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Reviews of Oktiabrskaya Hotel

4 out of 5
Oktiabrskaya Hotel
10/118 Ligovsky prosp., St. Petersburg

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 50 out of 278 reviews" "
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Rating 6 - Okay. 56 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 26 out of 278 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 278 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Larisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

alla

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2021

10/10 Excellent

Natalia, Raleugh NC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Очень чистый номер,приветливый персонал.Спасибо очень понравилось.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020
Response from Ирина, менеджер отдела продаж on 28 Dec 2020
Благодарим Вас за положительный отзыв! Мы очень рады, что Вам всё понравилось. Мы постараемся быть еще лучше! Будем рады Вашему возвращению в наш отель!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was mid-winter. The hotel is warm and quiet, the breakfast buffet extensive and tasty, and dinner in the small restaurant by the entrance door of high quality.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Did not like breakfast,other conditions are normal
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dmitri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel in Saint-Petersburg
Great hotel, close to all attractions, next to subway and trains. Very clean, very comfortable beds, soft linens. Everything you nee is provided, slippers, tooth brush..... and i found it on Hotels.com cheap, much cheaper than at the hotel. Highly recommend!
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Bella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 13 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Dmitri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The first night was extremely loud, people were shouting on the floor at 3:30am. Breakfast is not great, and staff remove your plates and cups too fast whenever you go for a refill you lose your place.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 9 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

maxshahbazi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
property we so clean , professional , people was friendly,overall i was vary happy
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
Staff really does not care about their guests needs, they can make you waiting for more than half of hour for the simple request. I left cell phone charger in the room, gave off the card key. Couple hours later I recalled about the charger, asked to check the room and give me my charger back. They made this simple request a big deal, I have been waiting for more than 45 minutes, then I went to find a cleaning person by myself. Reception girls really did not care, and that was very disappointing. To make the long story short, my charger was gone forever, and I had to buy another one. Also, they don't have safe lockers in the rooms, so guests have either to take a risk to leave valuables in the room or carry them all the time. That was very inconvenient.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Carolyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money!
Nice hotel in a good location, just a short walk from A Metro station. The staff are friendly and the hotel is well - maintained. Breakfast is Russian - style but there is a wide selection of cereals, breads, cheese, mats, etc for a continental breakfast. Good value for money, considering the location.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

V

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
There is no room safe. Hotel is close to subway - big plus
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Igor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was a very bad hotel.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Tatiana, Santa Barbara, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to the moscowsky train station
Nice hotel close to the moscowsky train station and subway, near Nevsky prospekt (3 min to walk).If you are arriving on a train, this hotel is a perfect place to stay .You don't need a transportation. If you are a tourist and like to walk, it's a great hotel for you. You can go by Nevsky prospect. to the downtown , Russian museum, Kazan Cathedral, Hermitage and..... The rooms are big enough and very clean. There is an air conditioner, you can control room temperature The beds are just perfect; there's no soft and fluffy mattress. They are exactly what you need to rest. The pillows are good too I loved this hotel. It is very good for this price
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Balance between price and comfort
The location is perfect, The hotel is just a few meters from the Ploschad Vosstaniya Metro Station and the same distance to the Train Station. Also the hotel is located exactly were the Nevsky street starts, so you may just walk and start right away exploring the city.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Farhad, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
close to everything, train station and main avenue
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Eduard

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Saint Petersburg is one of the greates city in the
Good points - Moskovskiy rail-station just around the corner. It was very convenient for us. - Nevskiy is also nearby, so as Hermitage not so far. - Excelent Wi-Fi Not good points - I had to not worry to wake up early because right in front of my room around 8:30-9 AM housekeepers were conversing about private and hotel live. I’m not sure if this is plus (one day I needed to wake up early) or minus (most of the time I prefer to sleep longer) to hotel service. - Give you 10 out of 10 the room was not vacuum during all our stay – 5 days Couple of other small things which could, but didn’t turn our trip to disappointment because of the great city we were in – Saint Petersburg
Stayed 6 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

S

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was excellent.!!!!!
Stayed 9 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Janna, Mariland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Walking distance to rail station, museums, theaters
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018

4/10 Poor

Irina, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Excessively overpriced
I understand high season is always more expensive, but there must be a limit! Blocked sink and tub, ac works as fan only,- and this was an upgrade after we complained for being offered an absolutely junky room without any ac or ventillation somewhere in the bilgies of the hotel. It's two star only- about 150 bucks in high season!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Jelena, Guildford

