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Hotel Moryakov, also known as Seaman's Hotel  J   Location: Poor, but the facility is very good. www.seahotel.ru   St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 114-9241

Rates: Off-peak from 520 rubles to 3589 rubles ($17.33 to $117.97).

Location Rating: Poor. If you have port business to take care of, maybe this is a good place. But if you've come to enjoy the historical city center, it is a little off the beaten path.

Proximity To Metro: Poor. We took mini-bus 115 from Sennaya Ploshchad Metro Station, and returning we picked up the 22 bus to Gostiny Dvor (further away). The 22 bus took 40 minutes to get to Gostiny Dvor. (It also passes by the Mariinsky Theater.) You can also take the 66 mini-bus to Narvskaya Metro Station or the 67 mini-bus to Baltiyskaya Metro Station.

Lobby Appearance: Great! Brand new. And I like the theme: water, sea, modern. No elevator though.

Room Appearance: The new rooms are dynamite. The old rooms are old with paint peeling off the ceiling. And the old bathrooms don't look very good. Walking down the hall, you wouldn't know which rooms are old because each room has a new door. The corridors are brand new. As of this writing (February 2002), the second floor is being renovated.

Useful Nearby Businesses: The cafe at the Baltyskaya Health Center Hotel has good food at a reasonable price and you can walk there in about 5 minutes. The atmosphere is not as nice as the restaurant at the Moryakov though.

Hotel Restaurants: They have a nice, new restaurant with dark lighting, a really nice, air conditioned, very modern and attractive cafe with two internet computers available at the rate of 80 rubles per hour (very reasonable by hotel standards) and a karaoke bar that I didn't see because it was closed during our visit.

Other Amenities: There is a really nice guest relaxation area on the fourth floor with the sounds of water. Solarium, two pool tables, sauna.

Would I Stay Here? Yes. But only in a renovated room. The old rooms are... crappy.

Staff Speaks English? Yes.

Comments: What a pleasant surprise it was to discover the Moryakov. The lobby and main stairwell are new and attractive. The corridors look nice. The cafe is really nice and well designed. And I love the water flowing down the columns on the fourth floor. The sound the water creates is very relaxing and you can sit there to enjoy it.  The new rooms we saw were dynamite. Expect the prices to rise on April 1.

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