My wife and I stayed at the Hotel National 1/15 through 1/21. We enjoyed our stay; the hotel is literally across the road from the Kremlin and Red Square as well as the Okhotny Ryad Shopping Center which has over 100 stores and lots of dining options, most of which have English menus.

Our room was nice and the bed was excellent; if it's not the best bed I've ever slept on it would be close. A couple of small glitches with our room included fluctuating shower temperatures, (especially true if showering at peak times and less obvious at other times) and an inability to shut off the radiator in our room no matter where we set the thermostat. Since we had a very quiet courtyard room on the 3rd floor we simply slept with the window cracked open to solve the room temperature problem.

We learned that Moscow is not an early morning city, and the only place we could find that was open for breakfast at 7am was McDonalds across the road at the mall and our excellent but very expensive hotel restaurants. The breakfast buffet was priced at 1750 rubles per guest (roughly $ 55 USD per guest) and the continental breakfast was 600 rubles per guest (roughly $ 20 USD). The buffet was very good and it was also very convenient and boasted an excellent view over Red Square and the Kremlin. Honestly the selection was no better or more diverse than any reasonable breakfast buffet option near our hometown in southern Middle Tennessee and it was many times the price. To be fair most restaurant meals in Moscow are extremely expensive, especially by small town Midwestern/Midsouth USA standards and I was shocked at the price of many foods in the grocery store when I visited.

We'd definitely stay at the National again, and we may get the chance later on this year.