We 2 senior citizens stayed in that hotel 4 nights in September, as a stop of our travel with the trans- siberian train. We got a twin bedded studio on the sixth floor. It was above our usual standard, we left our reserved hotel because it was not good, and it was difficult to find a free room. The unit was really large, and the view was superb, the front wall of the room was a large glassed window, facing the Angara river. But the interior of the unit, the furniture, carpet, wall decoration, were old fashioned and worn out. This unit could be a pearl, but it deserves an urgent renovation. The public areas of the hotel are renovated.Anyhow the beds were good, and so the bathroom. The reception was very helpful , the best in our east siberian tour. The lifts were good. The breakfast buffet was not rich, but good enough to be well fed.

Great hotel with the Soviet past. It is situated on the river Amhara and gives you plenty of opportunities to walk or take tours from this very place. You can use ferries to Baikal from there. The city center is here you will be in the heart of activities. Inside it is a little bit tired.

We had a 2-day stop in Irkutsk on our Trans-Siberian rail trip. We booked a comfort studio and got a river facing room on an upper floor with wall to wall windows giving us a great south facing view of sunrise and sunset over the river. The staff were helpful, spoke English well enough, and we loved the young restaurant waitresses who, while lacking experience, definitely made up for it in their willingness to please and practice some English. The breakfast buffet was good, and while the main dining room was definitely lacking in ambiance, there is another restaurant/bistro there that seems to have a similar menu but is a bit more "cosy". $5 cab ride to/from the train station across the river. We were very happy with our choice of hotel.