Plazma Hotel

I arrived here with three male friends on a stag weekend (not a raucous twenty somethings but all now in our 50s). The access looks a little worrying and not too pleasant through a run down arcade and up some run down stairs where the concrete stair nosings are worn and spalled. It is up 4 flights of stairs, so if you have difficulty with steps, be warned, this may not be for you (hence the title) no lifts. When you enter the actual hotel there is a small reception hosted 24 hours a day and we met the very sweet Anna who gave us the keys to our rooms. In the rooms it was lovely; each room had something special. I had an enormous blue-tiled bathroom, one of our group had a balcony, one had a really large and lovely room and one a table and chairs. Plenty of space, clean, lovely bathrooms including toilet, bidet, sink and large bath with shower attachment for me. Toilet role is a bit sparse (take some nicer stuff with you!). there was no hot water the afternoon I arrived but there was the next morning. In the rooms the overall impression and feel is lovely with lots of little extras: shoe-shine, towels, tv, kettle, iron and ironing board, glasses and cups, hair drier etc. However, some of the joins of wallpaper were peeling apart. The furniture is a little "MFI" but all in good shape. Breakfast was basic but fine: a couple of bain-maries with scrambled egg, bacon, sausage (frankfurteish rather than English meat style), there's also honey, jam, coffee, squash / juice, cold meats, cheese, croissants, bread and buns, milk and teas and some cereals. Overall I loved this hotel, it was right in the thick of things and a couple of hundred metres walk to the main square. It all felt very safe and very friendly. No smoking in rooms but you could go out to the balcony. Locals also stay here (eg from Kiev).