Rio de Janeiro hostels

Prós: The location and the cleaning

Contras: The stuff

Prós: I love everything about the hostel, as I said I had a great time here, they were so friendly and the música was incredible haha, they clean every morning, the air-conditioned was perfect, the location is very very convenient, the Itaú bikes in the front it's amazing, the beach, everything it's perfect, the metro one block away helps a lot.

Contras: I didn't like they accept to use the bathroom as washing room

Prós: It’s such a nice and lovely place

Prós: Compared to the Misti in Copacabana, this is a palace. It is newer. The room was for 8 people and had private bathroom. It was clean. The air conditioner is turned on during the night only, so during the day the room is really hot. There is no fan to turn on and the windows do not open widely. The staff was ok. Not as friendly and lively as in the other Misti. The hostels have the same nightly activities. The tours are more expensive in this Misti. The location is fantastic, only one block away from the beach and another block away from a metro station. The only thing is that there are no supermarkets close by, so you have to buy expensive water bottles (4 reales compared to 1.69 in the supermarket). I would stay again in this one.

Prós: Really close to the beach, safe area. The staff were the best! Very kind, helpful and full of positive vibes!

Contras: In nine bed dorms is only one bathroom.

Contras: I’ve been scammed as they offered me a transfer bus to Ilha Grande saying it was going to take 3/4 hours. After 3.5 hours the bus was still picking up travellers across Rio, and it arrived to destination after 7 hours. I’ve emailed to complain, they replied once asking for more details, then never answered again. Don’t go there.

Prós: Great atmosphere and super easy to meet people!

Contras: The bed arrangement does not leave any privacy

Prós: Staff, staff and staff and location

Prós: The Location is amazing, the staff is very nice, the breakfast is good and cheap and you can easily meet people!

Contras: It’s a party hostel so don’t expect to sleep on weekend nights! Plus I stayed in a 8 beds dorm BUT on Saturday night we were 10 (2 couples had sex!) and one of these girl took some of my stuff! I know it’s not the hostel fault if those people behaved this way BUT they should have check if the people who where going into the dorm were staying in the hostel!

Prós: Second row to the beach. Safe location. Good to get to know to other people.

Contras: Some staff is very inattentive and you as guest are basically just work for them. Motivation to work is with some way below expectations. Got serious sick after having had once breakfast. The sliced sausage was likely old. Food that has been once out in the heat seems to get reused the next day. This needs to be improved.

Prós: Location couldn’t be better. We loved having our own enormous balcony on the private room.

Contras: It was expensive for the size of room, but the balcony helped.

Prós: Location

Contras: Building is fealty, way over priced, facilities terrible. The only good thing os the location. You can find better options for half of the price

Prós: Great location only a short walk from ipanema beach the staff is helpful one of them Davide and Melvin . Good atmosphere with music and free caipirina in evening. The beds are very comfortable and clean. The best place to find nice company from all over the world I definitely recommend it

Contras: If you need to sleep after back from beach is impossible the muzic very loud. Brecfast is extra money and and too poor only some tosts if go 1 min later the time they take out everything and stays without eating even u have payed it small rooms and not that clean, the staff should improve the English

Contras: Unfortunately they shared my credit card info with others or they charge another transaction exact same amount of accomodation to my credit card with different but very similar pos name. Last but not the least even though its been 10 days they still do not refund me. If you wanna stay there or already stayed please check your bank statement.

Prós: They served a decent breakfast, they had cool parties in the hostel, the staff were always there 24/7, the Bed mattress was comfy, IT IS A PARTY HOSTEL, so expect your bed to vibrate with music till 2am if you want to sleep early.

Contras: There were only bed sheets as covers, the room was very small and you walk out of the shower straight into the room so that might make noise in the room

Prós: Nice double room. Good bed and big balcony. Good staff but everyone didn’t speak English.

Contras: Drunk people was screaming in the morning in the hostel lobby so all guest woke up. The staff didn’t talk to the guys. Had to scream to them to shut up by me self. The lobby area isn’t big. Hard to meet people.

Prós: The common area looks nice.

Contras: They assigned 1 bed to 2 people so in the middle of the night they come in messing around in the room about what to do waling everybody up. Not recommended!

Prós: - Great location in Lapa - Socket and lamp at each bed - Lockers in dorm for everyone

Contras: - Wi-fi wasn't always the best upstairs - No kitchen (they have a microwave, fridge and filtered water though)

Prós: The staff at Lapa Central were so helpful and friendly. Fred helped me out so much with translations from English to Portuguese when I had my phone stolen on the streets, he helped as much as he could. We had such a good stay in Lapa Central, everyone was so nice - the perfect place for a traveller solo or with friends. The hostel attracts many beautiful people from around the world.

Contras: nothing!

Prós: Nothing

Contras: I was disappointed with the whole place. There was no atmosphere, when we checked in there wasn’t even a map to get some idea of the area. We were given no information. The noise from our private room was horrendous. The bedroom did not have proper doors onto the street so trumpets, music, people screaming was heard all night. The bed was rock hard and the pillow was so thin it basically didn’t exist. Our bedding looked dirty and the bathroom was average. The place was full of mosquitos so we had to coat ourself in spray every time we got back to our room or went to the common area. This was the worst hostel I have ever stayed in the only positive was the amazing location which was right in the heart of all the bars in Lapa.

