Budget
Location Hostel
Good and new hostel in the city centre almost in front of the Hermitage. Great staff and good and clean rooms. Free towel. The showers are ok, worked all the time, but the ceiling in showers is not too high! Free WiFi for all customers and an internet computer to use. Microwave, fridge and washing machine available but no cooking plate available. 24h reception.
Soul Kitchen hostel
2 min from metro, free breakfast, free laundry, free WiFi, free international calls, big kitchen, fridge, microwave, activities. Located in the historical centre, 2 min walk from main "Moskovsky" train station.
Cubahostel
A nice hostel, with modern and inventive decoration, just off Nevsky Prospekt, near the Church of Our Lady of Kazan. Although it's advertised as a party hostel and situated over an English pub, noise isn't a problem.
Nordhostel
Located in the very center of the city — a stone's throw from the Hermitage. Free internet access and continental breakfast. A grungy place, but it has an good location and is relatively cheap.
RedMedved Hostel
Party style hostel. Located only 5 min from the main train station. Free towels and bedlinen. Light and spacious rooms.
Sleep Cheap
Very hard to find go to number 18, and through the dark tunnel, no internet access or hot water for a couple of weeks during the summer.
Midrange
Ermitage Hotel
A small hotel with genuine St. Petersburg spirit. Located in the historical centre. Offers 4 double rooms that allow usage of a fully equipped study and a magnificent hall with fire-place - and with the whole staff of the hotel at your disposal.
Petro Palace
A clean, very efficient, and ideally located hotel. It has a spa, swimming pool and gym but only free for guests before 11AM and the rooms maids are very efficient - appearing to clean rooms several times a day. It is within a few seconds of several excellent restaurants, coffee bars and a small shop.
5th Corner Hotel
Business hotel in a restored building from the 19th century. Al the rooms are decorated in warm autumn tones and equipped with AC, sat TV, free wireless Wi-Fi, safe and mini-bar.
Dom Dostoevskogo
A small and comfortable mini-hotel in the centre, in the same building where the famous Russian writer Dostoevsky used to live. 10 cozy rooms with plasma TV sets, safe, and free wireless internet.
Comfort Hotel
Small hotel 18 rooms with attentive service. Central to public transportation and walking distance to St. Isaacs Square and Palace Square. Rate includes breakfast buffet and internet. They have English-speaking staff, above-average security and credit cards are accepted.
Northern Lights
A small, beautifully designed hotel located in the historical centre. The hotel is Western owned and managed, ensuring that services are up to the highest international standard. Continental breakfast, free internet access, visa support, airport transfers.
Hotel Vera
Up-to-date and cozy rooms; 4th to 6th floors of an old building. Staff speak English by default, not Russian--which is quite rare. 6th floor features mansard windows. Some rooms have poor sound isolation from the corridor eg. 514, 604. Free internet over wire, cable supplied. Breakfast: No-frills; no hot plates but fresh fruits; no espresso, only American coffee.
Herzen House
A newly opened hotel right at the historical center. 20 rooms of different types, TV, bathroom,phone, wi-fi, air-condition in each room. 24-hours English speaking reception. Excellent breakfast buffet is included in the price, free internet access for guests.
Matisov Domik
A small, cosy hotel located a short walk away from the Mariinsky Theatre. The hotel has excellent service with large, clean rooms and satellite television all but one news channels, Russia Today, are in Russian. The hotel is a jewel in an otherwise poorer area of the city, however this should not put potential visitors off as it is the perfect way to see both perspectives of the city.
Alexander House Boutique Hotel
A 4 star boutique hotel close to the Mariinsky Kirov Theatre on the embankments of the Kryukov Canal . Designer interiors and a homey atmosphere. Each of the 19 rooms is individually furnished and designed.
Nevsky Grand Hotel
Just around the corner from Nevsky Prospect, 5 minutes from the subway and a 10 minute walk from the Hermitage Museum. Free and very reliable wi-fi access in all rooms very speedy: 5Mbps, and air conditioning in every room. Rooms are very small, but functional. Staff speak English well, and breakfast is included in the room rate available from 7AM til 11AM. Shortcomings: no fridges in rooms; steep staircase at the entrance is difficult for a stroller.
Nevsky Forum Hotel
5 minutes walk from Moscow railway station. The hotel offers 29 rooms different categories. All rooms are equipped with: bathroom with bathtub or shower, satellite TV, telephone, air conditioning, mini-bar, Internet LAN/Wi-Fi, electronic safe-box, hair-drier. 24-hours receptions & room-service, business & conference facilities, transport & excursion service, visa support & registration service, laundry.
5th Sovetskaya 21
A cozy Swiss managed Bed & Breakfast in a nice neighborhood off the main drag. Rooms come including breakfast, with TV-sets with satellite channels, tea/coffee free, WiFi, Non-smoking.
Acme on Rubinsteina str
An elegant, small, luxury hotel in a nice neighborhood off the main drag. Rooms come with LCD TV-sets with satellite channels, tea/coffee makers, WiFi, DVD players. Non-smoking.
Kamerdiner Hotel
Small cosy hotel located in a quiet, leafy lane a short walk from the Moscow Railway Station. Walk along Ulitsa Vosstaniya from Nevsky and take first right after small park. Seven rooms in lavishly restored former mansion looking onto monastery, very friendly service and attentive staff. Continental breakfast, Wifi, satellite TV, fridge, safe, air-conditioning, 24-hour security, visa support, theatre bookings, guided tours, airport transfer.
Acme on Malaya Morskaya Str
Stylish, modern design. Rooms come with a fridge, TV-set, tea/coffee makers, and WiFi. Non-smoking.
Bed & Breakfast Sabrina
A family-run bed & breakfast 1 block from Nevsky Prospect and the Hermitage. Basic, but very clean and comfortable. A bit difficult to find as it is on the fourth floor of an apartment building. Code for building entrance: 2230#.
Moskva Hotel
Incredibly gargantuan concrete monolith that continues to carry forward the Soviet traditions of former monopoly operator Intourist. Ugly and user-hostile, but the location right above a subway station is excellent and the price can be right, especially if booked in a package.
Old Vienna, mini hotel
A both stylish and "home-cozy" mini-hotel of buisiness class level, located in the centre. 400 m. to Hermitage. All 14 rooms of the hotel are equipped with: air conditioning, Internet Wi-Fi, bathroom, satellite TV, telephone, mini-bar, hair-drier, DVD. Breakfastbuffet and Internet are included in the price.
Top end
Radisson SAS
A five-star hotel located on Nevskiy Prospekt. The hotel boasts a fitness centre, sauna and massage parlour.
Grand Hotel Europe
A five-star hotel in the centre of town on Nevsky Prospekt. Hosts Ballet, and several restaurants. Many rooms have great views over the city. Well worth a visit.
W St. Petersburg
Ultramodern and chic hotel, located next to St. Isaac's Cathedral. Hosts Bliss Spa and mix restaurant by Alain Ducasse.
Hotel Astoria
Hotel Astoria is a five-star hotel. It is located on Saint Isaac's Square, next to Saint Isaac's Cathedral and across from the historic Imperial German Embassy.