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice eat by menu bar
Rooms spacious but in need of refurbishment; excellent buffet breakfast included;

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything it's very old elevator don't work properly have been locked in the elevator for 25 min Never again for me Good for someone like cheap prices

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel I stay in st. Petersburg.
The hotel location is good and the room is big and clean.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
only good for location
We chose this hotel because of its location and it is good. It is just next to metro station and surrounded by restaurants and malls. However, the first day we arrived, we almost got robbed on the street. Apparently, since it is the city center, there are a lot of thieves. When we arrived at the hotel, my mom and I carried a lot of stuff, however the doorman who was just there, didn't help us AT ALL. The reception was OK, not particularly friendly and not knowledgeable about the city. We stayed for five days, the housekeeper never cleaned the bathroom, even we told the receiption specifically to do so. Overall, the location is great but the service is really bad.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely Soviet era hotel
We were very disappointed because this was rated a 4 star hotel. We booked the studio room. The middle of the beds sagged. The beds were clean but the bed spreads were old and faded. When we moved the beds there was a lot of dust. No electrical outlets in the bedroom. No iron or ironing board. No tea kettle for tea and coffee in the room. The walls were thin so you heard a lot of noise above and beside. Much of the breakfast was sitting too long and "hot items" were not hot. Our overall experience was not 4 star. It was within walking distance from the metro which was nice. We were VERY disappointed.

6/10 Okay

N. Dibb, United Kingdom

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Definitely not a 4 star hotel!
Was allocated to a single standard room instead of double/twin standard. When tried to point this to the staff at the reception, they simply stated that they are right, and I was wrong, that they just have a variety of similar rooms. My reservation clearly stated that I paid for twin/double room, and their website, gives description of what is single and what is double room. Yet staff were basically telling me that whatever I read is wrong. Didn't even mention to me that breakfast for 2 were included. Our sink were broken, we has to call twice about the problem, someone came to the room and used our towels, dropped on the floor, and didn't asked house keeping staff to replace it for us. Bath was really dirty. Dissapointed is not a perfect word to describe bad experience.

10/10 Excellent

Marita, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great ambience, best buffet breakfast in the world
5 star experience; no noise, no air pollution, no crime....
Dessert at breakfast
Porridge buffet
painting in breakfast hall
Breakfast Hall

6/10 Okay

SANGYOULL, moscow

not 4 star hotel
It was very disappointing 4 star hotel

8/10 Good

krysia, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel close to Nevsky Prospect
By train and subway station. Safe feeling when walking late to hotel. Clean, elevator, quiet even if you are on a street side of the building- when window closed.

6/10 Okay

Zaf, London

Big Hotel but very average service.
Hotel was four star in a nice big building in a very nice location close to Main Moscoviski station. The room comfort was basic and it didn't have basic cattle and tea making facility in the room which you normally find even in a three star hotel in nearly all European countries. The room was a bet stinky and smelled. In the hot weather the room had no air conditioning but a basic standing pedestal fan which was not enough to relive the hot weather when we were there. Due to it's location I would recommend it but I believe that four star rating is a bit more to misguide your expectation.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
hotel stay
Only one problem I had. I asked for 1 hour room extension but was not granted although the hotel did not look very busy.

8/10 Good

Guest, Australia

Liked: Room comfort
Great location
Very handy location - close to everything. Cannot expect better service from Russian owned hotel. But reception service is very good.

8/10 Good

Alex, Sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness
Great location
Good value for money

8/10 Good

Alex, Sydney

Liked: Staff & service
Great Location
Reasonably good for Russian standards

8/10 Good

Vlad, Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Dr. Dan, Indiana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Place to Stay
I liked how the hotel was so close to the train station that I could walk directly to it. It only took about 5min walking. The hotel room was good. I was able to get free internet by talking with the front desk. Breakfast was not included. I then walked to the major tourist attractions in St. Petersburg (Hermitage, Cathedral on the Blood, summer gardens,...) from the hotel. It was a little bit of a long walk but I enjoyed going down Nevsky street. I would probably stay there again if I go again.

