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Reviews of Podol Plaza Hotel

4 out of 5
Podol Plaza Hotel
7a Konstantinovskaya St, Kyiv

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 82 out of 225 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 97 out of 225 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 37 out of 225 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 225 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 225 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Luca

Business traveler
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location, great and clean room, helpful staff
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Near downtown so we could walk around and see the downtown attractions. Also close to the subway.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group, Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room was great, but the trouble started outside of the hotel. The reception made several mistakes while we were there: did not provide us with the key that worked, misled us on a class of the room, mentioned the room doesn't have breakfast although we did have one via Expedia reservation. Advice: double-check everything that say.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel. Room was spacious and clean. Staff were responsive when asked things but didn't put themselves forward. Breakfast buffet had limited range but good quality. Good location near restaurants and metro station. Quiet, at least if you don't have a room overlooking the main road. I would stay here again
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Mr Carsten M.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A friendly useful base for the Podil area
The hotel is well located for the Podil area, only a few mins from the central square. I used it as a base for walking around not just Podil but also the entire nearby older part of town (taking the funicular up to St Michael's and the doing a full walking tour). By the ay, there is a beautiful small church around the corner. I stayed on two separate single nights, bookending a trip to Ukraine. When I arrived at ca 630am fom an overnight flight, of course I could not check in yet but I was able to pay for a breakfast and generally to relax in the seating area outside the restaurant. Breakfast is due to start at 7 and I used this three times - on each occasion I found the breakfast good with enough hot and cold choices - I particularly enjoyed the quiche and the bread. My only gripe would be that while most things were already out at 7am, the coffee tureen generally took a few more minutes to be ready - hot water for tea (perhaps the more popular drink!) was always there before I arrived. The service was friendly and considerate: when I decided to leave a pair of shoes behind before checking out, and later returned to pick up deposited luggage, the front desk staff askd if I had forgotten my shoes - the cleaning team had raised the issue and even put them in a plastic bag for me. I stayed in different rooms on my two nights and would note that the room overlooking the main road (I was only 1 floor up) did get the clanking noise of the tramline.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Emin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great place
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Lovely hotel, very well situated.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Visitor, Outer Space

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location, great maintenance and cleanliness, good breakfast (though not enough variety from day to day), friendly and helpful staff. This hotel is a great value and I look forward to staying again.
Stayed 11 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for Chernobyl Museum visit
I picked this hotel for its close location to the Chernobyl Museum giving my short stop over time. Great service, great location
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome location! Really nice restaurants near by, and all of the cultural to dos.. hotel was beautiful, and staff were nice
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Norman, Singapore

Disliked: Staff & service
Good location in the midst of university environme
Hotel staff denied existence of reservation...claiming that the hotel did not have relationship with Expedia. Asked us for the hotel confirmation number. The reception requested us to call Expedia to check our booking. We waited 30 minutes before reception reluctantly agreed to provide us with a room. Caused us loads of anxiety!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly staff, comfortable hotel. The only problem is that the internet connection is very slow.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Dezert, Feves

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very Good Hotel......To recommend! Very pleasant location
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel! Friendly, helpful staff. Choose room with courtyard view.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Tourist, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice style but lacking convenience
Hotel feels nice and comfortable but not very convenient due to: - location away from center - no free water provided - no water kettle in room - poor wifi connection, working intermittently at best Also, it didn't bother me but the tram is really quite loud
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Howard, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I like this hotel it has a friendly staff and good location
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Joe, USA

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The bed is super tiny. & more importantly i woke up in the middle of night there were roaches creeping around & the bathroom wasn't the cleanest. Well good luck. But that isn't considered a 4Star hotel. In my experience.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Leigh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

a, Pago Pago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in Podol
It was a nice hotel, and I telling it. The staff was great, the room was nice. Great location. That being said, I'm mostly writing the review to get Expedia to stop spamming my email. They requested over 10 times in the last 24 hours.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Mark, Perth, WA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely European Style Hotel
I live in kiev, but had late dinner meeting in Kiev near Podol Plaza, so decided to book a room to avoid snow traffic. Hotel was excellent, from check in till check out. A very good value, solid 4.5 star hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian, Aberdeen, Scotland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb Location
Excellently situated for visiting the riverfront and part of the old town.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Yuriy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel within walking distance of everything
Excellent hotel. 30 minute walk to city centre. 15 minute walk to the cathedrals/church's. right opposite food/drink with multiple restaurants less than 10minutes away.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Kateryna

