Elysium Gallery Hotel

I had a hard time finding the place, when arriving to Yerevan, but that was also do to my lack of gps. When I arrived, I was put in a brand new part of the hotel, Unique Hotel, where of course everything was new. The room was cleaned everyday. The bed was good, but there were no sportschannels on the television. Though interesting armenian channels. The breakfast was fresh and varieted and you can always help yourself to tea and coffée. The girls in the reception was sweet and helpfull. The hotel was placed closely to the opera to the one side and the republic square to the other side. Overall very central.

The location of the Elysium Gallery Hotel, cannot be better: in the very centre of Yerevan, very close to the opera, in a backyard away from the busy streets and therefore very quiet. It has a separate parking, which unfortunately now costs 1'000 AMD per night. I had booked a comfort single room, but at check-in received a economy double room without window, hence it was quite hot in the room. Breakfast was served in the basement and was decent enough.

Staff were absolutely superb - nothing was too much trouble. The airport transfer driver was also excellent. The hotel isn't a boutique hotel and the rooms are small but they are very good and have excellent amenities. Location is superb.

The pros - clean, comfortable beds, good breakfast, very well located near the Opera house and Yerevan's center. The price was also pretty good compared to many hotels in the area. The cons - the bathroom shower was a shower head above the toilet, the room was also really tiny with only a "skylight" type window and the walls were like paper. We could hear everything and everyone in the hotel... Given that we spent very little time in the hotel, the cons were ok for us and the hotel served its purpose, but anyone looking for a room where they can actually sit and relax, this is not it. There's barely room for a chair, in fact, we only had a plastic stool in our room, so literally, you can't sit down and relax.

This hotel is in an excellent location. The rooms are tiny and the bathrooms are even tinier but just enough for one person. There is air-con and good Wifi, the bed is a very wide single bed and comfortable, the girls at reception speak English and the room is cleaned everyday. There is secure parking behind the hotel for a small fee. There is no lift.