The telephone service at the Rushotel stinks. They have a recorded answering system, in Russian. Our first experience was calling from another hotel in Moscow two weeks before our arrival, which was very user-friendly and ofered to help us with the Rushotel. Even that person (from the other hotel) who made the call was frustrated with no live answer. We were calling to reserve a taxi from the airport to the hotel on our return trip. When we arrived at the airport, we waited 30 minutes, and finally found someone with a cell phone to call the hotel to make sure the 'reserved' taxi wasn't on its way before we used an airport taxi. We again got the recorded options, and after pushing several options (not having a clue which they were), we got someone who told us to call back in 10 minutes. She didn't understand English and after a frustrated attempt to find out if a taxi was on its way, we hung up and found our own transportation. When we arrived at the hotel, we found out that we also did not have transportation to the airport the next morning, which we had presumably reserved. At the hotel reception, one young woman at the desk was extremely rude; eventually we were helped by Karina, who was extremely pleasant, could speak good English and went out of her way to help. However, it was clear that there was tension between the two at the desk and zero customer service or teamwork as a first impression. We then attempted to use the 'business center'', which was free if you had your own computer and own internet access. If not, you had to purchase a card for internet service, plus pay for the use of the computer. After scrounging around for a 'card' the unpleasant woman handed it to me with a brochure of instructions. Thankfully, before I could return it, Karina reappeared and offered to help me get access. However, she apparently was new and couldn't figure it out, so got the other woman to help me. After 30 minutes, she was clearly frustrated because she couldn't get access either. Just as I told her to forget it, she did get access, and I used my 10 minutes worth of time. Further, we had reserved non-smoking rooms, but they had all been assigned, so we were in smoking rooms which were very smelly. The only thing good was the lower price on a Saturday night, which is how we ended up here. The bellman also couldn't speak English, so we truly felt isolated and glad it was only for an overnight.