Azimut Hotel Yakutsk

“Just in the heart of Yakutsk”

Good hotel in the city center. Big rooms and friendly personell. There is also mammoth in the lobby and the feeling is very local. Good choise for coules and families as well. You can go to different places by walk.

“Good for Yakutsk”

Location is the most central. Rooms are a bit old-fashioned but bathroom was newly renovated. My room was on one of the top floors, so I had a great view. Due to low temperature outside there was a 'sauna' inside, I think about 30 degrees room temperature :D So be ready to open windows to take a br… more

Location is the most central. Rooms are a bit old-fashioned but bathroom was newly renovated. My room was on one of the top floors, so I had a great view. Due to low temperature outside there was a 'sauna' inside, I think about 30 degrees room temperature :D So be ready to open windows to take a breath :) Btw there is a shopping center 5 min from the hotel, so you may have a small shopping.

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“Comfortable - but expensive ”

We stayed one night at this hotel in the city center. It’s comfortable, clean, modern, great bathroom. But pretty expensive. If you book on line you get a better rate than if you walk in. Staff VERY helpful. Good restaurant at the hotel: Polar Star.

“Lovely Receptionists Make Up For A Lot”

As the title says I have forgiven a lot of agregious incompetence and lack of standards because of the outstanding service provided by the reception staff. This probably would have been a 2 star review except for that. Let's start with arrival at Yakutsk Airport. I had contacted the hotel several … more

As the title says I have forgiven a lot of agregious incompetence and lack of standards because of the outstanding service provided by the reception staff. This probably would have been a 2 star review except for that. Let's start with arrival at Yakutsk Airport. I had contacted the hotel several days before asking about an airport pickup and received a response offering options. That was the last communication received in spite of my responding with my selected option and sending follow up emails asking for confirmation of my choice plus later advising of a flight delay and asking for acknowledgment of receipt of the message. Needless to say there was no one at the airport to collect me but fortunately the Yandex app works in Yakutsk and I was able to arrange my own transport. The hotel's reception area is open, clean and up to the standards of an international hotel. My room was of a reasonable size with a queen bed, desk, table and chairs, flat screen TV and a safe in the closet. Oddly, it did not have luggage stand, an item which seems to be standard in most Russian hotels. There was a fridge containing only one small juice box and a cellophane wrapped cookie. Not exactly a minibar. The room faced out on to the street with big windows giving lots of light that the blinds and curtains did not block very well for the morning 3am sunrise. The bathroom was fairly standard with the shower over the tub. The shower holder fitting was broken but it functioned adequately as a hand held. There was only one full sized towel and it was not replaced or even picked up from the side of the tub when the room was serviced. "Serviced" is probably the wrong word. The quilt was hastily straightened and nothing else done - certainly no cleaning and the service person obviously never even walked inside the bathroom. The wifi was easy to use and functioned well but both my devices warned that the connection was insecure with an expired certificate. A good breakfast with lots of choices was provided but in an odd room that was obviously designed as something other than a restaurant. There was a non-functional bar at the entrance, a small stage and tables sparsely dotted about in a pace that was probably too big for its current use. Dinner was also served there with an English language menu available. The Business Center is a joke. One monitor and one old printer behind a locked door although there wasn't anything there worth stealing. The printer had no paper and the monitor did not work properly in spite of the attentions of the "IT manager". Fortunately the lovely receptionists were willing to print documents for me. More on those lovely receptionists. They all spoke some English and some had very good English. They were happy to print documents and to hunt down a booking on a shared taxi to Neryungri for the next day that would have been near impossible for me to do. They also answered all my questions and generally mad eye feel welcome. Just what you want from front of house staff. Their hard work and willingness took away some, if not all, of my grumps concerning the other deficiencies. Overall, the hotel is adequate provided that you don't expect real 4-5 star facilities and service. This is, after all, a remote place and the Azimut Polar Star is probably one of the better hotels in the city. I would stay there again if returning to Yakutsk.

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