True, this is not The Georges Cinq in Paris, The Pierre in NYC, The Grand Hotel in Stockholm...but I would put it up against any hotel in the world for value received per dollar expended.
The City Club Hotel in Kharkov is just a short taxi ride from the airport....less than ten minutes. It is another 10-15 minutes by taxi to many of the places of historic interest. Kharkov is, at present (October, 2011) readying itself to put it's best face forward for an international soccer competition being held in 2012; thus many, not all, of the streets are under repair. This leads to traffic gridlock in many major arteries leading into the center of the city and other attractions of interest.
The room I was given was clean but small. The bar of soap in the bathroom was the smallest I have ever seen at any hotel, and that's saying a lot. Still, the room was clean and functional.
The food in the dining room will not remind you of Maxim's, but it was edible and nutritious to this American palette.
In the various categories this survey asked me to rate, the not included is one of the categories which sets this hotel apart. That category, if included, would be entitled "Friendliness Of Staff". In that category, I would have given all members of this small hotel top ratings. In fact, their attitude reminds mea little of Avis's old advertising campaign "We know we're #2, so we try harder."
What really separates this hotel from many others across the Continent is the rates it charged. I suppose I misunderstood Hotels.com what I was going to pay for my three nights at the City Club. I thought I was going to pay X Euros, Dollars, Grivnas for each night of my stay, and I was willing to pay that. If there was a mistake made, you can imagine my delight when I discovered that my entire stay at the hotel cost me what I was prepared to spend per night.
This little hotel is nothing more than a three-star hotel with a very friendly, hospitable, English-speaking staff. And the rates charged were much less than I have been charged for similar accommodations in Europe and post-Soviet countries.
In short, it's a great value, and I would not hesitate to stay there on other visits to Kharkov, if any.