Grand Mercure Recife Boa Viagem

Everything! The hotel is amazing: huge and beautiful rooms, fantastic breakfast, friendly staff and atmosphere, nice pool area. The beds are really good and the amenities in the bathroom are of good quality. We also liked the coffee maker in the room. The selection of food at breakfast is more than you could hope for. The housekeeper on 16th floor is just fantastic, so helpful and kind. The food at the hotel restaurant is delicious and there are many good options. The waiting staff is great.

Not many people in the staff speak other than Portuguese so learn the basics… Due to renovation the elevators were sometimes slow and full. The entrance to the hotel is kind of small and not so inviting, but after the renovation it must be really nice.

Excellent location with easy access to the beach and the airport. The hotel's restaurant, while with a limited selection, was pleasant. We stayed in the 5th floor, which was the first one with apartments and it already had a nice view of the beach. The breakfast (not part of daily fee) was amazing and it's served in a salon with a wonderful view of the beach.

The rooms were all a little worse for wear but they are renovating the whole hotel so that might not be a problem in the future.

Nice staff. The hotel is perfectly located. The room was nice and big. The breakfast is OK.

The hotel is under renovation: there are only 3 elevators and only 2 are working ! So everybody is always waiting for the elevator. You have to wait sometimes 10 minutes... Also, the rooms seem a bit outdated: it's really the style and decoration of the 70s/ 80s. My room had a big living room but with very few facilities (there was a bar, with a small fridge, but not any kind of cooking facilities or even plates, so you were wondering why so much space for such a small fridge).

Location is great for the beach which is right across the street. Nice views from the hotel rooms. The breakfast was excellent each day and the pool bar patio was a nice place to get some sun and a cod drink. Overall, hotel staff was very friendly and helpful.

There are not many restaurants or shops nearby that you can walk to. So plan on a cab or Uber to go out anywhere.

The breakfest is great, it has a lot of brazilian northeast cousine. The location couldn't be better, it is located on the safest area of Boa Viagem beach, as this area of the beach is protected by the reefs. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

There was some ongoing refurbshiment, so we could hear some construction noise during the day. We also ended up in one of the unrefurbished rooms, which is a pity. The room card stopped working every couple nights so I had to keep replacing it at the reception.

Located right on the Boa Viagem beach, was a little surprised that other than the beach (Great Beach by the way) there were no restaurants or stores nearby, only other high rise condos and other hotels, the entire 2-3 mile beach road (Atlantic Ave) was that way! Buffet was great for breakfast!

no in room coffee, nice 7th floor view of the ocean!

The location and front view to the beach of boa viagem. And also the great continental breakfast multiple choices available, from fresh fruits to cakes. A must try breakfast. The free room upgrade.

The room humidity smell on the first 2 days.

spacious room, the location is great, staff very helpful and the breakfast is the best I had in a very long time. amazing variety and high quality.

the room is a bit outdated and could use some renovation. but still, all functional and very clean.

very comfortable bed and spacious room with sea view. the only negative aspect of the room is that the ventilation was quite noisy and could not be switched off. breakfast extremely good (referenced with other Brazilian hotels)

noise of room ventilation

great service from staff

the renovated rooms are good. Non renovated rooms are really bad they should not be offered They promote gluten free options for breakfast and when you’re there there are none