Hostel Selina Lapa, Rio de Janeiro

all good, terrace, internet, location, price

not so much food or soft drinks option

Cool hostel. Amazing rooftop bar with talented musicians playing. Decent food available.

Air con wasn’t working in our dorm room. We did need to extend and they let us have a private room at a discounted price which was good though :) However the room smelled bad and it seemed a lot of people had this issue I don’t know if it’s the air con or vents or something. Staff at breakfast don’t bring your drink until you’re half way through your food. I wouldn’t walk around outside at night it isn’t safe.

Friendly staff in general. Great co-work space. Breakfast is fantastic.

Big black security guard from the day shift overly aggressive Guy with moustache behind the counter unhelpful.

Estilo e locizacao

O horario do check-out, 11h, poderia ser 12h !!!

They have a "breakfast kit". Is it good but expensive. The locations is good base for access another places like beach and Seleron's stairs or Lapa bohemia center.

The clean up of the curtains Isn't good.

Do ar condicionado falta de tv

Nice place with modern facilities, very good breakfast options and comfortable rooms. It's a hangout spot for many international visitors

Lobby and the yummy breakfast as well as a complimentary drink on arrival

Lack of sheets, blankets and toilet paper but upon request all was provided

Perfect hostel for the price with insane confort and accomodation

The location at the entrance of Lapa makes it a perfect stay for people wanting to go out every night, but makes this hostel feel like a fancy bubble in the middle of the dirt of Rio street. Beaches are far away

Everything

Nice rooms and fast wifi. Cool social area downstairs but not enough comfortable sitting.

The neighborhood is kinda shady

I really loved the location and people that were staying in this Selina. Always down to discuss and go to a Bloco together (I stayed during the carnaval season). The location is perfect if you want to party and there are always guards so you feel safe when you come "home"/to your room.

The location, the decoration and the facilities

How noisy it gets all over the building with extremely loud music at the rooftop bar.

Lapa is supposed to be a nice area to go out. Expect the area ALL around swamped with homeless people. This felt uncomfortable.

* The kitchen (was very often in Selina Hostels) is way toooo small * common areas are rare and usually occupied all day by people working on their laptops

Location Beautiful old building Food Great value for money Good vibe

Nothing

I love the atmosphere of the inside of the hostel. The design concept of the lobby and the rooftop were great ideas.

I wish that the sheets were changed more frequently. In the room, it states that an interest of saving water and laundering they only change the sheets every three days. But by the third day, or she still had not been changed, the bed was just made every day by housekeeping. And so on the third day, we asked Downstairs to give us sheets to change the bedding and we did it ourselves. considering that Rio is humid it would’ve been appreciated if the sheets were changed every day. Other than that the place was clean. I also wish that it were in a different location. The hostel itself was beautiful, but I don’t feel like it matched the vibe of the Lapa area. I feel like this specific hostel would fit better in Ipanema or Copacabana.

The place its modern and welcoming. The shared rooms were lil bit small and not ventilated.However, the beds were comfortable. I will suggest to clean more often the curtains near the beds and the sink at the kitchen. Nice place to stay and connect with people.

Location

Great hostel to stay in Rio. Facilities were good and the room was really clean. There is some noise from the rooftop bar but we didn’t mind as it didn’t go on too late.

There are some homeless people in the area that made us a bit anxious but the hostel has good security and we had no issues

Nice hotel next to Escadaria attraction. The breakfast was good and the staff was friendly.

The room could get quite cold at night, while the blankets were very thin.

Clean and has everything you need

The area

The place is really good, it’s well located and the restaurant and bar are great. Would definitely recommend the place.

The room wasn’t sound proof there was an event on the street close to the hotel late night so the sound was pretty loud even with the windows closed. It rained inside the room, it was weird but it is an old building.

Great building

Breakfast and cleaning needs to be changed up.

Lovely hotel. Rooms are clean, downstairs bar is nice. Rooftop bar too. We stayed both at the Lapa and Casablanca location. Vegan option for breakfast. Would definitely stay again.

Loved the hotel, the location of lapa was a bit less. There is a street with lots of restaurants and bars nearby and so are the famous stairs. However for multiple days it was a bit out of the way.

The Location was perfect

There’s no parking space so don’t bring your car or rent one