Hotel Cosmos in Chisinau

This place once being the top soviet hotel is now old and shabby, and that's the reason I liked to stay there: For the truly soviet experience! Everything may look old but nothing is broken. AC works, beds were very comfortable, room was clean and the staff was extremely friendly. Though don't expect too much from the breakfast as it is very basic and served cold. Enjoyed my stay alot.

Great stay at good price .Nice people and good food 15 min walk to station rooms are big snd comfortable ideal for the family yes it look like ruzzian prison .but inside will amaze you.girl on reception has good language skills and helps with everything

Great stay! Staff were absolutely lovely, and let me check in very early and even arranged a taxi to the airport the next morning (which is about 100 lei for anyone wondering), and they were very happy and polite with good English skills. All in all, a very nice hotel with very reasonable prices in a very good location.

Location from the station of Chisinau is very near about 5 minutes on foot. Also the bus station from Bucharest where is called Central terminal is near about 10 minutes on foot. I would say this hotel is good location to visit by bus or train.
Entertainment facilities in the hotel has casino, mini bar. There is a mini cart circuit and three big malls in front of the hotel.
Breakfast (7:30-10:00) is included in the fare and an all-you-can-eat style. Pancakes of Moldovan style are so delicious. The room is almost cozy but in case of weekend , it might be so noisy until midnight coz there is disco bar near the hotel.
Staffs, frontman are very friendly. They have wonderful smiles.
Totally it's not but. I stayed there for 4 days.

Cosmos hotel is an experience by itself, a kind of time machine.
Ok, don't go there if you want to impress a woman, Moldovan girls have a very bad opinion of this place (and security guard may ask you something if you try to enter with a girl who didn't check-in with you)
But... There are something special, unforgettable there, this hotel has its own personality and there is a unique atmosphere.
There you may have an opportunity to meet all kind of people in the lobby, the staff is nice and the rooms are not so bad.
Unfortunately there is a new go-kart track just in front of the hotel and it may be really noisy.
The location is 5 min walk from the train station (maybe 15-20 walk/ 10 min transport to the center), very close to malls and bars.

Rooms were okay for sleeping. Pick this hotel if you want to have a real Soviet experience. Also the reception were amazing! They called us a taxi for a local winery and even called again to get the tour earlier in order for us to be able to make our train!

If you come from the West and are curious about how Soviet hotels felt like, this is the place. And it doesn't mean it's bad; it just ain't the Radisson! The rooms are clean, the linen of good quality cotton, the breakfast is very good if you know what to choose or ask for and the staff is the kindest and most helpful you could dream of. The location is great. And finally, it is dirt cheap!