While the hotel is obviously old, it's clean and well maintained. However, I was given a room on the 2nd floor right by the lift (which was obviously added later in the hotel's life). The amount of noise generated by the lift, the pipes, and the neighbors was tremendous. I had difficulty sleeping every night I was there, unfortunately (compounded by massive jet lag). The hotel wifi died around 11pm on my first night, and there was nothing they could do until morning (understandable). They also provide only two very thin pillows. But those were the only issues. If you're a heavy sleeper, I don't think you'll have any problems. The restaurant, Pivny Sad (Beer Garden), is excellent. Good Ukrainian food such as borshch and salo, as well as steak, lamb, and a tremendous variety of other dishes. Breakfast was also adequate with eggs, sausage, bread, cured meats, cheese, water, juice, tea and coffee. Inna, the administrator, was a delight. As this was my first time back in a Russian-speaking country in almost 15 years, I needed some help in English and she was cheerful and helpful. She tried her best to solve the wifi issue, took care of my other requests (such as laundry service), and arranged a taxi for me to the train station. I would stay here again, but try to get a room on one of the upper floors away from the lift.