Friends by Gostiny Dvor

Exceptional
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Wifi didn't work when it was needed

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : The kitchenette with facilities to make tea and breakfast.
  : The fact I paid for breakfast but was only allowed very limited and basic choice and has to pay extra for milk in my coffee.

Excellent
Traveller Type: young couple
  : I stayed at Friends Hostel for 5 nights in a standard double room in April. The hostel was in an excellent city centre location: walkable to all the main city centre attractions and very close to a wide range of excellent bars and restaurants including the Friends Place bar which is downstairs! Our room was small for two people but was nicely decorated and very clean. The room itself had a large bed; table; tv and a good sized bathroom and was regularly cleaned. The hostel also had a kitchen/common area further down the hall which you could use. The staff in the hostel were generally very friendly and extremely helpful and happy to assist us with some additional requests like luggage storage (for a fee) and printing of boarding passes. They also all had excellent English which was a real bonus!
  : During our stay our room was unfortunately far too warm - even without the heater on in April. Our room overlooked a very noisy market and therefore was too loud to keep the windows open - I therefore fully recommend you try to book a room with AC especially in the warmer months!Unfortunately we also encountered rather difficult experience upon check-in. We had e-mailed the hostel in advance to inform them that we would be arriving at about 9am and were advised they would try their best to accommodate this however upon arrival this did not appear to have been taken into consideration and were simply advised to return at 2pm. We understand that the room may not have been available however became additionally disappointed that we weren't told there was a common area and Friends Cafe downstairs which we could have waited in. 5 hours in the snow is quite a long time!

Exceptional
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Friendly hotel, comfortable bed, walking distance from city center
  : require dark curtains as the sun raisin up very early

Excellent
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Great location! Reception desk open 24/7. Clean room
  : Our room was overlooking street, might be a bit noisy in the morning. Shower is sometimes working badly. Keep in mind, that if you want to store luggage on the check out date, you need to pay 50 rub.

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple

Avg Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Wonderful
Traveller Type: family with young children

Exceptional
Traveller Type: solo traveller