Alexandra1247
July 15, 2024
Fortunately or unfortunately, my review of the Taleon Hotel will definitely be detailed and exhaustive. I am writing in the hope that my notes may be useful to someone. So, first things first: 1) The location is excellent, the hotel overlooks Nevsky Prospekt and the Moika River embankment. Therefore, some rooms have excellent views of the city. 2) Rooms. We took a superior room with a view of the city, and were completely satisfied - a very beautiful entourage, and the view from the balcony is beyond praise. The hotel itself occupies the site of a former mansion, hence the very beautiful corridors, the chic main staircase, stucco, decorations, etc. It is a pleasure for the eye! 3) Breakfast cannot but be praised, I would even say that the pearl of the hotel is in front of the guests. The widest range of food - you will get tired of listing ... There are signature desserts, several types of sausages and champagne, cheeses, caviar, Italian sausages and much, much more! You can also order an omelet, fried eggs or eggs Benedict, juices. The breakfast is impressive, your eyes will run wild from the abundance. 4) The SPA complex, in general, also left a pleasant impression. There is an obvious minus in the form of a swimming pool that needs repair, everything else is good. On the terrace you can leisurely relax, sunbathe, admire the spire of the Admiralty, the quadriga of the General Staff... Of the complaints, I can also note the strange situation with the champagne ordered for the pool. Each time we made an order, they brought us flat champagne, each time we asked for a replacement, and so on in a circle day after day, while we lived in the hotel! I do not want to write that, in general, it is surprising to serve guests such champagne (or the remains of a bottle), but what was the problem not to repeat the same mistake over and over again? 5) Nevertheless, the hotel staff left mostly negative impressions. This is a fly in the ointment. Situation one. Late in the evening of 10.07.2024, the hotel began to shake from the terribly loud music coming from the 3rd floor (we lived on the 5th, but it was still impossible to sleep because of the noise, and we were tired from the road). I don’t want to think about how the guests of the 3rd and 4th floors endured this bacchanalia... I’m not kidding - the walls shook from the noise! It turned out that someone’s birthday was being celebrated at the hotel. This is all great, of course, but why should guests who paid a lot of money for their stay worry about being able to get a good night’s sleep in their own room? The next morning, we asked to call the administrator, to which an extremely unfriendly and rude girl at the reception named Julia asked: “Why do you need it?” I don’t want to comment on this tone and question, I’ll better continue. The administrator was never found, supposedly he went to some meeting, and why did he leave at all (doubtful, but okay). Yulia responded to our complaints: "Well, you can make noise until 11 pm, let's say, in an apartment. Well, it's the same in a hotel!" Dear managers of the Taleon Hotel, please, regulate the situation with the reception girls! They are the face of the hotel, after seeing which you don't want to come back!
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