Mini Hotel PIO Nevsky

  James P. on 24 June 2011 

Central, clean, modernised and secure. Svetlana is a fabulous home mother. Hostel fantastic for individuals who enjoy a home-stay type experience.

  Customer Review on 30 December 2009 

This hostel was a pleasant surprise! It is more like a mini hotel rather than a hostel, the staff were very friendly, helpful and spoke exceptional English. The hotel is decorated very nicely and our room was huge with our own bathroom! The hotel had lots of nice little touches like slippers on arrival and breakfast ready for you at your specified time! I would def suggest staying here or at their sister hostel which looked nice also! HOWEVER; I would not book with hostelbookers again as PIO had no record of our booking along with the automatic response the website sends you had not come from the hotel. We had initially booked to stay at their sister hostle and on arrival it was closed and undergoing a refurb! This was not a exceptional start off soon after landing in Russia that night and thinking we had planned everything in advance! The hotel were pretty though and paid for us to get a taxi to their other hotel exactly where we were met and given a large pretty roomf or the same price! I will not be using hostelbookers again!

  Michala G. on 30 December 2009 

This hostel was a pleasing surprise! It is far more like a mini hotel rather than a hostel, the staff were really friendly, helpful and spoke superb English. The hotel is decorated really nicely and our room was huge with our own bathroom! The hotel had lots of nice little touches like slippers on arrival and breakfast ready for you at your specified time! I would def suggest staying here or at their sister hostel which looked nice also! HOWEVER; I would not book with hostelbookers again as PIO had no record of our booking and also the automatic response the website sends you had not come from the hotel. We had initially booked to stay at their sister hostle and on arrival it was closed and undergoing a refurb! This was not an excellent start following landing in Russia that night and thinking we had planned everything in advance! The hotel were beautiful though and paid for us to get a taxi cab to their other hotel exactly where we were met and given a large beautiful roomf or the same price! I will not be using hostelbookers again!

  Fiona M. on 1 November 2009 

A extremely warm and friendly spot for families ! ended staying extra nights and they looked right after our backpacks while we visited Novragod overnight ! a real bonus was that breakfast was included ! made to feel part of the family !

  Hannah S. on 18 November 2008 

PIO is a great place! I highly recommend it if you're looking for someplace quiet and in the heart of St. Petersburg. They have two locations; both of them are in convenient areas in the historic heart of the city. I saw both hotels and they look exactly like the photos- everything is adorable! This isn't necessarily a place you'd want to go to party or get wild; instead, it's a nice place for families, women traveling alone (like me), or people who are looking to experience the cultural heart of the city without going too crazy. My room overlooked the main street, but it was still very quiet. The breakfast was very good and you get about 5 or 6 options. The staff bent over backwards to accommodate me. They were very knowledgeable about the city and had tons of recommendations for things to do. I highly recommend this hotel!

  Luc Junior C. on 22 September 2008 

The only thing we liked about the hostel was the nice location and the Ikeafurnitured rooms. Svetlana, the manager of the hostel, is probably one of the most unfriendly Russians we have met during our whole stay in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. She gives a bad flow in the hostel and makes the beginning of your day not a pleasant one. Pio, the Italian boss of the hostel, is on the other hand a real nice man. Unfortunately he isn't there that often. For the rest: the shower works only for about ten minutes (energy saving), you have to pay a unreasaonable extra high price if you want to use the internet (to check e-mails for instance) and the breakfast you get served is really untasty.

  Jose Manuel N. on 10 September 2008 

The lady was extremely friendly, as nicely as the breakfast extremely pleasant.

  Paul S. on 10 September 2008 

From the look of the outside we were very concerned but once inside we were very pleasently surprised. The rooms were big, clean and very comfortable. The bathrooms were all very clean and modern. Breakfast was included which was very nice with a good choice all prepared by the staff. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Probably one of the best we've stayed in.

  Norbert B. on 23 July 2008 

Quiet, really clean, professionally run, superb location, does not attract the party crowd