Location, Location, Location! This location is absolutely perfect, depending on what you are looking for. Just a couple minute walk from the beach and across the street is a nice grocery store. Either way, you walk you run into hip new restaurants.
Leblon is the nicest neighborhood in Rio and it feels that way. The restaurants are also priced to reflect that but the Leblon Sushi restaurant was outstanding.
Also, there are monkeys that occasionally show up in the tree next to the apartments. They use the telephone wires to clime between trees :)