We stayed at the National Hotel in Moscow last August (03) for 3 nights. This hotel has to be one of the best hotels in Moscow. It is centrally located, overlooking the Kremlin and is easy to find if you are unlucky enough to have to drive there yourself. I would recommend you use a taxi is possible as the cars in Moscow don't know about speed limits or safe distances.
The Hotel reception personnel all spoke excellent English and we had no difficulty being understood. Foreign currenty conversion was also easy using the desk in the hotel who were happy to give Americal dollars or Russian rubels.
Our room was okay, but then again we were not paying much compared to the best rooms. Each evening the beds were prepared for us and a chocolate mint left!
We used the conservatory snack bar just beyond reception a few times and found the food to be good. It was obviously prepared there and then for us and was tasty.
The breakfast resaurant is on the first floor at the front of the hotel and offers great views over the Kremlin and entrance to Red Square. We had a couple of evening meals in the main resaurant which is on the corner of the hotel. On one the passages to the restaurant the walls are lined with pictures of famous people who have stayed there including the majority of previous Russian leaders and other world dignitaries and filmstars. Here, all sorts of fancy food was on offer. My wife had to try the Kaviar ($89 per portion) as a started, as we were in Moscow and it was nearly our wedding anniversary! Also, for the more daring amongst you there was Bear. However, we had just been to the Circus and seen a 'Gentle Ben' lookalike so couldn't face eating him!
The Moscow underground is just 5 minutes away and a large park area just across the road.
There were lots of europeans staying at the hotel who had children although I didn't see any facilities for children whilst I was there.
Our visit to the National was part of a tour where we chose the 5 star option. Some others we spoke to who chose the 3 and 4 star options did say their hotels were not good and had had difficulty being understood by the staff, so I would recommend anyone going to Moscow to stay at the National if you can afford it.
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