Alec H.
Yelp
We stayed at 9Hotel Mercy for 6 nights. 3 of those nights, a fire alarm went off anywhere between 1:00 and 3:00 AM, only to be shut off within 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Upon the alarm shut off, all electricity to the room resets, so you then have to get up to turn the AC back on (we were on the 5th floor with 80 degree humid days). When I asked a receptionist (None of the staff qualify to be concierge) why an alarm would go off so often in the middle of the night, they simply said that steam from someone's shower caused it. No apology, no nothing. Furthermore, the day before our trip home we requested a shuttle from the hotel to the airport. We paid 25 euros and witnessed a receptionist speak to the driver and said they were all clear for a 7:00 am pick the next morning, but would be there early. Next morning we check out. The card reader all of a sudden could not read my wife's card despite her using it everywhere, so we had to use cash for the city tax. Our shuttle did not show up, so the AM receptionist (a male who was particularly rude) had to call the driver...we only heard one side of the conversation in Portuguese and then he hung up and said simply "Bad Communication." My wife, who never yells at anyone basically had to demand a taxi be called and thankfully one showed up within 5 minutes as we needed to make our flight. DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL. (Despite this review, 3 of the 6 hotel staff we interacted with were great and helpful, but it should be 6 out of 6).