Pousada Manga Rosa

The building and rooms feel dated and could use some updating. The air conditioning unit was noisy, but there was a ceiling fan as an alternative. We stayed on the top floor, but there was no lift, which could be inconvenient for some guests. The exterior is charming, with a pretty blue facade, though the doorbell placement was oddly high—potentially out of reach for shorter individuals, making access tricky. Unfortunately, we encountered a couple of cockroaches during our stay. On the positive side, the reception staff were friendly, though English proficiency was limited, as is common in many parts of Brazil. The hotel is well-located, just a short walk from the beach and boardwalk, with shops and restaurants nearby.

We spent 4 great nights in Salvador in a 2 bedroom apartment at Manga Rosa. It overlooked the vibrant Barra bay beach. The location was excellent with a nautical museum and oldest lighthouse in South America, great beaches on the Bay and Atlantic Ocean, excellent restaurants, and a complete supermarket within a 5 minute walk. It is a quick bus ride or taxi ($16-20 Reais) to the Pelourinho.||||The staff was helpful, friendly, and very knowledgeable. Ulysses and his team were pleasant and competent. ||||The air conditioner worked well in the master bedroom and not as well in the 2nd bedroom. Beds were very comfortable and the shower was warm. It's a noisy area, but that adds to the fun and charm of the Barra. We would recommend staying here.

I just returned from my last visit to Brazil/Salvador Bahia where i had the good experience to stay for a week at the Pousada Manga Rosa. Our two room Apartment which had an ocean view was very comfortable, appliances and utensils were in perfect condition, the help was EXCELLENT helping me get to where i had to go! The apartment was cleaned every three days, by very friendly, professional staff ( one of the cleaners gave me an extra towel!). A surprise I discovered was the italian restaurant/pizzeria Dolce Vitta and Restaurant Portal Do Mar down on the ground floor. Outstanding food, generous portions, good service, great caipirinhas, and really cold beer.||The location of the pousada in porto da barra is great. Excellant views of the ocean and the bay. Significant buildings hundreds of years old, mixed in with modern high rises, good transportation (taxi and bus) to other parts of the city. If you are thinking about a visit to Salvador Bahia Brazil, Pousada Manga Rosa IS.....the place to stay.

this was my favorite city to visit in brasil. my and my wife stayed here during world cup 2014 and we had a great time. the hotel was comfortable and clean, the owner is super nice and we had drinks with him. its about a 1 minute walk to the beach, so the location couldn't be beat. would def stay again. you should stay here also.

Joe Santini is the consummate host, lively, friendly and helpful and he makes sure his team have the same approach.||||We stayed for 16 nights during the football world cup and had a great time with all the help and support we needed.||||Our room was spacious and bright with plenty of room for you and your things. The bathroom is also a good size and cleaned everyday. Our room overlooked a small courtyard with trees which had frequent visitors from monkeys. The bed was big and comfortable.||||The breakfast is superb with plenty if choice of fruit, cereal, eggs etc. Great strong coffee and good fresh juice as well.||||The restaurants also run by Joe are also great with good pizza and Moqueca that is out of this world.||||Right near the Barra water front it is also well positioned.||The poussada is above our usual budget, even more so at world cup prices so we rated value average but if this is in your usual range it is probably very good.||||Note : There were roadworks and waterfront renovation going on while we were there which spoilt the views and were a slight inconvenience but will improve the area considerably when finished.

Very comfortable, full of amenities, in-room safe, hair-dryer, fridge, ceiling fan, great air conditioning, room service, WI-FI, internet room with business center. Location is great, best beach of Salvador. The staff is helpful, multi-lingual and well traveled. The restaurant Portal do Mar and Pizzaria Dolce Vita (in house restaurants) were excellent. Great pizza, great local - bahian cuisine. The lobsters and the moquecas were simply amazing.

We were a group of 4 friends who stayed at a 2 bedroom apartment of Manga Rosa during carnival 2012. I recently joined trip advisory and had to share the experience to warn people. In regards to the apartment, it was good, clean and at a great location. It was comfortable and the AC worked well, the evening front desk manager Ulysses was very helpful and genuinely nice. The main downfall was that Joe (the owner) himself and the front desk convinced us to buy tickets for a bloco (Brazilian rock/reggae) that they said they knew and had contacts with which they got cheaper tickets for compared to the rest of the blocos, and that we would be a small group, people from our hotel and a selected few others, sort of like VIP experience, but it left from the other route (not the one in front of our hotel - the Campo Grande route). Most people at the hotel agreed and bought tickets from them for this unique experience - which still wasn't cheap (300 REAIS EACH - $175, WE WERE 3 FRIENDS WHO DID IT SO OVER $500 FOR US - THERE WERE ABOUT 15-18 OF US FROM HOTEL). We were told to meet at 7pm in front of the restaurant at the corner they also own. They kept us all there until about 11pm (with Joe sitting casually in the restaurant eating and drinking with his friends and laughing, which seemed like he knew exactly what time we were supposed to go - if he would've said meet at 11pm no one would've bought the tickets!). We were all really upset (A few left because they had other tickets for 11pm for another place (A Camarote)) and he kept saying to be patient etc, everything has been pushed back etc. We all lost our buzz and hype, then finally were put in cabs and taken to the other route and got on the bus, which had a handful of other people on it too. That didn't leave until 12am, and we quickly realized that we were the last or second to last bus on the route when it started to move, there was no one on the streets anymore!!! The streets were full of garbage and little kids and the crowd had moved on with the big venues... it was terrible. So bad, that we ALL got off after 10 minutes and cabbed it back to the other route near our hotel and tried to make the most of the rest of the night, everyone was super upset... not only did we get ripped off and he did not deliver... they in essence took a night away from our short stay during carnival and ruined it... Terrible scam on behalf of Joe who made no attempt to refund or make up for the money he took (In fact we didn't really see him for the rest of the trip). DO NOT FALL FOR THE SCAM, DO NOT GO ON THE BLOCO HE TRIES TO SELL FOR HIS FRIENDS AND GETS A CUT... YOU CAN GO TO THE POPULAR ONES AND THEY SELL TICKETS AT THE FRONT DESK WHICH IS FINE, BUT NOT THE ONE THEY PROMOTE FOR THE HOTEL, TOTAL SCAM!!!! ||We were all bothered by the scam and having our night ruined... and some, including us, had made plans to meet other people in the route of the bloco, so we had to go find them before we could continue our night...||TERRIBLE MOVE/SCAM BY JOE, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED IF YOU'RE READING THIS.

They are canceling your reservation in the minute they got better offer!!!! keep reading its important!!! they manager of the reception is ulisses, he just look how to ripp you off!!! he will find the way!! trust him he is doing it for years!! he canceled my reservation twice even when somone else make it, he always find the way, and than he ask for more money!! he did it to me twice at the same week. and promising he never say it was the price!! when you come to salvador you want to fill safe!! and you cant here because the still your money before the entrance. i swithed gotel, the rooms are ok. but watch out from this guy!!