This hotel would appear to cater for the large tour group companies. During our breakfast and one dinner we found the staff were more interested in turning the music up as loud as possible and ignored our requests to reduce the volume. The rooms are also not sound proof and the movement of tour groups late at night and early morning ensured a good nights sleep was not possible. I would definitely not recommend this hotel to anyone who is looking for a relaxing place to stay.

A letter of thanks to the reviwers above. All the hotels in the center were expensive, and use of my credit card did not always provide a real confirmation . I also used Otel for this hotel, as well. I had to take a 10 minute bus ride from the Lenina Metro. But busses were plenty, and frequent, and so were shuttle busses. The neighbourhood was residential,and rather uninteresting, but safe. There were grocery stores in the immediate vicinity. The hotel was clean, and even had a bar, and hair salon. The room was lovely, bright, and clean, with a modern bathroom ensuite. There was even a refrig. and television. The breakfasts were terrific: huge buffet of fruit, meats, cereal, pastry, juices, coffee, tea, yogurt,, and even keffir. The service at reception was affable, and all the receptionists spoke adequate english. I did not mind staying a little far out because for 67 Canadian dollars per day, it was such a bargain compared to what I would have spent downtown . Prices of hotels in this city are generally very expensive. Apart from how decent the hotel was, with all its amenities and all, I stayed in a quiet, real neighborhood, where everything was real, and typical...not in a noisy, touristy, downtown center. I appreciated thiis, despite the short trip home, at night. I would definitely stay here again

Polustrovo is a modest, but very clean and pleasant hotel. Was there with a week with a group and then for a day alone - occupied different rooms/floors, but same quality. One of the best features is the extremely pleasant staff most of whom speak English and the rest were quite tolerant of my rusty Russian - in fact there was always someone present that could speak English well. The dining facilities are not well suited for very large groups, but for smaller groups or individuals it is a pleasant and quiet place to stay. The neighborhood is mainly soviet-period residential. A 24 mini mart around the corner (water!) and a nice little sports bar nearby. The only drawback - it is about 3 or 4 km from the nearest metro (Ploschad Lenina by Finland station) so you must take a bus or marshrutka to get to the station and back. Extremely easy - you wont have to wait more than 10 minutes to catch one of several numbers. I did this constantly and often with a troop of kids in tow. The hotel provides a list of mass transit options to the two nearest metros. But of course, once you are in the metro, all points in town are within a 15 min ride, and 15 minute walk, - as is most of Petersburg. Also, it is on the "wrong side" of the river - just be aware of this if you have an early mornng flight. Generally all the bridges are usually all down again by 4:30, so a taxi will get you to Pulkovo in a half hour - for about $25 -$30. You will make that Moscow morning connection easily.

Polustrovo is a modest, but very clean and pleasant hotel. Was there with a week with a group and then for a day alone - occupied different rooms/floors, but same quality. One of the best features is the extremely pleasant staff most of whom speak English and the rest were quite tolerant of my rusty Russian - in fact there was always someone present that could speak English well. The dining facilities are not well suited for very large groups, but for smaller groups or individuals it is a pleasant and quiet place to stay. The neighborhood is mainly soviet-period residential. A 24 mini mart around the corner (water!) and a nice little sports bar nearby. The only drawback - it is about 3 or 4 km from the nearest metro (Ploschad Lenina by Finland station) so you must take a bus or marshrutka to get to the station and back. Extremely easy - you wont have to wait more than 10 minutes to catch one of several numbers. I did this constantly and often with a troop of kids in tow. The hotel provides a list of mass transit options to the two nearest metros. But of course, once you are in the metro, all points in town are within a 15 min ride, and 15 minute walk, - as is most of Petersburg. Also, it is on the "wrong side" of the river - just be aware of this if you have an early mornng flight. Generally all the bridges are usually all down again by 4:30, so a taxi will get you to Pulkovo in a half hour - for about $25 -$30. You will make that Moscow morning connection easily.