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Street Address: 34, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street - Moscow, Russia
Location: Good
Nearest Metro:
Staff Speaks English? Yes.
Would I Stay Here? Yes.
* Surprisingly Bland Decor *
The lobby of the Tverskaya is nothing remarkable. It just a plain, dull, uncreative atmosphere. A hidden atrium begins on the fourth floor. An "executive lounge" is there. The corridors feature green carpet and off-white walls. The rooms have classical furnishings and plenty of features. Some bathrooms have adequate lighting. Other rooms had less impressive bathroom lighting. There is a comfortable lobby level bar. An Italian-themed restaurant is on the second floor and it has attractive decor. They have a fitness center. Internet access is available at the typical elite hotel rate of $30 an hour. It's a good hotel. But it wasn't exciting to me. I tried to find things about the hotel that would get me excited, but it is just a plain, nice hotel. And that's it.
A veteran traveller to Moscow had this to say about his September 2004 visit:
Take a nice Western
5-star hotel, plop it down next to the Belorusskaya metro station, and you
have the Marriott Tverskaya. Service is *excellent*, with every request
ranging from room service to car service answered and delivered promptly and
professionally. (The room service food is drastically overpriced and only of
decent quality, but hey, it's a Marriott. You want good food, go stay at the
National.) The suite I stayed in was well appointed, including a microwave
oven.
There's nothing unique about the Marriott, and the distance from downtown (a
good 35-40 minute walk to the Old Arbat or longer to the Kremlin) is
daunting. There are decent restaurants (and some quick fast food joints like
Rostick's) all within a short walk. The bottom line is that if you are a
business traveler and you don't need the hassle of a Russian-style hotel
(and are willing to pay for it), the Tverskaya is an excellent choice.
Note to adoptive parents: the Tverskaya has excellent adoption rates,
but I recommend you call the hotel directly in Moscow to get them. We got a
suite for 225 a night, which included the breakfast buffet for two (normally
18 bucks, but really tasty including an omelette chef). It's also a
kid-friendly, adoption friendly hotel, with a lot of other adoptive families
there.
Metallurg Hotel x Foreigners not accepted. +7 (095) 281-5139
They say they are not allowed to have foreign guests - because it is so bad.
Hotel Metropol K +7 (095) 927-6000
Street Address: 1/4 Treatralny Proezd - Moscow, Russia
Location: Excellent.
Nearest Metro:
Staff Speaks English? Yes.
Would I Stay Here? Yes.
Great Dining Hall. One
of the nicest I've ever seen.
Close to Red Square and the Bolshoy Theater.
This is an interesting hotel. Compared to the Kempinski and the Royal Meridien National, it does not seem as nice to me. But their restaurant in Metropol Hall is a fantastic place to be. I was really dazzled by the stained glass ceiling in this hall and all of its decor features. It looks like a very interesting place to eat.
The lobby area of the hotel is interesting. There is a lot of marble.
The hotel features 368 air conditioned rooms. The first corridor I saw was unimpressive to me. The lighting was gloomy. The olive paint was drab. The rooms left me with a better impression. But they were decorated in old style, with vintage furniture. I was surprised to see an executive suite with short beds! A tall person would have a tight fit. And the twin beds I saw in that room were small/thin. The presidential suite had a better bed. The old style decor that the rooms have is a turn-off to me. I really don't dig it. But that's me. However, all of the bathrooms are fine and comfortable. And there were other corridors with better color schemes. A nice little park is next door and it is very easy to walk to the Bolshoy Theater or Red Square.
I recommend coming here for dinner in their fantastic Metropol Hall. It is very interesting. As for the expensive rooms, I would choose other hotels in this price category.
A veteran traveller to Moscow writes:
"The Metropol, I grant you, is skating on its reputation. When I stayed there many times in the mid-90s, the service was *impeccable*, but it has since slid back to Soviet style. In June 04, I had a voucher for a car to the airport, and it took all morning for them to figure out who should call whom to get me a car, since no one could clearly make a quick profit from a pre-paid voucher. The concierge service at night was adequate, but the rest of it...well, I might as well have been staying out at Ismailovo."
"...Anyway, I agree with you
about the Metropol; some of the rooms are quite luxurious, but only if you
get lucky. I've stayed there a half-dozen times in the past 10 years, and
had really great, and not great, experiences. Depends on what you get --I've
had some nice rooms with a view of the Bolshoi. But the biggest issue is
noise: I often have to make phone calls to the States late at night, and I
was getting knocks on the wall from adjoining rooms. I've also had to deal
with noise and talk in the middle of the night. That's the biggest reason I
wouldn't go back, and why no business traveler should stay there *ever*."
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