Hotel Uruguay Brasil — Hotel in Rivera

Arrived and was happy to just have a room. I had somehow inadvertantly booked a two bedroom suite for 6 people? ||Although there was a language barrier I understood that I could cancel that booking and they would give me a standard room for less money. The front desk staff were very accomodating and helpful even though we did not speak the same language. ||||Pros:||- Staff, very helpful and nice||- Restaurant in-house||-Comfortable bed||- Parking (also a negative)||- Wi-Fi||- Functional heater||||Cons:||- Breakfast is included, lots of bread but not much other stuff. Milk could be cooled.||- Room is showing its 50 year age. Mold in bathroom. ||- Linen a bit tired and maybe not clean||- Lobby Wi-Fi, I could never get it to work||- Street noise, Carousing on weekends to 3AM, motorcycles racing by. It sounds like the window is open and you are at street level. Hard to sleep. ||- Noise: walls are paper thin. I can see there are walls, but I can hear a pin drop in the next room. Also the windows provide little noise abatement or draft protection. ||- Key is a bit clumsy and difficult to use||- PARKING: this is the biggest negative. I don't know if I misunderstood, or if I was doing it wrong but... each day, in the morning I would go to the front desk when I am ready to leave in my car for the day, I walked to the parking garage area beside/under the hotel. Then someone opens a locked gate and I drive out. Sounds easy? Not really. When I finish work for the day, I drive back to the hotel. Unfortunately the parking garage gate is closed and locked. So I have to find a parking spot to park, then walk in and ask them to open the gate. A few minutes (once they forgot and after ten minutes I went back and reminded them) someone will open the gate. Then the process of seeing how many clowns can fit in a VW bug begins. There are many cars and few tight parking spots. So they will try to squeeze me in to a spot that either isn't really a spot, or I need hand directions from them to avoid posts and other cars to carefully wedge my car into a spot. Then in the morning the reverse occurs. One morning I went out to find my car blocked in and they had to go find the key to move it. ||||All-in-all, not a bad place. Compared to the Hotel Jandaia, the Hotel Uruguay Brasil is cheaper, parking is way more of a hassle, breakfast isn't near as good, room is noisy... but... the biggest plus of all is the Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi at the Hotel Uruguay Brasil is the best Wi-fi I have ever had anywhere. Anywhere in the world I have been!!! Skyping with my wife, I can see her clearly and she can see me clearly. Great upload and download speeds. This is the reason why I am giving this place a 5 star rating. I am not sure if that outweighs the cons, but it is a big plus that made my...

My wife and I stayed overnight on what was originally planned to be only a day trip to the border towns of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Liveramento (Brazil). We walked into the Uruguay-Brasil hotel, as it was centrally-located, and looked OK.||||First, the basics about the hotel: It's a 3-star on the Uruguayan scale, which roughly corresponds to the Italian or French scale. This means it''s more than basic; the rooms have A/C, a TV, a private bath and shower, an elevator, and (maybe) a minibar. I've stayed in charming one and two star, and dreadful four star hotels in Europe. This is probably a mediocre 3-star by infrastructure, but good in service, compared to my European experiences.||||In this case, the hotel is clean, the staff is friendly and helpful, and everything works - including the elevator. They have free parking in a locked garage area (space limited), and the room had working A/C, hot water, a decent bed, a minibar, and a bidet in the bathroom. The breakfast was OK - more like adequate; coffee, some papaya, and an assortment of breads/pastries.of adequate quality The hotel is centrally-located on Av. Sarandi - the main drag in Rivera where most all the Duty Free, restaurants and bars are. There is free internet access from a PC in the lobby (although the internet connection was not working when I tried it). Finally, the hotel restaurant seems decent (if relatively expensive for the area), and there is a duty-free shop attached to the hotel (as if Rivera needs more Duty Free....)||||That said, the hotel has little charm. It look like it was buiit in the 1950s or 1960s, has been well-maintained, has a few nice touches, but needs a facelift. Floors are hard terrazo or thin outdoor-type carpeting. Hall lighting is mid-scale florescent fixtures with exposed tubes. Bathrooms have basic fixtures from the US 1950s, or Europe 1960s, but need an upgrade. ||||One significant downside is the street noise if one has a room overlooking the main street. Uruguayan night life runs until past 5am, and the music, traffic, voices, and other "party" sounds were easily audible over the A/C during the night (the windows were not soundproof, by a longshot).||||Overall, I'd say it was adequate, but there may be better choices nearby. The hotel Casablanca - about 2 blocks away, is also a 3-star, and is located on a quieter street. The hotel Jandaia on the Brazilian side (Santana do Liveramento) looks to have better infrastructure, and about the same rates (we only visited the lobby). Contrary to what one might expect, the Brazilian side is much quieter at night. The Jandaia was originally recommended to us by a shopkeeper, but we were given bad directions and didn't find it the evening we arrived. (We found it easily the...

Found this hotel by "accident" a few years ago when our reservations were not confirmed in another place.||The hotel is, literally, centenary... Has more than 100 years old since it was built. Although, it is very cozy and has a nice structure for its age. The shower offers high pressure and the hot water is perfect. You can simply leave your car in their private parking lot and stroll through the whole city without using your automobile again.||Breakfast is one of the best parts of it. Amazing and delicious food. ||And the crew, ah the crew, always smiley and with a nice mood they make all the possible efforts to make you feel welcome.||I go to Rivera at least once a year and ALWAYS stay...