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3 out of 5
Hotel Cosmos
2 Negruzzi Square, Chisinau

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 31 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 16 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 87 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 87 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

kenneth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly staff. perfect location
The front desk staff is very friendly and helpful. They speak English which is great too. The location is the best around. The mall is attached and three grocery stores are close by. I have stayed here twice. The price is also very low.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Fabien

Location perfect, walking distance to everything, safe also. Breakfast simple, but nice. Problem is wifi works only in the lobby, 0% reliable inside the room, really annoying.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very dated communist era hotel but clean and tidy rooms. We were very kindly upgraded to apartment room which was very nice but really did take you back more than 20 years. Breakfast was reasonable choice and you could certainly fill up for day ahead. Good location 5 minute walk from station and 10 minute walk to Triumphal Arch.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
your money's worth
economical Hotel, very helpful staff. would have preferred a higher floor with front balcony rather than back balcony. but I certainly got my money's worth. INcluding in hotel massage clinics.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
**hotel
Hotel is desperate for updating. I would rate it as a two stars hotel. Breakfast is ok.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Aiki

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All reception staff, Lily, Liliana, Nastya and Gabrielle speak perfect English and helped me with everything. Yuri the taxi driver also showed me all of Kishinev and Transnistria 👍
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The staff, the staff, the staff - amazing. The building is tired but it does have an old Soviet charm.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Arie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is easy to find; it just seems confusing because it looks like you're walking into the strip mall, but it's really the hotel. Front desk was very accommodating for my early morning check-in and there was a hot breakfast available. The wi-fi needs improvement, my cell phone kept kicking itself off the network and my laptop would spin at what seemed like dial up speeds at best. Signal was ok, just didn't have capacity for the traffic I guess. The hotel is old, but I found this to be better quality old than what I find in the USA. The place was clean and staff were nice.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

zaharia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very nice hotel.
very good .hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All receptionists were ever so helpful, cheerful and spoke perfect English. Hotel is well placed for the city centre.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Doris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wery good location. Clean room. Nice staff. I Will be back next time at this hotel.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and very helpful staff. Room ok
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Bojin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Location is good and the availability of free parking is a plus. However the rooms are only partially renovated since communist times and the breakfast is boring. Cleaning is adequate.

6/10 Okay

Frank, UK

Cheap budget hotel in Chisinau
This was my 3rd stay at the Cosmos Hotel and the best so far. Rooms were comfortable and basic, no drink making facilities, no flat screen TV etc. The breakfast staff seemed to be friendlier than on previous trips and wanted to help us as best as they could without us having the language. As a team we certainly would use the Cosmos Hotel next time.
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Pamela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
unforgettable experience
This hotel itself is more worth visiting than the city of Chisinau, staying in this hotel is a kind of unforgettable experience, you can experience the soviet union style. The front desk staffs are super friendly. Two things I hate: 1) the wifi in the room is basically unusable, the Wifi in the lobby is much better. 2) The quilt is way too small, I'm 183cm and the quilt cannot cover my feet, it's winter! I have to use an additional blanket to cover my feet, it doesn't feel comfortable at all.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Roland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Reasonable enough for the price. Reception staff were welcoming, helpful and amusing.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

G.A.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Incredibly welcoming
The staff at Hotel Cosmos were incredibly friendly, polite and helpful throughout our stay. The hotel itself is a great example of brutalist architecture on the outside and functional on the inside. There may be better hotels in Chisinau but I doubt they'd make you feel as welcome as the Cosmos.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Red, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel with friendly staff and old Soviet feel
The front desk staff are always helpful and friendly. The breakfast spread is simple but tasty and filling. Location is good, at the intersection where there are small malls, hypermarkets. Tram 28 just outside takes you to the central market bus station. Hotel itself has a nice Soviet atmosphere, with dingy corridors and decor you would associate with that era "round furry-rimmed mirror etc". Wonderful if you want the experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Real friendly and helpful front desk staff who would offer very useful travel and transport information that you would expect only from a close local buddy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Magne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in bad shape. It does not seem to have been fixed since it was built. Very nice staff, though.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Petru

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good
Very good

8/10 Good

Ben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Soviet kitsch
If you want luxury, head elsewhere. However, Hotel Cosmos is perfect for anyone wanting not a slice of Soviet kitsch. Dated rooms have a certain charm about them and all the staff were really helpful. During the socialist period, this was one of the largest hotels in Moldova and you certainly feel transport back to those times - probably unintentionally on the hotel'/ part - when you stay here. The breakfast is good too. For the price, location and experience, this is a great hotel.