8/10 Good

Alex, NYC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very good location
Overall a very good experience. Location is excellent . A giant hotel, that does not at all feel cozy. The rooms are clean and the staff is friendly enough. We did not eat there or take the package that includes breakfast. It seemed too expensive, and right next to the hotel there are dozens of cafes and restaurants. I would stay there again for the price, cleanliness and location.as

4/10 Poor

Valery, Moscow

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad Soviet Tradition Hotel
you will get the room without conditioner (only fan), with a lot of noise of the nearest street (becaurse non-plastic old and bad windows), old and ugly bathroom AND they will ask you about some money per day for WiFi access!!! Realy greedy owners...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
we did not know breakfast was not included, so the first morning we had to pay for it and it was very expensive. The breakfast room was terribly over-crowded and it was almost impossible to get coffee. The young clerks were however very helpful and pleasant.

8/10 Good

Mike, Washington, DC, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Saint Petersburg!
Great hotel and excellent location. Service was a little slow but maybe they do things differently in Russia.

4/10 Poor

Mat

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disappointed
I booked through the hotels.com app and went to the hotel to check in, 1 hour after I made the booking. The check-in clerk was very unfriendly and could not find the booking. Then it also turned out that neither breakfast nor internet was included. So overall I'm disappointed with this hotel. The good thing is the location, the rest is below average.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

8/10 Good

Jeff F

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good for a bargain non-business trip
1) room was clean, with a daily cleaning lady visit; 2) it had most of the amenities western travelers would expect (hair dryer, shampoo, proper shower with hot water, television with an english channel or two...) 3) it lacked AC and in-room wifi. AC wasn't a problem with the chilly weather we had, but the windows opened to a noisy street, so it could have been a problem. 4) it's very close to the tran stations, good restaurants, and tourist attractions 5) The hotel staff were very helpful, especially Marina, who got us train tickets to Moscow on the Sapsan during the day while we were out doing other tourist things! Thanks! ... The hotel also had a nice bar and restaurant. ... Two things though, I would recommend: a) UNPLUG and THROW AWAY whatever machine (ATM, money changer, tour guide thing... whatever) is making the high-pitched whine that echos through the lobby. It makes the atmosphere of that lobby uncomfortably noisy! b) get wifi in at least some dedicated rooms. For western travelers, internet on our phones is now expected. Some rooms near the business center have it... more rooms should.

4/10 Poor

Artem, Moscow

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Low soviet service for incredible amount of money
Former soviet hotel was supposedly renovated. But floorings are creaks, no soundproof at all in rooms. When I awoke I detected cigarette smell from corridor inside my room - that was disgusting! I had non-smoke room. Moreover, I don't like have my room to be cleaned if I stay 1-2 nights, don't like housekeeping to get inside. And I always put "don't disturb" sign. In this case I did the same, but my room was cleaned anyway.

8/10 Good

Vladimir, SLC, UT

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
nice budget hotel for low price
1) Hotel Oktiabrskaya 10/118 is roughly twice better than Hotel Oktiabrskaya near Moscow railroad station 2) It is not really 4 star hotel, it is more like 3 star budget hotel. 3) got a quiet room near the backyard, so noise was not a problem It might be a very nice hotel/price if you know exactly what you will get and what not. pro: 1) nice location, specially if you will have to travel a lot: ( subway station "Ploshad' Vosstaniya is a cross-road of many subways lines) 2) large room, so you could relax in your room 3) very nice cleaning service 4) Nice building 5) Huge food mart Stockmann is 5 min walking near the subway station 6) room have a small fridge 7) Plenty of nice place around for food con: 1) small beds, so you better order 2 beds to have a nice size bed to sleep 2) no coffe-maker in room 3) small-old TV~ 20 years old 4) no WiFi in the room, even for $ 5) Heavy smell of smoking in the building and in my floor (I had the non-smoking room) 6) There are only one person ob front desk. If group is standing before you, you could easily spend 1/2 hours before get any service 7) Bar in lobby is small and have only smoking place 8) you better do not use Shampoo and soap which will be in your room Overall: if you really after comfort which can be provided by typical 4star US hotel, I would advice to stay in new Marriott Hotel in Vasilyevsky islend, near Black river (Chernaya rechka), 10 min walking from Vasilevskij ostrov subway station. It really fit all American standards for ~ 1/3 increment in price compared to Octyabrskaya. If you have a family vacation, or romantic trip, and could afford this, do not stay in Octyabrskaya. However if you like to save and still get a good quality for your $, Octyabrsaya would be in the priority list, as there are many hotels in St. Pit which does not provide even such basic comfort. If you are enjoy to stay in creepy hotels like "Holidays In" in Manhattan, you would be absolutely in love with Octyabrskaya hotel. I have a short business trip, with limited funding and I was pretty happy with what I obtain per modest price.