"Oktyabrskaya" hotel — Hotel in Yekaterinburg

As a part of our Trans-Siberian trip across Russia, my husband and I stayed for two nights at the Oktyabrskaya Hotel in Ekaterinburg. For us, the outstanding feature of the hotel, was the friendly and helpful attitude of the staff, the majority of whom spoke some English. The reception staff, the lady in the gift shop and the wonderfully attentive waitresses in the restaurant all went out of their way to help us. The meals in the restaurant were of a good standard and reasonably priced. The outstanding meal was a "business lunch " served in the late afternoon. It consisted of four courses- a salad, soup, main course and dessert - and it cost 200 roubles per person ($10 Australian) and was delicious. They also serve a good buffet breakfast. The rooms are fairly small but comfortable. The general appearance of the hotel is clean and neat and there is an ATM in the foyer. The only downside to the hotel is its location which is a little far from the centre of town. For us, this turned out not to be very relevant. Our main aim in visiting Ekaterinburg, was to visit historical sites, especially those associated with the deaths of Tsar Nicholas 11 and his family. To this end, , we were able to hire an outstanding English speaking guide and a driver from the Ekaterinburg Guide Centre. One word of warning, it is important to allow a great deal of time to travel anywhere in and around the city, as the traffic appears to be constantly gridlocked and the smallest journey...

I have stayed at the Oktyabrskaya Hotel twice (July 2006 and Feb 2007) on business. The hotel was chosen for be by the company I was visiting as it is close to their offices. After having lived in Russia for the last two years, I am never quite sure what to expect when I check into non-western brand name hotel, however the Oktyabrskaya was more than suitable for my needs. ||The hotel rooms are small but clean. Be aware that in the there is no AC (at least not in the room I had), making it hard to being in the room after 10AM in the summer. But, the hotel is located a ways outside of the city center so it is quiet enough to sleep with the windows open and traffic is manageable to get into downtown after 7 or 8pm if you would like to go out to dinner / bars. Very few options within walking distance unless you know where you are going and speak fair Russian.||There is also a small bar open late on the 5th floor. One other note is that it does not have the problem of young unescorted females hanging out at the bar that many other larger hotels have. I guess it is far enough outside of the main part of town to avoid it. ||If you are looking for a place to stay within walking distance to local attractions, the Oktyabrskaya Hotel is not for you. However, if you need a quiet place to sleep and get some work done, it is a very reasonable...

Large hotel out of the centre with all the trimmings of a standard business hotel. The rooms were large but lacked Aircon which would really improve this place. The location isn´t ideal, but the park next door is charming and I guess being away form the centre will reduce the noise and other undesirables. There are little trams that take you to the centre - once you understand the system it is quite easy.||||There was breakfast but we weren´t too enamoured with it, it all came out at once, so unless you were up early it was cold. There were cold items in the buffet - we tended to stick to those. ||||The staff were helpful, trying their best with our limited Russian and their less than brilliant english, but someone trying is always going to be better than a fluent grump.||||The price was reasonable, not a bargain though. Heat the breakfast and add aircon...