Holosiivskyi Hotel

Helpful staff despite communication problems. Clean, well-maintained rooms (I can evaluate the best categories only). Good option if you visit the University (20 mins walking), metro station proximity (10 to 15 min walking).

Forget about communication in English, translator saved our life. They are lying about breakfast - what you see in the picture is staged. The truth was that every day the same, lunch-like, dishes were offered. I gave up breakfasts when I saw the rice with supposedly previous day vegetables and a meatloaf (the set was the same as the previous day). DO NOT buy breakfasts!

I liked the friendly and helpful, service-minded staff, including the housekeepers who were courteous and made up the room really nicely. Also the waiter in the restaurant was very friendly and pleasant to deal with, as was the waitress. My room and the entire place, as far as I could tell, had low magnetic fields, an important factor for some of us who are electromagnetically sensitive. Wifi was available in the lobby but the room I had was wifi-free, which is really good when it comes to getting a good night's rest. Also, a big, peaceful park only 300m away.

I sometimes was trying to read or just relax and eat in the restaurant, but the music was high volume and very rousing, not relaxing sort of music for dining. I did like the videos playing but wish, at least, the music was lower volume, as it was more toward the end of my stay.