We ended up staying at the Plaza Bittar only after the Bittar Inn, where we made our reservation, failed to have the promised rooms for us. Plaza Bittar was plainly an upgrade, but the chain needs to fix the overbooking problem, especially considering that they doubled the price of all the rooms because our stay was during the World Cup
First, the good parts:
We had a comfortable corner room with a balcony that turned the corner; you can see the view from our window in at this address: http://paulalanlevy.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-world-cup-adventure-begins-in.html
And the breakfast was excellent: large spread of pastries, hot plates of scrambled eggs and a tasty sausage (on the second day, this was replaced with hot dogs in a sauce), slices or wedges of papaya, white pineapple and watermelon, two kinds of cereal including a granola that could be mixed with chopped fruit and with a yogurt drink, juices, coffee and a small amount of hot water for tea. There was really not enough room for all of the guests who were staying at the hotel, but guests were accommodating by sharing their tables.
On the downside, the hotel advertises wifi but not only was there a substantial charge but the signal was weak, fading in and out. And when one of the two elevators in the building stopped working, there was an interminable wait for a ride.
Brasilia has the disadvantage of separating land uses into zones, so...We ended up staying at the Plaza Bittar only after the Bittar Inn, where we made our reservation, failed to have the promised rooms for us. Plaza Bittar was plainly an upgrade, but the chain needs to fix the overbooking problem, especially considering that they doubled the price of all the rooms because our stay was during the World Cup
First, the good parts:
We had a comfortable corner room with a balcony that turned the corner; you can see the view from our window in at this address: http://paulalanlevy.blogspot.com/2014/06/our-world-cup-adventure-begins-in.html
And the breakfast was excellent: large spread of pastries, hot plates of scrambled eggs and a tasty sausage (on the second day, this was replaced with hot dogs in a sauce), slices or wedges of papaya, white pineapple and watermelon, two kinds of cereal including a granola that could be mixed with chopped fruit and with a yogurt drink, juices, coffee and a small amount of hot water for tea. There was really not enough room for all of the guests who were staying at the hotel, but guests were accommodating by sharing their tables.
On the downside, the hotel advertises wifi but not only was there a substantial charge but the signal was weak, fading in and out. And when one of the two elevators in the building stopped working, there was an interminable wait for a ride.
Brasilia has the disadvantage of separating land uses into zones, so there were no restaurant sin thwe hotel zone (except for restaurants in the hotels themselves); so it was a significant walk to find a restaurant. But we found some good ones, as our other reviews in Brasilia will attestMore
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