OverviewLocated about a 6-minute drive from United Nations Highway and a 20-minute drive from Sao Paulo's city centre, the Estanplaza International is geared towards business and vacation travellers who require a hotel with meeting/banquet facilities and a free hot breakfast buffet.
This hotel has over 140 air-conditioned guest rooms and suites, each offering free Wi-Fi, cable TV, a mini-bar, a bathrobe and slippers for each guest, a sitting area, a desk and a hair dryer. Standard rooms offer two single beds, while rooms with a separate bedroom are also available.
Wi-Fi is an additional BRL 25 and the hotel does not offer wheelchair-accessible rooms.
The hotel also offers an outdoor pool, a sauna, a fitness room, a business centre, meeting/banquet facilities, a coffee shop, guest laundry, free parking and a free breakfast buffet. On-site dining is offered at Restaurante Tom Plaza, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.
Shopping Market Place is about a 15-minute walk northeast of the hotel, while Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge is a 4-minute drive northeast. Sao Paulo's Museum of Football is roughly a 20-minute drive northward and Sao Paulo International Airport (GRU) is about a 50-minute drive northeast. (All distances and travel time estimates: Google Maps)
The GoodThe majority of the reviews sourced for this analysis were positive, with much praise going to the hotel's breakfast, staff and location.
The hotel's breakfast buffet was praised by numerous reviewers. They described it as fresh, complete, excellent, awesome, delicious and exceptional, with many hot and cold choices.
Many lodgers were pleased with the level of customer service they received, characterizing the staff as friendly, informed, attentive and knowledgeable.
Several guests enjoyed the hotel's location. They described it as safe, as well as close to shopping, public transit, restaurants, the Chamber of Commerce, TransAmerica Expo Center, Granja Julieta neighbourhood and Morumbi Mall.
The hotel's rooms were also praised by several reviewers, who described them as spacious, clean, comfortable and modern, with good Internet signals. A few guests had complaints about their rooms, however (see below).
The Bad
While the majority of reviews consulted for this analysis were positive, there were a few common complaints about the rooms, noise transfer and the pool.
While the majority of guests enjoyed their clean and comfortable rooms, a few lodgers had complaints about their accommodations. They reported small rooms, inefficient air-conditioning units and small beds.
Noise transfer was reported by a few reviewers, who complained of noisy in-room air-conditioning units and traffic noise when the windows were left open.
The hotel's pool was a disappointment to a few lodgers, who described it as tiny, dirty, unusable and sub-standard.
Booking.com guest reviews rated the hotel 8.3 out of 10 from 108 reviews.
TripAdvisor.com guest reviews ranked the hotel #91 out of 281 Sao Paulo hotels with an average rating of 4 out of 5 from 34 reviews.
Expedia.ca guest reviews rated the hotel 4.3 out of 5 with a 100% recommendation rate from 8 reviews.
