OK, but not 4 stars

Written: 27 july 2015
Travel time: 21 — 22 july 2015
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 6.0
The hotel was chosen because of its convenient location in the Ostankino district near the metro station and because of the cheapness of the room (1800 rubles per person with breakfast). That is, the price for a standard room and the availability of breakfast are pleasing, it is convenient to get to any corner of the city. However, the hotel also has its downsides.
Finding the main entrance and reception was not so easy, but that's not the point. Here they themselves are to blame: it was necessary to go up the main road - to the second floor, and not to escape from the rain below under the flyover. However, you can also go up to the reception from below, bypassing the left-luggage offices. The room was booked in advance, check-in from 14:00, but they met us halfway and settled at 9:30 in the morning at no extra charge. Such loyalty to the guests, reflected by the corresponding phrases on the official website, finally tip the scales when choosing a hotel. At the reception, they even asked where to give us a room - higher or lower. I don’t like the upper tower, so I chose not the 17th, but the 4th floor. I was glad of this when I found out that the elevators are "thoughtful" and, most likely, old, although spacious. Electronic key cards work well, but I didn’t really like the fact that you have to carry a guest card with you for security. In the evening, I had to present it, digging it out in a bag.
The room turned out to be small, but cozy, clean, with almost new furniture and full-wall glazing. Beautiful colorful bedspreads and curtains, comfortable beds, a little worn carpeting on the floor, an average scall TV (not flat), a refrigerator built into the nightstand, a comfortable table, bedside table, armchair, a couple of chairs... There is a bath with a curtain in a rather spacious bathroom. In the presence of towels (3 pieces per nose), a piece of solid soap, samplers with shampoo and gel, toilet paper. I was disappointed by the lack of a hair dryer with so many stars.

When checking in, the workers warned that breakfast would be on the 1st floor in the Kalinka cafe. In the morning, when they reached it, they found the door closed. The announcement was sent to the restaurant "Galileo" (I think). I had to go to the guards and ask them to explain how to get to him. On the second floor, having shown the guest's cards, they went into the hall, and then the game "find the item you need" began. Either the hotel always serves breakfast this way, or it was a force majeure. . . but the logistics of placing plates, forks, spoons, knives and cups with saucers defied any comprehension. Tables with food were laid out in a square, "solid" food was interrupted by desserts, forks and knives were placed separately near some column, I did not find a saucer for a cup, although I made three circles. The assortment was quite varied (cuts, omelettes, sausages, vegetables, many types of fruit, a couple of types of pastries), although I have seen tables much better and richer. And I didn’t find coffee with milk, they offered only Americano and Expresso.
However, I think that for such a low cost for Moscow, the hotel and breakfast fully justify themselves. It does not pull on 4 stars, but you can live. The building sparkles beautifully in the evening, there is a public garden opposite, you can see the Ostankino tower. . . The only bad thing is that there is no grocery store in the immediate vicinity.
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