Soleil Garbos Hotel

It is a beautiful building, but sadly very badly managed. The staff is nice and efficient, but the owner/ management should do some serious thinking. I was given a room with a balcony facing a huge damp wall just a few meters away. I asked to be moved because it was simply depressing and I was promptly upgraded to a better one. It faced the other side of the street and a bit of sea above the building opposite. I complained about two minor faults in the room and they were promptly fixed. The breakfast was as sparse as they could get away in a Brazilian hotel, however, the lady who prepared and served it was very pleasant, obviously hard working and cooks a great tapioca (there was no sign inform guests that they could request it).

It is obvious that the hotel had seen better days and is being run on a budget. The rooms are huge but scarcely decorated. A lot of space in the apartments with no use. A living room with only a shabby sofa. It advertises a kitchen, but it is just an skeleton, with nothing, no microwave, no utensils, no hob. Unusable. In fact, there is no kitchen just a waste of space. They were also mean on the little comforts, like no bedside lamp. Maybe they don't expect their guests to read in bed! How much do they cost in IKEA/Casas Americanas? I booked a room for one person and on the second day, they removed the second bath towel. I arrived at 11.30pm from a long haul flight crazy for a swim, but the very small swimming pool is only open from 10am to 10pm. There was no beer in the fridge on the night I arrived, just soft drinks and water. There is a charge of R$5 for a help yourself coffee machine on the lobby. The whole atmosphere felt just mean. After the two days I had paid for in advance, I moved to a much better hotel for a just slightly higher tariff.

Breakfast was very good. Hotel is very clean.

There's no TV in the bedroom. The TV is in the living room.

Excellent value hotel in a very safe area a stone's throw from the beach which is down a slight hill. Can hear the waves from the balcony at the front of the hotel. very friendly, helpful staff, clean rooms and relaxed atmosphere. Miles of golden sand beach and many restaurants close by at very reasonable prices. Tax to airport costs RS38. Can highly recommend it.

very hard to find anything to complain about but if I were to be really 'picky' it would be that the breakfast juices were watered down which is odd because the rest of the breakfast was fabulous! Also it may be useful to add that if you have a room at the back of the hotel (which a member of my party did) you can hear traffic and at times music from a club/bar.

I like the hospitality of the hotel staff, the location of the hotel because it is near to beach and there is facilities in the region, like as: restaurants, pubs and banks.

The tv is not located in the room.

the room the breakfast, the staff

the internet does not work very well in the rooms