Armenia Marriott Hotel Yerevan

stayed here for 5 nights in late April 2025. this is a real old-fashioned luxury hotel (I know it’s now 4 stars). I am using “old-fashioned” in the best possible sense of the word. The hotel is fully staffed with receptionists, waiters, porters and round-the-clock housekeeping. All staff I interacted with spoke fluent Russian and very good English, in addition to their native Armenian. While the outdoor pool was shut due to weather, there is a gym and a beauty parlor. The rooms have all the amenities many hotels in Western Europe seems to have dispensed with, including a champagne ice bucket, ironing board, shoe and clothes brushes, branded toiletries including body cream, various vanity kits, etc. The hotel building itself retains the architectural grandeur of Soviet architecture from the 1930-1950s. The ceilings are high, rooms oversized (especially when you come from London, like I did). There is marble flooring and columns throughout the public spaces, and spotless carpeting in my room at least. The décor of the rooms is not new. But, everything is impeccably clean, furniture well maintained and refined in an understated way. The huge bed and the ability to gaze onto Republic Square right from my bedroom window were definite highlights. The view is equally impressive from the third floor restaurant, where I had breakfast twice. The breakfast consisted of an extremely varied buffet of European, Armenian and regional dishes, such as syrniki! I was also able to order an omelette with ingredients. While the automatic coffee machine at the buffet only has cow’s milk, coffee with alternative milk was available on request at no extra charge. The staff to guests ratio at breakfast was almost 1:1 and all the staff were amazing. I have almost nothing negative to say about the hotel. Yes, the decor is not trendy, but I enjoyed that. Bathroom storage in my room was somewhat restricted and the ground floor bar(?) area was having a refurb. The latter didn’t bother me much because the are plenty of drinking/eating options in the area. The hotel’s third floor Italian restaurant was also open, as was the Marriott Executive lounge on 6th floor, which I did not visit. No construction noise was audible inside from my room.