What an outstanding hotel! Welcome and check-in were extremely cordial. The view from the glass elevators at the top of the atrium is just stunning.

The room was totally clean, very comfortable, and it exuded high quality throughout. Breakfast is also included in the room rate.

For an unforgettable dinner, eat at Fogo de Chao, which is across the street from the front entrance. While vegetarians should look elsewhere, there is plenty of perfectly prepared meat here, and the waiters will keep it coming until you put out the red card. I haven't had a restaurant meal that good in a long time!

I spent 4 nights at the Melia Brasilia, in spite of the somewhat negative reviews I read here. I found the hotel to be very well-run, with excellent services and good catering. They are making some very interesting efforts to be a "world-minded" -- ask for a room on the 5th floor, the "green" floor; everything is recycled or recyclable, and even the sheets on the beds are renewable and recyclable. The buffet breakfast, included with the room, is huge, and there is an outside balcony for eating if the weather is not too cool or too warm. The restaurant also does a very nice dinner. Many of the rooms are non-smoking; my only problem at all with this property was the lobby bar -- it's a cigar-bar, so there is no place for a non-smoker to sit and have a drink without breathing cigar smoke or smelling like a cigar.

After staying at Sao Paulo's Gran Melia Mofarrej, Melia Brasilia does not compare! Service, attention to detail and friendly associates are what you find in Sao Paulo, but not so much at Melia Brasilia. How can hotels from one chain differ to this extreme? I couldn't get an iron and ironing board, my phone was broken, and the power kept going out in my room due to faulty outlets. I have to say I was truly disappointed.

I had a mixed impression of the hotel. The rooms are nice and big, American size. The breakfast buffet is good, too. Otherwise, there are a few minuses such as a ridiculously little pool and the rather drab location. About the latter there is probably little you can do as hotels in Brasilia are confined to the designated "hotel sectors".