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
reasonable economy hotel
Large soviet style hotel, modernised in parts, good buffet breakfast.

8/10 Good

patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good hotel in the center of the city
Good hotel, within walking distance of of a few good bars and restaurants. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The breakfast was a buffet with a large range of food. The bar was in the foyer and there was no problem with staying there until whatever time you wanted to. I'd stay there again if I get back to Moldova.

6/10 Okay

Kyle, Las Vegas, NV

Liked: Staff & service
Hotel Cosmos
This is the second time I have stayed at this hotel and I have very little to complain about. It is centrally located near some nice restaurants, mini-bus stops, a supermarket, a small shopping mall, and the train station. I had forgotten which mini-bus to take from the airport to get to the hotel, but the staff was nice enough to answer my email and provide me with the mini-bus number to take from the airport to get to the hotel (#165, price 3Lei). The staff still remembered me from last year and gave me the same room that I used the year before (it has a refrigerator). I was able to go to the super market across the street to get some bottled water and items I might want to eat while I was walking around the city or on my tours of the wineries and churches. The laundry service in the hotel I have used a few times and the prices are very reasonable plus they will perform minor sewing repairs on clothing for an additional fee. The staff has always been helpful to me with recommendation on where to eat and useful phrases in Russian and Moldovan.

4/10 Poor

Eric, New York

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great example of Soviet hospitality
The Hotel Cosmos is a fine introduction to a peculiar species in the hospitality genus: the Soviet hotel. The hotel is not entirely typical of this species. For example, there were some friendly and helpful people working behind the front desk, even if the supervisors seemed intent on wringing unfair extra charges out of guests. The elevators worked, even if they were a bit slow and creaky. But the overall feeling of the place is quite Soviet - amusingly so if one has a sense of humor. The lobby - which has a good Wi-Fi connection - is quite smoky. The rooms are ludicrously decorated & pretty small. The hallways are dimly lighted. The beds are about 5 feet, 10 inches long - just short enough to be uncomfortable if you are six feet tall. Would I stay there again? Perhaps not. As it turns out, the Hotel Chisinau - which also seems to be a Soviet-style hotel - is just down the road & is a little cheaper.

10/10 Excellent

stavros, greece

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
moldova
super experience , very helpful and friendly persons

6/10 Okay

Olga, New York, NY

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Not for International guests
The hotel reeks of cigarette smoke. Even the so-called "non-smoking" rooms, which I insisted upon, had an ashtray and thoroughly smoked through bedding, drapes and carpets. The reception area is the only place for the Internet connection but a non-smoker cannot stay there longer than a couple of minutes, as it also serves as a smokers' lounge. Breakfast, which is included in the hotel price, is superb. However, the hotel restaurant works only for breakfast and then closes for the day. One needs to look for meals elsewhere. There are no hair dryers or irons in the rooms. The rooms are not cleaned every day, in fact, they are not cleaned every other day either. The garbage cans remain full, the beds unmade, towels unchanged. The hotel personnel is poorly (if at all) trained in dealing with international guests. I was appalled by their unprovoked snide and derogatory remarks about Jews, Russians and Americans. Overall: I would not recommend this hotel to International guests.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Zentral. Ist ok. Nichts besonderes. War für den Preis ok
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

KHALED AHMAD

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Reijo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

2/10 Terrible

HAKAN

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
akan altıkat
dalarda temizlik çok kötü.duş jeli şampuan yok.saç kurutma makinasıda yo. her şey çok berbat
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Willonah A.

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Gut und günstig
Leider sehr abgenutzt das Hotel, die Frühstücksräumlichkeiten sehr spartanisch. An der Rezeption konnte man mir nich einmal einen Briefumschlag geben. Sehr günstig, zentral gelegen, sauber und nettes Personal.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

SHOJI

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Güray

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Yeri çok güzel alışveriş merkezleri ve süper marketler arasında.Merkeze yürüyüş mesafesinde.Otel eski fakat asansörler yenilenmiş resepsiyon cana yakın ve yardımcı.Odalar eski olmasına rağmen olağan üstü temiz.Banyo yenilenmiş ve temizliği mükemmel.Kahvaltısı doyurucu ve güzel bilhassa börekleri harika.Ödediğinizin karşılığını fazlasi ile alıyorsunuz.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Lars

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ina

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
God beliggenhet
Fantastisk utsikt og sentralt, men ganske slitt. Dusjforhenget var for kort. Personalet var kjempetrivelige og svært hjelpsomme! God wifi i lobbyen, dårlig på rommet.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Hallgeir

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Volnei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was perfect. Definitely I'd stay there
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019