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Mir Hotel Complex K +7 (095) 290-9504 http://www.hotelmir.dol.ru
Street Address: 9, Bolshoy Devytinsky per. - Moscow, Russia
Location: Superb if you have business at the American Embassy - it's right next door.
Nearest Metro: Barrikadnaya
Staff Speaks English? Yes.
Would I Stay Here? Yes, but it would not be my first choice.
* American Embassy Just Steps Away *
I visited the Mir on Saturday, March 26th, 2004. The sales manager was off, so I was politely told that I could not see the rooms. If I came on Monday, I'd probably get another excuse like the ever popular "all the rooms are occupied" excuse.
The hotel is right next to the American Embassy, so if you've got business there, then this hotel is very convenient. The Mir is a fairly large hotel with, I believe, 12 floors. I took a look at everything and snuck some looks on different floors. The lobby is brand new and quite nice. So I was surprised to see old corridors on the guest floors. The cleaning ladies left a few doors open to the rooms. The rooms I saw are a bit old. The bathrooms are not so bad. A cleaning lady told us the wall paper was changed 3 or 4 years ago and that's it for recent renovations.
The elevators are Russian, and a bit old. You might need a lesson to operate one.
Security is not impressive. They have real Russian cops on duty there. But there is no video surveillance anywhere. In this way, the Mir is behind the times in Moscow.
The rooms are so-so. Pricing as of 3/26/2004 is 90 to 274 y.e. Because you can get a standard room for as little as 90 y.e., and because of the central location, this hotel has good value. But, it's not the Hyatt!
Here is a reader supplied review, submitted March
23, 2005: I
stayed at the Mir in spring 2001. It was okay. For the price, about $130,
the rooms were not posh, but were about the size of a one-room
apartment--with sitting room next to the bedroom. Crappy Soviet furniture
was falling apart, and the refrigerator didn't work. The decor and lobby are
pretty dingy, and apparently not much has been done since it was run by the
KGB back in the day. That might explain why our (and many) rooms had views
directly down into the US Embassy grounds. Locationwise it's a bit of a hike to
get to anything interesting. The Arbat is not far, but you have to cross
some major street, which is not always easy. Securitywise, there was a guard
in the lobby who seemed more interested in what this group of Americans was
doing than in keeping the place safe. They don't always appreciate guests
coming in late (like after 11PM), and the front door is usually locked after
that. You knock and they let you in with some reluctance. It's in a quiet area, and that was
sort of reassuring. Being near the US Embassy, you can count on some extra
patrols in the area, whether you see them or not. Nice views of the city
from upper floors, and the Hotel Ukraine is just across the river--it looks
amazing at night. All in all, Mir is no frills, and not
necessarily central for the walking tourist. But it offered some space and a
decent place to sleep.
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