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Mellow Yellow Backpackers


Rua General Barbosa Lima, 51 | Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 22011-060, Brazil
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4 of 5 stars
Santiago
24 Nov 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway New

overall a really good choice even if a bit overpriced I think. It has: nice breakfast, huge capacity, great location, lots of tours organized to help you get to know the city, night time activities every day, a nice bar with pool, a chill out room and overall a friendly staff, even if the female staff tends to be not... more

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5 of 5 stars
brighton
23 Aug 2009 | Trip type: Solo travel
1/2 found this review helpful

Loved the hostel. Not perfect but where is, its a hostel after all. Can be a little hectic and noisy as it is a party place. Also the building is a bit old. However, many many positives. The bar is great with lots going on and you'll meet loads of people. Surpisingly the food at the bar is also great.... more

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3 of 5 stars
Adgie
23 Jul 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway

It was clean and staff were useful sometimes. The bar was good fun. Think next time I'd prefer to stay in Ipenema more

very dirty
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1 of 5 stars
turnhout
10 Jul 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway
1/1 found this review helpful

We stayed 4 nights in mellow Yellow hostel at the beginning of July 2009. I must say that I read the reviews on tripadvisor and was chocked with what I found there. I've stayed in a lot of hostels already, but have never been accommodated in such a filthy whole. We booked a budget double room for 100 real and... more

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5 of 5 stars
Brazil
31 May 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway

Me and my friend Kerry stayed at Mellow Yellow for 1 week at the start of our trip in May!! We had a fab room!!! The atmosphere at the hostel was great every night whether you did just wasn tot chill or whether you wanted to party they had all sorts of things on offer. They offered meals at the... more

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5 of 5 stars
London
30 Apr 2009 | Trip type: Solo travel
0/1 found this review helpful

I was looking for a good hostel in Rio but I didn't expect to find anything as good as Mellow Yellow. The staff were knowledgable and helpful and the location is brilliant. It is also great fun staying there and the hostel is extremely well kitted out. I would stay again if I come back this way. more

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5 of 5 stars
London
29 Apr 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway
0/1 found this review helpful

I loved Rio and will definitely be going back again and when I do, I'll be staying at Mellow Yellow. Great location, love the place and the staff! more

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5 of 5 stars
sheffield
15 Mar 2009 | Trip type: Couples
0/1 found this review helpful

Stayed at the hostel recently and had a good time, friendly staff and would recommend it!! more

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1 of 5 stars
Oslo
18 Feb 2009 | Trip type: Friends getaway
1/1 found this review helpful

This is a huge backpacker factory, completely without any soul or charm! Don't waste your time, Rio has so many other backpacker places where you can stay comfortably and without bedbugs, disgusting bathrooms, unhelpful princesses in the reception, too many drunken first-time travellers... They have bedbugs living in the walls, and when the staff come to spray your bed of... more

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MrMellowYellow, Owner

Clearly not every hostel is suitable for everyone. Mellow Yellow is a large hostel with a largely young crowd intent on partiyng and making the most of the best hostel bar in Brasil. Those in search of a quiet, quaint hostel with a family feel may not like it. This seems to be the above guests preference. That's a matter...

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1 of 5 stars
London, United Kingdom
3 Jan 2009 | Trip type: Couples
0/1 found this review helpful

we are here now and its really awful, noise all the time, dirt and detiriation, damp and smelly its a tower block with no lift. no one mentions this, its so bad and an ugly ugly place to stay. theres much better places to stay. one thing Mellow Yellow do is get you to go to the street party, its... more

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MrMellowYellow, Owner / Manager

Well what can we say. For a start the guests opinion is clearly not indicative of the general consesus about mellow yellow. As regards the Lapa street party, how this has anything to do with the hostel I do not know. We organise transport there every friday to save guests money. Its not a tour. Furthermore in over 4 years...

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Rua General Barbosa Lima, 51 | Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 22011-060, Brazil