Angara Hotel Complex — Attraction in Irkutsk

Our tour company booked this hotel, and it is excellently positioned to see around the city. As I wrote in the title, there is nothing for tourists here - no leaflets about local attractions, the reception staff didn't even know about buses outside, only a small map of the city was available, which at least was free, but felt like a token gesture.||Through our stay this felt much more like a hotel for business, as no one seemed able to answer questions about anything in Irkutsk, apart from taking a taxi to wherever ...||Each floor was 'supervised' by a stern woman behind a desk, but ours was often talking to someone in her room or just not there. Our room was OK, but the air conditioning was faulty. We rang reception and they put us through to our floor supervisor, who said she was too busy to come to the room and suggested we open a window. She never appeared to see if we were OK.||It seemed that where you had breakfast depended on which floor you were staying, so we ended up in a breakfast area of two small rooms forming some kind of bar, and it was packed all the time. The staff had trouble keeping tables cleared and had little idea about the food. The tray of fried eggs was empty for some time, and when it was replaced all the eggs were quite cold.||Finally, our train was leaving in the evening so we asked to leave our baggage in the storeroom - a standard request. Yes for the only time in our 4-week holiday we were required to pay a storage fee!!||It...

Our tour company booked this hotel, and it is excellently positioned to see around the city. As I wrote in the title, there is nothing for tourists here - no leaflets about local attractions, the reception staff didn't even know about buses outside, only a small map of the city was available, which at least was free, but felt like a token gesture.||Through our stay this felt much more like a hotel for business, as no one seemed able to answer questions about anything in Irkutsk, apart from taking a taxi to wherever ...||Each floor was 'supervised' by a stern woman behind a desk, but ours was often talking to someone in her room or just not there. Our room was OK, but the air conditioning was faulty. We rang reception and they put us through to our floor supervisor, who said she was too busy to come to the room and suggested we open a window. She never appeared to see if we were OK.||It seemed that where you had breakfast depended on which floor you were staying, so we ended up in a breakfast area of two small rooms forming some kind of bar, and it was packed all the time. The staff had trouble keeping tables cleared and had little idea about the food. The tray of fried eggs was empty for some time, and when it was replaced all the eggs were quite cold.||Finally, our train was leaving in the evening so we asked to leave our baggage in the storeroom - a standard request. Yes for the only time in our 4-week holiday we were required to pay a storage fee!!||It...

We stayed here just one night on our way back from Baikal lake, so we chose the hotel based on location and price. We were though positively surprised. Its a very large hotel, seems like one of the former soviet tourist hotels, now remodelled.||||1) Friendly personnel, check-in was done efficiently.||||2) Good price for what you get.||||3) Location is great and if you have a room overlooking the main square it is really beautiful, especially during Christmas time when we travelled as there were beautiful decorations.||||4) Room. We had the cheapest standard room, which is quite cosy, but very pracdtically arranged. Twin beds, night stands with power outlets, fridge, desk, cupboard. Bathroom has toiletries. Unlimited hot water and very very strong shower pressure (and I mean strong!). Lots of good sized towels.||||5) We didnt try breakfast as we left too early, but in the hotel there is a very good Chinese place were we had dinner. Highly recommended tastes authentic Chinese. There is also a pub, which we didnt try but it looked also very nice.||||6) Good location. You have shops right next to the hotel and a beautiful square/park in front. Good location for sightseeing too. Only 16 min to airport...