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It’s was my first time at this Sheraton and can says is the best hotel in town so far . Recommended for sure !

Relatively new hotel which is kept in excellent condition. Rooms have lovely views and breakfast is excellent, although 1 day of the 5 we stayed they did struggle a little to keep up with demand. Best part: The pool! Great to finally have a outdoor pool with a view in the city! They do need to have some umbrellas though as it is South facing and the sun is relentless. Especially a concern with young children. Also the floor in the pool area is extremely slippery when you have wet feet. There is also a top quality shopping mall on site with some fabulous food choices. Staff were very good indeed! My only gripe was they ran out of English Breakfast Tea Bags so I had no tea for the last 2 days... but that's my own fault for being English!

I was not bad, just overpriced. Rooms were small like an IBIS, they did have a minibar in the room. Bathroom was bigger than an IBIS. Staff nice pleasant and efficient. Breakfast included was ok nothing to rave about. Bed was really high and too firm with sheets that did not fit the bed and crumpled under you as you slept. I only ate dinner here the lat night at the hotel. I waited 40+ minutes for a Mixto (hot ham & cheese sandwich) and french fries and the restaurant was mostly empty. Would I stay here again, probably not. Probably stay at the IBIS Styles on Plinio Milano Street. Better value and nearby restaurants and shops to the IBIS, while nothing much around the Laghetto but a supermarket.

We visited this same hotel last year and wrote a 5 star excellent review. Things changed and not for the better. Our week long stay was not entirely enjoyable. While the hotel retains some of the quality, the quality of service and room standards has gone down noticibly. Specifically, wait staff is not attentive as before and even during non peak dining hours, wait times for the first greeting and offer of a drink were long. The food was well done but taste varied between lunch and dinner, dinner being the better meal selecting the same dish. We asked 3 times for the room to be cleaned while we took a break from work. The room was not cleaned when we returned. After ordering room service, tray pick up took 3 hours. Then, when we called back to insist they remove the tray, the restaurant called our room within 5 minutes to find out where thier coffee and not milk thermos was and insisted on knowing exactly what was in the room still. We felt like inmates rather than guests. The room we were in for a week was nothing like the room on the same floor on our first trip. Cheap artificial wood TV shelves replace beautiful dressers and the room felt like a holiday inn rather than an elegant hotel like our last trip. The highlight of our stay was Rosemarie (we think) in housekeeping. She's a delight and obviously a remanent of the old days. Alberto and Taylor in the dining room were the only waiters who made us feel comfortable. One waitress moved around so quickly, we were holding our glasses to be sure they were not taken. Very nervous way of serving tables. Another waitress took so long to serve us with guests, I had to get up 3 times to find help. The bell captains were also excellent and helped greatly. (Maybe they should be put in charge of the front desk and dining room!) If you need to stay in Porto Alegre, you'll want to stay here but be prepared and if you stayed before as we did, prepare yourself for the changes in room quality and service level. Not sure what happened but it's not the same place anymore.

We knew our flight arrived in Porto Alegre too late to go ”up” to Gramado, so we stayed one night. We called the hotel to call for a shuttle, which picks guests up at the same place of the rental car vans. That worked well. However, I noticed the front desk serves as guest service also, so sometimes it takes long for someone to answer the phone - which happened when we requested something. The team is attentive, though not exuberant - but it's more of a business hotel in style, so that's OK. During this brief stay, when we requested extra pillows. then help with the safe and even later some extra sheets, all were brought very quickly. The shower is very nice & the bathroom amenities are of the expected quality, though nothing to rave about too much - the bathroom door is at a slightly odd angle, but what just caught my attention negatively was the squeaky door to the shower stall - but no biggie, just a detail. Beds are OK, but more importantly, the accoustical isolation really worked well - I mean, our window was to one of the runways. TV has some limited channels and not much in the English language (CNN was the one I noticed as an exception). Even the movie channels apparently only in Portuguese - though maybe I just didn't find how to reverse to the original language. Breakfast is fine and served quite early, which I like (starts at 5 am on weekdays - so it works well for early flights). However, don't arrive too late - my daughter, who woke up much later than I, wasn't able to get waffles, which had run out more than 1 hour before the end of service. The omelette I ordered with lots of cheese was tasty, but the local cake (called cuca) was a bit drier than I think it should be. Something that one doesn't see much where I live in Brazil - blackberry - was fresh, though not too sweet. The lobby has a lot of different seating areas, books to read or just look at, and maybe because of that, neither it, nor the adjoining eating area has sufficient sockets to charge one's phone or laptop. I didn't actually ask - maybe they were hidden - so maybe I'm wrong on that count. There is a very nice eating area nearby, Boulevard Laçador, with very nice options for dinner - though it seems that the hotel's chefs actually prepare some good meals. We didn't stay long enough to confirm as we went out to a very good Thai restaurant.

Hotel location & surroundings: Conveniently located in Buchon. There are many shops around, and it is convenient to go to Uber. Check-in, out and response: The check-in time has passed but the room is not ready for you to wait. The staff wasn't very friendly after the late check-in. Friendly staff at check out. Respond differently depending on the hotel staff Room condition: Overall modern and pretty. Great bed with lots of extra futons. It was cold because the weather was winter, but the room was colder than I thought. Please note that there is a lot of mold in the bathroom. The shower is not working properly and water leaks to the side. Hot water comes out very well. Cleanliness outside the bathroom is not bad. Other facilities: Breakfast quality is good. Fruits and various bakeries are available. Good for a relaxing breakfast. There are plenty of places to sit and relax inside the hotel.