At the end of the day, this was a pousada so we didn't expect much. However, the hotel really could have done a lot better with service and amenities. The breakfast that everyone was raving about in the reviews was okay and it was nice to get it in your room, but lacked variety. The architecture is old and interesting (it's a very tiny renovated building with a narrow, precarious staircase). Our room overlooked a whole neighborhood of unbelievably dilapidated, run down, shanty-town type of buildings. It was a really sad, and scary scene, but obviously not the hotel's fault. That's just the Pelorinho in general when you veer off the uber touristy, pre-determined roads. It wasn't safe to walk on any of the roads that had not been spruced up and commericalized for the tourists, and there were only a few of these touristy roads so you really had to be careful. The locals did not like the tourists much and there was a strange tension in the air. The capoeria and all the other cool things we had gone there to see were very contrived and mere money making acts (again, this is just in the overly touristy Pelorinho - other spots in Salvador may be different). We ended up checking out 2 days early to head back to another part of Brazil that we really enjoyed and the hotel refused to refund us the pre-paid fee. Fair enough.