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3.0 of 5
65th km of MKAD | Krasnogorsk, Moscow 134400, Russia
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Ranked #105 of 226 hotels in Moscow
3.0 of 5 stars 39 Reviews
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Milan, Italy
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17 reviews 17 reviews
Reviews in 15 cities Reviews in 15 cities
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
“A 5 stars price for a 2 stars service”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 November 2011

Our stay at Aquarium Hotel was quite an experience.
I will be brief in saying just this: go there if you need to stay close to Crocus exhibition centre for a trade show and you don’t want to take taxis nor the metro….otherwise go elsewhere. Our choice was due mainly to the fact that traffic in Moscow is a nightmare and we were there to attend a trade show. The hotel is conveniently located inside the exhibition centre but in an isolated area, facing the highway, and there is literally nothing to do around the location except a luxurious shopping mall which is as crowded as a desert can be. There is a metro station just 5 minutes from the hotel anyway so you can reach the city centre in about 45 / 50 minutes from there.
Hotel is very basic. I don’t complain about the hotel itself but the price (240 EUR per night) did not justify the standard and quality of the hotel itself.
Very cold reception at arrival with a very poor English…but well if you think the only persons speaking English in the entire hotel are the 3 ladies at the reception….well let’s appreciate it!
Rooms are big but….
1) I had a room with twin beds and they were extremely narrow. Mattress was like only 10 cms thick. Stained floor coverings, dark rooms…but I understood why. I was so unlucky to have a room facing the interior of the Crocus pavilions so I had the very strong lighting from the pavilion flashing inside my room all night. Bathroom was clean and spacious anyway. No minibar available and do not expect even to have free bottle of waters.
2) Restaurants and breakfast: You can choose the buffet option for your dinners and breakfasts and you cannot be mistaken. I have slept there 4 nights and everyday there was exactly the same menu. If you order a la carte anyway it was a surprise. Food quality is really good. The problem is that if you order after 7 pm they basically have run out of everything on the menu. Furthermore staff at the restaurant does not speak a word of English unless the usual sentence “don’t forget about me eh?” because they want to get tipped. If you ask for something on the menu you are obliged to point at the English translations but these are not always understood. Prices are also out of this world. If you stay here I do recommend for dining these two places which we found excellent: the Moscow Yacht Club just beside the metro station on its left side. And the Asian restaurant inside the Shopping Mall Tvoi Domus (Your House). These were really excellent places.
3) To conclude this somewhat funny report I will just mention during my stay there was also the Russian International Ballroom dance Trophy. If you like music you can wake up at 7 am with a waltz and go to bed at midnight with a polka. That was really annoying….but it cannot be attributed to the hotel. The fact is that soundproofing is absolutely absent. I could hear conversations from rooms next to mine; and hotel guests told me rooms facing the highway were even worse.
To conclude…stay here ONLY if you want to avoid traffic in the morning while having to move to geth to Crocus for some events. If you don’t need to go to Crocus…just go elsewhere!

Room Tip: Do not absolutely take the rooms facing inside the expo pavillion ou you'll have very strong lig...
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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Warsaw, Poland
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30 reviews 30 reviews
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12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“Good sleeping spot, not the best but not the worst”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 November 2011

I was staying in the suite, which technically had two rooms (wardrobe area + bathroom, bedroom with plasma TV + business desk) and the hall with 2nd TV set, sofa, table and the huge nice mirror.
Many people complain that walls are very thin – I have not noticed this, because my room was on the corner, at the end of corridor, and there were wardrobe and bathroom in between my neighbors and me. Perfect silence.
At the same time my colleagues were in the standard rooms and they confirmed the “thin walls” issue + they were experiencing the soccer team parties for the whole week. Conference hall = Conference people = Parties… I guess. Having this knowledge I will suggest taking the suite :).
The restaurant in the lobby is actually pretty ok! I had blue cheese salad which was delicious, my friends had homemade pizza. They said it was great. We had some problem with splitting the bill (what is the problem?!), that waiter could not solve. He was not even trying… Not helpful at all and speaking only Russian!

Please some technical comments below:

1. The hotel is a great place to sleep when you attend the conference in Krokus Center. Hotel and the conference center are connected together.

2. Take the suite. It is quieter, better etc.

3. Russians rarely speak English – in the hotel restaurant it is easy to communicate (I know Russian so it was not problematic at all), but my friends had a lot of problems.

4. Do not take random taxi from the airport – even if it looks trustworthy. There is a taxi stand near the info desk (on the right) – TAKE IT FROM THERE. I have heard that many taxis are scammers.

5. Do some shopping! In the conference hall there is a shopping mall: http://modapolis.com/ <- when you travel from abroad you will get 13% discount (tax reduction) on site! Gucci, Chloe, Malboro, Pinko, Valentino, Armani and other good brands with the reasonable prices! Good quality, brand new, every piece is hanged so the shopping experience is very good, a lot of space for yourself and staff will take your selections to fitting room! Do not miss it :)

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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled on business
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Kiev, Ukraine
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29 reviews 29 reviews
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15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Good business hotel”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 November 2011

This is very good business hotel next to Crocus Expo halls. This hotel not in central part of the city, but metro station in about 800-1000 m from the hotel. Huge shopping mall in 10 min walk at other side of huge parking plot.

Not very convenient for these who plan to explore Moscow as tourist, but perfect for business travelers who participating in events organized by Crocus Expo.

Breakfast was poor. I don't like it at all in means of presentation and selection, but quality was ok.

  • Stayed March 2011, travelled on business
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Barcelona, Spain
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Location is good but hotel is not”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 August 2011

1) Walls are paper thin. You can have conversations with your neighbours CLEARLY without raising your voice. You can hear toilets flushing and more - which is more or less, disgusting. If you have noisy neighbours, you can forget about sleep.
2) No minibar in the room. Lady at the bar was by far the rudest person we came across in Moscow.
3) Free drinking water is in the room once when you check in and not replenished. When you order bottled water: 100rubles for 0.5L is the price.
The most frustrating thing is that this is inconsistent because some rooms receive free water every day. But reception confirmed with us that it was not supposed to be.
4) Rooms which are not "river view" rooms have windows which face into the inside of an exhibition hall. No fresh air.
5) Beds are terribly soft. Definitely not recommended for people with lower back pain.
6) Market price for taxi to airport (DME) is 1500-1600rubles. The hotel gives a "special rate" of 2900 rubles otherwise, they will not call a taxi for you.
7) The safe in the room is tiny. You can't fit a laptop. It's for passport only.

For this money, you could be staying at a good hotel in the city centre.
Contend with the traffic, wake up earlier and catch the metro - this hotel is not worth the money or "covenience" when a good nights' sleep is not possible.

Room Tip: pay for the river rooms if anything.
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  • Stayed August 2011, travelled on business
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Only for exhibitons ....”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 June 2011

It is 300m from metro and pretty new/clean. Very poor materials, very acoustic. My room was facing sport hall, so no sun light. It is far from Sheremetevo - 3600 Rubles by taxi or by metro through the city center. It worked for me because it was empty but when full it is a nightmare I believe.

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled with friends
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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65th km of MKAD | Krasnogorsk, Moscow 134400, Russia
Price range (per night):* INR11,672 - 19,231

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