We stayed in Iris apartment by end of the carnival season and we could not find many options in Rio, so based on the previous reviews and being located in the infamous Copacabana we decided to stay there. We have mixed feelings about our stay. The good, the location is quite convenient, close to shops and restaurants , the beach is about 2 blocks and also the metro station. Iris was kind to leave us some food items for breakfast as part of our stay. The bad: we felt very uncomfortable with the Fact that the apartment was infested with cockroaches ( in the kitchen, in the bedrooms, bathroom, living room) even inside of the fridge, we recommend strongly to fumigate the place. The building is quite old and not well maintained, so one of the elevators was not working and the other was intermittent. Iris was slow in her responses , but all was ok at the end. We left the place at time although she offered a late check out, Besides that we had a nice time in Rio.