Sao Paulo hotels · head to head
Two Sao Paulo hotels from the same ingest sample — 4-star San Raphael Hotel against 2-star ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista — compared on dated guest scores, not inventing rates or walks.
By Kaiser Khan · last reviewed
Rates for both move constantly, so nothing here quotes a price. Each full review carries the rate comparison for that property.
Both appear in the same Sao Paulo shortlist with enough review volume to compare headlines, cleanliness and location categories honestly.
We publish a handful of comparisons per city, chosen by an editor. We do not generate a page for every possible pairing: at thirty hotels that would be 435 near-identical pages per city, and at five hundred it would be 124,750 for one city alone — which is a doorway-page pattern, not a service to anybody trying to pick a hotel.
Should you book this hotel?
Take San Raphael Hotel if the higher headline (8.1 from 8,940) is the decision; take ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista only if its pin, star band or amenity list fits a different itinerary — both still need the named cons read aloud.
San Raphael Hotel posts 8.1 from 8,940 as of 11 December 2025; ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista posts 7.5 from 11,318 as of 11 December 2025. Larger samples are more trustworthy when headlines are close.
Cleanliness: San Raphael Hotel 7.48; ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista 7.21. Location: San Raphael Hotel 8.49; ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista 9.22.
POI coverage: San Raphael Hotel has 0 rows; ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista has 0 rows. We do not invent distances where rows are missing.
Neither page quotes a nightly rate — check partner links for your dates, then the hotel’s own site.
Verdict last reviewed . Rates, refurbishments and management change — re-check anything time-sensitive before booking.
4-star hotelPaulistaIndependent
A 4-star San Raphael Hotel at Largo do Arouche,150 — no POI rows with a 8.1 headline from 8,940 reviews and problemas com limpeza named in the cons.
Third-party guest reviews: 8.1/10 from 8,940 reviews — as of
2-star hotelPaulistaibis Budget
A 2-star ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista at Rua da Consolacao 2303 Consolacao — no POI rows with a 7.5 headline from 11,318 reviews and cramped rooms named in the cons.
Third-party guest reviews: 7.5/10 from 11,318 reviews — as of
Every row is checkable against the supplier data on the two property pages. “Level” is a real answer and is used — a comparison where one side wins every row is usually a comparison somebody wrote backwards from the conclusion.
| What is being compared | San Raphael Hotel | ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official classification | 4-star | 2-star | San Raphael Hotel |
| Supplier guest headline | 8.1 /10 from 8,940 | 7.5 /10 from 11,318 | San Raphael Hotel |
| Cleanliness category | 7.48/10 | 7.21/10 | San Raphael Hotel |
| Location category | 8.49/10 | 9.22/10 | ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista |
| POI rows in this seed | none | none | Level |
Rows taken: San Raphael Hotel 3, ibis budget Sao Paulo Paulista 1, level 1. Counting rows is not how you pick a hotel — one row usually decides it, and the verdict above says which.
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