We stayed with friends at the hotel in August 2007 to celebrate a birthday. We live in Moscow, so were well aware of its proximity to Moscow city. And that's just what we wanted. To get out of town for the weekend. Unfortunately, that's the only thing this hotel has going for it. Our room was very under-par for a 5 star hotel. Stained carpets, stained sofa, everything very shabby. There's an apartment block on the site which looks like a Moscow suburb Soviet residential area. And the sports complex is lacking in architectural niceties and decent equipment. The management didn't tell us that two restaurants (the two best) would be shut on the Saturday night for a wedding and a golf tournament celebration, so we ate Saturday night at the Sports Complex restaurant - extremely disappointing. We booked the room on the Le Meridian global website and were quoted a room price in USD. When we checked out, that rate had been transformed into "currency equivalent" - a Russian trait which equates neither to USD nor to Euro. Their "currency equivalent" is set at 30 rubles per CE. So that meant that, instead of 285 USD we were charged 285 CE which works out at 327 USD per night. The lounging area outside the indoor pool for sunbathing is tiny, despite all the space. The area housing filtration systems and other mechnical necessities for the area is situated right next to the pool lounge area, so it looks like you're sunbathing next to an industrial complex. And the outdoor pool is no bigger than a plunge pool. All together a very disappointing experience and one which we will not repeat. It certainly should not be a Le Meridien brand hotel. And if it's 5 stars, then that's 5 Russian stars. Basically a 3 star European complex.

We were here on a business meeting, it is anywhere between 45 mins and 3 hrs from Moscow depending on the traffic. There is really nothing out at the hotel- not even a gift shop that sells postcards. If this is the only place you will see in Moscow be sure to spend an extra day in downtown Russia.
Stayed 3 days for a business conference- the fanquet food was the same every day and there was hair in the food 2 days in a row!
The rooms and bath rooms were very large and nice.

It was also very difficult to get a cab. There is free wireless internet from the lobby , the bar and some of the rooms ( such as 215 but not 204) The front desk doesn't tell you about the wireless internet. There is no high speed lines in the rooms, you have to do dial up.
This was a forgettable place to stay- would not recommend again, would prefer to be at the Meredien across from Red Square- the rooms were incredibly small there but location was better.

I booked this hotel online and was told that it was in Moscow, It cost me €100 just to get there from the Airport and it is situated in a wood outside of Moscow, Unless you are crazy and rent a car (Driving in Moscow is not for the faint hearted) you have to rely on the hotel to book you a taxi of which they charge to your room and boy is it costly, My daily rate to go to Red Square was €120.00 return, The hotel is very nice inside but a coffee in the fairways bar costs €5.00 and the food is also expensive, This is a nice hotel if you just want to chill out and not go anywhere otherwise be prepared to spend alot of money

Got a great price for this hotel and I had known people who had stayed here. The info said that the hotel was only 20 minutes from Sheremetevyo airport, which was a selling poiint because I was looking for a hotel close to the airport for less than $200 that met Western standards (the Novotel at the airport costs way more). Well, it took an hour and 15 minutes to get to the airport. Other than that, the grounds and accomodations were lovely - I just wasn't there long enough to enjoy the ammenities.