I stayed here for only one night with friends and I must say: it was the best hotel on our Ukranian tour (Odessa, Sevastopol, Simferopol). I stayed in the new part of the building, in a double room that cost about 750 UAH and the hotel really met European standards. The staff was very friendly, spoke English very well and fixed the lame bathroom lock immediately. The room was spacious and clean and the swimming pool was nice. Breakfast is served a few doors away and was excellent. The boulevard is only 50 m away, but if you walk the other way around (to the left from the hotel) you can find some excellent eating spots (e.g. the Van Gogh restaurant). Away from the crowded part of the city, but with the same view of the Black Sea.

We stayed here for 5 nights in May, the room was spacious, clean and very comfortable. The location couldn't be better, it's really central. Also the staff were friendly and helpful and I would not hesitate booking the Bristol Hotel again.

I stayed at Bristol hotel for 3 nights with my husband. I have to stay this hotel worked out kind of perfect for us. We had a Deluxe room and it was way bigger than we expected! I can't really compare to the other rooms that this hotel has to offer, but ours was very spacious, clean and comfortable. I liked that the staff pretty much just leaves you alone which is what we needed. Hotel is very close to the strip (Naberezhnaya) as well as the little grocery stores, bus stops and restaurants.

The only improvement if I were to suggest would be to install shower curtains. The bath tub was set up for taking baths so was a little complicated to just take a shower. Other than that, I would say we had an excellent stay at Bristol hotel.

A few comments about activities we did:

- We ended up taking one organized excursion to Vorontsovsky Palace which you can book right there on the strip. It was very well organized and affordable (120 HRN = $15). We then figured out that we can just catch a bus on our own to different places since we didn't want to have a guide. Bus ride ranges from 2.5 to 5 HRN per person (30-60 cents). We took bus 34 to Nikitskiy Botanical Garden which was really neat. We also went to try Massandra Wines by taking bus 40 to the winemaking plant. Massandra Wines are known for their dessert/liquor wines and both my husband and I found them too sweet. The wine tasting was still very interesting as you are taken to the tasting room where you sit down and they bring out a flight of 9 wines. Then the local wine expert explains about each wine individually: the history of wine, how it’s made, sugar vs. alchy content, what types of food it goes with, what types of flavors you might taste etc etc. Quite different than wine tasting we have in California.
- The restaurant right across the street (I think called "Parus") - food was just ok. The bill was incorrect and I had to argue with the restaurant owner about fixing it. They fixed it in the end, but made it very clear that they were very upset with us for pointing out their own mistake.
- If you go up the "Painters alley" which starts at the end of Naberezhnaya (the opposite end of where Bristol is) there are a few very good food stands. The one that was right next to the little overpass was really our favorite - we literally had Peroshki and Chebureki three times that day! The guy selling them thought it was funny that we kept coming back.

Perfect location: in the middle of everything; a short walk to the nice and clean private beach; yet relatively quiet. Nice and clean rooms with minifridge and air-conditioning (not so many hotels in Crimea have that). Very friendly and top-professional staff. As a traveller who visited more than 40 countries of the world, I must say that this hotel is one of the best in terms of quality/price combination. I spent there several days in June 2009, two weeks in July 2010 and am dreaming about coming back in June 2011.