Station Hotel M19 — Hotel in Владимирский округ

I really hate leaving bad reviews but this is probably one of the worst, noisiest and hottest place I've ever stayed. And I've stayed in hostels and huts in India and Central Asia. Thely good thing I can say about it is it's location. We arrived early morning on the sleeper from Moscow (with a 1 & 9yr old) and although our room was ready we decided the 2500rub extra was a bit steep to get early access to the room so just quickly used the WC before heading into the city. The WC floor was covered in urine and it absolutely stunk. Good start. We got back to the hotel around 4pm and the very average room was so unbelievably hot that we only had a quick shower before heading out again into the much more reasonable temps outside. We put off returning until 10pm as, despite being with the kids, we couldn't face being in the room. When we did return we had to keep the window wide open in order to make the room fractionally more habitable. (On a side note, our soap dispenser was also empty and my partner had to push for them to replace it as they originally refused until the morning. Not cool when the least you should be able to do in a room that costs this much is wash your kids grubby hands and face before bed.)

The noise from the traffic, in particular motorbikes racing down the road and also booming car stereos, was so loud that my 1yr old got woken up several times and by 3am I hadn't even been able to sleep. It was so bad that had it not been for causing the kids so much disruption, we would have packed up and left the hotel. As I said, I hate leaving bad reviews as Im sure the team here work hard and take pride in their establishment. But if this review at least saves another family from a miserable, sleepless night (our only one!) in St. Petersburg then hopefully it will have been some help - as our stay here ruined our short 36hr visit to the city.

Edit: I notice it is listed as Air-conditioned...

We were careless (stupid, inattentive, you name it) enough to book a windowless room here. The value for money for this kind of accommodation is poor. :( The staff seemed to be aware of such a problem and one of the ladies was unpleasantly eager to show us where exactly we had chosen the type of room we had chosen. Judging by the annoyed look on her face, it seems to be a common reaction and attitude to the people who booked a cheaper room. If you are reading reviews of places in this city and stumbled upon this one, you need to make sure that you do not book your stay here. But I suppose if you book another room you might be...

The hotel was very clean, well-maintained. The staff was friendly and professional. The WiFi was strong and reliable throughout the stay. Additionally, the location quite good. Within easy walking distance of a few metro stations and also the Moskovsky train station. There are several good restaurants on the same street as well. I got one of the lower-cost windowless rooms, which was small, basic, but had all of the essentials. One word of caution, the building this hotel is quite old (but very well renovated) but there is not an elevator, so be prepared to climb a few flights of stairs or book on the...