Just alright hotel
I am writing this review from my experience during my last stay at this hotel and as a professional hotelier. I don't think it is a 4* hotel. Cons: -staff. Most of them don't speak English fluently enough to provide information and explain things. The lady, who checked us in was good, but not very informative. - check in. Following previous point. Not informative as I've been with my partner and he is a foreigner, and I've expected reception to give some more details as well for him. - room. The size is fine. But it was facing the street and was VERY-VERY noisy for me, as the tram is in a couple of meters from entrance. I could feel vibrations as well when it was passing by. So I couldn't sleep properly. Shower doors were broken. Room generally wasn't very clean. A/C didn't work. Safety box didn't work. Minibar fridge didn't work. - amenities. Shower amenities were fine, but no additional water provided (you'll find 2 bottles of water upon arrival as welcome drink, that's it). - safety. We came in the evening - no receptionist on spot, only cleaning lady. We came in the morning to check out - still no receptionist. There is no double lock in the room. I didn't feel safe with this situation. Generally, I would say the quality doesn't match the price.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Andriy

Liked: Cleanliness
Good location, horrible WiFi
The location is great. The hotel itself is ok and the breakfast is good. My door key would work only one out of every 20th attempt. The most annoying thing, which ruined my stay, was the fact that Internet was so lousy that I (a business traveler) was unable to do even a single Skype call - the sound was all messed up and calls kept disconnecting every 5 minutes.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Hannah, LDN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So posh
The hotel was so lovely and very we'll kept. All the facilities we could desire and we'll located.

8/10 Good

Dr. Gregory

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

8/10 Good

Robert, Worcester, MA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well Restored Hotel in Nice Section of Town
The Podol is an elegant, old-school hotel, very nice refurbished. It's in the Podol neighborhood, just north of the center of Kiev (Maiden Nezalezhnosti), Gentrifying, but still some grit. Very nice staff. Excellent breakfast, as long as you get there early. One day we slept in, and got there just before 11, and the pickings were a little slim. So get up early! The last night was not so great -- the couple in the neighboring room were talking and having sex all night, and we didn't get any sleep. The walls are apparently very thin. I was also negatively surprised by one thing: I ordered a taxi from the hotel to the airport. They said the charge would be 500 hryvnia (about $19). We had heard from our guidebooks that the maximum you should pay was either 300 or 400 ($11 / $15). So, I do hope that they are putting their customers' interest first.

8/10 Good

julia, chicago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place for your money.
Very close to st. Andrew's church and the down the hill Ave of artists and souvenirs. Hotel was clean and staff was helpful.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff not too friendly. No amenities on arrival. Bed very uncomfortable.

8/10 Good

Assefa

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Very good
The room was cold until they give me a heater the front office was ok but could have been more helpful

6/10 Okay

Ales

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not for this price
Hotel is overrated. Be ready not to get your invoice.

8/10 Good

Lucy, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel
I appreciated the window in the bathroom and the bathtub, the room itself was super big, customer service overall was good, people were attentive, they could have been more friendly but they did overall help whenever needed.

6/10 Okay

Luke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good but not great...
Great location but the room was cold and the bathroom was not perfect.

8/10 Good

Brian , East Grinstead, West Sussex UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant hotel in a lovely area
Excellent stay, no complaints. Curious design with difficult access to beside lamp switch. Must remember to get to breakfast as soon as it starts at 0700 hrs, otherwise hot food gets cold very quickly. Reluctance to pay for more spirit burners under hot plates.. I recommend staying here at any time of year but cold crossing courtyard I order to get to one's room.

10/10 Excellent

Brian, Houston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value
The hotel price is very good especially with breakfast. I would rate it more 3 1/2 stars than 4. The room was smaller than I expected and it wasn't as luxurious as I would expect for a 4 star hotel. But it's a nice traditional Ukrainian hotel and great for the price. The staff is very friendly. Close to the subway station for easy access anywhere. Also a few good restaurants close by.

10/10 Excellent

Martyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and clean hotel
Very nice small and intimate hotel. Staff very friendly and helpful. Very clean and quite. Would be nice to have tea/coffee making facilities in the room. Of all the hotels I have stayed in in Kiev this is one of the best. A real hidden gem I wish I had found sooner.

10/10 Excellent

John (mike), washington DC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good choice
I had never been to Ukraine before, and just lucked out by choosing Podol Plaza in Kiev in Oct 2016. From the outside, it didn't really impress me that much, but I really LOVED my room. The room was clean, large, great bath tub, and their complimentary white plush terry cloth bath robes were wonderful and so comfortable! I would say their staff were ok, but their one staff member (Natalie) was very nice and friendly as she practiced her English on us! I also have to say that I enjoyed their breakfast buffet. Close to a subway station as well, and several nice Ukrainian restaurants. I would say stay here if you go to Kiev

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

8/10 Good

Paul Clark, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location
This hotel is in a good central location. Located near train station and just a 20-25 minute walk to the city center

8/10 Good

Jon, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location, rooms clean and comfortable.
Staff are very friendly & helpful. The breakfast buffet is excellent.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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

10/10 Excellent

Alexey

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Brian, East Grinstead

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Location
Good comfortable hotel. Arrive early for breakfast as hot food gets cold quickly and remaining is left for others.