ms1664
Sep 14, 09, 4:44 am
I just completed 3 nights at the newly opened (Sep 1st 2009) IC in Kiev, Ukraine.
Check-in was fast and efficient, the staff was very courteous and attentive. I had booked a Standard Room, and as an Ambassador I got upgraded to (I believe) a Deluxe King room with city view. We received a fruit plate, a bottle of water and a bottle of (french) wine as welcome gift, but only on the last night of the stay.
The room was on the 7th floor, overlooking the city and the Ministry of internal affairs building. Sadly no views of St Michaels monastery, it was too far to the left to be visible.
The furniture in the room is brand new, and consists of one king bed, one armchair, and one office corner with its table and chair. Flat screen TV on the wall, Ipod docking station also available. One of the lamps even still had its factory tag attached to it.
The bathroom has a separate bath, and a rainfall shower cabin. The toilet with its octogonal shape my be nice look at (if toilets can be nice to look at) but it's not really comfortable to use. Azzaro amenities (and lots of them) for those who care. You can't open the windows (or close, unless you've got the right tool), we found the window to be open one day after coming back to the room. As the temperature outside was around 25C it was nice, I'm not so sure it would have been had the weather been cooler.
The lobby is grand, behind it is a bar and a restaurant, but we didn't venture in there. Breakfast was not included with my room, and they wanted around 40 EUR for it per person so we decided to skip it.
The location is great, right next door to St Michaels monastery, St Sophia is visible to the right, it's a short stroll from Independance Square, and it's just next to Andrew's Descent. There are lots of bars and restaurants if you walk down the hill towards Independence square.
As I said the staff is very nice, but it's also a bit over the top when there are always 3-4 employees standing around in the lobby doing nothing else than saying Hello, Welcome, How can I help you. A bit more discretion would be nice.
If the price is right I would go back there in a heartbeat, however with the current prices mentioned on the IHG website I'm not so sure about it (400 EUR++).
Some pics of the room :
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037836.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037837.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037838.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037839.jpg
View from the room :
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037840.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037841.jpg
Check-in was fast and efficient, the staff was very courteous and attentive. I had booked a Standard Room, and as an Ambassador I got upgraded to (I believe) a Deluxe King room with city view. We received a fruit plate, a bottle of water and a bottle of (french) wine as welcome gift, but only on the last night of the stay.
The room was on the 7th floor, overlooking the city and the Ministry of internal affairs building. Sadly no views of St Michaels monastery, it was too far to the left to be visible.
The furniture in the room is brand new, and consists of one king bed, one armchair, and one office corner with its table and chair. Flat screen TV on the wall, Ipod docking station also available. One of the lamps even still had its factory tag attached to it.
The bathroom has a separate bath, and a rainfall shower cabin. The toilet with its octogonal shape my be nice look at (if toilets can be nice to look at) but it's not really comfortable to use. Azzaro amenities (and lots of them) for those who care. You can't open the windows (or close, unless you've got the right tool), we found the window to be open one day after coming back to the room. As the temperature outside was around 25C it was nice, I'm not so sure it would have been had the weather been cooler.
The lobby is grand, behind it is a bar and a restaurant, but we didn't venture in there. Breakfast was not included with my room, and they wanted around 40 EUR for it per person so we decided to skip it.
The location is great, right next door to St Michaels monastery, St Sophia is visible to the right, it's a short stroll from Independance Square, and it's just next to Andrew's Descent. There are lots of bars and restaurants if you walk down the hill towards Independence square.
As I said the staff is very nice, but it's also a bit over the top when there are always 3-4 employees standing around in the lobby doing nothing else than saying Hello, Welcome, How can I help you. A bit more discretion would be nice.
If the price is right I would go back there in a heartbeat, however with the current prices mentioned on the IHG website I'm not so sure about it (400 EUR++).
Some pics of the room :
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037836.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037837.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037838.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037839.jpg
View from the room :
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037840.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm259/ms1664/S1037841.jpg