner agrees to it.
Below is exactly how it states.
(“Visitors are allowed only with prior permission from homeowners.
Number of guests must be indicated in the booking request. Adding more guests after the booking will be allowed only if agreement is reached with homeowner.”)
I use Airbnb all over the world and have all 5 star reviews. I know how to treat someone else’s property.

So even though the listing says it is ok to have guest if the homeowner agrees, the short security guard say, “NO GIRLS” in Portuguese over and over and over and over and over… very rudely.
Most hotels do not allow you to bring guest, this is why I rent Airbnb’s instead of hotels.
This was my 15th trip to Rio but the first time I was not allowed to have guest.
My father named that security guard, “bulldog.” Because he barked at us like he was a dog most of the trip.
A couple of days later we were going up to the room and again he starts to yell at us.
Fabio tried to make excuses for him. saying it was a culture thing and I misunderstood him….that he was not yelling at us.
But you know when someone is yelling at you.
He was was talking calmly at the person he was on the phone with before we walked up. I’ve seen him talk normal/calm to other people.
But with us for some reason he felt the need to scream and be disrespectful.
And I did not spend thousands of dollars and fly to another continent to be disrespected by an employee of the building.
This time I asked him calm down. “Calma” I said. “Calma”
One late night my father was coming back to the apartment. The bulldog security guard was sleep.
My dad knocked on the door and shook the gate for a few minutes but the guard was in a deep sleep and did not hear him.
My dad started video recording him while he shaking the gate, trying to get his attention.
A few minutes later a woman walked by and saw what was happening. She showed my dad were a “door bell” was that woke him up.
When he came to the door, my dad told me he started yelling at him again! My dad did not respond he just got on the elevator and went to the room.
I have owned a business for 20 years.
If one of my employees every spoke to one of my clients like that I would immediately fire them.
There would be no explanation.
So because of the rude security guard and not being able to bring guest after the listing says otherwise, I have to give this property a 3 star rating.
I would not stay here again.