Contras: Was not even a warm day, it was around 18°C. Staff turned the air conditioner on, I was in a bed under it, I asked them if they could turn that off because I was freezing there, they said no and said If I was cold I needed to PAY for duvet!!! That's insane! They just provide you sheets and put a super cold air conditioner to make you pay for a duvet. Of course I was not going to pay, and in the end they said they couldn't do nothing for me. TERRIBLE SERVICE!

Prós: The staff was super helpful and very nice. The beds had plenty of space even if they were triple bunks. Large lockers for every bed. The hostel restaurant has very good food.

Contras: The sheets were very old and ripped. The room wasn’t cleaned very often and the floor always had some type of debris. The bathroom didn’t always feel clean and was often missing soap and paper towels. However, for the price is what definitely worth the money.

Prós: The location of the hostel and the super friendliness of the staff.

Contras: Lack of ventilation in the room, lack of proper breakfast facilities.

Prós: Instantly loved the vibes once I stepped into the hostel. Rooms were spacious and lockers are huge that i can almost fit myself into it. Beds are comfortable with your own lights and power right by it. Not noist despite Super close to Lapa if you loves parties and super safer cos just opposite the police station. AC worked amazingly from 9pm-9am. A shame there isn't a kitchen but there's microwave and filtered water and a lovely bar. Fred was amazing hostel manager, made sure that I got whatever I need, and even helped me with my bags upon check out to get a uber. I will stayed here again for sure!

Contras: Absolutely nothing.

Prós: The staff was amazing, we really enjoyed their service and provided excellent tips for traveling. Location is in the center of Lapa and all the bars, so if you come for the nightlife you are in for a treat.

Contras: A tad basic, but also very cheap so good value. It's not the quietest place as it's near all the bars but we didn't mind.

Prós: Location is great - if you're going to Rio, you definitely want to spend a few nights in Lapa to enjoy the live music and big clubs, as well as the historic attractions in close proximity. Staff was friendly. Wifi throughout the whole building (very rare in Rio, even in expensive accommodations).

Prós: Location

Contras: Crampy rooms and the van wasn't capable to provide freshness in the room during the hot nights.

Prós: Great location, nice and helping staff that speaks English

Contras: The dorm rooms are pretty small

Prós: Air conditioning Friendly checkin

Contras: -Seemed very cramped everywhere, and lots of beds considering room size (but this is reflected in the price, so not an issue)

Prós: Lockers in the room, sockets at each bed, close to metro and beach

Contras: We booked two beds, but when I arrived only one bed was available and they gave second bed for my friend only next morning, nobody gave me money back. There were 6 lockers in the room for 6 beds, but all lockers were occupied and staff doesn't care, they just proposed lockers outside of the room (but it was not convenient). There are no currency exchange but this option is in the list of facilities. Everything is super old, it's really better on the pictures than in reality. No sign "Do not make noise after..." that's why people don't care about others at all even in the room.

Prós: The hostel itself is quite simple but for the price it does have all the things you need and it's clean enough. With that said, the staff are really friendly and helpful and you will find many travelers there, good place to make friends and enjoy. Just wish the wifi was better, nevertheless, still good enough and a great value for the money.

Contras: Cleanness could be a little bit better, but it works just fine and in general, the hostel is good enough, would recommend it and def would go back to there.

Prós: They offer for breakfast Coffee, Milk, cheese, ham, fruits. The beds have new matrizes and new pillows. The Hostel opened recently. The AC worked.

Prós: Super friendly staff, great place to meet other travellers, and fantastic location - 6 min walk to the beach

Contras: There were too many bunk beds crammed into a small room - there were five bunks each with 3 beds, so a total of 15 beds and people in my room, and not much space in between each of the bunks. My bed was literally a mattress on the floor. The top bunk was also so close to the ceiling that people in those beds were uncomfortable too. I immediately asked to change beds as soon as I saw where I was supposed to sleep. There were no alternative beds available, but the staff said they would move me as soon as another bed became available. Either nothing became available or they didn’t tell me, so even though I’d paid for 3 nights, I left after 2 as I was too uncomfortable. As soon as this guy on the top bunk saw that I’d packed up my stuff, he dived to claim my mattress/bed on the floor, as apparently even where I was, was more comfortable than the top bunk. Just goes to show the level of discomfort of the rooms, and having too many bunk beds crammed into a tiny space. The bathrooms also didn’t have soap to wash hands, which is pretty gross (especially in these times of the corona virus pandemic, and the global advice to wash hands frequently as a precaution).

Prós: Atendimento

Prós: This was the low season so not too full and room quite quiet.

Prós: the location

Contras: the beds and badrooms

Prós: the price was fair

Contras: Ive been in 4 other hostels in Brazil, a couple in the Netherlands, Germany, Canada, Greece, France and Italy, But this was the dirtiest and worst hostel that I ever stayed in. Poor managment!