Grand Hotel OKA PREMIUM

Not odd, that the hotel located in this small city in Russia is very inhuman. Soviet style of everything, it’s very ridiculous that they don’t allow taxi to drop-off and pickup even. First time in the world I have heard this stupid policy. Very unpleasant place.

One of the best hotels in N.Novgorod. The staff is perfect. Thank you!

Had an amazing time at OKA and Nizhny Novogorod. Great hotel with a great staff

Had an amazing time at OKA and Nizhny Novogorod. Great hotel with a great staff

Отель со свежим ремонтом, состояние общественных зон и номера очень хорошее. Персонал приветливый и сервис вполне на уровне. Единственная проблема - месторасположение отеля. До центра пешком не дойдешь, а рядом с отелем ничего интересного нет. Обещанный вид на реку оказывается небольшим кусочком реки вдалеке. А так окна номера-студии выходят на пустырь и полуразрушенные здания. В отельном комплексе есть очень приличная сауна с небольшим, чистым бассейном.

È stato un soggiorno riposante e comodo soprattutto un buon materasso e una cabina della doccia perfetta.

While the hotel is Ok for 4-star, my check-in experience will never make me come back. In short, I am Russian citizen living abroad, and they refused to check me in with my international passport. They wanted either my domestic Russian passport or some sort of a document proving that I live abroad. This was absolutely shocking as international passport is totally Ok ID which I use for crossing borders! I stay at different places often. No other hotel in Russia I ever lived in demands this. End of the story: I found a copy of my green card at my laptop and with that they let me in. But, really, I am not going to risk my next stay in Nizhny with them as they were going to leave their guest at the street because of an insane requirement and who knows what they will demand next time.

alles gut, wie erwartet. Man darf aber kein 4-Sterne-Standard aus Europa erhoffen.

Long queue for check-in, tickets for breakfast (if you miss it you will need to go to reception to restore)

This was my first time in Nizhniy Novgorod. I don't know if there are better hotels in town but based on Expedia OKA Premium looked like a good hotel. Well, the online description was close but ... not exactly what I expected. To start with the hotel staff could not find my Expedia reservation upon arrival, fortunately there were rooms available so at least I didn't have to go search for another hotel in the middle of the night. However the hotel lacks non-smoking rooms and I was put in a smoking one -:( The room was very small, the heater was blasting full speed so I had to open the windows - at -18C it wasn't pleasant but seemed like the only solution to bring the fresh air and drop room's temperature to a manageable level. The room had a tiny working desk but to access it I had to move the furniture in the room first! The bedding was terrible, the worst thing was that rubber sheet they put on the mattress under the sheet. The breakfast in the hotel was nothing to write home about - scrambled eggs, lukewarm coffee... 3 stars at best.