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.
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