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Reviews of Gran Hotel Stella Maris Urban Resort & Conventions 4 stars

Praca Stella Maris, 200, Flamengo, Salvador, CEP 41600-500, Brazil

#83 of 173 hotels in Salvador

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 123 hotel reviews

8.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.1

  • Comfort

    8.0

  • Location

    8.6

  • Facilities

    7.8

  • Staff

    8.5

  • Value for money

    7.3

  • Free WiFi

    6.1

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  • Reviewed: 13 May 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 3 nights

    everything closes at 10pm, what means you can't have any snacks after that...

    pool is very good, but would have a spa or hut tube and a smaller pool instead of that giant pool

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 May 2024

    7.0
    Enjoyed our stay with our family and 2 grandkids
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lack of dinner options, only the buffet was open at night but all you could eat for set price. Charge for pool towels

    Great for kids and families, pools were good, lots of music, good food especially breakfast. Free transfer from and to airport!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 February 2024

    7.0
    Hotel stuck in time
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel in general lacks maintenance, I guess it was a great resort many many many years ago. Everything is quite old. Rooms and bathrooms installations and facilities were also old and some of them broken. Bathroom was not very clean, dust and lack of proper cleaning was noticeable.

    Friendly and helpful staff (all of them, receptionist, pool, restaurants etc) and amazing breakfast, so many options of food and drinks, all fresh!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 December 2023

    7.0
    Good but I’d say a 7 instead of an 8
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 14 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There were so many issues with the room and the wifi. Although the staff was prompt to help was recurring issues. The wife was flaky everywhere, AC didn’t work, the balcony light was broken and shocking people, the room phone was not working.

    It’s a huge place and great amenities. The staff is so nice and 1000% helpful and friendly. Always happy.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 December 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The property needs blackout curtains for those that face the ocean with a 5 am sunrise. Some of us travel from far away and our winter sunrises are after 7 am and we want to be able to sleep in. It is unbelievable that this has not been corrected on two trips to this hotel. I’m not sure anyone is reading this feedback. The other part is that the dining room is too crowded - not with people - but with hard wooden tables and chairs. Even when it is half empty when we go to eat, you still can’t walk around without hitting out legs and feet on corners of tables or having to avoid people who have pulled out their chairs and there is no room to walk with our full plates of food and drinks. This is a safety hazard and lazy that you cannot have tables that you remove or make people wait and reward those that get there a bit earlier and then can relax on their vacation with the good food you provide. I have never seen that in my travels. People can also reserve a time online and that will spread out the people eating in your dining room. Please remove at least half of your tables and let us breathe and just enjoy a good meal without the added stress of navigating around the zoo the room becomes - even when it’s only half full of people. Don’t mean to be so harsh, but you are asking for feedback and now it’s up to you if you will actually make any changes. I guarantee you many have decided not to stay here again because of these things and just don’t give you feedback. This will likely be our last stay here as a primary place to stay unless this changes. And I will ask before I reserve. Merry Christmas.

    Comfortable. Great view. Convenient to airport. Great breakfast.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 11 December 2023

    8.0
    Conveniently located near the airport, by the beach, with nice facilities- not new. Many options for food around the poo
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    That we had to pay for pool towels and that pool water could be cleaner. The beds are ok for families, but if they were queen size, would be much more comfortable.

    The location by the beach and restaurants.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 4 December 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms were bare minimums and need updating.

    Good location, friendly staff. The structure is a bit dated and the rooms had the bare minimums. However I was pleased!!

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 September 2023

    8.0
    Comfortable and relaxing but needs renovating.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Rooms and overall infrastructure were very old and not what I expected. We had a hard time opening our door, the bathrooms are old and dark with poor paint jobs as well. Overall worth the money but I was not impressed with the rooms.

    Breakfast was great, pool and restaurants on site were good and convenient! We loved being able to eat poolside and relax listening to the music or whatever entertainment was happening at the time.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 September 2023

    9.0
    Funny
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Service

    Good rooms, good location

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 August 2023

    7.0
    Great facilities and great staff. Kids love it butit's not the most relaxing place...
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The noise. The hotel is on the beachfront with the greta sound of the waves...when you can actually hear them. From 10 to 18 there is a constant bombardment of music/DJs that is so loud you can't properly have a conversation or relax. Even with the door closed in your room.

