Matryoshka — Hotel in Tverskoy District

I give 5 stars because of the location of this little hotel, everything is close and withing walking distance, shops, restaurants, main attractions like the red scuare and so, the hotel rooms are ok, it matches the price you pay for ot as well, few rooms has AC, the rest are simple rooms and it gets hot when you are in there, but still, it compensates the cons. The staff is ok. They speak some English, they try to help and that's what it counts for me, the have a small mini bar, and there serve breakfast as well, I you did not book for breakfast to be included in the room booking, the you can still have your breakfast at additional cost, something like 1000 rubbles average and it's buffet.

Same thing happens with lunch and diner, you can have it here. All at additional cost.

There is an ATM as well; money exchange option is not available at this hotel but there are some in the vecinity, no more than 10 min walk from the hotel, it's important to have the US dollars or EUROS bills in good shape, not brokens or bended or knd of wasted or faded, they don't take those bills and you will only get disappointed.

Talking back about the hotel, hey have little fresh water dispensers in the corridors and is free to use it.

Also, if you are very sensitive person, you may get disturbed by some noise coming from other rooms, you can heard most of the noises coming from the near by rooms and corridors. Things like.. watching TV, listening some music from your phone without earphones, or having fun with your girl or boy, can be heared easily in the other rooms.

The wifi it's great, fast aploadind and...

We found the hotel Matreshka on bookings.com and looked forward to two nights in Moscow after a long bus ride from St. Petersburg. The reception clerk found our reservation and started the check in process, including billing us, but advised us to return at noon because the room might be ready before the usual 2 pm check in time. We returned at 1 and didn't mind the wait till 2; the hotel has a nice small bar/cafe. At 2:20 the room still was not ready. At 2:30 the hotel manager asked to see our visas. He refused to honor our stamped passports. Our passports had the entry stamps from the border control station - we were passing through Russia to Belarus and had transit visas issued by the Russian government. This very officious manager proceeded to lecture us about how he would need a visa to enter the United States. We had NO difficulties with the bus company after their driver verified our transit visas, NO trouble at the Estonia- Russian border, and NO problems at two hotels in St. Petersburg or at the next Moscow hotel or the one in Belarus. This manager appeared to have a negative attitude toward us as Americans. I would NOT recommend this hotel to anyone. We left and stayed at a nice hotel near by ... no visa issues...

It's like the ninth ring of hell. Windowless rooms without any ventilation or fans. I asked the front desk for a fan, but they don't have any. The shower head was busted spraying water all over the bathroom. It was so hot in the room, I could not sleep. Though even if it wasn't, I'm not sure I could have, due to the very loud nightclub one floor down, with a bunch of screaming lunatics all through the night. An assumably drunk clown was trying to open all the doors in our hall around 4am while screaming. Anyone from the aforementioned night club could just walk in and go nuts in the hallways. You'd have to be a pretty self loathing individual to stay there. Do not get bamboozled by the location - it's not worth it, especially with such a good subway system.

And to be clear, the windowless room would have been fine with ventilation and a fan. But without that plus the nightclub, I don't know how anyone could expect a decent night's sleep. The place deserves zero stars.

After one night, I made other arrangements. It was necessary for my sanity...