I booked this hotel for my third trip to Buzios. I did not read the reviews on this site until after I had made my reservation and given my credit card information. After reading the reviews I started to worry. I thought I had made a big mistake. I headed to Brazil and made my way to Buzios and arrived at the Brava only to be completely surprised. Pleasantly surprised.

I liked the Brava and enjoyed my stay. I thought it was worth the money. The photos on the Brava's website were accurate (and I was greatly relieved). Our room was fantastic. We were in a loft so we had a bathtub, a balcony and satelite television with lots of channels to choose from.

The pool was nice and the lobby bar was very cool and comfortable. The service at the bar was extremely friendly but not fast. The design of the hotel is terrific and reminded me a lot of several Ian Schrager hotels I have stayed in.

After returning home I re-read the bad reviews on this website. I think I must have stayed at a different Brava. I enjoyed my stay and would definitely return. I would recommend to a friend.

This was our third trip to Buzios. Everyother trip was fantastic. I was hoping that this vacation would be of equal quality to my past experiences. I have to say that I wish that we had checked this website prior to booking our hotel. The Brava Hotel gets an "A+" for the website design and the marketing. From the moment we stepped into the hotel we knew we had made a mistake. Unfortunately we were booked to stay at the hotel for six nights. The mildew smell through-out the property (they try to mask over the smell with an equally disgusting insense), the dirty furniture, the moldy draperies, moldy lamp shades, the overall lack of care and maintenance. The breakfast was inedibilble and repetitive - runny strawberry yogurt, unripe fruits, stale breads, process meats. The experience is 100% different from the images on their site. We tried leave the hotel and go back to the Casa Brancas where we had stayed in the past but the hotel would not credit us. We ended up leaving two days early because we just couldn't take it one more day. This is a far cry from the luxury and images described on their website. The Brava Hotel - ruined our vacation. Finally we checked out and went to Rio and stayed at the Copacabana Palace and we were delighted that we left. I am only disappointed that we didn't leave earlier.

I stayed in this hotel in Febraury, and before posting my review I read what others where saying and I agree ,some parts are true.

I´ve been to Brazil many times, and in coastal towns like Buzios, the typical brazilian lodging is the pousada.In my opininon, this is a pousada that tries to pass as a hotel.So, don´t expect to have a hotel like service or accomodationes

.It's a romantic pousada, with a modern design, I'd recommend it , but have in mind that it won´t be like a 4 or 5 star hotel.

The room is spacious, with a confortable bed, the TV doesn´t have much channels, and the view from the superior rooms is great.The bathroom, is normal but doesn´t have a tub.

I strongly recommend tha if you stay in this hotel, you rent a car, cause it's a little bit far from the restaurant area, about 15-20 minutes wlaking distance.Although, if you have energy you can walk, as a matter of fact, me and my girlfriend went walking.

P.S= Don´t drink water from the tap

We booked two rooms in the Brava hotel after searching many websites. I guess you always have to have in mind that photoshop may be used in this type of sites. The website is totally misleading as it portrays a beatiful minimalist clean hotel with a beatiful view and an amazing swimming pool.

Once you get there you realize you are not getting what you paid for (this is one of the most expensive hotels in Buzios). The lobby stinks as well as all the common areas and the smell is disguised with incense, which makes it even worse. The swimming pool is very small, the white woden deck is dirty as well as all the pool furniture I would not sit anywhere in a bathing suit. The rooms are dark, which is totally absurd once you see the beaty of Buzios, the windows are polarized in brown and dirty, so is the floor. Everything was dirty and/or rusty. If you though the lobby was smelly this is even worse.

We had to spend the night as we were forced to pay 50% in advance, non refundable. We all slept in our clothes, put t-shirts on the pillows and sheets and had a bad night.

Breakfast was horrible and although they said breakfast was included, we were charged US$10 for a bad cheese omelette.

We were supposed to stay another day but off course by 8am we were ready to flee. They wanted to charge us but we were lucky enough to not give them a credit card when we arrived.

There are beatiful Pousadas in Buzios so please do not stay here. It is not worth ruining an amazing experience in a place like Buzios.