    Great view from rooms. The staff were great. The breakfast was plentiful and varied. The pool area was great for kids and there were enough seats for everyone.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 July 2023

    8.0
    Outstanding
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Room with Sea Side View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Too much life entertainment what makes it very noisy… every moment of the day….

    Top location, great hotel accomodation

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Room with Sea Side View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    bed was too hard

    position to airport

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 April 2023

    7.0
    Nice hotel but check-in was disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The check-in was awful. It took 1hr and 10 mins to checkin and it felt more like airport security than checking into a relaxing resort. A bunch of additional personal information was asked for which was unusual. When we asked for the manager he was unable to explain how this would be used and also didn't know how long the personal data is retained. Also no way to request the data is deleted after the stay.

    The location had great access to the beach but we were warned by locals about walking around Stella Maris at night as it can be really dangerous.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Room with Sea Side View
    • Stayed 1 night

    veeeery loooong check in. I don't know why they need so much information (for example: if I am married),they want e-mail, home address, etc., even though they already have all this information (I signed up via booking), and I have also been in this hotel at least 15 times, so they could probably find this information somewhere. Not the best wifi connection around the pool

    nice hotel by the sea, also a good option to stay close to the airport, good breakfast, friendly staff

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 March 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was not cleaned up, it wasn't smelling good and I also don't like that fact that they force you to buy 4 waters from the hotel. In the check in you have to pay for 4 waters even if you will not drink them. That's make no sense.

    Good location and good activities to do in the resort

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 January 2023

    9.0
    I'm more than happy to choose Gran Hotel, I'll come back for sure.
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Two things to improve: The elevator and TV room need some modernization.

    I liked everything, the staff was extremely polite and friendly, the place was so beautiful and organized, and the food was so delicious. Special thanks to Angelica from the reception she was amazing. Willian the front desk helper was very friendly too.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 January 2023

    8.0
    Nice hotel with good service
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Pool hours start at 10h which is especially for kids too late as sun gets very strong. Pool bar should open longer than 18h. Disproportionate development of prices in the last two years as service and offer is almost the same (e.g. buffet lunch or dinner for 89 R$ per person). Better trained staff on weekends, during week friendliness and service behavior of staff with notable gaps. And please: No necessity to oblige staff to wear masks anymore (e.g. animator alone on stage wearing mask…). Thank you!

    Excellent pool, also for kids. Breakfast and food quality at restaurants very good. Great animation program.

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: 30 October 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Check in needs to be quick and efficient especially after a long journey. Check in took ages We stayed twice at this hotel during our stay in Brazil and each member of our family had to download and fill out a long form on arrival each time. Totally unnecessary as we provided these details when booking. Had to call 4 times to get laundry collected TV was awful Internet was poor Plates too small in restaurant Reception bar closed too early Poor selection of drinks from room service and reception bar

    Restaurant was very clean One of the night reception staff went above and beyond to recover my husbands lost passport Pool area Location We had 2 rooms, nice but need a refurbishment Entertainment by the pool

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2022

    8.0
    It was good.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The cleanliness could be better inside the bedrooms.

    The place is great and in front of the sea. This is the best part. Also the morning coffee is excellent.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2022

    9.0
    great location, facilities, very good breakfast, nice swinmimg pool, people very friendly
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    swinming pool, breakfast, sécurité, close super m’armez, beatifull view

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathroom in room had a weird smell and made noise when flushing. We felt watched the whole stay. Like the staff was just waiting for you to do something wrong to tell you off. Not a pleasant feeling. Children weren't allowed anywhere alone. I had to be constantly with my 8 and 12 year old kids otherwise staff would complain. Very annoying.

    Facilities are amazing. Breakfast and breakfast staff were also amazing.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 28 July 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Room with Sea Side View
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel is kind of old and it doesn't smell so good. There are too many people for breakfast. We ordered some food and it took about 2 hours to arrive.

    The location is good .It's right in front of the ocean.

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 26 June 2022

    9.0
    I will come back
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Deluxe Room with Front Sea View
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    the doors in our room 318 was Brock And almost hit my sisters had. and the shower needs to repair

    close to the beach, very nice breakfast

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 March 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Room with Garden or Playground or Dunes view
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Large noisey restaurant and only 1 lift

    The staff were really helpful, and charming. The system were a bit involved and it was more like a holiday camp. I suppose I should of expected that

    Stayed in March 2022

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